label: 1 text: Sox Victorious At Last!! BOSTON -- After suffering decades of defeat and disappointment, the 2004 Boston Red Sox made history Wednesday night, beating the Yankees in the house that Ruth built and claiming the American League championship trophy.


label: 1 text: Martyn, Kartik, Khan set tone for thriller The off-field drama in a Test that has seen speculation rule over fact continued before the first ball was bowled on Tuesday. The first surprise came when Rahul Dravid walked out for the toss.


label: 3 text: Large Asteroid Will Make Its Closest Approach to Earth Wednesday  quot;This is the closest Toutatis will come for another 500 years, and its orbit is very well known, quot; said Dr. Don Yeomans of NASA #39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif.


label: 3 text: Oracle readies major app server upgrade SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle on Wednesday will introduce Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2, which is being characterized as a significant upgrade to the product with improvements in Java, Web services, and identity management and the addition of RFID backing.


label: 2 text: Communists in India oppose fuel price increase NEW DELHI: A key communist ally of Indias Congress party-led coalition urged the government on Friday not to raise retail prices of petroleum products if possible despite soaring global oil prices.


label: 1 text: Appleby Leads Westwood at Nedbank Golf (AP) AP - Stuart Appleby of Australia was the only player to break 70 Friday, shooting a 3-under-par 69 that left him with a one-stroke lead over Lee Westwood of England halfway through the Nedbank Golf Challenge.


label: 1 text: Armstrong leaves Tour de France guessing PARIS: Lance Armstrong has left the question marks hovering over his participation on next years Tour de France where the American could stretch his record to seven consecutive victories.


label: 0 text: PM gives open invitation of talks to North east groups Imphal: Winding up his visit to the trouble-torn Manipur, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday extended an open invitation to all groups including ULFA, who abjure violence, for talks to resolve all outstanding issues in the North East and expressed


label: 1 text: Hewitt drives home his return point WASHINGTON - It #39;s night, under the lights at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, and No. 2 seed Lleyton Hewitt is still wearing his white cap backward, the bill of it running down the back of his sweating neck.


label: 3 text: Search Engine Personalization - The Fallout Search Engine Personalization - The Fallout\\There has been a lot of discussion recently about search engine personalization, with search engines such as Yahoo! and Google experimenting with factoring in profile information to adjust search results based on relevance to a specific user rather than just giving the exact same results ...


label: 0 text: Blair fine after heart operation : World News  gt; London, Oct 01 : British Prime Minister Tony Blair today underwent a non-surgical operation to correct a heart flutter and is  quot;doing ok quot;.


label: 3 text: Blue Gene breaks speed records IBM #39;S Blue Gene supercomputer, which is still being installed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has set an unofficial performance record.


label: 2 text: Sprint Near Deal to Buy Nextel -Sources (Reuters) Reuters - Sprint Corp. is close to\an agreement to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for about  #36;35\billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine the No. 3 and


label: 1 text: Down To Business For Kobe Case You are going to hear a lot over the next few days from jury consultants who are going to opine about what sort of jurors each side wants to select in the Kobe Bryant rape case.


label: 2 text: American Axle Cuts 2004 Earnings Forecast  CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Axle   Manufacturing Holdings  Inc. AXL.N, an auto parts supplier, on Thursday cut its 2004  earnings forecast, citing planned production cuts by its  customers and higher raw material costs.


label: 2 text: Iraq Can Be Good Engine of Growth in Region: IMF Chief JEDDAH, 24 October 2004 - War-shattered Iraq, which will certainly benefit from a peaceful situation like any other country, has great potential for growth.


label: 2 text: US stocks mark time ahead of poll US shares closed just a tad lower last night as the amrket held its breath ahead of the US election. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 7.82 points adrift (0.


label: 2 text: Ford sales off again in October, but company bullish on new <b>...</b> Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday new vehicle sales in October fell 5 percent from October 2003, the eighth time this year monthly sales have been below year-ago results.


label: 0 text: Iraq government resumes Falluja talks Iraq #39;s interim government has resumed talks to pacify the western town of Falluja and avert a military assault on the rebel stronghold that has faced heavy US bombardment in recent days.


label: 2 text: Retail Sales Drop 0.3 Percent in August Shoppers turned tightfisted in August, dropping sales at the nation's retailers by 0.3 percent, providing fresh evidence of an erratic pace of consumer spending in recent months.


label: 1 text: Sharapova to face tough challenge from in-form Hantuchova DANIELA HANTUCHOVA, of Slovakia, defeated Vera Douchevina, the Russian wild card, 6-1, 6-4 yesterday in the opening round of the Swisscom Challenge in Zurich.


label: 3 text: Teen accused of making threats about school, possessing weapons A 17-year-old was arrested after authorities received a tip that he was making threats in an online chat room about his high school and fellow students, police said Friday.


label: 1 text: JONES SUES CONTE FOR \$32 MILLION US sprint star Marion Jones has filed a \$US 25 million (\$AUD 32.7 million) defamation lawsuit against accused steroid peddler Victor Conte saying he has sullied her reputation by making false claims she used banned performance enhancing drugs.


label: 1 text: Gulls settling in to varsity roost Joining the ranks of collegiate varsity football last year was like starting from scratch for Endicott College coach J.B. Wells and his staff. With so many talented yet inexperienced players forced to play key roles for the second-year program, which had just moved up from the subvarsity level, Wells and his staff were forced to do a lot of teaching.


label: 0 text: New Approach to Iraq Rebuilding Bears Fruit -U.S. (Reuters) Reuters - U.S.-funded reconstruction in Iraq\is gaining pace in some areas, albeit on a smaller scale than\hoped, despite mounting attacks and intimidation by insurgents,\said a senior U.S. official on Wednesday.


label: 1 text: Liverpool boss confirms striker search November 3, 2004. Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has confirmed he is looking to bring in a new striker following the injury to summer recruit Djibril Cisse.


label: 2 text: Alitalia to slash 5000 jobs MANAGEMENT at the Italian national airline Alitalia put forward a rescue plan today to trade unions that foresees slashing 5000 jobs and splitting the struggling carrier into two in order to keep it aloft.


label: 3 text: Scientist: Prairie Dogs Have Own Language (AP) AP - Prairie dogs, those little pups popping in and out of holes on vacant lots and rural rangeland, are talking up a storm. They have different "words" for tall human in yellow shirt, short human in green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other creatures.


label: 2 text: Global Funds Offer Broad Exposure (AP) AP - With the U.S. economy likely to slow next year, many investors are looking to add more international exposure to their portfolios in hopes of winning higher returns. A number of global mutual funds offer what seems like easy one-stop shopping, but experts warn that all are not created equal.


label: 1 text: Bowa's status with Phillies is shaky Larry Bowa's time as Philadelphia Phillies' manager could be running out. General manager Ed Wade declined to give Bowa an endorsement before last night's game against the Houston Astros, saying only,  quot;He's the manager. quot; Told that comment can be interpreted many ways, Wade replied:  quot;Interpret it any way you want. quot; The fiery Bowa has come under scrutiny because the injury-plagued ...


label: 2 text: Sprint to cut 700 jobs as it trims back service Sprint Corp., the telecommunications giant, said yesterday it will cut 700 jobs in its business solutions division as it stops selling business long distance services outside of package deals.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Adds Voice, Video to IM Client BOSTONMicrosoft Corp. announced Tuesday an early beta of a new rich client for its Live Communications Server product designed to unite instant messaging with telephony and video, and to embed such technologies in other applications.


label: 2 text: Stocks to Watch on Aug. 20 (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. stocks to watch: GOOGLE INC.\(GOOG.O) Google shares jumped 18 percent in their long-awaited\stock market debut on Thursday after a scaled-down  #36;1.67\billion IPO marked by missteps and lackluster market\conditions. The stock closed at  #36;100.34.


label: 1 text: No. 11 Michigan St. Rebounds with Win Over George Mason WASHINGTON (Sports Network) - Maurice Ager scored 13 points to lead 11th-ranked Michigan State to a 66-60 win over George Mason in the consolation game of the BB amp;T Classic from the MCI Center.


label: 0 text: Swiss Voters Endorse Limits on Stem Cell Research Swiss voters endorsed restrictive legislation on stem cell research Sunday that forbids the cloning of human embryos and put Switzerland on a par with some other continental European countries.


label: 0 text: Miss World beauties defend relevance of contest (AFP) AFP - Miss World contestants united in defending the pageant's relevance and angrily denied it degraded women.


label: 3 text: Fans rush to create mods for  #39;Doom 3 #39; Activisions Doom 3 ( www.doom3.com ), the hot computer game that launched earlier this month, wasnt on store shelves for three days before players started


label: 1 text: US beats Russia, advances to semis Keith Tkachuk had four goals and an assist to lead the United States into the World Cup of Hockey semifinals with a 5-3 victory last night over Russia in St.


label: 3 text: Soyuz docks with space station A Russian Soyuz spacecraft brought a new crew to the International Space Station Saturday morning, the Interfax news agency reported.


label: 0 text: Chaos as thousands swarm Arafat burial By Philippe Naughton, Times Online, and Stephen Farrell in Ramallah. Yassir Arafat was laid to rest in the West Bank city of Ramallah today amid a chaotic send-off from the people he had led as fighter and figurehead for almost four decades.


label: 3 text: AT T Wireless unveils messaging-only handheld The company says the device, dubbed the Ogo, won't be bogged down by features that are "hardly used."


label: 2 text: Spitzer Plans to Sue Insurer New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will file a lawsuit as early as Friday against an insurance company, the second suit stemming from his sweeping probe into bid-rigging in the industry, Spitzer told Reuters Friday.


label: 3 text: IDF - Intel seeks role in development of the next Internet To handle the demands of the next-generation Internet, a new layer of intelligent nodes and services needs to grow over the existing Internet structure, said Intel Corp.


label: 3 text: Digital Bridges sign major deal with EA DIGITAL Bridges, the mobile phone games company, has acquisitions in its sights after signing an exclusive deal with the worlds biggest computer game publisher.


label: 1 text: Cycling: Tougher Tour for Armstrong The route of the 2005 Tour de France was announced yesterday, and the changes look set to test the dominance of the reigning champion, Lance Armstrong.


label: 1 text: Pole could boost Newman #39;s Chase chances With only three of the Chase for the Championship contenders among the top 10 starters for Subway 500, Ryan Newman figures Sunday #39;s race at the Martinsville Speedway may be his last chance to make a run at the title.


label: 2 text: Oil Hits \$53 on Winter Worries, Nigeria  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices scaled new heights at \$53 for  U.S. crude Thursday on concerns over tight winter heating fuel  supplies and an unexpected strike at Nigerian oil terminals.


label: 3 text: Briefly: Friendster hires ex-AOL ad exec roundup Plus: HP inks deal with energy firm...Holiday Inn welcomes Priceline...More colleges get cheap online music.


label: 1 text: Rape Inquiry Expands A third La Salle University basketball player has been charged with rape over an alleged 2003 sexual encounter with a female La Salle player.


label: 1 text: Mickelson out of WGC event in Ireland World number four Phil Mickelson withdrew on Thursday from the WGC-American Express Championship being held in Kilkenny, Ireland next week.


label: 3 text: Mike #39;s mailbag I got lots of mail this week about my Tuesday column about the Windows XP Service Pack 2 update from Microsoft.


label: 1 text: NFL Game Summary - Carolina at Kansas City Foster was only four yards short of tying Davis #39; team record of 178 rushing yards in one game. Davis accomplished that feat on October 26, 2003.


label: 1 text: Steroid users will get slap on wrist Who is Barry Bonds trying to kid? The San Francisco Giants #39; slugger, who in 2001 whacked 73 home runs to set a new, single-season record, reportedly told investigators that he unknowingly took


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


label: 0 text: Cheney, Edwards to Meet in Only Debate CLEVELAND - After lashing out at each other for months from a distance, the two vice presidential candidates are meeting face to face Tuesday night at Case Western Reserve University for their only debate before the Nov. 2 election...


label: 0 text: Ex-presidents to lead aid effort WASHINGTON -- President Bush, seeking to highlight America's concern over the Asian disaster, named his father and his predecessor yesterday to spearhead a private fund-raising campaign to help victims of last month's tsunamis, calling on Americans to ''contribute as they are able to do so."


label: 2 text: US Stocks Hold Small Gains  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose slightly on Monday,  as optimism that corporate earnings reports this week may come  in better than expected lent support, but record crude oil  prices reined in the advances.


label: 0 text: Sudan Links Southern Peace Talks to Darfur Rebellion Sudan accused southern rebel leader John Garang of backing an uprising in Darfur in the west, and said his support for western rebels could undermine talks to end 21 years of civil war in southern Sudan, a news agency with close links


label: 3 text: Gates undaunted by Linux Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates, during an appearance on Friday at the US Computer History Museum, expressed no fear of Linux usurping Windows in the software industry.


label: 3 text: Let a Thousand Reactors Bloom Explosive growth has made the People's Republic of China the most power-hungry nation on Earth. Get ready for the mass-produced, meltdown-proof future of nuclear energy. By Spencer Reiss from Wired magazine.


label: 2 text: Lockheed's Loss in Space Intelsat loses a satellite, which could mean lost millions for the defense contractor.


label: 0 text: Eight killed as Dubai airport wall collapses At least eight people were killed after a wall collapsed at a building site at Dubai airport today. Workers said they saw up to 40 casualties being taken from the scene of the collapse, with some people reported to be trapped under the debris.


label: 2 text: BA Directors Join Workforce in Bid to Avoid More Chaos British Airways top directors, including chief executive Rod Eddington, will be helping out at Heathrow airport today as the airline strives to avoid the flight cancellation chaos of the last few days.


label: 1 text: Broncos Defeat Chiefs 34-24 (AP) AP - Quentin Griffin might make the Denver Broncos forget Clinton Portis after all. Griffin ran for 156 yards and scored three touchdowns in his first game as Portis' replacement, lifting the Broncos to a 34-24 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night.


label: 0 text: US marines declare Fallujah battle over Baghdad: British aid worker Margaret Hassan was feared Wednesday to have been murdered by her Iraqi kidnappers, as US-led forces declared the battle for the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah all but over.


label: 1 text: Hard work ahead, warns Robbo Bryan Robson has warned his players they are in for a long-hard season - but he wants them to work with a smile on their face. That #39;s the formula new manager Robson sees as vital


label: 0 text: UN Rights Officials Talks of War Crimes in Darfur  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. envoys told the Security  Council on Thursday that war crimes had probably occurred on "a  large and systematic scale" in Sudan's Darfur region and called  for foreign police to help stop abuses.


label: 1 text: Ferguson ready to unleash Ruud Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is confident bringing Ruud van Nistelrooy back into the side will help his side triumph over Sparta Prague.


label: 3 text: Headless Bodies Found at Mysterious Mexico Pyramid (Reuters) Reuters - The discovery of a tomb filled with\decapitated bodies suggests Mexico's 2,000 year-old "Pyramid of\the Moon" may have been the site of horrifically gory\sacrifices, archeologists said on Thursday.


label: 0 text: Israel releases senior Hamas leader A senior leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the West Bank was released after two years of detention in an Israeli jail, Palestinian witnesses said Thursday.


label: 1 text: Rookie among Mavs #39; starting five Point guard Devin Harris #39; play in the preseason has impressed Mavericks coach Don Nelson enough to start the rookie from Wisconsin.


label: 2 text: Boeing 7E7 Faces Trouble from Talk of Airbus Rival As Boeing Co gears up for its all-new 7E7 airliner, arch rival Airbus may already be putting 7E7 orders and supplier cost-sharing


label: 1 text: Knicks slip past Hawks He took a number of ridiculous shots last night, but one fell at precisely the right moment and gave the Knicks a dramatic 110-109 overtime victory against the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena.


label: 2 text: Showtime for Martha Next year will bring a brand new Martha Stewart show, but it's not as daring as it could have been.


label: 3 text: Gartner: Consumers Dissatisfied with Online Security Consumers feel passwords no longer enough protection for online transactions.


label: 3 text: Yahoo boosts music portal (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - Yahoo, seeking to add e-commerce to its Internet music portal, will pay  #36;160 million in cash to acquire Musicmatch, a critically acclaimed but little known music jukebox and download service.


label: 1 text: Woods give up number one to Vijay Fame is nice. Fame gets you money, women and if you just so happen to be an athlete, your name in video games. Thousands of professional and college athletes around the country participate in these video games


label: 2 text: Ace terminates two employees following insurance scandal ACE Ltd., a Bermuda-based insurance company, announced on Thursday that it had terminated two executives and suspended three more unnamed employees in the wake of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzers probe into the bid-rigging practices in the


label: 3 text: News: Say hello to the 'time bomb' exploit Prepare yourself for "time bomb" exploits that attack web-based systems at a pre-determined time.


label: 1 text: Pacers Won #39;t Comply With Police Request The Indiana Pacers have told law enforcement officials in Michigan that Pacers players will not submit to interviews as part of the investigation into the brawl that


label: 2 text: Consumers who play float will sink It will soon be riskier than ever to write a check if you don #39;t have money in the bank to cover it. Under a law that goes into effect Oct. 28, banks that get checks will be allowed


label: 3 text: NASA To Test Laser Communications With Mars Spacecraft (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - Work is underway to establish the first interplanetary laser communication link. The  #36;300 million NASA experiment, if successful, will connect robotic spacecraft at Mars with scientists back on Earth via a beam of light traveling some 300 million kilometers.


label: 2 text: Court rejects planned Air New Zealand-Qantas alliance New Zealand #39;s High Court on Monday rejected a proposed alliance between the country #39;s flag carrier and Australian rival airline Qantas.


label: 2 text: Oil Slides Another Dollar to 11-Week Low  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices tumbled to an 11-week low  below \$45 a barrel on Thursday, deepening a dramatic slide  after an increase in U.S. heating oil stocks eased worries of a  winter supply squeeze.


label: 1 text: NL Wrap: Padres Ease Past Giants Despite Bonds Homer  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Jay Payton's three-run homer led  the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 win over the San Francisco Giants  in National League play Saturday, despite a 701st career blast  from Barry Bonds.


label: 2 text: Bharti, six Asian mobile operators form alliance to unify <b>...</b> Business India: Singapore, Nov.4 : Seven Asia-Pacific mobile phone operators, including Bharti of India, with a combined total of over 56 million subscribers, on Wednesday formed an alliance aimed at creating a unified regional network.


label: 0 text: Leader of Peru group in standoff surrenders; troops mobilize ANDAHUAYLAS, Peru -- The leader of a paramilitary nationalist group that seized a police station, took 10 officers hostage and allegedly killed four more surrendered late last night as security forces launched an offensive against his followers, an Interior Ministry official said.


label: 2 text: NYMEX Crude Hits Record \$46.76  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - NYMEX crude oil futures <CLc1> hit a  new record of \$46.76 on Monday on worries about possible unrest  and disruption to oil supply as Venezuelans voted in a  referendum on whether to recall President Hugo Chavez.


label: 1 text: NFL Game Summary - Kansas City at Tampa Bay Warrick Dunn previously held the Tampa Bay record with a 76-yard run against Chicago on December 21, 1997...Green tied Bill Kenney #39;s club record with his 15th 300-yard outing in a Chiefs uniform...Kansas City has scored 132 points over its last three


label: 3 text: Sony Considers MP3 Support to Silence iPod Fans Consumer electronics giant Sony Corp. said on Thursday it is mulling a major strategic shift to make digital music devices that play MP3 song files.


label: 1 text: Giants succumb to Astros #39; 5-run 9th Bee Staff Writer. SAN FRANCISCO - One mighty swing by the Houston Astros #39; Lance Berkman made a significant impact before 41,537 hushed spectators and a stunned band of Giants.


label: 1 text: Schumacher dynasty rolls on after historic seventh Formula One <b>...</b> Though an unprecedented seventh season title was conceded to him months ago, the German finally made it official. And he didn #39;t even have to win to do it.


label: 3 text: Pacific Assault Director #39;s Edition ships Extra-packed version of the latest Medal of Honor establishes retail beachhead; grunt #39;s version of the game due next week. As revealed two weeks ago, the once-delayed Directors Edition of Medal of Honor


label: 0 text: German opposition lobbies EU against Turkey bid The head of Germany #39;s opposition conservatives has urged politically like-minded European Union leaders to deny Turkey full membership of the bloc.


label: 2 text: Salvadoran Companies Export Promise to D.C. Trade Show Small Salvadoran companies are sponsored by Expro at the D.C. Trade Show as part of a \$6 million project by the U.S. Agency for International Development.


label: 3 text: Family Tree Maker 2005 Deluxe; Law   Order: Justice Is Served; WWE Smackdown! Vs. Raw The 12th edition of this genealogy program comes in three editions -- Standard, Deluxe and Collector's -- but the core program is identical in all.


label: 0 text: Koizumi views quake-damaged Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi headed to northern Japan to survey the damage wrought by the deadliest earthquakes to hit the country in nearly a decade as the death toll jumped to 31.


label: 2 text: Kremlin Oil  amp; Gas Corp In one huge move, the Kremlin has created a global giant, may have resolved the question of Yukos #39; fate, and has undone another part of Yeltsin #39;s legacy.


label: 0 text: Macedonians to vote on rights law The Macedonian parliament agrees to hold a referendum on a law to give greater power to ethnic Albanians.


label: 2 text: U.S. Crude Sets New Record: \$47.52/Barrel  LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. crude prices rose to another new  record on Thursday, rising 25 cents to \$47.52 a barrel on  evidence that high prices are not hurting world oil demand  growth.


label: 2 text: E.U. Set To Lift Sanctions For Now European Union has decided to lift, at least temporarily, sanctions imposed on U.S. goods since Congress enacted sweeping changes in corporate tax law earlier this month.


label: 1 text: Indian weightlifting federation banned temporarily : The Weightlifting Federation of India has been  quot;temporarily banned quot; from competition pending a decision by the sport #39;s international regulators, officials said on Thursday.


label: 0 text: A Lebanese test case It #39;s been a long time since Israelis had anything good to say about the United Nations, but last week something positive finally emerged from Turtle Bay, as the Security Council effectively attacked Syria #39;s occupation of Lebanon.


label: 0 text: Syria, at UN, Says Israel Behind U.S. War on Iraq  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria on Monday accused Israel  of inciting the United States to invade Iraq to distract  attention from its own actions in the region, where it retains  its grip on the Palestinian territories won in a 1967 war.


label: 1 text: Surf's up for Hutchinson CHICAGO -- Chad Hutchinson, who was surfing in California a little more than two months ago, made his first Chicago start a memorable one yesterday, throwing three TD passes to lead the Bears past the Minnesota Vikings, 24-14. Minnesota (7-5) saw its playoff chances hurt for the second straight year by a late-season loss to the Bears.


label: 2 text: Japan probe claims Citigroup trio Astana - New York. October 20. KAZINFORM quotes Reuters -- Three top Citigroup Inc. executives, including Vice Chairman Deryck Maughan, are leaving the financial services giant in the wake of a scandal at its Japanese private banking unit.


label: 2 text: Airline Workers See Their Security Quickly Vanish Employees at US Airways, Delta and United are facing the stark realization that the security they hoped their jobs would provide is being taken away.


label: 1 text: COL FB: Purdue 51, Syracuse 0 Kyle Orton threw for 287 yards and a career-high four touchdowns Sunday to lead 24th-ranked Purdue to a 51-0 rout of Syracuse. Taylor Stubblefield caught five passes for


label: 1 text: No. 3 Auburn Downs Tennessee for SEC Title  ATLANTA (Sports Network) - Jason Campbell threw for a  career-high 374 yards along with three touchdowns as  third-ranked Auburn stated its case for a spot in the Orange  Bowl with a 38-28 victory over No. 15 Tennessee in the  Southeastern Conference Championship at the Georgia Dome.


label: 0 text: Thai PM under pressure on South Thai academics say policies in the country's south are not working, and call on Thaksin Shinawatra to apologise.


label: 0 text: Municipal Elections Strengthen Party of Brazilian President In its first electoral test since taking power 21 months ago, the party of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emerged stronger from nationwide municipal elections but did not win in the country's biggest city, Sao Paulo.


label: 3 text: T-Mobile tries OFDM in Europe IT APPEARS THAT Germany #39;s T-Mobile has broken ranks and decided to test a complimentary IP based wireless technology,Flash-OFDM,in The Hague, the Netherlands.


label: 0 text: Sharon Wins Key Vote on Alliance for Gaza Plan Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon #39;s Likud party agreed on Thursday to a possible alliance with opposition Labour in a vote that averted a snap election and strengthened his Gaza withdrawal plan.


label: 1 text: Mercy! Longest night at Fenway BOSTON - They have outpitched them, outhit them, beaten them early and run away from them late. Saturday night, the New York Yankees went after Boston with the truncheon.


label: 0 text: Gunfight Erupts on Busy Baghdad Street U.S. troops fought a gunbattle with insurgents along a busy street in Baghdad on Monday, while five U.S. troops were reported killed in separate clashes in a volatile western province as insurgents stepped up attacks ahead of next month's elections.


label: 0 text: Greenpeace Calls For Stepped Up Action to Protect Iraqis from <b>...</b> WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (OneWorld) The environmental group Greenpeace has echoed a call by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to permit the UN watchdog to return in force to Iraq to track nuclear-related materials looted after the 2003 US-led


label: 0 text: UN must lead fight against terror: PM Dr Manmohan Singh said international networks of terror appear to cooperate more effectively between themselves than the nations they target.


label: 3 text: France to Host Nuclear Fusion Project - EU Source (Reuters) Reuters - The European Union is confident of a\deal on Tuesday for France to host a  #36;12 billion global nuclear\fusion project after Japan signaled it would give up its bid in\return for compensation, an EU source said on Monday.


label: 1 text: A-Rods late delivery The way Alex Rodriguez jumped out of the batter #39;s box in the ninth inning last night, he looked as happy as a little leaguer after his first big hit.


label: 1 text: Hunt decides to sell Wizards Lamar Hunt announced on Thursday that he will sell the Kansas City Wizards, opening up the possibility that the club will leave the area for any number of opportunities throughout the United States or even Canada.


label: 2 text: Wachovia adds to wealth-management unit Wachovia Corp. aims to increase its profile in the Northeast and Southwest by expanding its wealth-management division. The bank, based in Charlotte, said yesterday that it is buying Tanager Financial Services Inc.


label: 3 text: Enter your e-mail: Thus read the opening line of the letter accompanying a cheerful, multicolored, striped package the size of a shoe box for a small child #39;s shoe.


label: 1 text: Pedro Martinez Picks Mets Over Red Sox (AP) AP - Pedro Martinez closed in on a four-year deal with the New York Mets, and the Boston Red Sox resigned themselves Monday to losing the three-time Cy Young Award winner.


label: 1 text: Behind Sexton, FSU shows dominance of old in rout TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A revival of sorts took place here at Doak Campbell Stadium on Saturday. The Florida State Seminoles, infected the past few years by a bad case of fall from grace, rose up against the


label: 2 text: Millions Left Without Power as Hurricane Frances Strikes Four million people were tonight without power in Florida as Hurricane Frances smashed its way across the sunshine state. The storm which has left thousands of British holidaymakers


label: 3 text: MyDoom Variant Describes Itself A new variant of the Internet worm MyDoom - Mydoom.Y - has anti-virus vendors puzzled. Not because they can #39;t do anything about it but because it comes along with a description of itself.


label: 2 text: US rate futures rally after Philly Fed flop Short-term interest rate futures rallied on Thursday after a weaker-than-expected Philadelphia Fed factory survey made a pause in official rate increases look more possible.


label: 3 text: Bush Forms Civil Liberties Board An executive order issued Friday night creates an agency to safeguard privacy and civil rights laws, but critics see problems with the apointees and the apparent lack of power. By Ryan Singel.


label: 1 text: Indian team arrives at Nagpur Nagpur: The Indian cricket team barring skipper Saurav Ganguly and batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar arrived in Nagpur on Saturday for the third cricket Test against Australia to be played at VCA stadium from October 26.


label: 0 text: No Clues Announced in Russia Jet Crashes MOSCOW - A government commission searching for the cause of the near-simultaneous crashes of two airliners began work at one of the wreckage sites Thursday after workers finished combing over the shattered plane. No clues to clear up the mystery, or indicate terrorism, were immediately reported...


label: 0 text: Sharon to let Palestinians from East Jerusalem vote JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel has agreed that Palestinians from East Jerusalem should participate in the election next year of a Palestinian leader, his office said Monday.


label: 0 text: Berlusconi Ally Convicted of Mafia Ties (AP) AP - A close political ally of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was convicted of ties with the Sicilian Mafia on Saturday and sentenced to nine years in prison.


label: 2 text: CORRECTED - UPDATE 2-Franklin likely to settle brokerage charges <b>...</b> In SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON story headlined  quot;UPDATE 2-Franklin likely to settle brokerage charges soon quot; please read in 9th paragraph ... In September, an adviser for Newport Beach, California-based Pacific Investment


label: 1 text: Two crucial series of events help Ravens regain form BALTIMORE - At the end of the year, when the Baltimore Ravens evaluate their season, they will not focus on -r even remember  - first-half scoring drives in the second game of the season against the Pittsburgh Steelers.


label: 0 text: US Request For British Redeployment Poses Dilemma For London The United States has made a controversial request to Britain to re-deploy some of its troops in Iraq. The request would involve moving hundreds of British troops from their relatively calm zone in southern


label: 1 text: Red Sox making noise in the offseason 1. Boston Red Sox. Yes, they lost one of the greatest pitchers in franchise history in Pedro Martinez when the veteran righty signed a four-year deal with the Mets.


label: 1 text: Els suffers home course humbling Tournament favourite Ernie Els endured a nightmare run on the back nine on Friday to slide down the leaderboard at the Dunhill Championship.


label: 0 text: Australia's Howard Celebrates Fourth Poll Win  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's conservative Prime Minister  John Howard celebrated a thumping election victory Sunday after  voters, enjoying the fruits of a strong economy, gave him what  looked certain to be an increased majority.


label: 3 text: Philips Gets The Jump On Another New Promising Wireless Technology: NFC (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Philips Semiconductors has a plan to cash in on the craze for cool new features in cell phones.


label: 0 text: Germany #39;s Six Institutes Expect Growth to Slow to 1.5 in 2005 German economic growth will slow next year as foreign demand for goods and services cools and consumers hesitate to increase spending, the country #39;s six leading economic research institutes said.


label: 1 text: Garrison Gets New Contract; King Retires WHITE PLAINS, NY Dec 7, 2004 - Zina Garrison was given a one-year contract to stay on as US Fed Cup captain, while Billie Jean King retired Tuesday as a coach for the team.


label: 0 text: Rebels threaten to kill kidnapped election workers A militant group claiming to have kidnapped three foreign election workers in Afghanistan told news agencies Saturday that the hostages would be killed unless all Taliban


label: 2 text: Media giants merge SINGAPORE: Singapore #39;s two biggest media groups yesterday announced a merger of their loss-making television and newspaper operations just four years after competition was introduced in the industry.


label: 1 text: Purpura replaces Hunsicker as Astros GM Tim Purpura became general manager of the Houston Astros Monday, replacing Gerry Hunsicker, who resigned. Purpura had been the team #39;s assistant GM and director of player development.


label: 2 text: IRS Reveals Less Cheating by Businesses, Its Data Show The push by the commissioner of Internal Revenue for quick completion of audits of big corporations - a move criticized by many longtime agency auditors - has led to a sharp drop in the


label: 2 text: Oil prices firm after week of decline World oil prices have firmed after a five-session drop after a tentative cease-fire took hold in the Iraqi city of Najaf. New York #39;s main contract, light sweet crude for October delivery, rose eight cents to \$US43.


label: 1 text: Pacers' O'Neal Returns Jermaine O'Neal practiced with Indiana on Monday for the first time since being suspended for fighting with Detroit fans during the Pacers-Pistons brawl on Nov. 19.


label: 0 text: Khin Nyunts downfall spells new woes for Suu Kyi BANGKOKThe demise of Myanmar premier Khin Nyunt spells fresh misfortune for detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her prospects for freedom and the country


label: 1 text: Brown loses by TKO In the course of his first year in pinstripes, Kevin Brown has endured a two-month bout with an intestinal parasite and had two cortisone shots for lower back pain.


label: 0 text: Sailor dies after airlift from Canadian submarine off coast of Ireland (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - HALIFAX (CP) - At first, the military said it was just a minor fire.


label: 3 text: Lower Costs Prompt Internet Boom in Britain -Study (Reuters) Reuters - The number of newcomers to the Internet\in Britain has surged this year to its highest level since the\dotcom heyday of 2001, according to a study released on\Saturday.


label: 3 text: TI says chip will allow TV on cell phones Texas Instruments says it has developed a computer chip that will let television fans watch their favorite shows on cellular phones.


label: 0 text: UN nuclear watchdog chief ElBaradei arrives in South Korea SEOUL : UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei arrived in South Korea, where his agency is investigating unauthorised nuclear research.


label: 0 text: Russia developing new missile system MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia is developing a new type of nuclear missile system unlike those held by other countries, news agencies reported.


label: 2 text: Supreme Court Takes Broadband Regulation Case Grotius writes  quot;Reuters reported that the Supreme Court will hear a broadband regulation case that may determine whether FCC regulations apply to cable companies providing broadband services.


label: 2 text: Post Co. Profit Jumps to \$82.5 Million Profit at The Washington Post Co. was \$82.5 million in the fiscal third quarter (\$8.57 per share) compared with \$19.9 million (\$2.


label: 3 text: 1Gbit NAND flash prices to drop 50 by 2Q 2005 Prices of 1Gbit NAND flash chips may drop about 50 to US\$3-4 per chip by the end of the second quarter of 2005, as supply increases and players continue to push higher-density products into the market, according to sources with IC distributors in Taiwan.


label: 2 text: Caterpillar, Union Reach Tentative Pact Caterpillar Inc. and its largest union, the United Auto Workers, said late on Wednesday they had tentatively agreed on a new six-year labor contract, ending a four-month stalemate.


label: 1 text: Deal in 'Great Jeopardy' Mayor Anthony A. Williams says the deal to bring baseball to D.C. is in "great, great jeopardy" because of changes to the stadium agreement.


label: 2 text: Wal-Mart sales at low end of forecast Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Saturday sales at stores open at least a year rose 2.3 percent in September, according to its preliminary tally, helped by sales of bedding, electronics, food and pet supplies.


label: 0 text: Sri Lanka urged to offer more support to rebel go-between Sri Lanka #39;s main foreign donors warn some members of the country #39;s ruling coalition are undermining the shaky peace process aimed at ending the decades-long civil war.


label: 3 text: Space flight pro Young honored for NASA years NASA #39;s most experienced astronaut, John Young, was honored by NASA Tuesday night at the National Air  amp; Space Museum for his 42 years of service as he prepares to retire.


label: 1 text: Brown just looking for respect PHILADELPHIA  It should have been a happy day for Sheldon Brown. He had come up with his first interception of the season, after all, and he had done so against no less a quarterback than Brett Favre.


label: 2 text: Blue Chips Slip on Oil Concerns  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips edged down on Tuesday  as oil jumped to another record and government data on the  services sector showed that growth was slower than expected  last month.


label: 1 text: Casey and Donald seal World Cup win Casey sank the winning putt to beat Spain #39;s Sergio Garcia and Miguel Angel Jimenez by one stroke as England finished with a 31-under-par total of 257.


label: 2 text: Oil Jumps 5 Pct on Cold, Bin Laden Threat Oil prices surged 5 percent on Friday as frigid weather lingered in the mammoth US Northeast heating oil market and militant Osama bin Laden urged renewed attacks on Middle East oil installations.


label: 0 text: Sharon to Step Up War on Militants Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today said he has ordered the army to step up its war on Palestinian militants ahead of a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.


label: 0 text: Traumatised tsunami survivors to take years to heal (Reuters) Reuters - Millions of people may have survived the deadliest tsunami in living memory, but many are so deeply traumatised it will take years for them to heal, if ever, medical experts said on Monday.


label: 2 text: EU seeks clarification of US delay in WTO air row EU trade chief Peter Mandelson wants clarification of the US stance in threatened WTO action over aid to Airbus, his spokeswoman said Friday after a US official indicated Washington was delaying such action.


label: 3 text: Idaho Residents Seek Compensation for Nuclear Tests (Reuters) Reuters - Dozens of Idaho residents who\claim nuclear tests conducted during the 1950s made them sick\asked a panel of scientists on Saturday to recommend that the\U.S. government compensate them.


label: 0 text: Federer Beats Hewitt Easily to Win Open NEW YORK - Roger Federer is at his best against the best, when it counts the most, and he was pretty much perfect in the U.S. Open final...


label: 1 text: Sutton has much riding on Cup So much about this week gives David Toms reason to be excited, but there is one aspect to the Ryder Cup that he is not looking forward to. His 7-year-old son Carter won't be at the proceedings.


label: 1 text: Good Times End With a Thud for Buffaloes (AP) AP - If heart and resiliency won championships, Colorado would have hoisted the Big 12 trophy before the title game even started.


label: 2 text: Symbol Tech to Delay Results  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Symbol Technologies SBL.N, a bar  code scanner and handheld computer maker, said on Monday it  will delay filing its third-quarter results, and it revised  downward results for the first nine months of the year because  of errors in how inventory levels were reported.


label: 1 text: Marathon Saboteur Priest Accused of Indecency A controversial Irish priest who sabotaged the mens Olympic marathon by leaping on the race leader appeared in court today on indecency charges.


label: 1 text: Star footballer #39;s mother freed after kidnap ordeal KIDNAPPERS have freed the mother of one of Brazils most exciting young footballing talents 40 days after they seized her at gunpoint, amid reports that a ransom was paid.


label: 3 text: Dinosaurs Were Doting Parents, Fossil Find Suggests The discovery suggests that the care that crocodiles, birds, and other modern descendents of archosaurs give to their young may be an ancestral characteristic.


label: 0 text: Football: Ferguson hits landmark Sir Alex Ferguson is set to take charge of Man Utd for the 1,000th time.


label: 0 text: Israel Kills 10 People, Says Not Following Roadmap  JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Raiding Israeli forces killed  six Palestinian militants and four civilians on Wednesday, the  highest single-day Palestinian death toll in the West Bank for  more than two years, witnesses and medics said.


label: 3 text: Microsoft: 1Q Earnings Up 11 Percent (AP) AP - Microsoft Corp. said its fiscal first-quarter earnings rose 11 percent, beating analysts' expectations, as the company benefited from stronger-than-expected computer and server shipments.


label: 3 text: Sony to Open More Stores, Worrying Others (AP) AP - Few people took notice when Sony Electronics Inc. opened a tiny storefront last year here at South Coast Plaza, a swanky mall south of Los Angeles. As it turns out, the small store would represent a big change in how Sony sells its televisions, DVD players and other gear.


label: 1 text: Foulke, Wakefield are happy to pitch in As much as the Red Sox relished thumping the Yankees, they took special satisfaction from the outings of two key pitchers who recently have struggled, Keith Foulke and Tim Wakefield .


label: 1 text: Ryan Palmer Wins Funai Classic Over Singh (AP) AP - With a Sunday charge that would have made his namesake Arnold Palmer proud, Ryan Palmer birdied four straight holes down the stretch and closed with a 10-under 62 to win the Funai Classic at Disney by three shots over Vijay Singh and Briny Baird.


label: 0 text: Neiman Marcus Selling Zeppelin for \$10M DALLAS - What do you get for that special someone who has just about everything? How about a personal zeppelin? The 12-seater could be yours for a mere \$10 million from the 2004 Neiman Marcus Christmas Book.    Other gifts in the book include a \$1.7 million winged submarine, jeweled Mr...


label: 0 text: Kenyan president congratulates Maathai for winning Nobel Peace <b>...</b> Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Friday congratulated Wangari Maathai, the assistant minister for environment and natural resources, for becoming the first African woman to win


label: 3 text: Russia Says Space Launch Set for October 14 Russian space officials say the departure of the replacement crew for the International Space Station has been set for October 14.


label: 3 text: Macromedia starts meter on Web conferencing New pay-as-you-go pricing for Breeze Live service is meant to attract small businesses.


label: 0 text: Bush, Kerry Clash Over Iraq in Debate CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Arguing over who can best lead the nation in war, Sen...


label: 3 text: EA Video Game  #39;Madden #39; Tops 1.3 Million First Week  quot;Madden NFL 2005, quot; the latest version of Electronic Arts Inc. #39;s ERTS.O pro football video game franchise, sold more than 1.3 million copies in its first week of release, the company said on Thursday, citing internal figures.


label: 3 text: Sun #39;s Schwartz living a Linux nightmare COMMENTARY -- Judging by his latest blog entry, Sun COO and president Jonathan Schwartz has something new to keep him up at night -- the growing perception that Solaris x86 is anti-Linux -- anti-GNU/Linux, to be specific.


label: 0 text: Jamal Lewis Deal Would Include Jail Time ATLANTA - Lawyers for Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis are negotiating a plea deal in his drug conspiracy case that would allow him to serve jail time in the offseason, a source close to the case told The Associated Press on Saturday.    Under a deal being discussed with federal prosecutors, the pro football player would serve four to six months - possibly split between jail and a halfway house - when the season concludes, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity...


label: 0 text: Kerry Association Hurting Some Democrats (AP) AP - Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle hugged President Bush from one end of South Dakota to the other this summer. In his own campaign commercials.


label: 0 text: States' Tactics Aim to Reduce Drug Spending Drug companies are fighting most of the state initiatives, which they say will deny patients access to valuable treatments.


label: 3 text: Barred From the Apple Store To nurture a community vibe at its retail stores, Apple Computer encourages customers to hang out and play around with the equipment.


label: 1 text: Bosh front and centre Chris Bosh faced the best power forward in the NBA last night and did not blink. The Raptors #39; second-year standout put together a career game, guiding his struggling squad to a 96-90 upset win over the powerful


label: 3 text: Study: Apple, Dell lead PC customer satisfaction index Technical support improvements lead to better overall scores for PC industry.


label: 2 text: Wet Seal Third-Quarter Net Loss Widens  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Struggling clothing retailer Wet  Seal Inc. WTSLA.O on Wednesday posted a wider quarterly loss  as lackluster demand for its teen-oriented fashions forced the  company to make bigger markdowns.


label: 2 text: Congress blocks Internet taxation legislation The bill to ban state and federal levies on all types of connections for three years now goes to Bush. By Mary Dalrymple. WASHINGTON -- Congress acted Friday to block state and local governments from taxing


label: 2 text: American Airlines Seeks New Credit Line The parent company of American Airlines, facing intense competition from low-cost-carriers and higher jet fuel costs, is hoping to refinance or replace an \$834 million credit line, according to a newspaper report.


label: 3 text: Oracle's 'best and final' offer rejected (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - PeopleSoft's board of directors rejected Oracle's  #36;9.2 billion takeover bid Wednesday, thrusting the business software maker's fate in the hands of its shareholders.


label: 3 text: Modern mice use optical sensors, go wireless Buying a new mouse is kind of like buying a new toothbrush: you don #39;t realize you needed a new one until you actually make the switch and realize how bad the old one really was.


label: 0 text: Prince Charles rebuked for  #39;old fashioned #39; views Prince Charles #39; beliefs on class standing are about as ancient as his royal lineage, say his critics. Servants should not aim above their station, according to the heir to the throne.


label: 3 text: Virus writers elude Microsoft's bounty hunt A year on, and the company's \$1 million tip-off program has nabbed just one (alleged) virus writer. Is it a bust?\


label: 1 text: Americans Fail to Match Russians' Level of Desire For the second time in two games, the veteran United States team was outscored, outshot, outskated and outplayed in the World Cup of Hockey tournament.


label: 1 text: Prefontaine boots Argos past Lions TORONTO (CP) - Noel Prefontaine kicked six field goals to lead the Toronto Argonauts to a 22-16 home win over the BC Lions on Monday afternoon.


label: 3 text: Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - Net calling service Skype: Simple, free, not perfect (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, may be geek speak for calls routed through cyberspace. But for many consumers, VoIP translates into ever-cheaper and sometimes feature-rich telephone alternatives. Consider the Skype service I've been testing. It lets members talk free from one computer to another.


label: 3 text: Adobe releases hobbyist Photoshop package com October 13, 2004, 12:19 PM PT. According ZDNet #39;s survey of IT professionals in October, application development is the last priority, but nonetheless an important one.


label: 2 text: Southwest to cut 88 flights in October Newspaper says largest US discount carrier could boost annual revenue by \$60 million as a result. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Inc.


label: 0 text: Sharon hints at Arafat assassination Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday hinted at a possible assassination of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.


label: 0 text: Ban on hunting with dogs pits British townies vs. rural folks BRENT PELHAM, England -- The morning chill was broken with sherry, served on silver platters to riders in smartly tailored red coats, leather crops tucked neatly under their arms. With the shrill blast of a bugle, the chattering was over and the Puckeridge Hunt -- a tradition since 1725 -- was on.


label: 3 text: Linux Networx Lands  #36;40 Million Funding (TechWeb) TechWeb - Linux Networx closed on a  #36;40 million funding and unveiled a new scalable storage system engineered for use with its Linux Networx computing systems.


label: 0 text: Report: Officials search Yukos managers' homes (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - MOSCOW (AP) - Russian authorities have searched the homes of dozens of managers working for the embattled Yukos oil company in what one board member described as a massive campaign reminiscent of the Stalinist purges, a news agency reported Sunday.


label: 0 text: Russian Air Disaster Was Suicide Attack, According to US Sources Traces of explosives found in one of two downed Tupolev planes match explosives used in the 1999 bombing attacks of Moscow apartments by Chechen separatists, according to two US government sources.


label: 2 text: Crude oil exceeds \$US50 a barrel Crude oil futures settled above \$50 for the first time ever on Friday, fueled by concerns about supply in Nigeria and the continuing slow pace of production recovery in the hurricane-ravaged Gulf of Mexico, traders said.


label: 3 text: SpaceShipOne Prepares for Second Flight Oct. 4 - A group of private citizens in California are hoping to make another giant leap for mankind. SpaceShipOne has already made it to space and back.


label: 3 text: Europe Expected to Agree to Deal for PeopleSoft The European Commission is expected to approve Oracle's \$7.7 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft on Tuesday, with no conditions attached, a person close to the case said.


label: 1 text: Henman in Basel brush Tim Henman was due to began his bid for a third Swiss Indoors title in Basel today as the top-ranked player following the withdrawal of Roger Federer with a thigh injury.


label: 2 text: Time Warner Reserves Funds for AOL Penalty Time Warner said yesterday that it had set aside \$500 million to pay for potential penalties stemming from a government investigation into accounting practices at America Online, a step that


label: 0 text: World accepts Indonesian result World leaders congratulate the winner of Indonesia's elections, but the president stops short of conceding.


label: 3 text: Corporations too trusting of Indian security ERNST AND YOUNG #39;S the Global Information Security Survey is just the latest to survey senior management #39;s cluelessness when it comes to IT and are far too trusting when it comes to Indian outsourcing, it alleges.


label: 3 text: Government Hungry for TV's Airwaves Regulators are stepping up their pressure on TV stations to give up billions of dollars worth of airwaves in major markets around the country.-The Washington Post


label: 2 text: Supersize me, says Wal-Mart Wal-Mart just keeps getting bigger. The retailer, already the largest in the world, announced aggressive expansion plans yesterday for the coming year, aiming to open or extend up to 530 stores around the world.


label: 2 text: ExxonMobil #39;s Q3 profit up sharply DALLAS (CBS.MW) - Exxon Mobil on Thursday said third-quarter net income jumped 56 percent, boosted by high oil and gas prices, better refining and marketing results and record chemical earnings.


label: 2 text: Embattled US insurer Marsh and McLellan axes 3,000 jobs NEW YORK : US insurance giant Marsh and McLellan Co., facing a lawsuit for allegedly rigging bids, announced it is cutting about 3,000 jobs, five percent of the global staff.


label: 2 text: Oil Up 4 Pct, Heating Oil Supplies Fall  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices surged on Wednesday as U.S.  government reported a fall in heating oil stocks and cold  weather gripped the U.S. Northeast, the world's biggest heating  fuel market.


label: 1 text: Edmonds, Cardinals have a blast ST. LOUIS -- Don't look now, but there's a bit of drama building in the  quot;other quot; League Championship Series.


label: 0 text: The man who killed Veerappan It is perhaps appropriate that the man who has killed the most-wanted brigand in the country should be called K Vijay Kumar. The 1975 batch police officer from the Tamil Nadu cadre had volunteered in 2000


label: 0 text: Islamic School Set Ablaze in Netherlands (AP) AP - Suspected arsonists set an Islamic elementary school on fire Tuesday amid a string of attacks following the killing of a Dutch filmmaker by an alleged Islamic extremist.


label: 3 text: Nokia pushes hard into smartphone email Finnish mobile device giant Nokia said this week that it will support most widely used methods of pushing email and other information to its smartphones.


label: 1 text: Americans fall on tennis court A US tennis team expected to collect a gold rush or at least challenge for one, instead got derailed just after coming out of the gate.


label: 3 text: Blizzard Entertainment Announces World of Warcraft  #39;Street Date #39; <b>...</b> IRVINE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Nov. 4, 2004 -- Highly Anticipated Massively Multiplayer Online Game to Release Simultaneously in Multiple Regions for the Holiday Season.


label: 0 text: Poe condition turns for worst , Carlito Pablo. Editor #39;s Note: Published on page A1 of the Dec. 14, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. HIS PASS was good for three hours but former President


label: 1 text: Tszyu TKO's Mitchell IBF junior welterweight champ Kostya Tszyu defends his title by pummeling Sharba Mitchell, knocking him down four times and scoring a third-round TKO on Saturday.


label: 0 text: Blind Feed the Blind at New Paris Eatery (AP) AP - They tasted like tomatoes, but in the pitch black it was hard to tell. A couple at the next table was obviously struggling with eating blind, too.


label: 1 text: Federer breezes to third Slam event Well, theres at least one person who isnt trying to figure out whether Roger Federer could one day complete a Grand Slam or match Pete Sampras career record of 14 major titles: Federer himself.


label: 2 text: Stocks Flat, Oil Retreats, Dollar Weakens  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks finished little changed on  Monday as a retreat in crude prices from a record high offset  investors' caution about the U.S. presidential election and a  fall in the dollar.


label: 3 text: PeopleSoft Ex-CEO to Get  #36;3.2M Lump Sum (AP) AP - Craig Conway, the former chief executive of PeopleSoft Inc., will get at least  #36;3.2 million in severance, the company disclosed.


label: 2 text: Borders Cuts Forecast; Storms Hit Sales  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Bookseller Borders Group Inc.  BGP.N on Tuesday slashed its financial forecast, saying sales  were weaker than expected due in part to hurricanes, and that  profits during the key holiday season would miss Wall Street  estimates.


label: 1 text: Cheers, jeers and overcoming fears in golf #39;s ultimate contest The last putt on the last hole of the last match. Bernhard Langer playing Hale Irwin and Langer has a six-footer for Europe to retain the Ryder Cup.


label: 3 text: First Encrypted Desktop-to-Desktop Messaging Service As a completely managed service, FrontBridge is able to implement an encrypted email solution rapidly, without the typical implementation challenges or up front capital investment required from an organization.


label: 3 text: Russian Spacecraft Avoids Collision, Docks with International <b>...</b> A three-man crew has arrived at the International Space Station, after a two-day trip in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Two of the men will replace the crew now on the station as part of the normal six-month rotation.


label: 3 text: JFK assassination game draws ire A video game released to coincide with the 41st anniversary of President John F. Kennedys assassination has been criticised by the Kennedy family.


label: 3 text: Microsoft: To secure IE, upgrade to XP If you #39;re one of about 200 million people using older versions of Windows and you want the latest security enhancements to Internet Explorer, get your credit card ready.


label: 2 text: Qwest to Pay \$250 Mln to Settle SEC Fraud Charges (Update2) Qwest Communications International Inc., the fourth-largest US local-telephone provider, agreed to pay \$250 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that it


label: 3 text: Bio Data-Cruncher Hits Jackpot A Harvard biologist scores on three fronts with a genetic discovery in diabetes, an advance toward curing a rare children's disease and a \$500,000 award for scientific creativity. Fifth in a series profiling the MacArthur Foundation 'genius award' winners. By Kari Lynn Dean.


label: 2 text: US Trade Deficit Surges to \$54B WASHINGTON - The US trade deficit, propelled by a record foreign oil bill, surged to \$54 billion in August, second highest level in history.


label: 2 text: Bayer to Cooperate With Schering-Plough on Sales in US, Japan Bayer AG, Germany #39;s second-biggest drug and chemical maker, formed a marketing partnership with US rival Schering-Plough Corp.


label: 1 text: Indians Beat Twins 7-1, Nearing AL Lead (AP) AP - The Cleveland Indians pulled within one game of the AL Central lead, scoring four runs in the first inning and beating the Minnesota Twins 7-1 Saturday night behind home runs by Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez.


label: 0 text: Suicide Bomber Kills 18 Iraqi Troops, 1 Civilian  BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber hit a bus  carrying Iraqi National Guards on Sunday, killing 19 people in  the deadliest attack of its kind in nearly four months on  Iraqis cooperating with U.S. forces to secure a Jan. 30  election.


label: 0 text: Macau #39;s leader wins second term Macau #39;s leader Edmund Ho has won the approval of the Chinese enclave #39;s elite to rule for a second five-year term. Mr Ho won 296 out of 300 possible votes from the Beijing-approved committee of politicians and businessmen.


label: 3 text: Vonage: Dial 311 for city info Subscribers of the company's Net phone service can get information on park locations, public transit, and so on.


label: 3 text: Online intrusion risks large identity cache com October 20, 2004, 5:36 PM PT. Cyber threats, chiefly viruses like NetSky and Sasser, make security an ongoing concern as it holds steady over software infrastructure as the third top priority.


label: 0 text: Gaza settlers to receive up to 300,000 dollars per family: radio JERUSALEM - Jewish settlers who are to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip under terms of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharons disengagement plan are to receive between 200,000 to 300,000 dollars per family, Israel army radio reported Tuesday.


label: 3 text: IBM grabs content management company Big Blue plans to acquire Venetica to fill out its lineup of software for accessing business documents.


label: 3 text: AT amp;T Considers Mac OS X, Linux For 7,000 Desktops hype7 writes  quot;CNet #39;s News.com.com is reporting that AT amp;T is reconsidering its corporate IT investment in Microsoft Windows - with both Mac OS X and Linux being considered.


label: 3 text: EU wants to make Internet safe for children The European Union has launched a 45 million euro (\$60 million) plan to protect children from pornography and racist sites when they surf the Internet.


label: 2 text: Yukos may cut after \$2.6B funds seized Embattled Russian oil company warns that it may scale back oil output after more funds seized. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian oil major Yukos again warned on Thursday that it may be forced to cut output after


label: 0 text: China Factory Workers Protest Pensions (AP) AP - Thousands of retired textile factory workers in an eastern Chinese industrial center blocked traffic in a weekend protest over the failure of their pensions to keep pace with rising prices, officials and labor advocates said Monday.


label: 1 text: Nieto hired to coach catchers NEW YORK -- The New York Mets hired former New York Yankees hitting coach Rick Down for the same job on Friday, reuniting him with new manager Willie Randolph.


label: 2 text: Retailers Aim to Excite Holiday Shoppers With a weak back-to-school season behind them, the nation #39;s retailers are focused on the holidays and what steps they need to take to get consumers excited about shopping again.


label: 1 text: Rugby: New Zealand expects to make millions out of Lions #39; tour WELLINGTON : The British and Irish Lions have agreed to play an extra match in their three Test tour of New Zealand next year, the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) revealed.


label: 0 text: Ninety years on, only faint echoes remain of Samoa's German past (AFP) AFP - Ninety years after imperial Germany was chased out of the South Pacific few signs remain in Samoa that this was once Berlin's colonial pearl.


label: 3 text: Web blunder boosts Bush bashers Dick Cheney has accidentally given a boost to opponents by wrongly recalling a website address.


label: 0 text: US Denies Saddam on Hunger Strike The US military is denying a report that Saddam Hussein has begun a jailhouse hunger strike, and says the ousted Iraqi leader had eaten on Sunday.


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


label: 2 text: US Stocks Edge Higher as Oil Tops \$52 US stocks were higher on Wednesday even as crude oil prices touched a record at over \$52 per barrel, which helped boost energy shares.


label: 3 text: Survey Shows Musicians Are All For Selling Music Over The Internet A new survey has found that more musicians are embracing the internet as a way of reaching new fans. A study by an American research company, Pew Internet, suggests that some musicians do not agree with the


label: 2 text: Chip sales boost Samsung by 46 SAMSUNG Electronicss quarterly profit jumped 46 per cent from a year ago on strong memory chip sales, but fell 14 per cent from the previous quarter as prices of flat screens for TV and computers fell.


label: 0 text: ANALYSIS-Indo-Pak peace bid runs into rough water Pakistan #39;s President Pervez Musharraf is  quot;confused quot; and not a little impatient. India is concerned, and Kashmiris are increasingly pessimistic.


label: 0 text: US intelligence assessment on Iraq in line with global reports WASHINGTON -- A highly classified US intelligence assessment that lays out dismal predictions for the future of Iraq -- including the possibility of civil war by 2005 -- mirrors assessments that are being made by analysts around the world, according to diplomats and members of the intelligence community.


label: 3 text: Rovers Get Six More Months To Explore Mars As communications with Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity improves because the planet has emerged from behind the sun (from Earth #39;s view), NASA has extended the robots #39; mission.


label: 0 text: Laptops may damage male fertility Men who use laptop computers may inadvertently be risking their fertility, experts believe.


label: 0 text: Hijackers grab Greek bus passengers, demand 1 million euro ransom GERAKAS, Greece (AFP) - Two gunmen, thought to be Albanians, commandeered a bus with some 25 passengers on board in an Athens suburb, later releasing a total of 12 while reportedly demanding one million euros in ransom and a plane to be flown out of


label: 3 text: Court rules against state Web-blocking law WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania law requiring Internet service providers (ISPs) to block Web sites the state's prosecuting attorneys deem to be child pornography has been reversed by a U.S. federal court, with the judge ruling the law violated free speech rights.


label: 0 text: Japan princess Masako makes rare public appearance Japanese Crown Princess Masako has made a rare appearance in public after months of seclusion as the palace released home videos of her two-year-old daughter.


label: 1 text: No. 9 Duke Holds Off Davidson 74-61 (AP) AP - Daniel Ewing scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half and sparked two big runs to help No. 9 Duke pull out a 74-61 victory over pesky Davidson on Monday night at the Charlotte Coliseum.


label: 2 text: Currencies: The ECB #39;s reluctance to lift rates aids dollar NEW YORK The dollar rose Wednesday as the European Central Bank signaled that the region #39;s benchmark rate would stay at a half-century low amid speculation that the Federal Reserve will lift its rate target at least once more this year.


label: 3 text: Opening Pages The title was really meant to scare you. I bet it brought memories of those zombie films prevalent in the 80s. Dont worry. Your PCs wont suddenly get up in the middle of the night and scare the hell out of you.


label: 1 text: United Reach Rooney Agreement Manchester United have announced they have reached an  quot;outline agreement quot; for the transfer of Wayne Rooney from Everton.


label: 0 text: U.S. Gets New Spy Chief as Senate Confirms Goss (Reuters) Reuters - The Senate confirmed Porter Goss as\the new CIA director on Wednesday amid growing momentum for\intelligence reform, terrorism threats and a persistent\insurgency in Iraq.


label: 2 text: Oracle #39;s 4bn PeopleSoft bid gets OK SOFTWARE giant Oracle #39;s stalled \$7.7bn (4.2bn) bid to take over competitor PeopleSoft has received a huge boost after a US judge threw out an anti-trust lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice to block the acquisition.


label: 3 text: BAE Systems to Acquire Alphatech for  #36;88M (AP) AP - British defense contractor BAE Systems PLC said Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary will acquire software maker Alphatech Inc. for  #36;88 million cash.


label: 0 text: Kidnappers Extend Deadline for French Hostages Militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq gave France another 24 hours on Monday to revoke its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools, Al Jazeera reported.


label: 3 text: Top Computer Makers: Dell Dell is both profitable and well regarded, thanks to its habit of delivering serviceable but unexciting products at good prices and supporting them well enough to keep buyers coming back.


label: 0 text: Task Force Soldier Sentenced to 25 Years Confinement for Murder A Task Force Danger soldier was sentenced to 25 years of confinement for the murder of an Iraqi National Guard soldier, according to the US military.


label: 1 text: Minutemen slam the brakes on their skid DURHAM, N.H. -- After suffering losses each of the last four weeks in a  quot;murderer's row quot; schedule -- in the words of coach Don Brown -- it appeared Massachusetts was about to lose No. 5 early in yesterday's game.


label: 2 text: Four executed in China for fraud China's crackdown on white-collar crime sees four people executed for defrauding two of the country's biggest banks.


label: 2 text: Why Greenspan Is Staying the Course When Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan kicked off his credit-tightening campaign on June 30, there was no question why he was raising interest rates.


label: 2 text: A Fixer-Upper A solid majority of Americans tell pollsters they think the country is headed in the wrong direction. But as the congressional campaigns got underway in earnest this September, it seemed all


label: 2 text: US consumer confidence dips again US consumer confidence hits a seven month low ahead of next week's presidential election.


label: 3 text: NEC Delays Fuel Cell Launch (PC World) PC World - Alternative power source for notebook PCs won't be available next year.


label: 0 text: Peru to Again Seek Fujimori Extradition from Japan (Reuters) Reuters - Peru will submit a second request to\Japan to extradite former President Alberto Fujimori to face\charges of corruption, the Peruvian Embassy said Friday.


label: 0 text: Bomb Kills 7 Iraqis, Year After Saddam's Capture (Reuters) Reuters - A suicide car bomber killed at least\seven Iraqis outside Baghdad's government compound on Monday,\the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein's capture.


label: 1 text: Ware May Be Georgia's Next Herschel Walker (AP) AP - Tailback U. is back in business. Third-ranked Georgia has found the guy who might just take his place alongside Herschel Walker, Garrison Hearst, Rodney Hampton and Terrell Davis  #151; a proud heritage of running backs that seemed about as real as Greek mythology a year ago.


label: 3 text: Cisco reports access control server flaws Hackers could exploit the vulnerabilities to launch DOS attacks and bypass user authentication on the servers.


label: 2 text: EC anti-competitive ruling challenged by Microsoft today The European Commission ruled in March that Microsoft had indulged in anti-competitive behaviour with Windows and set a fine of 333mn plus orders to produce a version of Windows without the Media Player within 90 days or face further action.


label: 1 text: Brockton has its lines down pat Brockton reached the postseason by controlling the line of scrimmage and it wasn't about to change its game plan.


label: 0 text: Mosul car bomb wounds six US soldiers; Freed Italian hostage says <b>...</b> A car bombing in the northern city of Mosul wounded six American soldiers, the military said Wednesday, while one of two Italian women


label: 0 text: Iraq deaths claim  #39;to be studied #39; The government will  quot;examine with very great care quot; claims around 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the US-led invasion, Jack Straw has said.


label: 3 text: Brits roll out jam-busting airtaxi Despite the hype, we #39;ve been waiting fifty years for visionaries to come good on their promise of the freedom of the skies for the average Joe.


label: 0 text: Govt Confident UN Seat Won #39;t Spark Diplomatic Row Government has dismissed speculation that declaring its readiness to serve as a Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) could spark a diplomatic row with certain African countries.


label: 0 text: Dahlan Bows Out of Palestinian Elections (AP) AP - Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan, once seen as a possible successor to Yasser Arafat, said Tuesday he will not run in the Jan. 9 elections and instead endorsed the interim Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas.


label: 1 text: Activist Charged With Blackmailing Yankee (AP) AP - A federal judge refused to dismiss charges Thursday against a self-styled community activist accused of attempting to blackmail New York Yankees slugger Gary Sheffield and his wife with a purported sex videotape, and ordered him held in jail.


label: 3 text: No price cut as Virgin unveils US music download service LONDON - Virgin launches its rival to Apple #39;s iTunes and Roxio #39;s Napster in the US today, although consumers will get no break on price because the service charges the same 99 cents a song to download.


label: 3 text: Adobe expands push for video, photo hobbyists The company releases new applications aimed at amateur photographers and video shooters.


label: 3 text: Oracle touts grid computing to open show LONDON -- Oracle Corp. rang in the first day of its OpenWorld European conference series on Monday by touting the growth of grid computing in Europe, followed with the main news of the day: the release of E-Business Suite Version 11i.10.


label: 3 text: Dell to Recall 990,000 Laptop Power Adapters--CPSC  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dell Inc. DELL.O will recall about  990,000 power adapters for some of its laptop computer models  because of a risk of overheating which could lead to a fire or  electrical shock, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission  said on Friday.


label: 0 text: U.N.: Peruvians Relying on Food Aid (AP) AP - Tens of thousands of Peruvians are surviving on international food aid after the harshest weather in decades devastated their harvests, the United Nations said Tuesday.


label: 3 text: Our dark past a head-scratcher MODERN human beings may have wiped out two species of our closest relatives 25,000 years ago, possibly deliberately. The new research, by scientists at the University of Utah, raises the possibility that we


label: 0 text: Now Afghanistan needs a mother MASOODA Jalal has been clocking up some high mileage on the campaign trail for Afghanistans presidential election. The only woman candidate to stand in the October 9 vote, Jalal


label: 3 text: Foam, not shuttle repairs on the go, key flight issue NASA can return shuttles to flight even if the agency is unable to fix in space the type of wing damage that caused the February 2003 Columbia accident, the head of an oversight group said Thursday.


label: 2 text: Linux standard gains big-name backers A number of software makers and well-known IT vendors have agreed to endorse the Free Standards Group #39;s latest Linux standard to help create common ground for companies building open-source technologies, the organization said Monday.


label: 2 text: Unions Protest New Overtime Regulations Several hundred union members marched outside the Labor Department to protest new overtime pay regulations taking effect Monday, with two senators pledging to roll them back when Congress returns from recess.


label: 1 text: Still involved, he hails Red Sox as fantasy team  quot;We. quot; It's always  quot;We, quot; not  quot;They. quot;  quot;I was really happy for the organization, quot; he says.  quot;We've been trying to beat the Yankees for so darn long. quot;


label: 2 text: New York's Spitzer Sues Insurance Broker (Reuters) Reuters - New York Attorney General Eliot\Spitzer on Thursday sued Marsh   McLennan Cos., the world's No.\1 insurance broker, for steering unsuspecting clients to\certain insurers in exchange for lucrative payoffs, sending\Marsh's stock plummeting.


label: 0 text: Ancient Language Clings to Life at Tip of Britain (Reuters) Reuters - Lisa Simpson,\the spiky-haired U.S. cartoon character, may just be the spark\that revives an ancient language and fuels a tiny political\movement at the tip of Britain's southwest coast.


label: 2 text: Google delves deep within your computer with new desktop tool The good news? Your computer can now have a photographic memory. The bad news? Your computer can now have a photographic memory. This secretly sourced and powerfully protected photographic memory - actually


label: 1 text: For better or worse, college football needs Fighting Irish to be <b>...</b> Those Domeheads hungering for further indication that their Notre Dame heroes are marching back toward prosperity needed only to check in on Fighting Irish head coach Tyrone Willingham #39;s weekly press conference to learn that things indeed are heading in


label: 2 text: Stocks to Watch on Aug. 20  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks to watch: GOOGLE INC.  GOOG.O Google shares jumped 18 percent in their long-awaited  stock market debut on Thursday after a scaled-down \$1.67  billion IPO marked by missteps and lackluster market  conditions. The stock closed at \$100.34.


label: 1 text: Montgomery Doping Hearing Set for Early November  LONDON (Reuters) - World 100 meters record holder Tim  Montgomery will appear before the Court of Arbitration for  Sport (CAS) in San Francisco in the first week of November for  a hearing over a possible life ban for doping.


label: 2 text: Oil just shy of \$US50 THE cost of oil soared to a record \$US49.64 a barrel today as unrest in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia alarmed traders. Oil futures jumped to their highest closing price on record on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


label: 0 text: Merck's Vioxx Woes Weigh on Stocks NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Thursday after Merck   Co. said it would be forced to remove its best-selling Vioxx arthritis drug from the market due to serious health risks...


label: 2 text: Delta gets share incentive boost Delta Air Lines is to issue millions of new shares without shareholder consent as part of moves to ensure its survival.


label: 2 text: German public deficit balloons in first half (AFP) AFP - Germany's public deficit amounted to 4.0 percent of gross domestic product in the first six months of the current year, well above the EU limit of 3.0 percent, official data showed.


label: 1 text: Wales  #39;homecoming #39; adds twist for Henry and Hansen There was a bizarre feeling to events yesterday, hearing two Wales coaches talking about New Zealand looking for a victory, but then, it is an unprecedented situation.


label: 3 text: Nhema in bid to resume ivory trade A ZIMBABWEAN delegation led by Environment and Tourism minister Francis Nhema is in Thailand to back a bid at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) conference by southern African countries to resume trade in ivory.


label: 1 text: Panthers' Davis, Morgan Sit Out (AP) AP - Carolina running back Stephen Davis missed his sixth game of the season Sunday because of a knee injury. Linebacker Dan Morgan, who sustained a concussion last week, also was out for the Panthers' game against Oakland.


label: 1 text: An Afterthought for the A.C.C. Becomes Its Champ The No. 10 Hokies completed their inaugural season in the Atlantic Coast Conference with the league's outright championship.


label: 3 text: JPEG exploit toolkit spotted online A toolkit designed to exploit a recently-disclosed Microsoft JPEG vulnerability has been released onto the net. The toolkit (screen shot from AV firm F-Secure here) makes it trivially easy for maliciously-minded


label: 2 text: FCC OKs Cingular Bid for AT T Wireless (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Federal Communications\Commission said on Tuesday it has conditionally approved\Cingular Wireless'  #36;41 billion cash acquisition of AT T\Wireless Services Inc. , clearing the last big hurdle\for the deal.


label: 2 text: Russian oil exports to go north Russia, the world #39;s second-biggest oil exporter, next month will increase northern Baltic port loadings on expectations winter storms in the Black Sea and traffic in the Bosporus


label: 1 text: F1: Button has his sights on victory Jenson Button set himself a target of winning the final race of the season after again falling just short in yesterday #39;s Japanese Grand Prix.


label: 1 text: Detroit Rock City: Wakefield baffles What they continue to demonstrate, more than anything else, is an impeccable sense of timing. When to run. When to hit. When to start playing like a tried-and-true


label: 2 text: Yukos executives 'flee' Russia All the top executives at Russian oil giant Yukos have fled the country in fear of arrest as the government seeks to sell off its main asset.


label: 2 text: Black quitting posts at Hollinger Inc. TORONTO Press baron Conrad Black says he #39;d give up his posts as head of the Toronto-based Hollinger Incorporated to ease his plan to take the company private.


label: 3 text: Fishmeal catch 'hits UK seabirds' British seabirds have had their worst breeding season ever with industrial fishing a key problem, scientists say.


label: 1 text: A view from the Anfield Road A Liverpool performance lacking in confidence and finishing ability spoilt what otherwise could have been a good result. When the Kop sung out You #39;ll Never Walk Alone as the players ran onto the hallowed turf, it felt like a night of old.


label: 2 text: WTO paves way for retaliatory tariffs on US goods GENEVA - The World Trade Organization on Friday approved lists of US products on which Japan, five other countries and the European Union plan to levy punitive tariffs in retaliation for a US failure to repeal an illegal antidumping measure.


label: 1 text: Tennis: Defending champion Myskina sees off world number one <b>...</b> MOSCOW : Defending champion and French Open winner Anastasia Myskina advanced into the final of the 2.3 million dollar Kremlin Cup beating new world number one Lindsay Davenport of the United States here.


label: 1 text: Competing for Causes The Leukemia  #38; Lymphoma Society's Team in Training surveyed its runners and found that one of the primary reasons people join a marathon training group is to meet other people.


label: 1 text: Going deep -- for memories TORONTO -- Last night, Doug Mientkiewicz was on call as the Red Sox' emergency catcher in case calamity befell Doug Mirabelli , raising the uncomfortable specter of the one-time minor league catcher trying to corral Tim Wakefield's knuckleball. He escaped that duty, serving only as a pinch runner and defensive replacement at first base for Kevin Millar in last night's ...


label: 1 text: Pilkadaris Takes Shanghai Open Lead (AP) AP - Terry Pilkadaris of Australia shot an even par 72 Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after the third round of the inaugural Shanghai Open.


label: 3 text: Md. Geologist Completes Sinkhole Study (AP) AP - A geologist who spent four years traipsing in and around Frederick has mapped areas most likely to develop sinkholes  #151; depressions in the earth that appear suddenly, swallowing cars and homes.


label: 1 text: Light decides to stay awhile Matt Light was a good old country boy. Now he's a rich, good old country boy.


label: 3 text: How to rip from vinyl or tape So, you have five hundred tapes and albums of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the like, and want then on your computer? Well, you could spend hundreds of dollars replacing music you already paid for once with CDs. Or, instead of paying twenty bucks per album, you could spend twenty cents per album to convert your tapes and vinyl to CD and rip those. Read more for how.    Also, the instructions below will allow you to defeat any copy protection. Period. Just substitute "cheap CD walkman" for "stereo." Caution- doing this in the United Statesor other parts of the world may be a felony. Those in less corrupt, more civilized parts of the world need not fear.    Or alternately, you can make CDs of your own band.


label: 0 text: Iraqi judge dismisses case against Chalabi BAGHDAD -- A judge has dismissed counterfeiting charges against a senior political figure once considered a front-runner to become Iraq's leader, authorities said yesterday.


label: 0 text: UK rules out hostage negotiations Britain says it will not bargain with Iraqi militants holding a UK man, after he made a video plea to Tony Blair.


label: 0 text: Greek Plane Diverted to Ireland After Bomb Threat  DUBLIN (Reuters) - A Greek plane heading for New York from  Athens made an emergency landing in Ireland on Tuesday after a  bomb alert -- the second such incident in three days.


label: 2 text: Don't Overpay for Your Mortgage Bye-bye, PMI. So long, souped-up interest. Time to streamline your mortgage budget.


label: 2 text: British Airways in Pact With Unions British Airways PLC reached a pay accord early Saturday with two unions, averting a planned strike during the Aug. 27-30 holiday weekend by 11,000 baggage handlers and check-in workers.


label: 0 text: Summary: Momentum Key in 2004 Election (AP) AP - THE ISSUE: While the race for the presidency is now a virtual dead-heat between President Bush and Democrat John Kerry, on Election Day it could turn into a landslide.


label: 0 text: Waistline linked to health risks Scientists believe measuring your waist could be a better indicator of future health than weighing yourself.


label: 1 text: Take That, Boston. Again. And Again. F the Red Sox thought they could come into Yankee Stadium and change the direction of the American League East race, they have another thought coming.


label: 3 text: Four Out Of Five Linux PCs End Up Running Pirated Windows A Gartner analyst finds a direct connection between Linux and piracy: many systems come preinstalled with Linux to keep prices down but then bogus copies of Windows get loaded.


label: 0 text: Arab allies discuss Lebanon vote Egypt #39;s President Hosni Mubarak is on an unscheduled trip to Syria after a divisive Arab League debate over Syria #39;s military presence in Lebanon.


label: 1 text: Federer beats Moya in Masters Top-seeded Roger Federer overcame a second-set lapse and remained unbeaten in the ATP Masters Cup Championships with a victory Thursday night over Carlos Moya.


label: 0 text: South Korean adoptees encounter hurdles in search for roots KUNSAN, South Korea -- The clerk in the police station gives a quizzical look to the young woman in the short green sundress. She has Korean features, but something about her manner and the sweep of her ponytail is distinctly American.


label: 2 text: More grunt left in BHP: chief BHP Billiton chief executive Chip Goodyear yesterday insisted this week #39;s record profit  quot;isn #39;t as good as it gets quot;, as the market wrestled with how to value the stock amid speculation that its share price was near cycle peaks.


label: 0 text: Question of medicare reform has become test of Martin's political credibility (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - There was a moment before the last federal election when medicare reform became more than just a campaign promise for Prime Minister Paul Martin.


label: 2 text: India gt; Net TV firm Orca, an Emblaze unit, wins India deal Orca Interactive, a unit of Israel #39;s Emblaze Ltd, has won a contract from Atlas Interactive India to provide software used in bringing digital television to broadband customers.


label: 1 text: Brodeur #39;s wrist feeling better Martin Brodeur casually strolled through Canada #39;s dressing room on Sunday with a noticeable wrap on his injured left wrist. He said he felt good, just not well enough to join his teammates on the ice in preparation


label: 2 text: Small Business Optimism Still Strong  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. small business optimism dipped  slightly last month but remained near record levels, suggesting  a strong outlook for growth, a survey released on Tuesday  showed.


label: 3 text: Mozilla Launches Thunderbird E-Mail Client A spokesperson for Mozilla said that Thunderbird is another milestone in cooperation between hundreds of open-source community volunteers.


label: 0 text: WTO Negotiators Finish Week of Farm Talks Negotiators at the World Trade Organization completed weeklong farm talks Friday, part of discussions on ways to reach a wider-ranging liberalization accord by the end of 2005.


label: 0 text: Nigerian talks may aid oil price There are some signs of progress in resolving the Nigerian conflict that is riling global oil markets. The leader of militia fighters threatening to widen a battle for control of Nigeria #39;s oil-rich south has


label: 3 text: Earth warps space surrounding it Earth #39;s spin warps space around the planet, according to a new study that confirms a key prediction of Einstein #39;s general theory of relativity.


label: 2 text: Rentokil shares drop on profit warning Rentokil warned investors to expect lower profits for 2005 after reported a fall in profits for most of the 2004 and revealed it was finally washing its hands of parts of its UK hygiene business.


label: 0 text: Howard, Latham shrug off poll BOTH Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Mark Latham today played down new poll results which showed the Government clawing back some of Labor #39;s lead.


label: 0 text: Europe helps tackle Morocco fires France, Spain and Italy are sending water-bomber planes to Morocco to fight a major forest fire .


label: 2 text: Treasury Yields Dip on Data  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury yields retested recent lows  on Tuesday after a soft reading on U.S. consumer sentiment  encouraged those who hope the Federal Reserve will have to slow  the pace of interest rates increases.


label: 2 text: Saudis ready to hike oil output Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia vowed on Sunday to maintain spare oil production capacity of 1.5 to 2 million barrels per day and said it was prepared to hike output to meet customer demand.


label: 1 text: Blazers win 11th straight over Magic Playing their second game in as many nights in the opposite corner of the country, the Portland Trail Blazers fell behind early and then rallied to complete a Florida sweep.


label: 2 text: FCC May Allow Cell-Phone Use on Airplanes The Federal Communications Commission has voted to consider eliminating its ban on the use of cell phones on airplanes. The agency instituted the ban because of potential interference with ground-based cell systems.


label: 2 text: Pace of US job growth slows The nation #39;s labor markets sputtered again last month as job growth, which surged in October, reverted to the lackluster pace that has marked the recovery for much of the year.


label: 1 text: Coulthard #39;s back in action Pedro de la Rosa may have destroyed the competition on the second day of testing at Jerez, but it was David Coulthard who captured the headlines making his Red Bull Racing debut.


label: 1 text: U.S.C. Plays Through the Fog to Remain Undefeated Matt Leinart led top-ranked U.S.C. shook off the fog and an early Oregon State threat to beat the Beavers.


label: 1 text: Cardinals Win Opener Larry Walker delivers three key hits as the Cardinals slug their way past the Astros, 10-7, Wednesday in Game 1 of a NLCS many feel is being unjustly overlooked.


label: 0 text: Two Soldiers Die After Crash in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces battled insurgents around the rebel stronghold of Fallujah on Sunday after two American soldiers died when their helicopters crashed south of Baghdad...


label: 3 text: Google plotting Explorer rival? Clues point to the company developing a series of Web features -- including a Web browser. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Move over Bill Gates.


label: 3 text: Red Hat picks up pieces of Netscape Red Hat Inc. has gone scavenging among Netscape's remains, agreeing Thursday to pay America Online Inc. (AOL) up to \$23 million in cash for the assets of Netscape Communications Corp.'s Security Solutions unit.


label: 0 text: World Leaders React to Bush Victory Russian President Vladimir Putin led world leaders #39; tributes to George W. Bush #39;s victory in the US presidential race, saying it meant Americans had not allowed themselves to be cowed by terrorists.


label: 2 text: Wal-Mart Seeks to Repair Image in Calif. (Reuters) Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  sent\an open letter to California residents on Thursday, hoping it\will help the world's largest retailer  overcome resistance to\its plans for expansion in that state.


label: 2 text: Besieged bike-lock firm plans product upgrade Canton lockmaker Kryptonite yesterday disclosed a broad upgrade program for its well-known bike locks after many cyclists complained the products can be picked open with ballpoint pens.


label: 3 text: Reactors Trim Radioactive Waste Researchers at a Department of Energy lab are developing fuel rods that could halve the amount of nuclear waste produced. That's good news for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, where 40 years' worth of radioactive material is slated to be stored. By John Gartner.


label: 0 text: Arafat condition improves, illness still a mystery PARIS Palestinian officials say a medical report on Yasser Arafat #39;s condition will be issued tomorrow or Wednesday. They say he #39;s not suffering  quot;from any serious problem.


label: 3 text: Infineon to admit DRAM price fixing U.S. government announces company's agreement to plead guilty, pay \$160 million fine.


label: 1 text: No escape from  #39;Curse of the Bambino #39; To Understand the tortured relationship between the great city of Boston and the equally great city of New York - in life as well as in baseball - look no further than Game


label: 0 text: Concern Mounts That North Korea May Be Planning Missile Test There is concern in Japan and South Korea that North Korea might be preparing to launch a ballistic missile. Officials in both Japan and South Korea say that since Tuesday, they have detected signs of activity


label: 2 text: ISM US Non-Manufacturing Index Rises Growth in the vast US services sector expanded in October a bit more than economists had expected, including a slight gain in employment, according to an industry survey published on Wednesday.


label: 3 text: Birding Column: Enigma of the Band-Tailed Pigeon Once hunted by the thousands, the band-tailed pigeon is in decline. Mathew Tekulsky writes of the joy of seeing five or six of these big birds on his backyard feeder.


label: 1 text: England bag first Dubai Sevens title England won their first ever Dubai Sevens title last night, beating Fiji 26-21 in a nail-biter of a final. The visitors went behind early on at the Exiles Club with Kameli Ratuvou going over, but Mike Friday #39;s


label: 2 text: US frees up emergency oil supply The US government is to let oil refineries borrow crude from its emergency stockpile to make up for supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan.


label: 0 text: In NY, Pakistan and India leaders vow to seek peace UNITED NATIONS, New York The new Indian prime minister met with his Pakistani counterpart Friday for the first time and the two men promised to work together to gradually ease tensions between their nations and explore a peaceful settlement for the


label: 3 text: Watch China #39;s first SMS novel as a film on ur mobile China #39;s first ever novel transmitted to readers through SMS is all set to be made into a film. According to the Straits Times, the film will also be transmitted to audiences in 30 to 40 segments enabling viewers


label: 1 text: Bills' Campbell Out for Rest of Season (AP) AP - Bills tight end Mark Campbell will miss the rest of the season because of an injured right knee.


label: 0 text: Sri Lanka attack raises tension Members of the Sinhala and Tamil communities have clashed again in eastern Sri Lanka after a grenade attack on a bus left one person dead.


label: 0 text: U.S. Worries Over Election Terror Threat WASHINGTON - As the election draws nearer, U.S. officials are increasingly concerned al-Qaida terrorists will mount a devastating attack to try to disrupt the political process...


label: 3 text: New GNOME version is available for Linux users A new version of GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) desktop interfaces is now available for download.


label: 0 text: Car Explodes in Gaza City, One Dead An explosion tore apart a car in Gaza City Monday, killing at least one person, Palestinian witnesses said. They said Israeli warplanes were circling overhead at the time of the blast, indicating a possible missile strike.


label: 0 text: India-Pakistan talks conclude with claim of progress on Kashmir NEW DELHI: The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan concluded talks Monday, declaring that the South Asian rivals had made significant progress in improving relations, despite their inability to agree on the future of divided Kashmir.


label: 0 text: Europeans in Thrall of American Culture (AP) AP - They grew up listening to '70s soul, learning to break dance, wearing Nikes, watching the "Star Wars" trilogy again and again. For the French rap group IAM, the fascination with American culture started when they were kids.