label: 1 text: Irish coach could make ugly history Here we are, a week into the college football season, and already the skin tingles with anticipation of what could be in store. Notre Dame is 0-1, likely on its way to 0-2, and quite possibly


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label: 1 text: Pistons Top Cavaliers 81-69 (AP) AP - Richard Hamilton scored 21 points and the Detroit Pistons held Cleveland to a six-point third quarter and almost held LeBron James scoreless in the second half in an 81-69 win Thursday night.


label: 1 text: Mansell out but Silverstone roars back Ecclestone is understood to have entered Silverstone #39;s name on the provisional list of venues for the 2005 season, which would leave no room for Brand Synergy, the mystery consortium that has Mansell on its board.


label: 2 text: Ex-Air Force Official Sentenced in Case ALEXANDRIA, Va. Oct. 1, 2004 - A former top Air Force procurement official was sentenced to nine months in prison after admitting for the first time Friday that she helped Boeing Co.


label: 1 text: Torre the lure as Pavano opts for Yankees ANAHEIM, Calif. -- As it turned out, Joe Torre trumped Curt Schilling in the Carl Pavano sweepstakes.


label: 2 text: Dollar Closes in on Lows After Weak Data  TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar edged down against the euro on  Monday toward its lowest level in seven and a half months,  pressured after it fell through key technical levels on weak  U.S. economic data on Friday.


label: 1 text: Jags cut Compton, Maddox Veteran offensive lineman Mike Compton and rookie defensive tackle Anthony Maddox were among the 12 players cut by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.


label: 0 text: Militants #39; positions bombed WANA, Aug 21: Fighter planes and helicopter gunships carried out strikes on militants #39; positions in South Waziristan on Saturday.


label: 1 text: HOPKINS SETS THE PACE John Hopkins caused a surprise by claiming provisional pole position this morning for the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi. The Suzuki rider, who has endured a mediocre season so far, stole the limelight from


label: 2 text: Fed to Raise US Rates to Underpin Steady Growth Another hike in US interest rates is seen as a certainty when Federal Reserve policy-makers meet on Wednesday -- a step on the march toward a level of rates necessary to underpin long-term expansion.


label: 2 text: Volkswagen management and union reach wage agreement HANOVER (AFP) - Management and unions at German auto maker Volkswagen announced that they had reached an agreement that will bring an end to their long-running wage dispute and probably stave off strike action.


label: 0 text: 4 Held In UK For Trying To Buy N-Material After Papers <b>...</b> London, Sept. 26 (NNN): After a sting operation involving a newspaper and the sleuths of British intelligence, the London police has arrested four Muslim men posing as businessmen who were trying to buy radioactive material.


label: 1 text: Barcelona beat Real Madrid Barcelona moved seven points clear at the top of the Spanish League on Saturday following a three-nil victory at home to second-placed Real Madrid.


label: 1 text: A amp;M, OU battle in Big 12 rivalry Before last Saturday #39;s games were even played, some had written off Oklahoma (8-0, 5-0 in the Big 12) and Texas A amp;M #39;s respective opponents and looked ahead to today #39;s clash in College Station, Texas.


label: 2 text: Cool Tech Three cheers for iPod mania! And that's only the start of our guide to the hottest, newest products in personal tech


label: 1 text: Agents Tell Players There #39;s Little New In NHL Lockout An NHL lockout that is nine weeks old will not end soon unless the owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players union.


label: 2 text: US spared WTO sanctions -- for now The World Trade Organization on Wednesday held off approving stiff sanctions on US exports ranging from cod to mobile homes intended to punish Washington until it repeals the so-called Byrd amendment.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Launches Online Music Store (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp. launched a new online\store for music downloads on Wednesday, taking direct aim at\Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iTunes music service.


label: 1 text: Two sides to Patriots' success story Just a few seconds after Richard Seymour raced 68 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown with a Drew Bledsoe fumble in Sunday's 31-17 Patriots victory over the Buffalo Bills, the camera panned the sideline at Ralph Wilson Stadium to capture a telling scene.


label: 0 text: Colombia to Free Rebels in Hostage Gesture

 BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombia on Thursday said itwould pardon 23 jailed rebels to encourage Marxist guerrillasto free 72 hostages, including three Americans.


label: 0 text: Australia stunned by murder of aid worker who helped Iraq's poor (AFP) AFP - Aid worker Margaret Hassan's apparent murder by her kidnappers in Iraq caused shock and dismay among Australians and employees of the charity group that employed her, CARE Australia.


label: 2 text: Oil Slide continues as peace deal struck in Najaf NEW YORK - Oil prices fell for the fifth day in a row on Thursday after word of a peace deal in the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf raised hopes of more reliable oil shipments from the energy-rich country and encouraged a run of profit-taking by big money


label: 0 text: BA staff call off holiday strikes A planned strike by British Airways staff that threatened to disrupt the travel plans of half a million people was halted yesterday after management and workers reached an agreement.


label: 3 text: Phishing Scams Increase Dramatically Phishing scams increased by more than 100 in October causing banks, financial services firms and popular consumer websites until grief.


label: 1 text: DC United captures record 4th MLS Cup In the final moments of DC United #39;s 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Wizards in yesterday #39;s MLS Cup, coach Peter Nowak paced the sideline


label: 3 text: First Look: Voq Cell Phone Needs Work Sierra Wireless promises easy corporate syncing, but we hit some snags.


label: 2 text: PMC-Sierra Cuts Q3 Outlook The high-speed broadband communications, storage, and MIPS processor chip maker said revenues are now expected to be between \$71 million and \$73 million.


label: 2 text: Stocks Seen Flat as Oil Hits New Highs  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks looked set to open flat on  Monday, with high oil prices expected to take center stage amid  light trading volume on the Columbus Day holiday.


label: 0 text: Karzai well ahead in Afghan tally KABUL, Afghanistan -- Preliminary results from Afghanistan #39;s landmark elections show President Hamid Karzai well ahead of his rivals and on course to become the country #39;s first popularly elected leader.


label: 3 text: Coral copyright plan faces Apple, MS barriers NEITHER APPLE nor Microsoft will join a consortium formed today to address digital rights management for music and films. But the Coral Consortium has heavyweight firms Sony, Samsung, Philips, Matsushita, HP and 20th Century Fox backing their plans.


label: 1 text: Maddux Wins No. 302, Baker Wins No. 1,000 (AP) AP - Greg Maddux pitched the Chicago Cubs into the lead in the NL wild-card race and gave Dusty Baker a win to remember. Maddux threw seven shutout innings for his 302nd career win, Baker got his 1,000th victory as a manager and Chicago beat the Montreal Expos 5-2 on Monday night.


label: 1 text: CASILLAS #39; DELIGHT AT BUMPER TURN-OUT Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas was delighted with the turn-out at Tuesday night #39;s  #39;Game against Poverty #39; in the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Says Battle in Japan Hurting Image By YURI KAGEYAMA     TOKYO (AP) -- The head of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Japan unit acknowledged Tuesday that the U.S...


label: 1 text: It was a mutual decision insists Richards Talking in a teleconference this afternoon, David Richards insisted that the ending of the  quot;consultancy contract quot; between BAR and Prodive, and his subsequent departure from the team, was a mutual decision.


label: 0 text: Six Egyptians Kidnapped in Baghdad Gunmen abducted six Egyptians working for Iraq's mobile phone company, seizing two in a bold raid on the firm's Baghdad office and the others outside the capital, officials said Friday, the latest in a string of kidnappings that have underscored the country's fragile security.


label: 3 text: US, 13 nations OK methane agreement The \$53 million pact will develop methods to gather gas emissions and sell them as energy. By Michael Janofsky. WASHINGTON -- The United States and 13 other countries signed an agreement Tuesday to explore ways to capture methane gas emissions.


label: 3 text: Google wows investors with first results since IPO (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Internet search giant Google, which raised  #36;1.7 billion in a highly publicized IPO, announced its first quarterly earnings as a public company Thursday, and the results were stellar. Google reported revenue of  #36;805.9 million, more than double last year's  #36;393.3 million.


label: 3 text: Apple Ships Security Patch For iChat (TechWeb) TechWeb - Apple Computer Inc. released a security patch for its Mac OS X iChat instant messaging client.


label: 2 text: EU backs Oracle #39;s bid for PeopleSoft STRASBOURG/SAN FRANCISCO - The European Commission on Tuesday approved Oracle Corp. #39;sproposed US\$7.7 billion (\$11 billion) hostile takeover of rival business software company PeopleSoft Inc.


label: 2 text: US Stocks Rise on Optimism About Election; Nextel Advances US stocks gained on optimism the US presidential election will produce a clear winner, acting as the catalyst to lift share prices the rest of the year.


label: 3 text: Interactive Christmas lights an on-line hit LAFAYETTE, Colo. - After festooning his house with 17,000 Christmas lights, Alex Komarnitsky wanted more than just drive-by gawkers to be able to enjoy the spectacle.


label: 0 text: Moroccan Charged in Europe Terror Probe (AP) AP - A judge charged a jailed Moroccan on Tuesday with being a leading member of Islamic extremist groups in three countries, including an organization suspected in the killing of a Dutch filmmaker.


label: 3 text: PeopleSoft Shareholders Clash on Takeover (AP) AP - Oracle Corp.'s takeover tug-of-war with rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. intensified Tuesday as two shareholders who own nearly 20 percent of PeopleSoft's stock indicated they are prepared to line up on opposite sides of the battle lines.


label: 2 text: Bright Marks  amp; Sparks It speaks of grateful grannies and bowing bread-earners as Munificence plc divides between its investors excess booty earned from triumph on commerce #39;s high seas.


label: 3 text: Mathematicians crochet chaos Mathematicians have made a model of the stable manifold of the origin of the Lorenz system - in crochet.


label: 1 text: Brazilians win gold at the beach Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Brazil #39;s Ricardo Sanos and Emanuel Rego won their country #39;s first-ever gold medal in men #39;s beach volleyball Wednesday night with a straight set victory over Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera of Spain.


label: 0 text: Mass. Fair Accident Kills 1, Injures 2 SHREWSBURY, Mass. - A carnival ride broke apart during a church fair Sunday, killing a man and injuring two other people...


label: 0 text: Israel: No Vacation From Terror Oct. 18 issue - The first warnings filtered into the offices of Israel #39;s Shabak security service last January. Terrorists were plotting to carry out an attack on Israeli tourists in Egypt #39;s Sinai Peninsula


label: 2 text: Nortel Delays Release of Financial Reports Nortel Networks says it will again delay the release of its restated financial results. The Canadian telecom vendor originally promised to release the restated results in September.


label: 1 text: Ukranian rower fails drugs test ATHENS - Ukrainian rower Olena Olefirenko has failed a drugs test at the Olympics and has been stripped of a bronze medal, the International Olympic Committee has announced.


label: 2 text: BlackRock Gets a Piece of Met In the asset management industry, the corporate structures can get confusing -- and the numbers huge. BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), for example, is a large asset management firm with \$314 billion under management.


label: 3 text: Internet fraud  #39;phishers #39; widen their net Internet fraudsters have developed a sophisticated new method of using e-mails to capture internet banking customers #39; details.


label: 1 text: Canucks re-sign Sedin twins, Auld The Vancouver Canucks re-signed twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin and goaltender Alex Auld on Friday. The Sedins signed one-year deals, while Auld agreed to a two-year contract.


label: 3 text: Last Words On Service Pack 2 thejoelpatrol writes  quot;So did Slashdotters call this one? Windows XP SP2 seems not to be so secure after all. A Register reporter goes in depth to find out just how safe a fresh install is.


label: 2 text: U.S. Economy Added 144,000 Jobs in August The pace of job creation picked up modestly in August and the unemployment rate edged down, the Labor Dept. said.


label: 0 text: Fringe Parties Gain in German Elections BERLIN Sept. 19, 2004 - Voters in two east German states angry over high unemployment handed a rebuke Sunday to Germany #39;s two biggest parties, giving big gains to far right and former Communist groups, television projections showed.


label: 3 text: China Mobile to set up experimental 3G network in Beijing China Mobile Communications, currently the largest operator of mobile communication services in China, will establish a 3G (third-generation) experimental network in Beijing at the beginning of next year, according to the China-based Xinhua Online.


label: 2 text: Cox brings VoIP service to more cities com October 4, 2004, 12:22 PM PT. ZDNet #39;s survey of IT professionals in August kept Wired  amp; Wireless on top for the 18th month in a row.


label: 2 text: Amazon to Take Searches on Web to a New Depth Amazon.com, the e-commerce giant, plans to take aim at the Internet search king Google with an advanced technology that the company says will take searches beyond


label: 2 text: Exelon Reportedly In Talks to Buy PSE amp;G Exelon (EXC:NYSE - news - research) is reportedly in advanced talks to buy New Jersey #39;s largest utility group, Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG:NYSE - news - research).


label: 1 text: Under Woods, Stonehill making some noise When Stonehill hired Chris Woods as its football coach after last season, the hope was he could once again revive a disappointing program.


label: 1 text: Cal Receiver Expects to Play in Finale (AP) AP - California receiver Jonathan Makonnen expects to play in the regular-season finale Saturday at Southern Mississippi after missing the last four games with a bruised liver.


label: 1 text: A major triumph for Stadler in Tradition Craig Stadler closed with four straight birdies in a round of 5-under-par 67 to earn a one-shot victory at the Tradition in Aloha, Ore., and claim his second triumph in a major tournament on the Champions Tour.


label: 3 text: Nokia debuts new smart phone With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority.


label: 1 text: Kildow Continues US Domination in Downhill Skiing Lindsey Kildow of the United States won a women #39;s downhill Friday to celebrate the first World Cup victory of her career. With compatriots Bode Miller and


label: 3 text: User, beware of new XP patch Microsoft has a massive patch for some of the many bugs and security holes in Windows XP. If you #39;re using Windows XP, you might want to download the software patch and install it.


label: 2 text: Bombardier shares drop to new lows after third Bombardier jet <b>...</b> MONTREAL (CP) - Shares in Bombardier Inc. fell to new lows Monday, partly due to the crash of another of its jets on Sunday, the third fatal crash of a Bombardier aircraft in two months.


label: 1 text: Sosa Fined  #36;87,400 for Last-Game Bolt (AP) AP - Sammy Sosa was fined  #36;87,400  #151; one day's salary  #151; for arriving late and leaving early at the Cubs' regular-season finale at Wrigley Field.


label: 1 text: Pound says Jones case pivotal in doping fight If the drug allegations surrounding US track star Marion Jones are true, not only could she be stripped of her Olympic medals but American sprinters may also face tougher restrictions in the future, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Monday.


label: 3 text: SCO Web site hack mocks company's legal claims Malicious hackers have compromised The SCO Group's Web page twice in as many days, posting messages that appear to mock the company's claims to own parts of the Linux operating system.


label: 0 text: IRA Arms Photo Row Set to Break New N.Irish Deal  BELFAST (Reuters) - A standoff over how the scrapping of  IRA arms is proved looks set to dash hopes of a landmark deal  in Northern Ireland on Wednesday, when Britain and Ireland plan  to unveil their blueprint for a lasting political settlement.


label: 0 text: Supreme Court to Decide Cable Internet Case (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court said on\Friday it would decide what regulations should apply to\high-speed broadband Internet service offered by cable\companies like Time Warner Inc., a key case that could decide\whether such lines must be opened to competitors.


label: 0 text: Iraq #39;s top cleric arrives in Najaf on peace mission as a mortar <b>...</b> By Abdul Hussein Al-Obeidi, Associated Press, 8/26/2004 08:16. NAJAF, Iraq (AP) Iraq #39;s top Shiite cleric made a dramatic return to Najaf at the head of a massive convoy Thursday hoping to end three weeks of


label: 1 text: China Bans Nike Ad China banned a Nike television commercial showing LeBron James battling a cartoon kung fu master, saying the ad insults national dignity.


label: 0 text: No agreement on missile test draft ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India failed to agree on the text of the draft agreement on advance notification of missile tests as the expert-level meetings on nuclear CBMs concluded here on Wednesday.


label: 2 text: Keeping Score: Bush #39;s promises Four years ago, candidate George Bush issued a steady stream of promises to win votes. The promises were big and small, widely embraced and bitterly opposed.


label: 1 text: NFL Expresses Interest in Anaheim Franchise (AP) AP - The NFL has approached Anaheim city officials about possibly building a stadium complex for an NFL franchise that could begin play as soon as 2008.


label: 3 text: Lycos puts spam site on hold Lycos has called a ceasefire in the battle against internet spammers by suspending its Make Love Not Spam portal, designed to put bulk mail senders out of business.


label: 3 text: FyberSearch Acquires RSS Feed Search Engine FyberSearch Acquires RSS Feed Search Engine\\FyberSearch announced the acquisition of the feed archive search engine FeedPlex today in hopes of adding to its collection of useful search tools. FeedPlex is a feed search engine that provides Internet users the ability to find data in XML/RSS format on the web.\\"We are ...


label: 2 text: Wall St Seen Edging Up on Crude Price  LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street was expected edge higher at  Tuesday's opening as the price of U.S. crude oil eased, with  insurers firming after the head of Marsh   McLennan Cos.  Inc.MMC.N resigned.


label: 1 text: Arizona challenges No. 1 Wake Forest Wake Forest will put the No. 1 men #39;s basketball ranking on the line against an Arizona team anxious to atone for an early misstep when they meet Friday night in the Preseason National


label: 3 text: Dell to Recall 990,000 Laptop Power Adapters  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dell Inc. 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: 3 text: Blogger is now surprisingly cool Blogger is now surprisingly cool\\I have had a love hate relation with Googles Blogger service. I started blogging with it. It just stopped working for me one day and I moved on. But since then I have had minor brushes with the updates that Google added with time and it ...


label: 3 text: Livewire: Internet Offers Relief of Holiday Blues (Reuters) Reuters - When the going gets tough at the\stores this holiday season, the tough go shopping online. When\life gets really tough, there's online therapy.


label: 2 text: 13th recipient of artificial heart dies The 13th patient to receive the world #39;s first fully implantable artificial heart died Sunday night after an unexpected malfunction in the device made by Abiomed Inc.


label: 3 text: Stem Cells Feed Brain Tumors Researchers discover stem cells that initiate and maintain the growth of brain cancer tumors. The study could lead to new treatments for many types of cancer. By Kristen Philipkoski.


label: 0 text: Letter, suspicious powder spark anthrax scare at U.S. Embassy in Malaysia (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Authorities are testing a suspicious powder mailed to the U.S. Embassy in Malaysia to determine whether it's anthrax, officials said Monday. It's the second such scare at a U.S. mission in Asia within a week.


label: 2 text: Oil prices still under pressure Oil prices extended recent losses Wednesday in anticipation of that another increase in crude supplies will be accompanied by a rise in heating fuel inventories.


label: 3 text: Mozilla fires up tussle with Microsoft GET ready for Browser Wars: The Sequel. Six years after Microsoft #39;s Internet Explorer defeated Netscape Navigator in the signature fight of the online age, a direct descendant of the pioneering Web browser is exacting a small measure of revenge.


label: 1 text: Williams to box Klitschko for world title Britain #39;s Danny Williams is to challenge Vitali Klitschko for his World Boxing Council heavyweight title in the United States in December.


label: 0 text: Sea of Sorrow The world suffers an epic tragedy as a tsunami spreads death across Asia. An on-the-scene look at how it happened--and whether the carnage could have been avoided


label: 1 text: UPDATE 2-Keane sets all-time Ireland scoring record Striker Robbie Keane set an all-time scoring record of 23 for Ireland with both goals in a 2-0 victory over the Faroe Islands on Wednesday.


label: 1 text: Greek police detail security threats during Olympic games Greek authorities dealt with more than 700 security scares during the Athens Games, including a bomb hoax before the opening ceremony and a propane leak at a luxury hotel that was hosting hundreds of representatives from major Olympic sponsors.


label: 1 text: Story by editor  #39;Nicky Butt will miss Newcastle United #39;s next three European matches as punishment for his sending-off against Bnei Sakhnin in the Uefa Cup first-round tie.


label: 3 text: Music rebels seek to tame P2P com November 16, 2004, 4:00 AM PT. After years of bitter battles between copyright holders and file-swapping services, the outlines of a partial truce are emerging that may soon see


label: 1 text: England clinches World Cup England has held out Spain by one stroke for only its second World Cup victory thanks to magnificent putting from Paul Casey. Casey and partner Luke Donald survived a challenge from Spanish duo Sergio Garcia


label: 0 text: EU needs rebalance of power to be fully democratic body Europe #39;s integration project is historically unprecedented. For the past millennium, Europe has lived in an uneasy equilibrium, giving birth to every great empire that dominated and pacified the world in the last 500 years.


label: 2 text: Premier Delight at buy from Kraft PREMIER FOODS today emerged victorious in the bidding for another slice of British gastronomic history. The owner of Ambrosia creamed rice has.


label: 1 text: Lockout threat looms over World Cup final As hard as the numerous NHL players gathered here tried to maintain focus on tonight #39;s World Cup of Hockey final, it was impossible to ignore the larger issue rumbling through their midst.


label: 2 text: Redefining the role of academic research Charles M. Vest, who will be stepping down next month as the president of MIT, personifies his school's famed ''engineering mentality. quot; Simply put, this is the inclination to find a problem and fix it.


label: 0 text: 11 children, 4 adults die in Honduras sugarcane fire while hunting <b>...</b> Two men who had been hospitalized with severe burns have died, raising to 15 the death toll from a blaze in a sugarcane field that engulfed a group waiting to pounce on rabbits fleeing the flames.


label: 0 text: Income Gap Up Over Two Decades, Data Show WASHINGTON - Over two decades, the income gap has steadily increased between the richest Americans, who own homes and stocks and got big tax breaks, and those at the middle and bottom of the pay scale, whose paychecks buy less.    The growing disparity is even more pronounced in this recovering economy...


label: 2 text: Purchasing scandal yields hard lesson for Air Force At a special Pentagon ceremony in late 1996, then-Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall honored a top aide, Darleen Druyun, who was responsible for shepherding multibillion dollar


label: 3 text: Day dawns for X Prize space shot A pioneering aviation company will attempt to rocket into space on Wednesday in a bid to win the \$10 million Ansari X Prize. The prize will go to the first non-governmental vehicle that can ferry three people


label: 2 text: Dollar Recovers from Lows After Fed, Data  TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar recovered from record lows  against the euro and clung near two-week highs versus the yen  on Thursday after the Federal Reserve indicated it would press  on with its tightening campaign.


label: 3 text: Government proposes to catalogue DNA of those convicted of making <b>...</b> OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government is proposing that DNA samples be collected from people convicted of making child pornography.


label: 1 text: Durham provides Dark Blues masterclass Oxford, the pre-match favourites, reclaimed the MMC Trophy in one of the better Varsity matches for some time here yesterday. But this, the 123rd staging of the annual amateur


label: 3 text: U.S. boosts homeland security budget in 2005 President Bush signs the 2005 budget for funding the Department of Homeland Security, allocating some \$40.7 billion to that agency, an increase of 6.6 percent over 2004.


label: 0 text: U.S. Urges Israel to Smooth Way for Palestinian Vote  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A U.S. envoy said before a  visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday that Israel  should take steps to smooth the way for a Palestinian  presidential election set for Jan. 9.


label: 3 text: Microsoft vows fight over FAT patent IN A preliminary ruling, the US government has rejected Microsoft #39;s 1996 patent on technology for saving files on computers using easy-to-remember names.


label: 0 text: Fighting Continues In South Ossetia Prague, 17 August 2004 (RFE/RL) -- Fresh fighting and further casualties were reported overnight in Georgia #39;s separatist republic of South Ossetia. The violence erupted hours after Georgia and South Ossetia reached an agreement under which all armed units ...


label: 3 text: Japan retailers report big DS preorders On preorders alone, the Nintendo DS is the third best-selling system in Japan this week. TOKYO--The Nintendo DS is the third best-selling video game console for the week of October 11-17, Nikkei BP Consulting reports today.


label: 1 text: Van Nistelrooy double saves United from defeat at Lyon Ruud van Nistelrooy struck twice in six minutes to salvage a 2-2 draw for Manchester United against Olympique Lyon in the Champions League on Wednesday and set a 30-goal European scoring record for his club.


label: 0 text: Howard Wins Re-Election As Australia PM SYDNEY, Australia - Prime Minister John Howard's conservative alliance handily won a fourth term in Australia's parliamentary elections Saturday, overcoming widespread anger at his decision to send troops to Iraq last year and his pledge to keep them there.    The island continent's robust economy under Howard's leadership apparently trumped concerns about the war...


label: 2 text: Chinese Computer Maker Acquires IBM China #39;s biggest computer maker says it has acquired a majority stake in IBM #39;s personal computer business. The 1.75- billion-dollar deal is one of the biggest Chinese overseas acquisitions ever.


label: 0 text: Pakistan Plays Down Bin Laden Report (AP) AP - Pakistan on Monday played down comments by a top U.S. counterterrorism official that progress has been made recently in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.


label: 0 text: Tsvangirai acquittal a victory: MDC Zimbabwe #39;s Movement for Democratic Change has hailed the acquittal of its leader Morgan Tsvangirai on treason charges as a victory for the people of that country.


label: 2 text: Deciphering Reserve Banks credit policy The credit policy announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is a laudable exercise in caution and restraint. Any analysis would have to take note of several internal as well as external developments.


label: 0 text: Marines await orders for Fallujah assault A senior US commander says marines are making final preparations for an imminent offensive against Iraq #39;s rebel bastion of Fallujah and are awaiting orders to strike.


label: 1 text: His Sweet Spot Gone Sour, Sosa Takes a Dose of Boos While Mark McGwire avoids the spotlight and Barry Bonds closes in on 700 home runs, Sammy Sosa struggles to remain the forceful player around whom the Cubs revolve.


label: 0 text: Nations voice concern for Arafat Leaders around the world express concern for the health of ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.


label: 3 text: Gateway Shifts Back to Personal Computers
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 By Franklin Paul

 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gateway Inc. <GTW.N> on Monday said it\would return to its roots as a personal computer company,\backing off on an aggressive strategy of expanding into TVs,\digital cameras and other gadgets in a move to return to\profitability.


label: 1 text: Flintoff The Key Say Captains BIRMINGHAM (AFP) - Rival captains Michael Vaughan and Ricky Ponting both pinpointed all-rounder Andrew Flintoff as the vital player in Tuesday #39;s Champions Trophy semi-final between England and Australia here at Edgbaston.


label: 3 text: Crews Fail to Find Tree-Killing Beetle (AP) AP - Survey crews searching through woods and neighborhoods in northeast Indiana have not found any new signs of the beetle blamed for killing millions of ash trees in Michigan and Ohio, a state official said.


label: 2 text: Pier 1 Shares Up (Reuters) Reuters - Home furnishings retailer Pier 1\Imports Inc.  on Tuesday posted a sharp fall in\third-quarter earnings, but its share price jumped as analysts\had feared worse news.


label: 0 text: Rumsfeld joins Iraq explosive row The US Defence Secretary enters the row over large amounts of explosives allegedly looted in Iraq.


label: 0 text: Vietnam Marks Independence with Pardons for Prisoners (Reuters) Reuters - Vietnam has released nearly 9,000\prisoners, including 10 inmates whose cases it says had drawn\international attention, as part of traditional pardons granted\ahead of independence celebrations on September 2.


label: 0 text: Israel considering  #39;all options #39; to curb Iran A military strike is among Israel #39;s options to prevent Iran from producing nuclear weapons, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Wednesday in the latest threat by the Jewish state against its arch-foe.


label: 2 text: Terrorist attack pumps up oil prices Oil prices rose off three-month lows yesterday, after an attack on the US consulate in Saudi Arabia and reports of an OPEC pledge to raise its minimum price target.


label: 3 text: 'After Kyoto' Takes Center Stage at Climate Talks (Reuters) Reuters - The Kyoto agreement to\reduce greenhouse gas emissions doesn't take effect for two\months, but climate change negotiators are already fixated on\what happens when it expires in 2012.


label: 3 text: A new handshake for mini hard drives? Intel, Hitachi, Toshiba and others propose CE-ATA, a new interface for miniature hard drives used in consumer electronics.


label: 0 text: Police Patrol Najaf, Workers Clear Rubble (AP) AP - The crash of explosions and crackle of gunfire that have torn through Najaf for weeks gave way Saturday to the clangs of shovels clearing the destruction and the wail of police sirens announcing the return of government control to the devastated holy city.


label: 0 text:  #39;The world is more dangerous #39; The war on terror has made the world a more dangerous place, Pakistan #39;s president has said. General Pervez Musharraf said the world was  quot;absolutely quot; less safe, because the war was not addressing the causes of terrorism.


label: 1 text: Moyes signs new deal Everton manager David Moyes has signed a new contract which will keep him at the club until 2009. The 41-year-old Scot has steered the Toffees to third place in the Barclays Premiership table despite last


label: 0 text: Prime minister resigns in Lebanon AMMAN, Jordan -- Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri of Lebanon resigned yesterday in a sign of deepening divisions within Lebanon's fragile government over the decisive role that Syria, its larger and more powerful neighbor, plays in its political life.


label: 1 text: Boy becomes a Manning ANOTHER LOSS meant another sleepless night for New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin. It was 3 am Monday morning, less than 12 hours after his team had lost to the Arizona Cardinals


label: 2 text: James Hardie assures fund of help James Hardie Industries says it has written to the foundation it set up to compensate asbestos victims reaffirming its willingness to top up the fund.


label: 2 text: Move Over, Edison (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - MaryLou O'Malley wants to get something off her chest--or collarbone, more precisely. The 72-year-old is tired of having to adjust her necklace when it slips around her neck. Wouldn't it be wonderful, she says, if there were an adhesive to keep her jewelry stuck to her skin?


label: 3 text: Wippit to gain over 1m major-label tracks Gets content from last-two-to-licence 'big four' recording firms


label: 0 text: Putin winds up his three-day visit to India Russian President Vladimir Putin today wrapped up his three-day visit to India. On his last day, he visited the country #39;s second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies in of Bangalore.


label: 2 text: Slowing Housing Market May Stir Inflation  NEW YORK (Reuters) - As U.S. home purchases slow, an  expected rise in demand for rentals will result in a spike in  inflation, analysts say, citing studies showing housing costs  have been under-reported by the government.


label: 0 text: Official: War on Drugs at 'Tipping Point' (AP) AP - Amid record seizures of cocaine and massive spraying of coca plantations, a senior U.S. official says the "tipping point" in the war on drugs has finally been reached. But skeptics are unconvinced and say the war remains unwinnable.


label: 0 text: Jakarta suspects key terror suspect over bombing A car bomb attack outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on Thursday bears all the hallmarks of a Malaysian terror suspect who is a senior member of an al Qaeda-linked group, Indonesia #39;s police chief said.


label: 3 text: Sparring begins in Kazaa trial This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients.


label: 3 text: NASA Says Space Station Running Low on Oxygen By MARCIA DUNN    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Oxygen and food will be worrisomely low on the international space station by Christmas, and it's crucial that a Russian supply ship get there by then, a top NASA official said Friday...


label: 3 text: A Look at the Toys of Christmas (Near) Future As computers and hand-held electronic gadgets eat into sales, this holiday season promises to be an especially competitive one for toymakers.


label: 3 text: Long-necked hunter found in China The remains of a 230-million-old marine reptile with fangs and a long neck are unearthed by fossil hunters in southeast China.


label: 1 text: Gangster shot Williams #39;s sister, court hears Los Angeles - A  quot;trigger-happy quot; street gangster killed the sister of US tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams as he defended a Los Angeles crack house from gangland rivals, a court heard on Monday.


label: 3 text: A new crew arrives at the space station A Soyuz spacecraft with a replacement crew for the international space station docked safely with the orbiting complex early Saturday.


label: 2 text: EMI stock surges 10 on robust 2H outlook LONDON, November 19 (newratings.com) The share price of the global music company, EMI (EMI.ETR), appreciated nearly 10 to 228.5p on the London Stock Exchange today, after the company guided to improved full year results, despite posting ay/y decline


label: 0 text: Europe calls on Israel to maintain self control, AL describes <b>...</b> The Palestinian Authority condemned the Israeli operations against the Palestinians and called on the international community to pressure Israel.


label: 0 text: Iran Says Nuclear Freeze Talks Must Not Last Long  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran reiterated Tuesday it was only  prepared to keep its uranium enrichment activities frozen for a  few months and would not, as the EU and Washington want,  permanently mothball facilities which could make atomic bombs.


label: 0 text: Bangladesh Shuts for Another Strike Over Attack Offices, schools, shops and businesses across Bangladesh shut down Saturday for the second strike in less than a week called by the main opposition party to protest against a grenade attack that nearly killed its leader.


label: 0 text: Notes, Quotes From 2004 Campaign in Iowa (AP) AP - This year's presidential election began with Iowa's caucuses back in January, and it could be determined by how Iowans vote Nov. 2.


label: 0 text: Dutch filmmaker shot dead: report Police confirmed a fatal shooting occurred outside a city government office Monday morning (Monday evening AEDT), but could not confirm the identity of the victim.


label: 0 text: Judge Says Milosevic Behavior Almost  #39;Puerile #39; A top judge accused Slobodan Milosevic of behavior verging on the  quot;puerile quot; Tuesday after wrangling with the court about its decision to force him to accept defense lawyers because of his ill health.


label: 0 text: Queen outlines crackdown on terror LONDON: The British Government has detailed a range of new measures to fight global terrorism and organised crime, as the Queen set out its new law-making agenda ahead of expected elections next year.


label: 3 text: Veritas buys KVS, plugs archive hole Underlining the importance of message archiving software, Veritas Software Corp. has announced plans for a \$224 million cash acquisition of KVS Software Ltd.


label: 3 text: Code to exploit Windows graphics flaw now public com September 22, 2004, 4:17 PM PT. Most IT Managers won #39;t question the importance of security, but this priority has been sliding between the third and fourth most important focus for companies.


label: 1 text: A charge that lived up to the name He spent three years on the Tight Lies and Hooters tours, where guys have to put down a deposit to play and some of them carry their own bag.


label: 3 text: Ex-Student Indicted on Hacking Charges (AP) AP - A former University of Texas student was indicted on charges he hacked into the school's computer system and stole Social Security numbers and other personal information from more than 37,000 students and employees.


label: 0 text: Powerful Typhoon Hits Southern Japan (AP) AP - A powerful typhoon in southern Japan caused landslides and floods, left tens of thousands without power, and injured at least 23 people Monday. In the western part of the country, strong aftershocks rattled a region hours after two earthquakes injured 43.


label: 3 text: Bluetooth chews on future plans Technical group outlines its wireless plans through 2006, updates current specification to trim power consumption.


label: 2 text: USDA Rules Out Mad Cow Disease in Animal The result cheered the beef industry, which had braced itself to hear that a second case of mad cow disease had been discovered in the U.S.


label: 2 text: United, pilots tentatively agree on additional cuts United Airlines, seeking cost cuts to help it get out of bankruptcy, has reached a tentative agreement with its pilots union, the first labor accord on additional


label: 0 text: S.Africa Says Thatcher Must Answer Equatorial Guinea (Reuters) Reuters - Mark Thatcher must\submit to questioning in a South African court this week over\charges he was involved in a foiled coup plot in oil-rich\Equatorial Guinea, the Cape High Court ruled Wednesday.


label: 0 text: A vow and an appeal IN A long-awaited victory speech yesterday, Indonesia #39;s President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono vowed to get down to business immediately after taking office to revive the economy, end regional conflicts and stamp out corruption.


label: 0 text: At Least 3 Killed in Car Bombing Near Baghdad A car bomb exploded today west of Baghdad, killing at least one U.S. soldier and two Iraqi policemen and wounding 60 people, Iraqi and coalition officials said.


label: 1 text: AL notables Rangers' Alfonso Soriano left the game in Oakland in the eighth after injuring his left leg on a headfirst slide, putting the rest of his season in doubt. He will have an MRI exam today.


label: 2 text: Delta details its plans to cut 7,000 jobs NEW YORK -- Delta Air Lines Inc. , the number three US carrier, said yesterday it will cut 2,000 aircraft-maintenance jobs, up to 3,100 customer-service jobs, and between 1,600 and 1,800 supervisory and administrative personnel as part of a previously announced plan to cut total staffing by 7,000.


label: 0 text: 79 Haiti Deaths Tallied in Violent Month The executions of four young men in a slum stronghold of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide brought to at least 79 the number killed in a month of violence in Haiti #39;s capital.


label: 2 text: Marsh #39;s New Chief Makes Compliance Unit; Shares Rise (Update7) Marsh  amp; McLennan Cos. Chief Executive Michael Cherkasky created a compliance unit and pledged to return money to clients as the world #39;s largest insurance broker moves to settle claims of kickbacks and rigged bids.


label: 1 text: Patriots discovering virtue of versatility When it comes to switching positions for the good of the team, some players do it comfortably while others, according to Patriots coach Bill Belichick, wouldn't even be asked.  quot;Some players can interchange from position to position seamlessly and you would never know sometimes what their primary spot was, quot; said Belichick, whose team had a day off from ...


label: 3 text: Space Shuttle Crawler Gets New Shoes NASA -- When Space Shuttle Discovery rolls to the pad next year, the trip is guaranteed to be on firm ground. That's because the Crawler Transporters used to carry the Space Shuttles to the launch pads are being overhauled, including the installation of new tread shoes...


label: 0 text: Bombs explode in Thailand #39;s south Two explosions rocked Thailand #39;s troubled southern region Thursday, killing one person and injuring as many as two dozen others.


label: 0 text: Japan #39;s IT companies say no major damage after quakes Japan #39;s major electronics companies had found no serious damage to their facilities after a series of powerful earthquakes shook Niigata prefecture, northwest of Tokyo.


label: 0 text: In China's Cities, a Turn From Factories The country's labor force is stalling as urban workers, tired of paltry pay and rat-infested apartments, seek higher wages and better conditions in rural areas.


label: 3 text: Microsoft May Do More Shopping PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA -- Microsoft may make more large acquisitions than it has done historically and become a more distributed company as opposed to moving key employees to its Redmond, Washington, headquarters, Chief Financial Officer John Connors said


label: 2 text: Online firm, under attack, cites extortion A major provider of credit card authorizations for Internet retailers was struggling to remain online yesterday. Authorize.net, of Bellevue, Wash., purchased this year by Lightbridge Inc. of Burlington, has been subjected since last week to ''denial of service quot; attacks, in which vandals try to knock computers out of commission by overwhelming them with data. ''We are working diligently to minimize ...


label: 0 text: President of Syria Defends His Nation #39;s Role in Lebanon President Bashar al-Assad of Syria made a rare, often confrontational foreign policy speech on Saturday, suggesting that the efforts by the United States and France


label: 3 text: Report Recommends Bounty for Spammers By JENNIFER C. KERR    WASHINGTON (AP) -- What would it take to get someone to turn in one of those spammers who send millions of unwanted e-mails? At least \$100,000, the Federal Trade Commission figures...


label: 2 text: American Air Posts Loss, Plans Job Cuts  DALLAS (Reuters) - American Airlines' parent AMR Corp.  AMR.N on Wednesday said record-high fuel costs pushed it to a  hefty third-quarter loss and warned it must cut costs and find  new revenue sources to survive in a world of soaring oil  prices.


label: 0 text: New York Hopes to Win Olympics by Dividing Votes The people behind New York City's bid for the 2012 Olympics think they have a chance to beat the four competing European capitals.


label: 0 text: Suicide car bomber kills at least 13 in Baghdad BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomber killed at least 13 people in an attack on a police checkpoint in Baghdad last night, after US air strikes around rebel-held Falluja that killed scores.


label: 2 text: Trump casino business files for bankruptcy NEW YORK -- Donald J. Trump #39;s casino empire has filed for bankruptcy protection after months of negotiations with bondholders over restructructuring a crushing debt.


label: 1 text: 'Great Escape' from Athens Runs Smoothly  ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Olympic  athletes and visitors began what Greek media termed the "Great  Escape" from Athens Monday, an exodus that has so far run as  smoothly as the Games themselves.


label: 0 text: U.K. Family Pleads for Hostage's Release (AP) AP - The government on Friday identified the British engineer who was kidnapped in Baghdad with two American colleagues, and the victim's family urged his captors to free him.


label: 3 text: IT Dabbles with Firefox, But Few Plan To Switch from IE One feature in Firefox is tabbed browsing, which allows users to load pages from multiple sites without having to open a new browser window for each one.


label: 2 text: Unions seek reversal of Harris-era labour setbacks Ontario union boosters are calling for the Liberal government to reinstate labour laws struck down by the Harris government, and say things are so bad in the province that workers are scared of their bosses.


label: 3 text: Sendo, Microsoft Settle Lawsuits Two-year legal dispute over smart phone technology comes to an end.


label: 1 text: Patterson has golden glow ATHENS - Mary Lou Retton left her phone number for Carly Patterson. Call me, she said, after the Olympic all-around competition.


label: 2 text: Construction Spending Hits All-Time High (AP) AP - Construction spending surged in August to the highest level on record, while manufacturing grew at a slower pace in September, offering mixed signals about the economy's strength.


label: 2 text: Circuit City Posts Weak Sales; Shares Off  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Circuit City Stores Inc. CC.N, the  No. 2 U.S. electronics chain, on Monday reported a surprise 4.3  percent drop in quarterly sales at stores open at least a year,  signaling a further widening gap with top rival Best Buy Co.  Inc. BBY.N.


label: 3 text: Q1 Labs tackles intrusion prevention Q1 Labs this week plans to release the latest version of its flagship software as well as add-on software that the company says enables its security management tool to not only detect security issues but also prevent them.


label: 0 text: Times Reporter Is Held in Contempt in Leak Inquiry Judith Miller was held in contempt after she refused to divulge sources to prosecutors investigating the leak of an undercover C.I.A. officer's identity.


label: 3 text: PeopleSoft Posts Profit (Reuters) Reuters - PeopleSoft Inc.  on\Thursday returned to profit in the third quarter from a year\earlier with a 12 percent rise in sales that upended market\fears that Oracle Corp.'s takeover bid had damaged PeopleSoft's\business in the quarter.


label: 1 text: A tale of two  #39;warriors #39; Irfan Pathan is raw and animated; Anil Kumble is polished and low key. Pathan just picked his first five-wicket haul in the Test match at Dhaka; Kumble has 28 in the bag and an Indian record for most number of wickets.


label: 0 text: Israel Kills Top Hamas Militant Ahead of Gaza Vote  GAZA (Reuters) - Israel killed the top bomb maker of the  Hamas Islamic militant group in a Gaza Strip air strike on  Thursday, days before a key parliamentary vote on Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to quit the occupied territory.


label: 0 text: Shaukat Aziz takes oath as Pakistan #39;s new PM ISLAMABAD : Shaukat Aziz, former finance minister and a key ally to President Pervez Musharraf, has been sworn in the country #39;s new prime minister.


label: 0 text: N. Korea Rules Out One-on-One Talks with S. Korea North Korea says there will be no more bilateral talks with South Korea unless the South #39;s secret nuclear experiments are thoroughly investigated.


label: 2 text: Second-guessing the Fed Has the economy #39;s  #39;soft patch #39; passed? Is inflation about to pop? The bond market doesn #39;t think so. By Mark Gongloff, CNN/Money senior writer.


label: 1 text: Woodgate suffers further injury setback Real Madrid centre-back Jonathan Woodgate had to retire from a practice match on Thursday after suffering a recurrence of his thigh muscle injury.


label: 3 text: Airlines Focus On In-Flight Entertainment After battling the budget airlines on fares, the traditional carriers are now trying to match their rivals' in-flight entertainment offerings.
-Keith L. Alexander


label: 2 text: Australian Oil Producers Gain, Led by Woodside; Origin Falls Australian oil producers #39; stocks such as Woodside Petroleum Ltd. rose after crude oil climbed to a record amid concern that hurricane damage in North America will disrupt supply.


label: 1 text: WEEK 3: Howie says Gruden #39;s a good coach, but a  quot;terrible GM quot; Every week, the experts of FOX NFL Sunday will candidly reveal their observations and make their opinions known as they prepare for their top-rated pregame telecast - seen each Sunday at 12 pm ET / 9 am PT.


label: 0 text: Malaysia Confirms Deadly Bird Flu Found (AP) AP - Malaysia went on a nationwide alert against bird flu Thursday after officials confirmed that a deadly strain of the disease, blamed for the deaths of 27 people in Asia, had been found in a tiny northern village.


label: 2 text: Xstrata to go hostile in 3bn bid for Australian rival WMC XSTRATA saw its shares fall 1.4 per cent yesterday after the London-listed miner said it was taking its A\$7.4 billion (3.12bn) offer for Australias WMC Resources hostile, following a rebuff from the WMC board last month.


label: 0 text: Russia Counts Cost of Bloody End to School Siege  BESLAN, Russia (Reuters) - Russia began counting the cost  on Saturday at the end of siege of a school captured by Chechen  gunmen which killed at least 200 people and cast fresh doubts  on Moscow's policy in the turbulent region.


label: 3 text: U.S. Airborne Laser Advances to 'First Light'  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Boeing Co.-led team has  successfully fired for the first time a powerful laser meant to  fly aboard a modified 747 as part of a U.S. ballistic missile  defense shield, officials said on Friday.


label: 3 text: MSN To Launch Search Engine Microsoft Corp. is planning to launch its own Web search engine on Thursday, according to several reports published Tuesday evening.


label: 3 text: Hunters Off the Hook for Bison Declines (AP) AP - Big game hunters may be off the hook in the latest twist of a prehistoric whodunit that tries to explain why bison populations sharply crashed thousands of years ago.


label: 0 text: Explosion in Iraq Kills 1, Injures 2 BASRA, Iraq - A bomb exploded Saturday outside a former Saddam Hussein-era palace that houses a U.S. consular office, killing at least one person and wounding two others, police and witnesses said...


label: 0 text: Seven year old Palestinian girl shot by Isreali sholdiers Israeli soldiers killed a seven-year-old Palestinian girl yesterday when they fired at Palestinians in the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza.


label: 3 text: What is up with Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail? GMail changed many things for me. I started using webmail again. Redirected most of my pop mail ids to GMail for easy accessibility from any computer.


label: 1 text: Reds elect not to sign Larkin for 20th year The Cincinnati Reds informed their captain they aren #39;t interested in keeping him around for another season. Instead, the Reds will replace the 40-year-old shortstop with two unproven youngsters.


label: 3 text: But eye in the sky tracks pollution NASA launched a 24-hour global pollution monitoring service yesterday that will eventually allow scientists to give daily chemical forecasts from space.


label: 2 text: USAir Details Plan to Be Low-Cost Carrier  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bankrupt US Airways UAIRQ.OB  detailed plans on Monday for becoming a low-cost carrier,  saying it will overhaul its flight schedule and sharply boost  aircraft turnaround times beginning in February.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Fixes ISA Server Spoofing Flaw A bug in Microsoft #39;s Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 and Proxy Server 2.0 can let hackers spoof Web content, such as a trusted site, with their own fake content, the Redmond


label: 2 text: A Small Cap for Any Market The market may be stuck in neutral, but your portfolio doesn't have to be.


label: 0 text: Sri Lanka Peace Talks May Not Resume, Norwegian Minister Says Norway, which brokered a cease-fire that halted Sri Lanka #39;s two-decade civil war, isn #39;t confident peace talks will resume between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.


label: 3 text: Resident Evil 4 Not GC Exclusive PS2 owners will have to wait almost a whole year, but they will be getting it. Capcoms million-seller latest title Resident Evil 4 expanding into Nintendo GameCube and PlayStaion2!


label: 3 text: Does Playboy Interview Violate Google IPO? Does Playboy Interview Violate Google IPO?\\On the day of the IPO comes more Google controversy - Google rsquo;s founders will appear in an upcoming issue of Playboy magazine. Although the interview was apparently held before the IPO hype,  the Playboy interview may have broken US Securities laws over pre-IPO  #8220;quiet ...


label: 3 text: BT denies fiddling prices on Advent Calendar sales promo URL 'manipulation' yields unpublished discounts


label: 3 text: Women Are Making Inroads in Video Game Industry Jennifer Canada knew she was entering a boy's club when she enrolled in Southern Methodist University's Guildhall school of video game making. There's one woman besides Canada; the other 98 students were all guys. She jokes the ratio may be great for dating, but she sometimes got lonely.


label: 3 text: Violent Video Games Not Meant For Children, But Parents Buy Them <b>...</b> Shoppers in America spend more than \$6 billion a year on video games according to a Software Association survey. Holiday sales bring an extra boost to game


label: 2 text: Whistleblower fears reprisal WASHINGTON -- David Graham says he was surprised by the hugs and slaps on the back he got at his own Food and Drug Administration office after telling Congress the government had let unsafe drugs remain on the market.


label: 2 text: Stamp Co. Bars Images of Adults, Teens You can still get your baby, your dog, even your prized  #39;65 Mustang on a sheet of postage stamps and immortalize them in letters to your friends.


label: 3 text: Stem cell advocates to request \$1B Emboldened by the success of a stem cell ballot initiative in California last week, two scientists who have long pushed for an ambitious research center for the biotechnology


label: 0 text: Australia Rejects Request for Soldiers to Protect UN in Iraq Australia rejected a request to provide soldiers to protect United Nations workers in Iraq, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.


label: 0 text: Israel carries out new air strike on Gaza City GAZA CITY, Oct 22 (AFP) - Israel carried out another air strike on Gaza City overnight Thursday, witnesses said Friday. Helicopter gunships fired three missiles at the house of a local chief of the so-called People #39;s Resistance Committees.


label: 3 text: ISS Crew Successfully Redocks Soyuz Spacecraft (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - The tenth crew of the \International Space Station (ISS) made a short spaceflight early Monday to move a Russian lifeboat \to a new docking port and prepare the station for a pair of upcoming spacewalks.


label: 0 text: Powell leaves on Asian tour for talks on NKorea, US troops, Taiwan WASHINGTON : US Secretary of State Colin Powell left here for a three-nation tour of north Asia focused on resolving the North Korean nuclear deadlock, China and Taiwan and the presence of US troops in Japan and South Korea.


label: 1 text: Like Nets, Kittles Waits for Success to Return Kerry Kittles hyperextended his right knee in practice Tuesday - the same knee that was operated on for the fifth time last off-season.


label: 1 text: Olympics: Radcliffe to run 10,000 metres after Olympic marathon <b>...</b> ATHENS : British marathon flop Paula Radcliffe will run the Olympic 10,000 metres final, British athletics team officials said.  quot;Paula has decided to run the 10,000 metres, quot; a British athletics team spokeswoman said.


label: 0 text: Russia to Tighten Passenger Requirements MOSCOW Aug. 28, 2004 - Russian airlines will be required to document passengers more thoroughly following this week #39;s twin plane crashes, a news agency reported Saturday, as the discovery of explosives stoked


label: 1 text: White Sox Nip Phillies 9-8 (AP) AP - Timo Perez bunted in the go-ahead run and Joe Borchard hit the longest homer in U.S. Cellular Field history Monday to help the Chicago White Sox defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-8.


label: 0 text: US and Brazil Share Uneasy Relationship Description: Secretary of State Colin Powell tried to mend fences with Latin America #39;s biggest country at a time when Brazilian popular opinion is adamantly hostile to the United States on issues of trade and foreign policy.


label: 3 text: Dell and Philips Ink \$700 Million Deal Dell has won a \$700 million hardware and services contract with Philips Electronics. The deal will include the sale of Dell OptiPlex desktop computers, Precision workstations and Latitude


label: 3 text: Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Dies at 77 Gordon Cooper, one of the Mercury Seven astronauts who helped pioneer human space exploration, piloting the last of the Mercury missions and the troubled Gemini 5 flight, died on Monday.


label: 1 text: UPDATE 1-Zimbabwe rescinds England media ban Zimbabwe have rescinded a ban on British journalists wanting to cover a five-match cricket tour by England, a senior official at the department of information and publicity said on Thursday.


label: 0 text: Bus with 26 passengers hijacked in Greece A hijacked bus is seen on a street some 30 kilometres north of Athens December 15, 2004. Greek police forces surrounded the bus after two armed men hijacked it early Wednesday morning with 26 passengers


label: 1 text: Change Is Good as Woods Shoots Day #39;s Best Score While Tiger Woods has been second-guessed many times recently, he has refused to second-guess himself. Woods has won only one tournament this year, he has dropped to No.


label: 3 text: Yahoo's Home Page Gets Functional Facelift (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Yahoo's Spartan home page will look even less flashy soon, thanks to an upcoming makeover. The Web media giant offered a preview of its redesigned front page Tuesday (www.yahoo.com/upgrade) and said the simpler look will replace the old one in a few weeks.


label: 2 text: Holiday sales outlook dims with retailers November results The outlook for the holiday season dimmed yesterday as several of the nation #39;s large retailers reported disappointing sales for November, which included an uninspiring Thanksgiving weekend, The Associated Press reports.


label: 0 text: Blast at Indonesian Embassy in Paris A bomb went off outside the Indonesian embassy in Paris early Friday, injuring nine people. The blast came on the heels of a deadly bombing at an Egyptian resort hotel.


label: 2 text: Chinese steel mills still buying China #39;s appetite for raw materials shows no sign of abating, with four Chinese steel mills agreeing to buy an extra \$3.2 billion of Australian iron ore over the next 10 years, global miner BHP Billiton said Tuesday.


label: 0 text: Cleric returns to Iraq, orders march on Najaf Powerful Shiite leader says he plans to lead a mass demonstration today to end fighting.  Iraqi hostage: Militants said Wednesday they had kidnapped the brother-in-law of Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan


label: 0 text: All Corruption Charges Against Berlusconi Are Dismissed A panel absolved Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy of corruption charges, ending a trial that had dragged on for more than four years.


label: 0 text: Indian peace move brightens hope for Kashmir peace Kashmiris weary of years of violence welcomed on Friday India #39;s surprising offer to reduce the number of its troops in the Himalayan territory, a move that could prompt old foe Pakistan to respond similarly.


label: 3 text: 8-Year-Old Basic Law May Be Outdated Already Lawmakers are talking about rewriting the eight-year-old landmark law governing the nation's telephone, cable and media businesses.


label: 2 text: Court refuses to pass Halliburton settlement plan A federal judge in Dallas rejected a US\$6 million settlement proposal on Friday in a securities class-action lawsuit against the Halliburton Co, expressing concern that it was neither fair nor adequate.


label: 3 text: SAP users warned of false support calls German business software vendor SAP AG issued a warning to customers not to provide confidential information on the phone to people claiming to be company support staff.


label: 2 text: JP Morgan, Cazenove tie up LONDON: JP Morgan Chase  amp; Co, the ninth ranked underwriter of UK stocks, formed a joint venture with Cazenove Group Plc to improve its access to Britain #39;s biggest companies.


label: 1 text: Hopes Dim As Players, Owners Reject Plans to End Lockout NHL Players Association President Bob Goodenow gestures while speaking at a press conference after meeting with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman at the NHL offices in Toronto, December 14, 2004.


label: 3 text: National Semiconductor Unveils  #39;Trusted #39; Chip for PCs Chip maker National Semiconductor Inc. is rolling out hardware devices designed to make desktop and laptop PCs more secure. The Santa Clara, Calif.


label: 0 text: Brother may  #39;buy #39; Bigley THE brother of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley was yesterday investigating whether it might be possible to buy his sibling #39;s life. Paul Bigley was looking into reports in a Kuwaiti newspaper that a Iraqi militant


label: 0 text: Egyptian firm imposes blackout on Iraq hostages (AFP) AFP - Egypt's telecom group Orascom said it was imposing a news blackout to ensure the safety of two kidnapped engineers held hostage in Iraq.


label: 3 text: Video Game 'Halo 2' to Make Killing for Microsoft (Reuters) Reuters - Over the next three days, in eight\languages and 27 countries, Microsoft Corp.  will\release its most important program of 2004 -- not a new version\of Windows or Office, but an epic tale of a super-soldier\defending the Earth from a mysterious alien force.


label: 2 text: Far Fewer Jobs Were Added in November Than Forecast The economy added 112,000 payroll jobs in November, far fewer than the month before and not enough to keep up with average increases in the adult population.


label: 3 text: Authorities to use info-sharing portal during debate While President Bush and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) square off in their second debate tonight in St. Louis, more than two dozen federal, state and local law enforcement


label: 1 text: Boston #39;s Schilling first to 20 wins Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Curt Schilling won his seventh straight start and became baseball #39;s first 20-game winner, leading the Boston Red Sox past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 11-4 at Fenway Park.


label: 1 text: Yanks Qualify, and Elvis Has Left for Boston ven the most-heralded Yankee rookies are hazed. Last September, Hideki Matsui slipped into a leopard-skin suit with a matching wide-brimmed hat.


label: 1 text: ESPN.com news services The New York Mets started looking for a manager even before they announced Omar Minaya as general manager and president of baseball operations Thursday, lining up Carlos Tosca for an interview, according to the New York Daily News.


label: 3 text: Napster Claims First with Downloads for Mobiles The Napster To Go portable digital music subscription service, which was previewed in September, works via a plug-in to Windows Media Player 10.


label: 1 text: Clippers #39; Brand suspended one game New York, NY (Sports Network) - Los Angeles Clippers forward Elton Brand was suspended Tuesday for one game by the NBA for shoving Charlotte #39;s Emeka Okafor during the fourth quarter of Monday night #39;s game.


label: 2 text: Wall Street Plays Party Host The Republican National Convention, which opens Monday at Madison Square Garden in midtown Manhattan, is being bankrolled and feted to an extraordinary degree by the financial services behemoths that are concentrated at the island #39;s southern tip.


label: 2 text: Beck's Brewer Sees Beer Demand Rising  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's Interbrew, which acquired  AmBev to create the world's biggest brewer, reiterated on  Thursday its higher volume and profit targets for 2004 as  demand began to recover from a weak summer.


label: 1 text: BAR to seek administration in Honda deal. British American Tobacco has indicated that it would seek to put the company which runs the BAR Formula One team into administration if it proves unable to buy the minority shareholding in the operation required to press ahead with its new deal with Honda


label: 0 text: Protester attacks Berlin exhibition of art  #39;bought with Nazi blood <b>...</b> Security will be tightened at a Berlin art show which is alleged to have been funded by Nazi  quot;blood money quot; after a woman protester overwhelmed wardens and vandalised two works at the exhibition yesterday.


label: 1 text: From start to finish, it was always USC You often see thoroughbred horses do it. Baseball teams have jumped out ahead in the standings and stayed there all the way through to a World Series victory.


label: 2 text:  #39;Yukos saga just the start of the battle #39; MOSCOW - A top Kremlin official said Thursday that the Yukos affair was  quot;just the beginning quot; of the state #39;s battle against tax offenders, but should not inhibit foreigners from investing in Russia.


label: 3 text: IBM, Honda deliver in-car speech-recognition navigation system IBM and Honda have jointly developed a hands-free and natural sounding in-vehicle speech-recognition system that will be offered as standard equipment on the 2005 Acura RL.


label: 1 text: Tendulkar Test doubt SACHIN Tendulkar will return to India this week with genuine concerns his troublesome elbow will keep him out of next month #39;s showdown with Australia.


label: 0 text: Bush Reviews Disputed Guard Documents KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - President Bush has reviewed disputed documents that purport to show he refused orders to take a physical examination in 1972 and did not recall having seen them previously, a White House official said Saturday.    The long-running story on Bush's Texas Air National Guard service took an unusual twist when CBS broadcast a report on what it said were the newly discovered records...


label: 3 text: Congress approves supercomputing bill Following report of security inadequacies, Congress passes bill for \$165 million in new supercomputing funds.


label: 3 text: Microsoft to release Longhorn in  #39;06 REDMOND, Wash., Aug 28, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- The Microsoft Corp. has decided to advance the timetable on its much-anticipated overhaul of Windows, the Financial Times reported Saturday.


label: 0 text: Protesters disrupt rallying call Prime Minister Tony Blair faced angry protests as he urged his party to set aside its differences over Iraq and seize the chance of an historic third term in power.


label: 2 text: Morrisons increasing Safeway conversion rate Morrisons is accelerating the conversion programme of the Safeway stores acquired earlier this year as the 3bn takeover continues to cause the company short-term pain.


label: 3 text: ICANN domain transfer policy takes effect Domain name owners can now choose registrars in much the same way telephone numbers can be moved between carriers, ICANN said.


label: 3 text: Tech Firms Ready Plan For Options The nation's biggest technology companies will present an alternative method for valuing stock options that generally would allow them to report lower expenses.
-The Washington Post


label: 0 text: Bad Hair Day for Sir Mark First, the son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was caught in his pyjamas when police raided his Cape Town home. Then he was robbed in a holding cell while waiting to be charged with helping finance a foiled coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.


label: 1 text: Mauresmo Wins First Match at No. 1 (AP) AP - Amelie Mauresmo overcame a slow start to win her first match at No. 1 in the rankings, beating Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 7-5, 6-4 at the Porsche Grand Prix on Thursday.


label: 3 text: Bright Lights, Burning City This year's Burning Man festival was alive with light all day and all night, as luminescent art and wild displays of fire lit the desert skies. Daniel Terdiman reports from Black Rock City, Nevada.


label: 0 text: PEACE ON EARTH As the holiday season approaches, there is no greater hope for Peace on Earth and Goodwill to men than this months awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Kenyan conservationist Wangari Maathai, who has become a symbol of peace and harmony between Man and


label: 1 text: Fit-again Kallis to play in first India test All-rounder Jacques Kallis will play in the first test against India starting on Saturday after recovering from a side strain, but is unlikely to bowl.


label: 2 text: Hyatt buys AmeriSuites chain for \$600 million Hyatt broadened its high-end hotel brand Thursday by purchasing the 143-hotel AmeriSuites chain for \$600 million. The acquisition from private equity investor Blackstone Group increases Hyatt #39;s existing 90,000


label: 2 text: Possible countermeasure in reaction to steep pay cuts SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The Association of Flight Attendants will vote later Tuesday on a proposal to authorize a nationwide strike as tensions escalate between financially troubled airlines and their employees over drastic cost-saving measures.


label: 2 text: Wall Street stocks end lower on rising oil prices Wall Street stocks fell sharply Wednesday as surging oil prices overshadowed positive earnings news, prompting investors to cash in more profits.


label: 0 text: Poll blow for Hong Kong democrats Hong Kong's pro-democracy parties are on course to net fewer seats  than expected in legislative elections.


label: 0 text: About 100 Wounded at Egypt's Taba Hospital-Source (Reuters) Reuters - About 100 people were taken to a hospital\in the Egyptian border resort of Taba on Thursday after a huge\blast tore through an Egyptian hotel, a hospital source said.


label: 0 text: 5 Iraqi churches damaged during Ramadan An Iraqi man prays with his beads as others gather outside a destroyed church following an explosion in Baghdad, 16 October 2004. Bombs exploded near five churches around Baghdad this morning followed by a


label: 3 text: OQO pocket-size Windows XP PC clever but could be better (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - I'm guessing the founders of a San Francisco start-up called OQO are bummed that Microsoft long ago snagged the name Pocket PC for its personal digital assistants. Because Pocket PC might be the ideal moniker for OQO's new model 01 "ultrapersonal computer"- uPC for short.


label: 3 text: Following trend, Oracle sets schedule for patches Releases dates of quarterly bulletins for 2005 to allow companies to better plan system updates.


label: 0 text: Cricket: Tendulkar fit for Test Indian batting star Sachin Tendulkar is passed fit for the third Test against Australia in Nagpur.


label: 1 text: Five Drivers Will Race... For The Nextel Cup At Homestead When Tony Stewart struggled to a 20th place finish in the Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington on Sunday, it eliminated any chance that he would have the opportunity to race for the Nextel


label: 1 text: Special to ESPN.com ATHENS, Greece -- For a brief moment Monday night, the Olympic Stadium, sounded the chant so often heard when American #39;s take the field in international competition:  quot;USA -- USA -- USA.


label: 3 text: Firefox beats million-download deadline With days to spare, the Mozilla Foundation beat its 10-day goal of 1 million Firefox downloads. Released six days ago, the first preview release of the Firefox 1.0 Web browser passed the million download mark


label: 1 text: Mondonico sacked at Fiorentina Fiorentina have sacked manager Emiliano Mondonico after the newly-promoted side #39;s poor start to the season and comes just months atfer he was hailed as a hero for returning them to the top flight.


label: 0 text: Greek passengers in armed hijack Police surround a bus in Athens on which about two dozen people are being held by at least one gunman.


label: 2 text: New Study Puts Sept. 11 Payout at \$38 Billion The families or loved ones of civilians killed on Sept. 11 received, on average, \$3.1 million in government and charitable awards.


label: 0 text: Israeli military commander of Gaza quits Israel #39;s military commander of the Gaza Strip area, Brig.-Gen. Shmuel Zakai, announced his resignation Thursday amid a leaked media report scandal.


label: 0 text: Iraq rejects vote-delay demands BAGHDAD -- The interim Iraqi government brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election yesterday. And a spokesman for the majority Shiite Muslim community called the date  quot;non-negotiable.


label: 1 text: Cowboys RB George Sits for First Time in Career (Reuters) Reuters - Dallas Cowboys running\back Eddie George was inactive for Sunday's game against New\Orleans as a healthy scratch and missed a game for the first\time in his NFL career.


label: 1 text: Indians regroup, look to Loaiza The contract offer that Indians general manager Mark Shapiro had made Friday to left-hander David Wells got turned down, as Wells agreed to a two-year deal with the Red Sox.


label: 0 text: UN 'optimistic' over aid effort The UN's emergency aid chief says he is optimistic the world will meet the challenges of the tsunami disaster.


label: 1 text: No. 22 Va. Tech Rallies Past Ga. Tech (AP) AP - Bryan Randall threw for 304 yards and two long touchdowns in the fourth quarter as No. 22 Virginia Tech, stifled much of the night, rallied for a 34-20 victory over Georgia Tech on Thursday.


label: 1 text: Zahringer Leads Field at U.S. Amateur (AP) AP - George Zahringer III is back for another shot at the U.S. Amateur. The New Yorker is one of three returning quarterfinalists for the tournament, which begins Monday at the Winged Foot Golf Club. Lee Williams of Alexander City, Ala., and Patrick Carter of Lesage, W.Va., complete the trio from last year's championship that was won by Nick Flanagan of Australia.


label: 0 text: Security Tightened in Paris Following Embassy Bombing Security was tightened around Paris today after a bomb exploded outside the Indonesian Embassy, slightly injuring nine people. French Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said a rigged package exploded


label: 1 text: Randy no match for Rocket One pitcher in the history of baseball has won more Cy Young Awards than Randy Johnson, and he widened his lead Tuesday. Houston Astros ace Roger Clemens earned his record seventh Cy Young


label: 1 text: Sorenstam returns from layoff to win 53rd LPGA Tour title Annika Sorenstam was more rejuvenated than rusty after a month off  quot;chilling quot; in Lake Tahoe and cleaning up after Florida hurricanes.


label: 2 text: Inflation Inches Its Way Back Into Hong Kong's Economy China's consumer price index crept up by 0.9 percent in July compared with a year earlier, ending 68 consecutive months of decline.


label: 1 text: Toronto trades Carter The Toronto Raptors traded six-time All-Star Vince Carter to the New Jersey Nets for three players, including center Alonzo Mourning, and two first-round draft picks.


label: 3 text: Dumbing Down Smart Objects Forget about cumbersome, multifunctional PDAs. The future is an open book. By Bruce Sterling from Wired magazine.


label: 3 text: Fish and Wildlife Service delays panther protection plan The US Fish and Wildlife Service has delayed the adoption of a plan designed to protect Florida panthers from encroaching development.


label: 3 text: High-Tech Industry Has Lost 400,000 Jobs By ALLISON LINN    SEATTLE (AP) -- The U.S. information tech sector lost 403,300 jobs between March 2001 and this past April, and the market for tech workers remains bleak, according to a new report...


label: 0 text: Russia KGB founder honoured A new statue is unveiled of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the man who founded the much-feared security services.


label: 0 text: Supporting Musharraf was greatest blunder: Imran LAHORE: Acknowledging probably for the first time that he had  quot;committed a great mistake quot; by extending support to General Pervez Musharraf during a presidential referendum, former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan has warned that if not stopped in his


label: 3 text: Memphis Has No Days of High Air Pollution (AP) AP - Memphis didn't have a day of excessive air pollution during the seven-month ozone season for the first time in seven years.


label: 2 text: Oil prices to cool off EU growth BRUSSELS The European Union #39;s executive arm issued a bleak economic report on Tuesday, warning that the sharp rise in oil prices would  quot;take its toll quot; on economic growth next year while the euro #39;s renewed climb could threaten exports.


label: 0 text: 16 including 3 Polish soldiers killed in Iraq BAGHDAD: At least 16 people including one US Marine and three Polish soldiers were killed in violence across Iraq on Wednesday. A bomb exploded near the office of a senior Shiite cleric in Karbala on Wednesday


label: 1 text: AC Milan striker Inzaghi out for three months after surgery AC Milan and Italy striker Filippo Inzaghi has undergone surgery on his troublesome left ankle and is not expected to return to action for three months, the Serie A club said.


label: 0 text: Soldier Sentenced for Iraq Prison Abuse BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. soldier broke down in tears Saturday as he admitted abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison, receiving a lighter sentence in return for his testimony against others charged in the scandal...


label: 1 text: Bad Defense Spells Doom for Chiefs' Year (AP) AP - The Kansas City Chiefs have proved once more that no matter how high any offense might soar, all is lost when the defense can't stop anything.


label: 0 text: Haiti Death Toll Rises to 700-Plus Bodies lay in growing piles outside mortuaries today as United Nations peacekeepers planned the first major distribution of food and water in Haiti, devastated by floods that tore apart families and left hungry crowds that have mobbed truckloads of aid.


label: 3 text: Pretty Log4J \\I've been a big fan of Log4J  for a while now but haven't migrated any code\over for one central reason.  The following line of code:\\    final static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger( "some.name" );\\... is amazingly ugly and difficult to work with.\\Most people use Log4J with a logger based on the classname:\\So we would probably see:\\    static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger( "org.apache.commons.feedparser.locate.FeedLocator" );\\Which is amazingly verbose.  A lot of developers shorten this to:\\    static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger( FeedLocator.class );\\But this still leaves us with cut and paste errors.\\What if we could just reduce it to:\\    static Logger logger = Logger.g ...\\


label: 1 text: Dementieva latest upset victim at Filderstadt; Davenport wins Two-time major finalist Elena Dementieva joined the parade of seeded players upset at the Porsche Grand Prix, losing 6-0, 7-5 to American qualifier Lisa Raymond on Wednesday.


label: 1 text: Steadfast Patriots cling to NFL winning record Foxboro, Mass. - Every week the New England Patriots seem to offer their fatalistic following some reason to despair -  quot;We don #39;t have any wide receivers!


label: 3 text: Sans list warns of Unix version control risk New threats to Unix users include a widely used software development aid known as concurrent version control, according to the latest annual Sans Top 20 vulnerability report.


label: 0 text: Polish hostage, 11 Iraqi police men executed in Iraq One Polish woman has joined the group of other foreigners kidnapped in Iraq after a video tape broadcast by al-Jazeera TV showed an armed group while detaining what it called one Polish woman working for the American forces, calling for releasing her and


label: 1 text: For one week at least, Boston lives up to its name: the Hub More than a hundred thousand fans are expected to descend on the city this weekend to watch some crew races. A playoff game kicks off on Saturday evening


label: 0 text: U.S. May Add Advisers to Aid Iraq's Military The top commander in Iraq is reviewing a proposal to add hundreds of U.S. military advisers to work directly with Iraqi units.


label: 0 text: Serbia sends general for war crimes trial Serbia yesterday signalled the start of greater co-operation with the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague, surrendering a former Bosnian Serb general whose troops held Sarajevo under siege during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war.


label: 0 text: Heinz Kerry Separates Self From Mrs. Bush (AP) AP - Teresa Heinz Kerry says she doesn't know if first lady Laura Bush has ever had "a real job" and suggests their different experiences help make them different people.


label: 3 text: iSCSI gets some respect Having received a renewed boost from those who see it moving out of niche markets, iSCSI (Internet SCSI) may finally be getting some much-needed respect.


label: 3 text: Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Dies Pioneering astronaut Gordon Cooper has died in California, at age 77. He was one of the seven Mercury astronauts who led the way in the exploration of space.


label: 3 text: It's Not Exclusive, but It's Lucrative: Why Luxe Went Online Class has been transformed by technology and a consumer who is as well informed as she is impatient to have the latest gaud.


label: 0 text: BAGHDAD #39;S US ZONE ROCKED BY MORTARS September 12, 2004 -- BAGHDAD - Strong explosions shook central Baghdad late last night and fighting erupted on a major street in the heart of the city near the US-guarded Green Zone.


label: 3 text: Taiko: Drum Master ships to retail Namco Hometek today announced that Taiko: Drum Master has shipped to North American retail outlets and is available starting today for the PlayStation 2. Taiko invites players to learn the art of the traditional Japanese drum through the use of a Taiko


label: 1 text: Fiesta, Holiday bowls now on CU #39;s list of possibilities When Iowa State beat Missouri on Saturday afternoon to propel Colorado into the Big 12 Championship game, the Buffs #39; bowl possibilities expanded.


label: 1 text: Callaghan back on Tufts soccer field After missing the first four games of the season with a hamstring injury, Northborough's Sarah Callaghan has returned to the Tufts University women's soccer team.


label: 0 text: Hurricane Frances Tears Through Bahamas FREEPORT, Bahamas - Hurricane Frances ripped apart roofs, shattered windows and flooded neighborhoods as it raged through the Bahamas on Saturday, driving thousands from their homes before beginning a slow march toward the east coast of Florida. At least one man was electrocuted in the storm...


label: 1 text: Turin chief frozen out The president of the 2006 Winter Games in Turin is to offer his resignation because he no longer has the support of the Italian government.


label: 0 text: Iran tells UN: sites off limits IRAN said today it was not obliged to allow UN atomic energy agency inspectors to visit military sites alleged to be involved in secret nuclear weapons work, but that it was willing to discuss the issue.


label: 0 text: Former Shell Chairman Appeals Censure (AP) AP - The former chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Sir Philip Watts, petitioned a British regulatory body for permission to challenge some of its findings on Shell's oil reserves scandal.


label: 1 text: Beck outs Llodra to secure final St Petersburg - Slovakia #39;s Karol Beck has grabbed a pass into the final of the one-million-dollar Saint Petersburg Open ATP tournament by beating French seventh seed Michael Llodra on Saturday.


label: 2 text: Markets await signals from Fed on fifth US rate rise THE US Federal Reserve is set to press ahead this week with a further rise in American interest rates, with markets on alert for a signal of the pace and timing of future increases.


label: 2 text: Q3 revenue meets lowered forecasts, Q4 may fall short SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Intel rallied in pre-open trading Wednesday amid relief that the company did a better-than-expected job moving part of its excess inventory and that the weakness it sees in the fourth-quarter isn #39;t as bad as some feared


label: 3 text: Oracle may feel PeopleSoft's pain (TheDeal.com) TheDeal.com - After one of the most bitter takeovers in corporate history, the challenge is to stitch the two companies together.


label: 1 text: Gaudio no match as regal Federer reigns Roger Federer #39;s luminous talent can lighten up the gloomiest of days, and so it was on a decidedly dark and dreary opening to the Masters Cup that the Swiss world No1, who was unbeaten when he won the title here last year, shone brightly as ever with a 6-1


label: 1 text: Season may hinge on tonight Take one part hype, two parts anticipation and a pinch of trepidation. Sprinkle with salt and stir in bad blood. Chill for five days as a hurricane blows through.


label: 2 text: Disaster recovery unit takes aim at IBM NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - When companies spin off units, it #39;s often a way to shed underperforming assets and move on. Free! Sign up here to receive our Internet Daily e-Newsletter!


label: 0 text: India, Pakistan Leaders Begin Peace Talks (AP) AP - Foreign secretaries from nuclear rivals India and Pakistan began a new round of peace talks Saturday on a series of festering issues, including their decades-old dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir.


label: 2 text: Nike Profit Up on Strong U.S. Demand  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nike Inc. NKE.N, the world's  largest athletic shoe company, on Monday reported higher  quarterly profit on strong demand for its namesake products in  the United States.


label: 2 text: Halliburton Says Army Can Withold Payments Halliburton Co. on Tuesday blamed politics for a US Army decision to not grant the company more time to resolve a billing dispute in which the Pentagon contends the company did not adequately account for some \$1.8 billion of work done in the Middle East.


label: 0 text: Lava Gives Mount St. Helens Eerie Glow SEATTLE - The molten rock rising inside Mount St. Helens is giving the peak an eerie red glow at night...


label: 1 text: Woodgate comeback on hold Real Madrid defender Jonathan Woodgate has suffered a setback in his comeback from a thigh problem - which has kept him on the sidelines since April.


label: 0 text: China Rules Out Terrorism in Plane Crash Investigators in China have ruled out terrorism in the crash of a passenger plane Sunday that claimed the lives of 54 people. State media said Monday that investigators sent from Beijing hadn #39;t determined


label: 3 text: Microsoft offers flat-fee support option for NT 4.0 Server <b>...</b> DECEMBER 06, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Microsoft Corp. will offer custom support options on a flat-fee basis to users of Windows NT 4.0 Server and Exchange Server 5.5 when the standard support phases for those products end.


label: 3 text: This Just In, From The Guy Next Door Mark Potts, a self-described "recovering journalist," says with a bit of understatement: "It isn't Woodward and Bernstein stuff."


label: 1 text: Slovenia stun Italy as Cesar cuts down Lippi Slovenia pulled off a famous result yesterday, defeating Italy to go top of Group Five. A solitary goal by Bostjan Cesar after 82 minutes gave the hosts victory in Celje to inflict a first World Cup qualifying group defeat on Marcello Lippi #39;s side.


label: 0 text: Blair: Next Few Weeks 'Crucial' for N.Ireland (Reuters) Reuters - The next few weeks will be critical for\efforts to clinch a new Northern Ireland peace deal, British\Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday.


label: 0 text: Palestinian Militants Fire Rocket in Gaza (AP) AP - Palestinian militants fired three mortar shells and a homemade rocket toward Jewish settlements in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the army spokesman said.


label: 2 text: NC should cheer Dell deal, but we must weigh wisdom of incentive <b>...</b> There #39;s a new game in town concerning luring businesses to a state, and we have to point out that North Carolina, under the leadership of Gov.


label: 0 text: Up to seven killed in Chechnya shootout: report (AFP) AFP - Up to seven people were killed in an attack on a police station in Grozny, the capital of the Russian breakaway republic of Chechnya, a report quoting officials said.


label: 3 text: Microsoft proposes piracy amnesty com November 24, 2004, 2:29 PM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been enterprise directories for several months, but for many IT managers, ERP (enterprise resource planning) and open source initiatives are on the horizon.


label: 0 text: Man wanted for violent home invasion in U.S. arrested outside Toronto (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - A man wanted for allegedly tying up three adults and setting fire to their car in Washington state was scheduled to appear in a Toronto court Tuesday after Canadian officials found him hiding in a Newmarket, Ont., home.


label: 3 text: Windows XP Security Update Delayed Microsoft Corp. has delayed automated distribution of a major security upgrade to its Windows XP operating system, citing a desire to give companies more time to test it.


label: 2 text: WASHINGTON IN BRIEF Leaders of three campaign finance groups urged the Federal Election Commission yesterday to disqualify the agency #39;s chairman, Bradley A. Smith, from helping to decide whether a veterans group critical of Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry #39;s war


label: 2 text: Merck Down on Arthritis Study Merck (MRK:NYSE - news - research) shares fell early Thursday after a study sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration concluded that its Vioxx arthritis drug put users at a greater risk to heart attacks than Pfizer #39;s (PFE:NYSE - news - research


label: 1 text: Myskina defends title in Moscow Moscow, Russia (Sports Network) - Anastasia Myskina of Russia successfully defended her title in Moscow with a straight-set win over countrywoman Elena Dementieva at the final of the \$1.


label: 2 text: EU commission proposes new interpretation of eurozone budget rules (AFP) AFP - The European Commission said it had adopted a plan to adapt eurozone rules intended to control budget deficits in order to improve the way they work and their credibility.


label: 3 text: Tense Moments During Trailblazing Private Space Flight MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA - In a mission that could herald a new era of space tourism, a privately built, three-person rocket ship flew to space and back today in a mission that frightened those who watched from the ground and on a live webcast.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Uses Halo 2 to Catch Xbox Pirates With Halo 2 racking up record sales and eager fans rushing to Microsoft #39;s Xbox Live online gaming service to compete with other gamers from around the world, it should be an exciting time for Xbox enthusiasts.


label: 0 text: Zarqawi Movement Vows al-Qaida Allegiance BAGHDAD, Iraq - The most feared militant group in Iraq, the movement of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared its allegiance to Osama bin Laden on Sunday, saying it had agreed with al-Qaida over strategy and the need for unity against "the enemies of Islam."   The declaration, which began with a Quranic verse encouraging Muslim unity, said al-Zarqawi considered bin Laden "the best leader for Islam's armies against all infidels and apostates."   It said the two had been in communication eight months ago and "viewpoints were exchanged" before the dialogue was interrupted.   "God soon blessed us with a resumption in communication, and the dignified brothers in al-Qaida understood the strategy of Tawhid and Jihad," the statement said...


label: 1 text: Eriksson warns Owen over England place England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson says striker Michael Owen must prove in training next week that he deserves to face Wales in a World Cup qualifier -- or risk losing his place.


label: 0 text: Storm Jeanne death toll at 100 GONAVES, HaitiTropical storm Jeanne swept northern Haiti with flash floods, killing at least 90 people and leaving dozens of families huddled on rooftops before pushing into the Atlantic east of the Bahamas, officials said.


label: 2 text: GE pledges to meet rules of disclosure in SEC pact General Electric Co. yesterday agreed to a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused the company of failing to provide shareholders with enough information about the retirement perks provided to former chief executive Jack Welch.


label: 0 text: County in New Train Death A person has died after being hit by a train in Berkshire, a day after the Ufton Nervet carnage. A British Transport Police spokesman said a train hit someone standing on the tracks at


label: 0 text: Zim parly upholds jail sentence Harare - The Zimbabwean parliament on Thursday voted to uphold a prison sentence on leading opposition white lawmaker Roy Bennett for shoving Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa to the ground during a heated debate in May.


label: 0 text: Arms, Cars Top Schrders China Trip German Chancellor Gerhard Schrder arrived in Beijing on Monday for a three-day visit focusing on expanding trade ties and the European Unions ban on arms sales to China.


label: 2 text: Honeywell to Sell Its Polyester Unit Honeywell International Inc. (HON.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it has agreed to sell its high-tenacity polyester fiber business to private equity firm Sun Capital Partners by the end of 2004.


label: 2 text: Tech Warning, Higher Oil Weigh on Asia (Reuters) Reuters - Asian share markets were trapped in\narrow ranges Tuesday as oil prices edged higher and after a\warning of lower sales from semiconductor maker Advanced Micro\Devices, which offset upbeat U.S. economic and corporate news.


label: 0 text: Croc  #39;drawn to women #39; A NORTHERN Territory ranger has raised the possibility that the menstrual cycle of a female German backpacker may have attracted the 4.6m crocodile that killed her in Kakadu National Park two years ago.


label: 1 text: Marathon intruder Horan held in Athens The Irishman who was arrested after obstructing Brazilian athlete Vanderlei de Lima in the men #39;s Olympic marathon will be brought to the general district attorney #39;s office in Athens today.


label: 0 text: Turkey Must Increase Kurds #39; Rights -Verheugen Turkey must go further in improving its Kurdish minority #39;s cultural rights, EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said on Tuesday.


label: 2 text: Taxing stock options globally PARIS Stock option accounting has become an international battleground, but those wars may be nearing an end as major industrial countries move toward rules that force companies to deduct the value of options from their earnings.


label: 0 text: PM welcomes Anwar #39;s release OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Paul Martin joined world leaders and Malaysian opposition figures yesterday in welcoming the surprise release of former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim after six years in jail.


label: 1 text: Cavaliers 106, Bobcats 89 LeBron James helped break the game open late in the second quarter by driving baseline for a windmill dunk, one of three crowd-pleasers among James #39; 19 points in Cleveland #39;s 106-89 victory Thursday night over Charlotte.


label: 0 text: Kuwait kidnap firm to leave Iraq A Kuwaiti company bows to demands of kidnappers in Iraq holding seven of its employees, saying it will halt operations there.


label: 0 text: Calais blockade disrupts ferries Channel ferry services are hit by a blockade as French fishermen show their anger at fuel price rises.


label: 2 text: Bad news? It #39;s good news for Bush It is now official: The rich are getting richer and the poor poorer. Last week #39;s Congressional Budget Office tax-burden study confirms what the eye can see: John Edwards #39;  quot;two Americas quot; continues to grow.


label: 1 text: Balanced attack NEW YORK -- It was an exhausting, gut-wrenching victory against a nationally-ranked opponent, the type that elicits a high lasting far longer than the plane-ride home.