label: 1 text: NHL is on thin ice There was plenty of rejection to go around yesterday. First, the National Hockey League owners -- via commissioner Gary Bettman -- voted a unanimous thumbs down on the Players Association's extensive proposal put forth last Thursday. Then, the NHLPA said thanks but no thanks to the league's counterproposal, which predictably included what the union said it would never ...


label: 3 text: Violent video games get shot again. After being in the news more times than I have actually watched the news, the discussion about how bad are violent video games for minors, is back in session.


label: 0 text: Iraq Appeals for International Troops Before January Elections The United States and Iraq have issued an appeal at the UN Security Council for more help in establishing a democratically elected government in Baghdad.


label: 1 text: Starting Lineup
While the late-season efforts of such Texans as President Bush and Roger Clemens provide for riveting TV, the even more exciting Maryland-N.C. State game put us in mind of some other Lone Star Staters -- ZZ Top. Goodness, Wolfpack Coach Chuck Amato...


label: 1 text: Official: Puerto Rican failed drug test Puerto Rican wrestler Mabel Fonseca tested positive for a steroid in an initial doping test, a wrestling official said Saturday. Michel Dusson, secretary general of the International


label: 2 text: William Hill boosted by Euro 2004 UK bookmaker William Hill reports a rise in half year profits helped by  increased trading hours and the Euro 2004 football championships.


label: 0 text: AP Survey: Terror Fight Is RNC Priority (AP) AP - First and foremost, delegates to the Republican National Convention want their next president  #151; whoever that may be  #151; to focus on fighting terrorism, an Associated Press survey found.


label: 0 text: Australias Howard wins 4th straight poll victory Prime Minister John Howard began planning the agenda for his new term on Sunday after his stunning fourth straight election victory, which delivered him a mandate to


label: 1 text: Backe Homers and Pitches Astros to Win (AP) AP - Houston Astros pitcher Brandon Backe got his first career homer, a two-run shot, and allowed one run in seven innings to keep the Astros in the thick of the NL wild-card chase with an 11-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday  #151; their season-high 10th straight victory.


label: 1 text: Nuggets proffer Rodman comeback Dennis Rodman is thinking about a comeback, and the Denver Nuggets are giving him a shot. The 43-year-old former NBA rebounding champion briefly participated in a pickup game at the Nuggets' facility earlier this week but had to cut short the workout because of an ingrown toenail. General manager Kiki Vandeweghe told Rodman he was welcome to return once the ...


label: 2 text: Higher Fuel Costs Starting to Hit Consumers There are some indications that frustration over higher heating bills may spill over into the political arena in November.


label: 0 text: Yushchenko seeks confidence vote Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko pursues a vote in parliament, as the crisis in Ukraine continues.


label: 2 text: Bill Gates remains atop list of richest: Forbes Washington, Sept. 24: Bill Gates kept his ranking atop the richest people in the United States, boosting his worth to 48 billion dollars, but investor Warren Buffett, edged closer, Forbes magazine said today.


label: 1 text: Zee TV to take legal recourse Zee TV Network has decided to take legal recourse in the battle over the controversial cricket telecast rights, as its board of directors has chosen not to submit fresh bids.


label: 3 text: Weapons Ban Eased At Airports People soon will be able to carry guns and other dangerous weapons onto the grounds and parking lots of Reagan National and Dulles International airports, after officials


label: 0 text: 4 Iraqis killed, 2 US soldiers wounded in car bomb attack Four Iraqis were killed and 19 others wounded, including two US soldiers, Tuesday when a car bombhit a US military convoy in the Iraqi town of Baiji, 200 km north of Baghdad, the US military said.


label: 3 text: New chip designs help AMD boost market share Design engineer Alan Lear has rolled up his sleeves. His lab is crammed with motherboards and oscilloscopes. He scans a screen showing the signal


label: 1 text: Glazer increases stake in Man Utd The US sports tycoon, Malcolm Glazer, has raised his stake in Manchester United from around 19 to a little over 25. The purchase is not necessarily a prelude to a bid for overall control of the club bid according to one of his associates.


label: 2 text: Oil Steady, OPEC Expected to Cut Supply (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices held steady on Friday just\hours ahead of a key meeting of the OPEC producers' cartel,\which was expected to agree to curb crude output running above\the group's official production limits.


label: 3 text: Court Tosses VeriSign Suit Vs. Overseers (AP) AP - A federal judge on Friday dismissed an antitrust complaint against a key Internet oversight group brought by a company that controls directories for guiding Internet users worldwide.


label: 1 text: Oswalt hopes to pull Astros even CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Roger Clemens did his part, now Roy Oswalt - the Houston Astros #39; other ace pitcher -opes to follow his veteran teammate #39;s lead.


label: 0 text: EU trio toughen stance on Iran nuke plan-diplomats France, Britain and Germany have toughened their stance on Iran #39;s nuclear programme, demanding that Tehran halt all parts of the atomic fuel cycle that can


label: 2 text: Gas Price Up Near  #36;1.88 a Gallon -Survey (Reuters) Reuters - The average U.S. retail price of\gasoline rose slightly over the last two weeks to almost  #36;1.88\a gallon -- the first increase reported since late May,\according to the nationwide Lundberg survey of about 8,000 gas\stations.


label: 1 text: Sportsview: Roddick, Agassi Blown Out Open (AP) AP - Tennis in gale force gusts is closer to a farce than a sport.


label: 0 text: Powerful Typhoon Poised to Strike Southern Japan A powerful typhoon loomed off southwestern Japan Sunday, threatening large areas of the country with fierce wind and rain. The storm, which is expected to hit Kyushu island early on Monday


label: 1 text: Badgers Primed for Championship Run (AP) AP - Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez thinks his team's thrilling come-from-behind victory at Purdue could be the start of something special. The Badgers jumped four spots in the AP Top 25 to No. 6 after their 20-17 win over Purdue on Saturday and are primed for a run at the national championship.


label: 1 text: Spain-U.S. Match Expected to Set Record (AP) AP - This week's U.S.-Spain Davis Cup final is expected to break the attendance record for a sanctioned tennis match.


label: 2 text: Yen Trims Losses as Tankan, G7 Eyed  TOKYO (Reuters) - The yen trimmed losses made against the  dollar earlier on Thursday, but gains were limited as investors  refrained from taking fresh positions ahead of the Bank of  Japan's quarterly survey of corporate sentiment.


label: 2 text: House clears huge business tax revamp to end trade war The House last night passed the most sweeping rewrite of corporate tax law in nearly two decades, a measure designed to end a nasty trade war with Europe and shower \$136


label: 3 text: UK's Branson to Launch Space Tourism in 2007 (Reuters) Reuters - Richard Branson, Britain's best-known\entrepreneur and part-time daredevil, plans to launch the\world's first passenger service to space in 2007, offering\zero-gravity flights for  #36;198,600.


label: 0 text: British Guantanamo Detainee Alleges Abuse from Jail (Reuters) Reuters - A British detainee at Guantanamo Bay\said in a letter revealed Friday he was tortured and abused\during detention, in what is believed to be the first such\claim to come from inside the prison.


label: 0 text: Chavez Pushes Anti-Terrorism Plan After Bomb Attack Venezuela #39;s President Hugo Chavez pressed for a new anti-terrorism proposal on Saturday after a car bomb killed a top state prosecutor investigating opponents accused of backing a 2002 coup against him.


label: 3 text: Some Dell AC Adapters Recalled Although seven adapters have overheated, no injuries or deaths have been reported. The adapters where shipped with Latitude, Precision and Inspiron laptops sold through Dell #39;s Web site and customer


label: 1 text: Stoneham finishes the job A good team knows how to put its opponent away, and that is exactly what the top-ranked Stoneham boys' soccer team did yesterday in a 4-0 win over visiting Wakefield, although it took a while.


label: 3 text: Spacecraft back in Jeffco Investigation into this month #39;s crash of the Genesis spacecraft entered a new phase last week inside a Jefferson County laboratory.


label: 1 text: Mauresmo Through to Final After Sharapova Withdraws  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Title holder and top seed Amelie  Mauresmo received an easy passage into the final of the Advanta  Championships in Philadelphia on Saturday when Maria Sharapova  was forced out of the event with a sore shoulder.


label: 0 text: Pope puts 5 faithful on path to sainthood VATICAN CITYPope John Paul II yesterday honoured two figures linked to controversy, beatifying German mystic Sister Anna Katharina Emmerick, whose violent visions of Christ #39;s suffering helped inspire Mel Gibson #39;s film The Passion Of The Christ, and the


label: 1 text: Week 6: Sunday Stud Our Week 6 candidates for Sunday Stud include Jeff Garcia, who led the Cleveland Browns to a 34-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, and Clinton Portis, who rushed for 171 yards to help the Redskins break their four-game losing streak.


label: 0 text: Six Killed in Ghanaian Cargo Plane Crash - Company (Reuters) Reuters - Freight company MK Airlines confirmed on\Thursday that one of its Ghanaian-registered Boeing 747 cargo\planes crashed in Halifax, Canada, killing all six crew members\aboard.


label: 1 text: USOC Fights for US Relay Olympic Gold The US Olympic Committee is contesting an international ruling which could cost Michael Johnson and the rest of the US 1,600-meter relay team their gold medals from the Sydney Olympics.


label: 2 text: James Hardie #39;s Macdonald Stands Aside for Regulator #39;s Inquiry James Hardie Industries NV said Chief Executive Officer Peter Macdonald will stand aside during a probe by Australia #39;s securities regulator into allegations he misled investors about


label: 2 text: Nikkei Ends Up as China Data Lifts Steel  TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average closed up 0.63 percent  on Friday, led by gains in Nippon Steel Corp. and its rivals  after data showing only a minor slowdown in China's robust  economic growth eased concerns about a sudden downturn in one  of Japan's biggest export markets.


label: 0 text: Jewish settlers preparing to evacuate Gaza Strip He doesn #39;t know, or care, what it will cost, how big it will be or even where it will be located. All he wants to do right now is move his wife and five young boys to a new life.


label: 0 text: Venezuelan plane crash kills 16 A military plane crashes in a mountainous area of Venezuela, killing 16 people.


label: 0 text: Deadline Looms for Suspects in UK Anti-Terrorism Raids  LONDON (Reuters) - British police must charge or release on  Tuesday nine men arrested earlier this month in anti-terrorism  raids that followed a tipoff from an al Qaeda suspect in  Pakistan and security alerts in the United States.


label: 0 text: Rally Offers Putin Support Over Hostage Bloodbath (Reuters) Reuters - Russian state television\predicted at least 100,000 people would attend a Moscow rally\on Tuesday to denounce terrorism, bolstering President Vladimir\Putin against critics over a Chechnya-linked hostage bloodbath.


label: 0 text: Blair urged to act on Bigley Efforts to help save the life of Kenneth Bigley held captive in Iraq, intensified when Irish politicians made an appeal to Bigley #39;s captors.


label: 2 text: Arthritis drug pulled for heart risk Shares of Merck and Co. plunged nearly 27 percent Thursday on news that the pharmaceutical giant was pulling the popular arthritis pain medication Vioxx off the market in the largest drug withdrawal in US history.


label: 0 text: Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Medical Use of Marijuana While it is risky to predict how the justices will decide, some expressed skepticism today about the case.


label: 1 text: Hernandez, Indians Agree to One-Year Deal (AP) AP - Infielder Jose Hernandez and the Cleveland Indians agreed to a  #36;1.8 million, one-year contract Monday.


label: 0 text: Dashed hopes in Hong Kong Pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong have expressed disappointment at the outcome of Sunday #39;s parliamentary elections. The pro-democracy camp secured 25 seats on the


label: 2 text: US trade gap balloons The US trade deficit widens to fresh record levels after higher oil prices raise the cost of imports.


label: 3 text: Science oddities go on display One of the worlds most bizarre scientific collections has gone on show. From a homemade iron lung to ancient dentists chairs and antique operating tables, it comprises part of the 170,000-odd items in the storerooms of Londons Science Museum.


label: 0 text: Soldier confesses to Iraq abuses A US soldier has pleaded guilty at a court martial in Baghdad to maltreating and conspiring to maltreat detainees at Iraq #39;s Abu Ghraib prison.


label: 3 text: Thunderbird 1.0 takes on Outlook Express, Eudora Weeks after the launch of its Firefox 1.0 Web browser, the Mozilla Foundation on Tuesday is set to release version 1.0 of its Thunderbird e-mail client.


label: 1 text: Ichiro gets one more hit as M #39;s play spoiler against Rangers ARLINGTON, Texas - The Texas Rangers might not be in a must-win situation yet, but they #39;re hurting their playoff chances with each loss.


label: 0 text: Protests Target Bush at Summit in Chile (AP) AP - Riot police used water cannons and tear gas Friday to break up a demonstration by hundreds of rock-throwing protesters before more than 20,000 people marched to vent their anger at Pacific Rim leaders, particularly President Bush.


label: 3 text: Apple pitches music industry on U2-style promos (MacCentral) MacCentral - U2 has been a familiar sight to iTunes Music Store visitors in recent weeks, with the online music store featuring everything from a U2-themed iPod to a digital boxed set of the Irish rock band's recordings. And if Apple has its way, other musical acts will enjoy a similar promotional push as part of an effort to bolster business at the online store, the director of iTunes product marketing told a gathering of music industry executives Wednesday.


label: 0 text: Afghanistan Death Toll in 2004 Up to 957 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The killing in Afghanistan spirals onward, undermining U.S. claims of success in pacifying the country with less than a week to go before an historic experiment with democracy - direct presidential elections...


label: 2 text: Loss of Intelsat satellite could threaten sale BETHESDA, Md. The loss of an Intelsat satellite knocked out Internet access for many customers of Starband, a McLean-based provider of online access via satellite.


label: 0 text: Powell: North Korean Explosion Probably Not Nuclear Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States believes a recent explosion in North Korea was, in his words, not a nuclear event.


label: 1 text: Russian terror dooms Jazz trip The Utah Jazz were really getting energized by the approach of their scheduled trip to Moscow to play CSKA, Andrei Kirilenko #39;s former team, in an NBA preseason opener on Oct. 8.  quot;This whole adventure of going


label: 0 text: U.S. to Increase Its Force in Iraq by Nearly 12,000 The U.S. military presence in Iraq will grow to 150,000 troops by next month, the highest level since the invasion last year.


label: 2 text: Gambling board gives conditional OK to Bangor slot license By a 5-0 vote Thursday, Maines Gambling Control Board granted Penn National Gaming Inc. a conditional license to operate slot machines at Bangors harness racing track.


label: 1 text: Once unwanted by ACC, Hokies earned vindication BLACKSBURG The ACC didn #39;t want these guys. Didn #39;t want them in 1953, didn #39;t want them two springs ago, didn #39;t want them if even they said pretty please with a Hokie Bird on top.


label: 0 text: US Hostage Wife Pleads for Mercy (BBC) -- The wife of an American taken hostage with two others in Baghdad has appealed on television for their release. Patty Hensley said her husband Jack was  quot;a simple, generous man quot; who was  quot;there to help the Iraqi people quot;.


label: 2 text: FT defamation case founders London - The bulk of a brokerage firm #39;s 240 million (R2.7 billion) damages claim against the Financial Times (FT) could not proceed, a judge ruled yesterday.


label: 0 text: Oxfam says 45 million children at risk if aid not provided The humanitarian agency, Oxfam, predicts that 45 million children will die in the next decade because rich countries have failed to meet their aid promises.


label: 1 text: UPDATE 1-Barnes leads Australian Open after first round Former national amateur champion Kurt Barnes shot a brilliant 65 on Thursday to emerge as the unlikely first round leader of the centenary Australian Open.


label: 3 text: Instant Messaging Goes Graphical Some say people may be more civil when they see who they're communicating with as IMVU and AOL introduce sophisticated avatars to instant-message services. But will the services make any money? By Daniel Terdiman.


label: 0 text: U.S. Servicemen React to Bush Guard Memos ALBANY, Ga. - Frank Jones says he's angry about newly revealed memos that indicate President Bush got preferential treatment in the Air National Guard during the Vietnam war, but he's not surprised by favoritism in the Guard...


label: 3 text: CA #39;s \$430 Million Splurge To Broaden Indian Footprint Computer Associates has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Netegrity -- a provider of security software solutions, in an all cash merger valued at approximately \$430 million.


label: 1 text: A World Series party NEW YORK --Forevermore, the date goes into the New England calendar as an official no-school/no-work/no-mail-delivery holiday in Red Sox Nation.


label: 0 text: Eyewitness: Thailand #39;s deadly protest Thailand is in shock after 78 arrested Muslims died in overloaded army trucks after a protest turned violent. The BBC #39;s Tony Cheng has visited the camp where more than 1,000 survivors of the journey are still being held.


label: 3 text: MSN upgrades Messenger, Hotmail The MSN network of Internet services has introduced updates to its free communication services to make e-mail, instant messaging and online sharing easier and more personal for consumers.


label: 3 text: Picture 6 of 8: Microsoft's new Media Center push Software maker heads to LA to show off a host of gadgets that use one or another Microsoft technology to access movies, music and video.


label: 2 text: TPV buys Philips PC monitor business LONDON, December 17 (newratings.com) - Dutch electronics company Royal Philips Electronics NV (PHI1.ETR) announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to sell its PC monitor and flat TV businesses to Taiwans TPV Technology Ltd for \$358


label: 1 text: SA #39;s Hall seeks to pin down win South Africa all-rounder Andrew Hall warned India they should be under no illusions that the tourists are fully focused on a positive result in Kanpur.


label: 2 text: Cox Enterprises to Buy Cox Public Stake (Reuters) Reuters - Cox Enterprises Inc. on Tuesday said\it will purchase Cox Communications Inc.'s  minority\public stake for  #36;8.3 billion, in a move to privatize the\publicly traded cable company and insulate it from the short\term demands of Wall Street.


label: 0 text: ASEAN pushes ahead trade liberalization Economic ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) finally agreed to beef up their commitment to push ahead the program of


label: 2 text: Tokyo shares drop as USD weakens again Tokyo share prices slid overnight, on selling triggered by the dollar #39;s renewed slide against the yen. The fall in the greenback re-ignited concern over the impact not just on exporters but Japan #39;s export-led economic recovery, dealers said.


label: 2 text: CAO #39;s Chen to return to Singapore THE man at the centre of the China Aviation Oil (CAO) scandal is expected back in Singapore and with him possibly will come the key to unlocking the mystery behind the company #39;s collapse.


label: 0 text: Rebels Attack Governor's Office in Iraqi City (Reuters) Reuters - Rebels attacked the provincial\governor's office in Iraq's third city of Mosul on Thursday,\killing one of his bodyguards and wounding four more, the U.S.\military said.


label: 2 text: Not Hungry for Applebee's Although earnings met expectations, the restaurant's comps and Q4 outlook are lacking.


label: 3 text: Consumers could be the losers in battle for next-generation DVD standard (AFP) AFP - As videocassettes fade into history, a full-fledged battle is on to establish the next standard of DVDs which could open up a new realm of possibilities in interactive home entertainment.


label: 2 text: Oil fades to \$47, awaits US stock data LONDON: Oil prices fell to seven-week lows below \$47 a barrel on Wednesday as traders braced for another increase in US oil and natural gas inventories.


label: 3 text: Fischer Delivers Strong Message in Syria German Foreign Minister Fischer focused on economic ties between Syria and the EU as well as concerns over human rights and weapons of mass destruction in Syria during a visit to Damascus Saturday.


label: 2 text: Job Openings Rise, Hires Fall in July  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More U.S. jobs were available in  July though fewer people were hired, the Labor Department said  on Wednesday.


label: 1 text: Packers seek local rule THE weather forecast promises a top temperature of 6C (42.8F) for Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday, which is relatively balmy by comparison with the record low for an NFL game, registered at the home of the Green Bay Packers on New Years Eve in 1967


label: 1 text: Chelsea gets closer to Arsenal atop the table London, England (Sports Network) - Chelsea #39;s 4-1 win over West Bromwich on Saturday afternoon allowed the Blues to move even on points with Arsenal atop the Premiership table.


label: 3 text: Sony Announces Price On Portable Video Game Machine TOKYO -- Sony Corp. #39;s PlayStation Portable isn #39;t in US stores yet but that #39;s not stopping Sony from putting a price tag on the much anticipated item.


label: 2 text: Yahoo Adding New Search Engine Tools SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Following a recent industry trend, Internet giant Yahoo Inc. is adding new search engine tools that will enable users to create personal folders and share their favorite links with others.


label: 0 text: Talks on Tibet Two years after the Tibetan government-in-exile renewed negotiations with China, after a full decade, on the question of Tibet, a delegation of the Dalai Lamas special envoys left for a tour of the Middle Kingdom on the weekend.


label: 3 text: Running Revolution Started as Evolution Millions of years before headphone-wearing joggers clotted the streets of America, the development of the ability to run played a crucial role in the evolution of early humans, according to new research.


label: 2 text: US judge gives Oracle greenlight to pursue PeopleSoft After a three-month trial a US Federal Court judge has ruled that Oracle Corp. #39;s hostile pursuit of bitter rival PeopleSoft Inc.


label: 0 text: European heavyweights give Iran last chance to come clean on <b>...</b> VIENNA : Europe #39;s three heavyweight states are to give Iran a last chance prove it is not secretly developing atomic weapons, offering valuable nuclear technology as a carrot and possible UN sanctions as the stick.


label: 3 text: GPL Could Put Heat on Microsoft (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Efforts under way to revise the popular GNU General Public License could put additional pressure on Microsoft by the time it tries to push its long-awaited Windows upgrades out the door.


label: 1 text: Rockets down Clippers 91-86 in OT Tracy McGrady scored 32 points to lead visiting Houston Rockets beating the Los Angeles Clippers 91-86 in overtime. It is the Rockets seventh straight win over the Clippers, and


label: 2 text: Mikelsons: ATA Founder Has Grim Duty In Bankruptcy Filing As Delta Air Lines (nyse: DAL - news - people ) agonizes over whether to seek the shelter of Chapter 11, ATA Holdings (nasdaq: ATAH - news - people ) beat them to the punch.


label: 2 text: Trade chief of EU takes US to task BRUSSELS The incoming European Union trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, on Monday criticized the United States for failing to stick to bilateral talks to resolve a dispute over government aid to Boeing and Airbus.


label: 1 text: Giants #39; Hermanson suspended NEW YORK (Ticker) - The San Francisco Giants may have to continue their quest for the postseason without their closer. Major League Baseball on Tuesday suspended righthander Dustin Hermanson three games and


label: 3 text: Microsoft warns of Linux dangers Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has told Asian government leaders at a forum in Singapore that they could face patent lawsuits for using the Linux operating system instead of Windows software.


label: 2 text: Nikkei Eases, Lower Oil Prices Help  TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average edged down 0.25  percent by midsession on Tuesday as falls in recent gainers  such as banks and oil stocks offset gains in some exporters  after a retreat in oil prices eased fears about the global  economy.


label: 2 text: Mayors all revved up over fuel tax debate TORONTO -- The mayors of Canada #39;s biggest cities are telling Ottawa to step on the gas when it comes to delivering the fuel tax back to cities.


label: 3 text: Qualcomm plans to phone it in on cellular repairs Over-the-air fixes for cell phones comes to Qualcomm's CDMA.


label: 3 text: Indian Scientists Discover New Primate Species There are 19 macaque species in Asia and one in Africa, and they are said to be second only to human beings in their wide geographical distribution.


label: 2 text: News Corp. May Strengthen Corporate Governance (Update1) Rupert Murdoch #39;s News Corp. may strengthen its corporate governance provisions after investors and shareholder groups said they will vote against the company #39;s move to the US if shareholders rights are diminished.


label: 3 text: Apple Remote Desktop 2.1 available (MacCentral) MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc. on Monday released an update for Apple Remote Desktop (ARD), the company's software solution to assist Mac system administrators and computer managers with asset management, software distribution and help desk support. ARD 2.1 includes several enhancements and bug fixes.


label: 0 text: 18 killed in grenade attacks in Bangladesh At least 18 people were confirmed killed, and some 300 were injured as unidentified assailants hurled over ten grenades toward a rally organized by the main opposition


label: 0 text: Haitian Death Toll From Storm Nears 2,000 (AP) AP - The death toll from floods unleashed by Tropical Storm Jeanne rose sharply to nearly 2,000 people, with many still missing, as officials said they found hundreds more bodies in Haiti's devastated northwestern region.


label: 1 text: Palmeiro Not Bitter Back in Texas (AP) AP - Rafael Palmeiro didn't return to Texas a bitter man. There are too many good memories at the place he called home the past five seasons, and where he hit his 500th homer last year.


label: 0 text: Israeli nuclear spy seized in church ARMED police commandos stormed a Jerusalem church compound yesterday and arrested Mordechai Vanunu, the nuclear whistle blower, drawing condemnation from the Anglican Church for violating the holy site.


label: 3 text: Business Briefs Tellabs, which makes equipment for telephone networks, reduced its takeover offer for Advanced Fibre Communications to about \$1.5 billion, citing a decline in Advanced Fibre #39;s profit and outlook.


label: 2 text: Oil Climbs Back Over  #36;50 (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices scrambled back over  #36;50 a\barrel Tuesday, kept on edge by a prolonged production outage\in the Gulf of Mexico at a time when major exporters are\already pumping nearly full tilt.


label: 0 text: Committee to succeed Arafat denied The head of the Political Department in the Palestine Liberation Organization said Friday no committee was formed to succeed ailing Yasser Arafat.


label: 2 text: Salvation Army #39;s Bell Ringing Limited One of the holiday #39;s season most well-known sounds is back, but some stores are limiting where Salvation Army volunteers can ring their bells.


label: 1 text: Case closes out Melrose in five Up two games to none and holding a 15-11 lead over Melrose in Game 3, Case seemed assured of making another trip to the Division 2 state volleyball finals.


label: 3 text: Photos: Handheld fever grips Japan Consumers get psyched for the release of Nintendo and Sony gaming devices.


label: 1 text: Yankees short hops com. Are you really surprised that the Yankees came back to win Game 2 over the Twins, avoiding an 0-2 deficit heading back to Minneapolis on Friday?


label: 3 text: Microsoft to Launch New Search Engine (PC World) PC World - Software giant hopes to challenge Google with new search technology.


label: 0 text: Khartoum agrees to bigger peace force The Sudanese government bowed to international pressure yesterday and agreed to allow more foreign troops in the stricken Darfur region.


label: 3 text: Nokia Offers Slimmed-Down 9300 Communicator (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is targeting enterprise and consumer customers with a lighter, slimmed-down version of its 9300 Communicator \smartphone, which will be launched worldwide at the beginning of 2004.


label: 0 text: Conference on Iraq to back the government #39;s war on insurgents World leaders gathered in Egypt for an international conference on Iraq focused on another Mideast issue early Tuesday the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.


label: 1 text: Santa Clara Shocks 4th-Ranked North Carolina  OAKLAND, Calif., (Sports Network) - Travis Niesen scored a  career-high 26 points, Kyle Bailey added 20 and Santa Clara  shocked No. 4 North Carolina with a 77-66 victory in a Pete  Newell Challenge game at The Arena.


label: 2 text: Central Bank Remains Silent as the Euro Rises Will the European Central Bank intervene in the world #39;s currency markets to put a lid on the euro? It has become a tantalizing prospect for many Europeans, who are nervous


label: 3 text: Photo: Gateway's MP3 Photo Jukebox player The PC maker is coming out with its own hard-drive-based MP3 player--a miniature unit that displays color photos. \


label: 0 text: British troops start perilous Iraq mission BAGHDAD: Hundreds of British soldiers left southern Iraq on a risky mission closer to Baghdad on Wednesday to free up US forces for a possible assault on rebel-held Fallujah, as Tokyo stood firm after militants threatened to behead a Japanese hostage.


label: 2 text: Reebok posts 30 rise in Q3 profit CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- Reebok International Ltd. reported a 30 percent pop in profit for the third quarter Thursday and said that its chairman will take on the day-to-day duties of the company.


label: 0 text: Uruguay poised to elect leftwinger Tabare Vazquez was poised to become Uruguay #39;s first leftwing president yesterday after campaigning for the more equitable distribution of wealth and social justice in a country crippled by a recent economic crisis.


label: 1 text: Tennis: Australia #39;s Hewitt reaches quarter-finals at Washington tennis WASHINGTON : Lleyton Hewitt further polished his form on hardcourt with the US Open drawing near, earning a 6-3, 6-2 second-round win against Colombian Alejandro Falla at the 500,000-dollar Washington Open.


label: 1 text: New Jersey Nets Team Report - November 16 (Sports Network) - The New Jersey Nets lost their third straight game, as they were defeated by the Houston Rockets, 80-69, on Monday at Continental Airlines Arena.


label: 3 text: Pulp Fiction Writer Sues Microsoft over Yoga Game According to the lawsuit, screenwriter Roger Avary met with the Microsoft team and pitched them a detailed concept for a video game designed to lead players through yoga poses using Microsoft #39;s Xbox.


label: 3 text: Adviser: Britain Hopes to Push U.S. on Climate Change (Reuters) Reuters - Britain hopes it can exert influence on\reelected President Bush and push the United States to do more\to combat climate change, the British government's chief\scientist said on Thursday.


label: 2 text: Rate rises followed 'MPC errors' UK interest rates may be too high because the Bank of England has wrongly forecast inflation levels, a House of Lords Committee says.


label: 2 text: SingTel, six other Asian operators form regional mobile alliance SINGAPORE : Singapore Telecoms has joined hands with six other Asian telcos to form a unified regional mobile network. The Bridge Mobile Alliance will be equally owned by SingTel


label: 3 text: Opening the Living Room Windows (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Microsoft is going to Tinseltown today to announce plans for its revamped Windows XP Media Center, part of an aggressive push to get ahead in the digital entertainment race.


label: 3 text: Cisco to acquire network monitoring provider NetSolve SAN FRANCISCO - Cisco Systems Inc. channel partners will be able to offer real-time monitoring of enterprises' networks after the company agreed to acquire NetSolve Inc., the networking giant said Thursday.


label: 1 text: Pittsburgh climbs over Mountaineers Dan Orlovsky threw three touchdowns and Connecticut strengthened its postseason bowl credentials with a wild 41-35 victory over Rutgers yesterday.


label: 1 text: Germany could lose equestrian gold BERLIN, Germany -- Germany, stripped of two equestrian golds in Athens, will almost certainly lose a third title after two of its show jumping horses failed dope tests.


label: 2 text: House Arrest Ends for Ex-Parmalat Chief With his period of house arrest over, former Parmalat boss Calisto Tanzi took a walk in the garden of his villa Monday, following nine months of detention and questioning over the fraud scandal that engulfed his company.


label: 1 text: Argentina coach Bielsa resigns Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa has resigned, less than one month after leading his country to their first Olympic soccer gold medal and less than two months after steering them to the Copa America final, Argentine


label: 0 text: Iran says uranium ban illegal, dismisses sanctions Iran yesterday denounced as  quot;illegal quot; demands from the UN atomic-watchdog agency that it freeze all work on uranium enrichment, a technology that can be used for nuclear weapons.


label: 2 text: Delta Suffers Setback with Debt Committee Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) suffered a setback this week when a committee of creditors scotched one of the company #39;s early debt renegotiation


label: 1 text: Bryant Prosecutors Say Some Data Tainted (AP) AP - Two days before the start of jury selection in Kobe Bryant's rape case, prosecutors charged that crucial DNA evidence the defense had hoped to use to prove the NBA star's innocence might have been contaminated.


label: 0 text: Links Between Two Chechen Women Grows (AP) AP - They lived in the same apartment in Chechnya, worked in the same market and may have died within moments of each other on separate airliners that crashed in Russia last week.


label: 3 text: Intel Unveils Tri-Mode Wi-Fi Chip Centrino update supports 802.11 a, b, and g wireless, and offers improved security.


label: 2 text: Vivendi boosts Moroccan stake Vivendi Universal increases its stake in Morocco's national telecoms business, days before it is partially floated.


label: 1 text: THEREVIEW Though Electronic Arts' Madden NFL video games have always set the standard for how the game is played on the virtual field, this year's edition makes its biggest strides by incorporating what teams go through off it.


label: 3 text: Increase website traffic by giving away cars Oprah.com and Pontiac.com see  quot;massive quot; website traffic as a result of the giveaway. If you ever want to increase traffic to your website, just try giving away 276 Pontiac G6 automobiles.


label: 1 text: For starters, Eli makes case CHARLOTTE - Kurt Warner may still be the favorite to start the regular-season opener for the Giants. But Eli Manning isn #39;t making Tom Coughlin #39;s decision very easy.


label: 2 text: Credit Suisse to Integrate Units  ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse will fully integrate its  investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston with its flagship  private bank, the Swiss banking giant said on Tuesday, as it  set ambitious earnings targets for 2007.


label: 3 text: Netflix, TiVo Aim to Offer Online Service (AP) AP - Home entertainment trendsetters Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. hope to link up on a service that will use high-speed Internet connections to pipe DVD-quality movies into the homes of their mutual subscribers.


label: 1 text: Barcelona loses, Real beats Albacete Brazilian forwards Edu Schmidt and Ricardo Oliveira scored as Real Betis ended Barcelona #39;s unbeaten streak with a 2-1 win Sunday.


label: 3 text: E-voting vendor is a bully A JUDGH HAS ruled that a manufacturer of electronic voting equipment knowingly misrepresented its claims when it sent threatening letters to the ISPs of students who had posted the company #39;s internal documents online.


label: 2 text: US brokerage charged with fraud WASHINGTONThe US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday charged brokerage firm Raymond James Financial Inc. with fraud over the misconduct of a former broker in 1999 and 2000.


label: 0 text: U.S. to Rejoin Coffee Trade Regulators (AP) AP - The United States plans to rejoin the international body that regulates the global coffee trade. Assistant Secretary of State Anthony Wayne will make the formal announcement Wednesday, the State Department said in a statement.


label: 2 text: U.S. Oil Over \$54 on Winter Fuel Worries Oil prices surged to yet new record\highs Tuesday, driving U.S. crude above \$54 as global supply\outages thwart efforts to build winter heating fuel\inventories.


label: 1 text: Rose Bowl At Stake In Michigan/OSU Game When the Wolverines play at Ohio State on Saturday, they will be playing for more than just a share off the Big Ten championship. Michigan could get a Rose Bowl bid with a victory over the Buckeyes.


label: 0 text: Philippines Rushes Relief to Flooded Areas (Reuters) Reuters - Philippine soldiers\rushed food, drinking water and other supplies by foot and\helicopters on Sunday to provinces cut off by four storms in\two weeks that left more than 1,300 people dead or missing.


label: 2 text: Intel scraps faster version of Pentium 4 The world #39;s largest chip maker will shift research spending to a 3.8 GHz Pentium chip that will have twice the memory of the current version.


label: 1 text: Browns Beat Ravens 20-3 Behind Garcia: NFL Week 1 (Update1) Jeff Garcia passed for one touchdown and ran for another to lead the Cleveland Browns to a 20-3 win over the Baltimore Ravens in his first game with the team.


label: 1 text: COACHES: Bengals, Marvin Lewis (2nd season, 9-12); Broncos, Mike <b>...</b>  THE LAST TIME: Broncos 30, Bengals 10; Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003, at Paul Brown Stadium. The first game in the Marvin Lewis era went about as bad as it could for the new coach and his team as the Broncos jumped


label: 0 text: Rangers Clobber Athletics 10-3 OAKLAND, Calif. - Mark Mulder has lost his edge, and the Oakland Athletics are in ever-greater danger of losing their spot atop the AL West...


label: 1 text: Newcastle and Charlton battle to draw EUROPEAN FOOTBALL: Newcastle climbed just one place to eighth instead of five spots to fourth because of a 1-1 tie with Charlton. Rangers beat Motherwell 2-0.


label: 1 text: Cards' Eldred Likes Relief Pitching Role (AP) AP - Over time, Cal Eldred has learned to embrace the bullpen.


label: 0 text: Israel air strikes hit Gaza camp A Palestinian man has been killed and six others have been injured in the latest violence in the Gaza Strip. The man - a schoolteacher - died on his way to work after an Israeli missile blew apart a home in the Jabaliya camp, Palestinian witnesses said.


label: 3 text: Apple iTunes Rocks Europe  quot;We #39;re excited to bring the iTunes Music Store to even more music fans across Europe, and with this expansion we now reach customers in almost 70 percent of the global music market, quot; Apple #39;s Vice President of Applications Eddy Cue said.


label: 3 text: Consumers losers in next-generation DVD battle As videocassettes fade into history, a full-fledged battle is on to establish the next standard of DVDs which could open up a new realm of possibilities in interactive home entertainment.


label: 3 text: Intel demonstrates next generation process technology SANTA CLARA, Calif., - Intel Corporation has built fully functional SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) chips using 65 nanometer (nm) technology, its next generation high-volume semiconductor manufacturing process.


label: 1 text: Roddick, Henman upset at Paris Masters Top seed American Andy Roddick and defending champion Tim Henman both crashed out of the Paris Masters in the third round on Thursday.


label: 2 text: Telecom Making a Comeback? It seems that every time I write about the telecommunications industry, my thoughts slip back to my proud days at the Standard  amp; Poor #39;s Equity Group.


label: 2 text: Colgate-Palmolive announces 4,400 job cuts; plant shutdowns NEW YORK, December 7 (newratings.com) - New York based Colgate-Palmolive (CL.NYS) announced its plans today to cut its total workforce by 12 and close one third of its factories in an attempt to reduce costs and focus on the high-profit areas, such as


label: 2 text: Lessons Of The  #39;29 Crash ENTITLEMENT IS SOMETHING that investors today need to get over. Just because they #39;ve lost money on stocks in recent years doesn #39;t mean markets are destined to return soon to ever-higher levels.


label: 2 text: Japan suspends Citibank #39;s private operations Japanese financial authorities announced yesterday that they are punishing Citibank by suspending private banking operations for a year at four of its branches after finding problems with their operations.


label: 2 text: Humana buying CarePlus Health Plans The health insurer expects the proposed \$408M acquisition to boost its offerings of Medicare plans. CHICAGO (Reuters) - Health insurer Humana Inc.


label: 3 text: Motorola to acquire MeshNetworks Motorolahas agreed to buy MeshNetworks, a developer of technology and products for rapidly deployed, self-creating wireless mobile networks.


label: 2 text: Prices slump as stocks rise OIL prices extended heavy recent losses as United States government data showed crude stocks building for an eighth straight week ahead of winter.


label: 1 text: Jacques Villeneuve: The team and I share a common goal As his position with Renault for the final three races of 2004 was announced today, Jacques Villeneuve spoke positively about the future.


label: 0 text: Iraq Declares Martial Law, 23 Police Killed  FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's interim government  declared martial law on Sunday after insurgents killed 23 Iraqi  policemen and set off blasts in Baghdad in a fresh show of  force before a planned U.S. offensive on Falluja and Ramadi.


label: 1 text: Bryant, Jackson at 'psychological war' Phil Jackson called his relationship with Kobe Bryant at times a  quot;psychological war quot; and sought to trade his star guard in January, according to a diary by the former Lakers coach.


label: 2 text: Ontario fuel to contain more ethanol Ontario, Canada, Premier Dalton McGuinty has said gas sold in the province will have to contain five percent ethanol within three years.


label: 3 text: EDS to Pay  #36;50M to Extend Opsware Deal (AP) AP - Electronic Data Systems Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to pay  #36;50 million to extend an agreement with Opsware Inc. for software used in running data centers.


label: 2 text: IMF agrees to delay in debt payment by Argentina Argentine President Nestor Kirchner received confirmation Friday by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a postponement of the payment of 1 billion US dollars in foreign debt owed by Argentina.


label: 3 text: Man Held in England in Cisco Code Theft A 20-year-old man has been arrested in England in the theft of the proprietary software blueprints used by Cisco Systems Inc.'s networking equipment, police and the company confirmed.


label: 1 text: Gannon Sidelined with Fractured Vertebrae  ALAMEDA, Calif. (Sports Network) - Oakland Raiders  quarterback Rich Gannon is expected to be sidelined for at  least six weeks after sustaining fractured vertebrae in his  neck.


label: 0 text: US vetoes Arab resolution UNITED NATIONS: The United States yesterday vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution demanding that Israel stop a major offensive in the Gaza Strip that has cost at least 68 Palestinian lives.


label: 2 text: Heebner's crystal ball You're probably a stock market investor if you feel sure the past five years have been dragging on for at least a decade.


label: 3 text: Olympics Internet Coverage Disappoints The Internet is good for getting results and learning the mechanics of obscure sports but it fails to capture the full glory and personalities that make the Olympics so special.


label: 2 text: Lawmakers Grill Citigroup Over Scandal  TOKYO (Reuters) - Citigroup's top executive in Japan  endured unprecedented questioning by lawmakers on Tuesday over  a scandal at the firm's private bank in the country, the latest  turn in a high-profile case that has embarrassed the world's  biggest financial company.


label: 3 text: Microsoft's New Mice Get Touchy Latest line of keyboards and mice include some with fingerprint readers for added security.


label: 1 text: Tech faces talented So. Cal as an 18-point underdog Were so young, Trojans coach Pete Carroll said. Half our team has only been here for two semesters.. Of the 48 players on Techs two-deep roster, 17 are freshmen or sophomores.


label: 1 text: Sox want to end series before Angels wake up Boston couldn #39;t be more confident heading back to Fenway Park, looking to close out the once-hot Angels. By MARC TOPKIN, Times Staff Writer.


label: 2 text: Foodland 2nd-Half Profit Rises 8 on One-Time Gains (Update1) Foodland Associated Ltd., which owns supermarkets in Australia and New Zealand, said second-half profit rose 8 percent, boosted by sales of property to a real estate investment trust and reduced borrowing costs.


label: 2 text: US Fed nudges interest rates up again US Federal Reserve policy-makers probably will keep nudging interest rates upward next year, trying to guard against inflation but moving moderately enough to keep the economy expanding.


label: 2 text: Dude, Where's My Resale Value? Detroits big rebates and interest-free financing deals have strengthened car sales for the last three years. But they have also eroded the resale value of many American automotive brands.


label: 3 text: Sony PlayStation Portable is out Sonys PlayStation console has been so popular that it feels strange that PSP is their first attempt at the handheld gaming market.


label: 1 text: NHLPA #39;s Saskin addresses issues on OTR NHLPA Senior Director Ted Saskin had a lot of issues to address on Thursday as he participated in a lockout edition off TSN #39;s Off The Record with player agent Gord Kirke, sports business writer Lou Schizas and NHL on TSN analyst Brian Burke.


label: 3 text: Gates At Berkeley: Thoughts On Research, Overseas Innovation <b>...</b> In the spirit of being at the university, the Microsoft chairman also talked about when open-source licenses make sense. By Aaron Ricadela.


label: 2 text: Kmart names new president and CEO Lewis will also join the Kmart Board of Directors. He joins Kmart from YUM! Brands, Inc., where he was president, chief multi-branding and operating officer.


label: 2 text: Canada Mulls Trade Sanctions Against US Canada said on Tuesday it was considering whether to slap trade sanctions on a wide range of US imports to retaliate for Washington #39;s refusal to abandon a controversial anti-dumping law.


label: 2 text: 2Q Economic Growth Pegged at 3.3 The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3.3 percent in the spring, the government reported Wednesday. That was significantly better than a previous estimate but still the weakest showing in more than a year.


label: 3 text: UMass-Amherst bedeviled by PeopleSoft portal crash The crash of a PeopleSoft Inc. student information system two weeks ago caused a serious disruption for students at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and IT staff are still troubleshooting the problems.


label: 0 text: Late Nigerian Dictator Looted Nearly \$500 Million, Swiss Say ERN, Switzerland, Aug. 18 - Almost all of the nearly \$500 million frozen in Swiss bank accounts connected with the late Nigerian dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, was  quot;obviously of criminal origin quot; and may be returned to the Nigerian ...


label: 0 text: VIEW: Arafats ghost Barry Rubin Rarely in history has a political movement been so deliberately set by its founder on a course towards chaos. Arafat not only left no successor, but also no order.


label: 1 text: Learning curves for new Celtics BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The Celtics rookies quickly learned the importance of early wake-up calls. With ankles taped at the team hotel, Al Jefferson, Delonte West, Tony Allen, and Justin Reed needed to show up well before the veterans or risk being bumped to the back of the line. It could be a long wait for any rookie who overslept. Then ...


label: 3 text: First Look: Rave-MP's Flashy New MP3 Player Inexpensive flash-based player isn't perfect, but it serves its purpose.


label: 2 text: G20 opposes  quot;abrupt changes quot; in forex, oil; sees 2005 slowdown BERLIN, Nov 20 (AFP) - The finance chiefs of the Group of 20 countries oppose  quot;abrupt changes quot; in foreign exchange rates and oil prices and see a slight slowdown in economic growth next year, German Finance Minister Hans Eichel said Saturday.


label: 0 text: Sudan says it will cut number of paramilitary forces operating in Darfur (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - In a goodwill gesture on the eve of peace talks in Nigeria, Sudan said Sunday it will cut the number of paramilitary forces operating in Darfur by 30 per cent in a bid to ease tensions in the troubled region, where an 18-month conflict has claimed the lives of an estimated 30,000 people.


label: 0 text: Fate of UN hostages hangs in balance KABUL, Nov 16: The latest deadline set by Muslim militants in Afghanistan who threatened to kill three UN hostages passed with no word on their fate on Tuesday, but the government said it was hopeful they would be released.


label: 0 text: Algerian Al Qaeda Ally Says Appoints New Leader (Reuters) Reuters - Algeria's largest Islamic rebel group\with ties to al Qaeda said it has appointed a new chief, known\as an explosives expert, as it tries to regroup following the\loss of key leaders in recent gun battles with authorities.


label: 1 text: Red River Shootout is Fair Game This Saturday, the undefeated meet. No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 5 Texas take aim for a win at the 99th Red River Shootout. The rivalry is one of the biggest games in college football.


label: 0 text: Israel's Shas Party to Vote Against Gaza Pullout (Reuters) Reuters - The spiritual leader of Israel's\influential Shas party ordered its 11 lawmakers on Saturday to\vote against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw\from the Gaza Strip.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Lists XP SP2 Problems (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - With automatic download of Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) enormous SP2 security patch to the Windows XP operating system set to begin, the industry still waits to understand its ramifications. Home users that have their preferences set to receive operating-system updates as they are made available by Microsoft may be surprised to learn that some of the software they already run on their systems could be disabled by SP2 or may run very differently.


label: 2 text: US Airways seeks end of labor pacts  ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- US Airways asked a bankruptcy judge yesterday to cancel labor contracts with three of its unions and impose much lower pay so it can move ahead with a plan to permanently cut costs, reposition itself as a low-cost carrier, and avoid a possible liquidation.


label: 0 text: Israel abuzz as locusts swarm in A PLAGUE of locusts has swarmed into Israel across the border from Egypt, threatening to devastate fields of crops in the countrys agricultural heartland.


label: 1 text: Moss Among Nine Vikings Fined for Bears Altercation  NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The NFL handed down fines to 15  players involved in a scuffle between the Minnesota Vikings and  Chicago Bears on Sept. 26.


label: 2 text: Google Says It's Set to End Stock Auction Google might close the bidding in its auction-style initial public offering late Tuesday, moving it one step away from becoming a publicly traded company.


label: 1 text: Georgia #39;s Ware raring to run Just in time for No. 3 Georgia #39;s biggest game of the season thus far comes the return of one of the Bulldogs #39; biggest offensive weapons.


label: 0 text: Standing firm, Arafat seen to counter his critics JERUSALEM -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat appears to have faced down the biggest challenge to his leadership in years without giving ground on demands to overhaul his administration, while Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel struggles to chart a new political course amid rising dissent in his party, officials and analysts say.


label: 0 text: China offers US firms opportunities but must protect copyright: US official (AFP) AFP - China's booming market offers opportunities for US manufacturers but Beijing must crack down on copyright violations, US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Grant Aldonas said.


label: 3 text: Rocking in San Andreas Music, always big in Grand Theft Auto titles, will be front and centre in the upcoming Rockstar Games title Grant Theft Auto: San Andreas.


label: 2 text: 9:31 am: Senate reaches agreement to allow votes on corporate tax <b>...</b> The US Senate, after a weekend of behind-the-scenes negotiations, struck a deal to allow passage of a sweeping bill to provide \$136 billion (?110 billion) in corporate


label: 1 text: Florida won #39;t let Zook coach Gators in Peach Bowl Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong will coach the Gators in the Peach Bowl, taking a spot left vacant because Ron Zook is leaving for Illinois and Urban Meyer wants to coach Utah through its postseason game.


label: 3 text: Gnome Debuts 2.8 Desktop Sep. 15, 2004. Less than a month after its rival KDE rolled out its newest open-source desktop, the Gnome Project Wednesday debuted out Gnome 2.8, the latest iteration of its graphical interfaces for Linux.


label: 0 text: Briton Jailed for Arms Dealings  HARARE, Zimbabwe, Sept. 10 -- A Zimbabwean court jailed a former British special services officer for seven years Friday in a case prosecutors linked to a foiled coup attempt in the oil-rich country of Equatorial Guinea.


label: 1 text: Seattle Suspends Pepper Gun Used in Boston Death The Seattle Police Department said on Thursday that it would suspend use of pepper-ball guns to control crowds after a college student was killed by one in Boston last week when police broke up a crowd of rowdy baseball fans.


label: 0 text: Israeli Army Flattens Rows of Houses in Gaza Raid  GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces stormed into a Palestinian  refugee camp on Saturday, killing one man and flattening rows  of houses in a growing cycle of violence that threatens to  complicate Israel's plan to withdraw from Gaza.


label: 0 text: Iraqi Guardsmen Close in on Najaf Shrine U.S. and Iraqi forces battled militants Tuesday in Najaf, sending plumes of black smoke over the holy city, as Iraq's government warned fighters loyal to a radical cleric to abandon their weekslong standoff inside the Imam Ali Shrine or face attack.


label: 1 text: Bengals DL Tony Williams Hurts Ankle (AP) AP - Bengals defensive tackle Tony Williams was taken off the field on a cart Monday night after hurting his left ankle on a low block by Denver's George Foster late in the first quarter.


label: 3 text: Report: CEOs Stagnant on Security CEOs aren #39;t doing enough to address the myriad IT security threats that loom large. At least that #39;s what Ernst  amp; Young concluded from survey results it released today.


label: 1 text: Finally, the Knicks Waive Anderson Shandon Anderson got his freedom yesterday, and the Knicks got some roster flexibility.


label: 2 text: UK bankers face Enron extradition A judge rules that three UK bankers can be extradited to the US to face fraud charges related to a deal with Enron.


label: 3 text: Postcards from the Grander Canyon As the largest feature of its kind in the solar system, the martian canyon, Valles Marineris, stretches an equivalent terrestrial distance from New York to Los Angeles. But getting a robotic explorer down into the canyon floor challenges even the most intrepid of navigators.


label: 1 text: Pacers push by Wizards It might not have been Reggie Miller #39;s last minute heroics, but it still gave the crowd in Worthen Arena something to cheer about.


label: 1 text: No. 14 Utah Defeats New Mexico 28-7 (AP) AP - Quarterback Alex Smith ran for two touchdowns and Steve Savoy caught 11 passes for 150 yards in Utah's 28-7 victory over New Mexico on Friday night.


label: 1 text: Retired Williams owes Dolphins: report SPORTS NETWORK - Former Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams on Friday was ordered by an arbitrator to pay a huge sum of money to the NFL team, which filed a grievance against the star prior to training camp.


label: 2 text: Update 3: Court Rules Yukos Must Pay \$1.34 Billion The Moscow Arbitration Court ruled Monday that the embattled oil giant Yukos must pay \$1.34 billion in fines and penalties as part of a \$4.


label: 1 text: Cavs owner in  #39;serious #39; negotiations to sell team Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund is in  quot;serious quot; negotiations to sell the NBA franchise, which has enjoyed a dramatic financial turnaround since the arrival of star LeBron James.


label: 2 text: Crude futures prices continue to climb HOUSTON, Sept. 24 -- Oil futures prices continued to climb Thursday as traders shrugged off a decision by the US Department of Energy to loan two refiners a relatively small amount of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


label: 1 text: Schumacher wins first practice at rain-soaked Suzuka World champion Michael Schumacher drove the quickest time in the first practice on Friday for Sunday #39;s Japanese Formula One Grand Prix in Suzuka.


label: 3 text: Sinister quake hazard may lurk beneath Mount Tam A particularly sinister form of fault may lie beneath Marin County and could trigger an earthquake of up to 6.5 magnitude, perhaps during this century, scientists plan to report at the American Geophysical Union conference Thursday.


label: 0 text: Chile Issues Report on Pinochet Torture Chile took a key step Wednesday toward confronting the grim legacy of abuses under the 1973-90 dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, completing a lengthy report on torture and political imprisonment with testimonies from some 35,000 victims.


label: 0 text: Celtic go three points clear in Scotland (AFP) AFP - Celtic went three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League with a 2-1 win at home to Livingston.


label: 2 text: American beefs up Dallas/Fort Worth service NEW YORK (DowJonesAP) - AMR Corp. announced Friday it will boost its presence at its hub in Dallas-Fort Worth by 10, days before rival Delta Air Lines Inc.


label: 2 text: Symantec to Buy Veritas for \$13.5 Billion  NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Symantec Corp. SYMC.O,  the top global security software maker, on Thursday said it  will buy Veritas Software Corp. VRTS.O for \$13.5 billion,  expanding into the data storage and recovery business.


label: 1 text: Bryant's Attorneys Ask for Dismissal Attorneys for NBA star Kobe Bryant have asked the judge to dismiss the sexual assault charge against him with opening statements less than a week away, a court official said Wednesday.


label: 0 text: Niger Delta rebel leader to meet president, says will not destroy oil sites (AFP) AFP - The head of a separatist movement in Nigeria's southern oil-rich Niger Delta, Mujahid Dokubo Asari, announced on Tuesday evening that he would meet President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja on Wednesday.


label: 0 text: Accident at building site at Dubai airport kills at least eight Arabic television says a wall at a construction site in Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates has collapsed, killing at least eight workers.


label: 1 text: Gomes stays hot for Providence Ryan Gomes scored 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds last night, leading Providence (9-4) to a 79-63 win over Brown (6-6).


label: 1 text: First to Futile in 24 Hours as Knicks Waste the Day First place, and the warm, fuzzy feelings that came with it, felt great for about 23 hours. By the 24th hour, the Knicks looked and played more like a team destined to wander the depths of the Atlantic Division.


label: 3 text: Navy to Award \$6.4 Bln Satellite Contract  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy will soon announce  whether Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT.N or Raytheon Co. RTN.N  will build a \$6.4 billion communications system to beef up  satellite services for U.S. troops, the White House and State  Department, a spokesman said on Tuesday.


label: 0 text: Caribbean States Hit by Hurricanes Ask Aid (AP) AP - Caribbean leaders described the devastation that recent hurricanes had wrought on their countries in speeches to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, and asked for more help to clean up.


label: 3 text: Free E-Mail Inboxes Get Fatter Users of Microsoft #39;s Hotmail, most of whom are accustomed to getting regular sales pitches for premium e-mail accounts, got a pleasant surprise in their inboxes this week: extra storage for free.


label: 1 text: NL Wrap: Cubs Edge Expos to Maintain Wild-Card Pace  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs registered an  important victory in their battle for the National League  wild-card berth, edging out the Expos 2-1 over 11 innings in  Montreal Wednesday.


label: 0 text: Right turn Slovenia has overwhelmingly voted to oust the countrys Liberal Democrat government in favour of the centre-right at the weekends general election.


label: 1 text: Smith to Start at Quarterback for Ohio St. (AP) AP - With Justin Zwick hindered by a slightly separated shoulder, Troy Smith will start at quarterback for Ohio State on Saturday against Indiana.


label: 1 text: Armstrong Says He Might Skip Next Tour (AP) AP - Lance Armstrong is unsure if he will ride in next summer's Tour de France because he'd like to compete in other races. Armstrong, who won a record sixth straight Tour de France this year, said in Saturday's edition of L'Equipe it is "time to move on to other things."


label: 1 text: Ravens Beat Dolphins but Miss Playoffs (AP) AP - The Baltimore Ravens did their part to get into the playoffs. It wasn't enough. After beating the Miami Dolphins 30-23 Sunday, the Ravens had to wait until the late afternoon games ended to learn their postseason fate.


label: 1 text: Champ ready for goodbye CHAMPION Makybe Diva, the dual Melbourne Cup hero, may have run her last race in Australia. Trainer Lee Freedman said yesterday he was pushing hard to campaign Makybe Diva in the northern hemisphere


label: 0 text: Japan PM Reshuffles Cabinet, Keeps Some Ministers  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi  reshuffled his cabinet Monday to boost his popularity and give  impetus to reform -- especially postal reform -- but the mix of  familiar faces with unknowns raised doubts about whether he  would achieve those goals.


label: 3 text: Cingular reported to be close to DoCoMo partnership TOKYOJapanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. is reportedly set to join Cingular Wireless LLC in a partnership designed to unify third-generation wireless technology, according to published reports in Japan.


label: 0 text: New fertility treatment 'closer' Women may be able to have unfertilised eggs routinely frozen during fertility treatment rather than just embryos after research.


label: 1 text: Give thanks for chance to watch Manning If you are a football fan, and you are watching the Colts play the traditional Thanksgiving game at Detroit today, pay close attention to quarterback Peyton Manning.


label: 0 text: Bombed Turkish synagogue reopens Istanbul's largest synagogue reopens amid tight security, 11 months after being  damaged in a suicide bomb attack.


label: 3 text: Tsunami Adds to Belief in Animals' 'Sixth Sense' (Reuters) Reuters - Wild animals seem to have escaped\the Indian Ocean tsunami, adding weight to notions they possess\a "sixth sense" for disasters, experts said Thursday.


label: 2 text: In S. Florida, real Christmas trees still selling strong Despite a national decline of real Christmas trees sales, South Floridians are after that fresh pine smell in their homes this holiday season.


label: 0 text: U.S. Military: Al-Zarqawi Aide Killed (AP) AP - The U.S. military said Tuesday that an aide to Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in an airstrike in the militant stronghold of Fallujah.


label: 0 text: Italy braced for general strike Millions of Italian workers are expected to take part in a general strike against \$8bn in government spending cuts.


label: 2 text: Dressed for Success Men's clothing retailer offsets slow same-store sales with tight expense controls.


label: 0 text: Nigeria tackles fuel subsidies Subsidising cheap fuel costs the government in Abuja more than \$2bn (1.25bn) a year - and President Olusegun Obasanjo has spent much of his second term in power trying to get rid of that subsidy.


label: 0 text: Frances hits Florida Panhandle as state begin recovery from initial strike (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - ST. MARKS, Fla. (AP) - Frances hammered the Florida Panhandle on Monday, taking a second swing at a storm-weary state where it already had knocked out power to six million people, torn up roofs and boats and been blamed for at least five deaths.


label: 2 text: Mutual Funds Can Have Tax Trap in December (AP) AP - The end of the year can be a great time to rebalance your portfolio and unload poor performers, but wise investors know to do a bit of research before buying and selling mutual funds in December.


label: 1 text: US finishes 1-2 in World Cup downhill Beaver Creek - In an unprecedented result for American men in World Cup skiing, Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves finished first and second in today #39;s World Cup downhill race on Beaver Creek #39;s Birds of Prey course.


label: 3 text: Yahoo rolls out personalised search test Yahoo, in a fierce market battle with Web search leader Google, has rolled out a test version of its search service that helps users personalise results.


label: 3 text: SBC, Microsoft Ink  #36;400M Internet TV Deal (AP) AP - SBC Communications Inc. will use a Microsoft Corp. software system to transmit television over high-speed Internet connections like the ones SBC will offer after replacing the local arteries of its copper telephone network with fiber-optic cables.


label: 3 text: Lycos Europe appears to have canned its spam war Lycos Europe has apparently pulled the plug on its effort to orchestrate denial of service attacks against selected spammers. Earlier last week, the online community/portal company


label: 1 text: Mayor, Council Prepare For Stadium Vote WASHINGTON -- The delayed decision on a planned \$440 million baseball stadium to house the Washington Nationals appeared close to the necessary seven votes Monday, with District of Columbia Council Chair Linda W. Cropp pledging not to stand in the way.


label: 1 text: NY ponders one that got away They were three outs from the World Series with Mr. Automatic on the mound, three outs from a champagne shampoo. And suddenly, with one swing of David Ortiz's bat, the Yankees were getting ready to play the Red Sox again this afternoon.


label: 0 text: Afghan Polls Fair Despite Ink Fiasco -Monitors  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's historic presidential vote,  which was held with great enthusiasm but ended in turmoil after  most candidates announced a boycott, was mostly fair,  independent observers said Sunday.


label: 1 text: Manning Gets Chance to Start Giants Coach Tom Coughlin announced that rookie quarterback Eli Manning will start ahead of two-time M.V.P. Kurt Warner in Thursday's preseason game against Carolina.


label: 1 text: ROUND-UP United through put Liverpool falter Roy Keanes Manchester United booked their place in the knock-out stages of the Uefa Champions League with a victory at home to French champions Olympique Lyonnais on Tuesday, but Liverpool were defeated by their own French nemeses, last seasons


label: 2 text: Crude Oil Prices Climb to Record Before US Inventory Report Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil prices rose to a record in New York before a government report that #39;s expected to show the third straight weekly drop in US crude oil inventories.


label: 3 text: Mozilla launched Thunderbird 1.0 On Mozilla web site you can find the newest version of the e-mail client Thunderbird 1.0. Mozilla expects this software to be more competitive than Microsofts Outlook Express.


label: 3 text: UK's famous immigrants go online The National Archives puts the official records of some of Britain's most famous immigrants on its website.


label: 2 text: Interstate Bakeries files bankruptcy Interstate Bakeries Corp. (IBC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday filed for bankruptcy after struggling with more than \$1.3 billion in debt and weak demand for bread products


label: 2 text: Lazard plans to go public by 2005 When Michel David-Weill, chairman of Lazard LLC, chose Bruce Wasserstein to run his mergers advisory firm in November 2001, he said his new employee was  quot;a fiercely independent and original adviser.


label: 0 text: Include party financing in corruption legislation - Munroe Government senator Professor Trevor Munroe, and a lobbyist for party financing regulation, yesterday described its omission from amended corruption legislation as  quot;a glaring gap quot;, saying it could serve to further the influence of big business and the drug


label: 0 text: Blair to push for Mid East peace BRITISH Prime Minster Tony Blair called for new efforts to revive the Middle East peace process today after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and just hours before he sets off to visit US President George W. Bush.


label: 2 text: Micron #39;s legal woes, costs are escalating Micron Technology belongs to one of the most legally contentious industries in the world. The world #39;s third-largest maker of electronic memory faces more than 25 class-action


label: 3 text: Sun faces stiff competition in networking Company has officially entered content switching market with Nauticus gear--but critics say success is far from guaranteed.


label: 3 text: Briefly: LinkedIn links a million roundup Plus: AOL gives exclusive sneak peek for fall TV...Copernic debuts desktop search tool...Charter signs 3 phone deals.


label: 0 text: Between fear and hope Howard or Latham? It depends on what kind of election it turns out to be, says Alistair Mant. John Howard will probably win an S-type election and Mark Latham an A-type election.


label: 1 text: Notre Dame Upsets No. 8 Michigan SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Sports Network) - True freshman Darius Walker ran for 115 yards and a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns, leading Notre Dame to a 28-20 victory over eighth-ranked Michigan at Notre Dame Stadium.


label: 3 text: BBC News scoops top online award The BBC News website scoops a prestigious prize at Hollywood's Online News Association awards .


label: 2 text: DreamWorks Animation debuts today Riding the tail of a shark, DreamWorks Animation Inc. arrives on Wall Street today in the most high-profile entertainment company initial public offering in years.


label: 1 text: Barber, Shockey score TDs to lead Giants past Packers 14-7 Tiki Barber ran for a 52-yard touchdown and Kurt Warner threw a touchdown pass to Jeremy Shockey to lead the New York Giants past the Green Bay Packers 14-7 on Sunday.


label: 2 text: Sales chief ousted just over a year after being hired LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- Following a wave of declining quarterly sales, Manugistics Group has fired its top sales and marketing executive a little more than a year after he was hired, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday.


label: 1 text: Gerrard playing for his future Steven Gerrard #39;s thunderous volley against Olimpiakos Piraeus may have secured Liverpool #39;s progress in the lucrative and prestigious UEFA Champions League, but it also virtually ensured the skipper #39;s Anfield exit during the summer transfer window.


label: 3 text: Outsourcing growth predicted at 5.9 a year IT job exports are forecast to increase by a compound annual growth rate of 5.9 between 2002 and the end of 2004, said Frost  amp; Sullivan.


label: 3 text: Finder of first Peking Man skull commemorated in Beijing An exhibition is being held in Beijing to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pei Wenzhong,the discoverer of the first Peking Man skull.


label: 0 text: Fear of violence grips B #39;desh on day of mass strikes Dhaka, Aug 30. (PTI):Fear of violence gripped Bangladesh as the country #39;s two major parties faced-off on the streets today to protest the deadly grenade attack on the main opposition rally which killed 20 people and injured more than 300.


label: 2 text: Credit cards may cause trouble for issuers Credit cards issuers may face penalty from the regulators as credit cards solicitation is not as reliable as they are said. Consumers sometimes are not given the whole information about the possibly imposed


label: 3 text: Closures 'could benefit chemistry' The UK might be "better off" with fewer - but larger and better-funded - chemistry departments, a leading academic says.


label: 2 text: Sick Florida smokers ask top court to restore \$145 billion damage <b>...</b> Sick Florida smokers yesterday urged Florida #39;s highest court to punish the tobacco industry for  quot;fraud and deceit quot; by restoring a \$145 billion class-action award, the largest ever by a US jury.


label: 3 text: Building disaster into the network: how UK.gov does IT Analysis Contracting out the blame...


label: 3 text: A glimpse of SpaceShipOne #39;s historic flights Members of the Mojave Aerospace Ventures team: (from left) Peter Diamandis, Paul Allen, Burt Rutan, pilot Brian Binnie and Richard Branson celebrate with champagne after SpaceShipOne #39;s second suborbital flight in early October.


label: 1 text: Anaheim receives Izturis, Rivera in trade com. Washington-bound Expos general manager Jim Bowden made another bold move to upgrade the club #39;s offense on Friday, acquiring outfielder Jose Guillen from the Angels in exchange for


label: 1 text: Boston Sluggers Fall Silent for 2nd Game (AP) AP - Red Sox bats that knocked balls over fences all season flailed wildly at them in the first two games of the AL championship series.


label: 1 text: New York Yankees Team Report - September 21 (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees will try to strengthen their hold on first place in the American league East this evening when they continue their three- game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.


label: 2 text: It #39;s Scrooge-like To Ban Salvation Army Kettle Recently, TV news reported that the Target chain of retail stores has decided to ban the Salvation Army from the annual kettle collection at its stores, beginning this Christmas season.


label: 1 text: Capello scolds Juve, Mancini takes hope Juventus coach Fabio Capello scolded his side for easing off and allowing rivals Inter Milan two late goals which gave them a 2-2 draw at the San Siro on Sunday.


label: 0 text: Rumsfeld Tours Panama Canal, Praises Security  PANAMA CITY, Panama (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald  Rumsfeld lowered a freighter into the Pacific Ocean from the  Panama Canal on Sunday and praised Panamanian steps to protect  the vital waterway from terrorist attack.


label: 3 text: Fox Joins Group Promoting New Blu-Ray DVD Format TOKYO (AP) -- U.S.-based Fox Entertainment Group Inc. (FOX) on Monday joined a group of companies promoting Blu-ray Disc, one of two competing formats for next-generation DVDs...


label: 3 text: NASA prepares for future risk As NASA readies the space shuttle fleet to fly again, the agency #39;s risk management teams are also paying attention to risk issues that affect the International Space Station.


label: 2 text: Sirius Losses Adding Up For its third quarter ended Sept. 30, the New York satellite radio broadcaster lost \$169 million, or 14 cents a share. That compares with a year-ago loss of \$107 million, or 11 cents a share.


label: 3 text: Apple store takes reviews--but not of its own stuff Apple will brook no criticism of its offerings on its new product review page--but praise and pan other makers' stuff all you like.


label: 2 text: August Mid-Atlantic Factory Output Slows (Reuters) Reuters - Output at U.S. Mid-Atlantic factories\slowed in August as new orders dropped sharply, suggesting\recent weakness in the economy is likely to persist into coming\months.


label: 2 text: EU probes Microsoft-Time Warner deal The European Commission on Wednesday opened an in-depth investigation into plans for joint takeover of ContentGuard, a US anti-piracy tech firm, by Microsoftand Time Warner.


label: 2 text: Microsoft Unveils Its Internet Search Engine, Quietly Microsoft rolled out its long-planned response to Google and Yahoo in the Internet search industry on Wednesday.


label: 1 text: Schumacher wins Japanese Grand Prix Michael Schumacher drove his Ferrarito an easy victory in the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka on Sunday,winning the race for a sixth time.


label: 2 text: Advo Names Harding CEO  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advo Inc. AD.N, which publishes  shopping ad circulars and provides other direct-mail marketing  services, on Monday said its board of directors had elected  Scott Harding chief executive, effective Oct. 15.


label: 2 text: Shoppers Raise Their Red Flags  Whenever I organize my e-mails for an occasional column on reader feedback, I am amazed at the deluge on any subject involving customer service.


label: 0 text: Swiss group 'helped 22 Brits die' A Swiss group may have helped more British people bypass the UK ban on euthanasia than previously thought.


label: 0 text: Tigers die from bird flu A government official confirmed that 23 tigers have died from bird flu at a private zoo in Thailand. The animals had been fed the carcasses of chickens infected with the disease.


label: 3 text: Intel acquires chip designers from HP SAN JOSE, Calif. Intel has reached an agreement to hire hundreds of Hewlett-Packard engineers who helped design the Itanium microprocessor.


label: 3 text: Incoming CEO: Father figure Duffield back at the helm (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - If there's a spirit that defines the many quirks and complexities of Pleasanton software company PeopleSoft, it emanates from its founder and once-again chief executive officer, David A. Duffield.


label: 1 text: More Glory for Russia #39;s Tennis Queens Maria Sharapova and Yelena Dementyeva both lifted titles Sunday to underline Russia #39;s domination of the women #39;s game. In Seoul, South Korea, Wimbledon champion Sharapova trounced Marta Domachowska 6-1, 6-1 to win the Korea Open.


label: 1 text: AL Wrap: Guerrero Shines as Angels Heap Pressure on A #39;s Vladimir Guerrero hit a pair of homers and drove in five runs to lead the Anaheim Angels to an 8-2 win over the Texas Rangers in American League play in Arlington on Tuesday.


label: 3 text: Philly, Verizon Complete Wireless Deal (AP) AP - The city of Philadelphia and Verizon Communications Inc. struck an agreement Tuesday that would allow the city to provide wireless Internet access as a municipal service even though Gov. Ed Rendell signed legislation giving Verizon the power to scuttle the project.


label: 2 text: Medtronic Net Up on Higher ICD Sales (Reuters) Reuters - Medtronic Inc. (MDT.N) on Wednesday\said its quarterly earnings rose on surprisingly brisk demand\for devices that slow racing heartbeats, offsetting a\weaker-than-expected performance in some of its other\businesses.


label: 2 text: Oil Slips from Record High of \$46.30  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices eased from new record highs  on Monday as victory for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a  referendum on his rule eased fears that unrest could upset the  country's oil exports.


label: 3 text: Home Theater Maker Kaleidescape Hit with Copyright Suit Gartner #39;s research indicates that US consumers have certain expectations as to what fair use really is.  quot;When we #39;ve surveyed teens and adults, we #39;ve found that at least 60 percent of both groups


label: 1 text: Huskies are running with a limp Northeastern coach Rocky Hager has employed a running back by committee with some success this season. Yet when the Huskies host Villanova today in an Atlantic 10 showdown, Hager will be forced to take another approach -- running back by availability.


label: 0 text: Artists from new EU-member states put on historic display in Amsterdam (AFP) AFP - Seven artists from the new eastern member states of the European Union display their vision of history in a special exhibition, celebrating EU enlargement, at the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum for modern art.


label: 2 text: Knight Trading forecasts 3Q loss Major Nasdaq stock trader says it will miss Wall Street expectations due to low trading volumes. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Knight Trading Group Inc.


label: 0 text: Gilbert Stuart, a Capturer of Presidents and Transmitter of History The Metropolitan Museum's show reveals the portraitist's bountiful range. No doubt about it, he was and remains one of our greatest American painters.


label: 3 text: Microsoft preps XP push, deliberates on Longhorn In addition to a holiday-season push, the software giant says it is time to revisit its plans for its ambitious major update.


label: 0 text: US Congress Remembers Victims of Terrorism in Russia The US Congress has been paying tribute to the hundreds of people killed in the terrorist takeover of a school in southern Russia, as well as other recent incidents in that country.


label: 0 text: Darfur peace talks start in Nigeria Darfur peace talks kicked off four days late in Nigeria on Monday amid mounting international concerns of a resurgence of fighting in the remote Sudanese region.


label: 1 text: Cubs re-sign veteran pitcher Rusch The Chicago Cubs on Saturday re-signed veteran pitcher Glendon Rusch to a two-year contract. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.


label: 1 text: U.S. Seeks to Keep UBS Cup Streak Alive (AP) AP - The Americans have never lost the UBS Cup, which returns to South Carolina this week for the fourth competition in the Ryder Cup-style event.


label: 0 text: Egypt Demands Israel Explain Killing of 3 Policemen  CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt protested angrily to Israel on  Thursday and demanded a full explanation for what it called  irresponsible Israeli conduct after an Israeli tank crew killed  three Egyptian policemen at the Egyptian-Gaza border.


label: 3 text: Tunes, a Hard Drive and (Just Maybe) a Brain The "shuffle" command on music players like the iPod is supposed to be a truly random way of making your way through a vast music collection. But some owners are wondering whether the iPod has a mind of its own.


label: 2 text: OPEC votes to lift output, aims to ease fears OPEC ministers yesterday agreed to increase their ceiling for oil production to help bring down stubbornly high prices in a decision that traders and analysts


label: 0 text: China hails 100th anniversary of birth of nation #146;s modernizer GUANGAN, China -- Deng Xianyan ran his fingers over a bottle of Deng family liquor as he mulled the legacy of his famous cousin, the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.


label: 3 text: Microsoft smitten by the blogging bug!: Technology India: London, Dec 3 :Software giant Microsoft is now ready to take the plunge into the world of blogging by launching a test service to allow people to publish blogs, or online journals, called MSN Spaces.


label: 1 text: Injuries, Seminoles can #39;t stop Gore Frank Gore - the Miami Hurricanes junior running back who has had two college seasons torn apart by tearing apart two knees -ent rambling 18 yards into an Orange Bowl end zone sometime near midnight Friday to complete a 16-10 overtime win against


label: 3 text: Photo: Weather data to your desktop This WeatherBug Backyard weather station, dubbed the Wireless Vantage Pro2, streams meteorology data to a desktop.


label: 0 text: Loyalist admits Finucane murder A man accused of murdering a Belfast solicitor in 1989 pleads guilty, as his trial is about to get under way in the city.


label: 1 text: Wenger:  #39;ManYoo deliberately targeted Reyes #39; Arsene Wenger has accused ManYoo of deliberately targeting Jose Reyes during Sundays controversial clash at Old Trafford. As well as fuming at the penalty awarded by Mike Riley, Wenger was incensed by the


label: 1 text: NCAA Graduation Rates Hold Steady (AP) AP - The graduation rate for major college football players increased for the fourth straight year, and the rate for all Division I athletes remained at 62 percent, or 2 percent higher than the general student population.


label: 1 text: Ace performance by Thailand #39;s Thongchai at Mount Juliet Thailand #39;s Thongchai Jaidee aced the 165-yard 11th hole in the WGC-American Express Championship second round on Friday. The 34-year-old former paratrooper used an eight


label: 3 text: One flight from \$15m prize LOS ANGELES - A private spacecraft is to shoot beyond Earth #39;s atmosphere for the second time in a week today in a bid to win a US\$10 million (\$15 million) prize and prove that space is open for business.


label: 1 text: Triumphant Olympics end with pride and relief A nervous world learned the Greek word for thank you and repeated it endlessly at an astonishingly successful Athens Olympics that quelled fears, surprised skeptics and greatly honored the birthplace of the games.


label: 1 text: Patchwork secondary was in prime position FOXBOROUGH -- It is logical, if you coach offensive football for a living, to look at the Patriots secondary as presently constituted and see opportunity.


label: 2 text: Company looks to new drugs in face of patent expirations BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- With the threat of generic competition looming over the pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer Inc. declared on Tuesday that the strength and breadth of its drugs under development will give the company an edge over its rivals.


label: 0 text: First Popularly-Elected Afghan President Urges Iraqis to <b>...</b> Less than a week after he was formally inaugurated as Afghanistan #39;s first popularly-elected president, Hamid offered words of advice for the people of Iraq, who are preparing to go to the polls next month.


label: 1 text: Nerve-racking weekend ahead for Cup drivers That #39;s what the public relations folks at Talladega Superspeedway dubbed the next stop in NASCAR #39;s new playoff-style championship, and it would be hard to find many drivers who would argue with the label.


label: 1 text: Pats are now bully in rivalry Late in the third quarter, Dolphins tight end Randy McMichael flinched, and Patriots linebacker Rosevelt Colvin pushed him to the Gillette Stadium turf.


label: 0 text: Some rely on boats in Maldives KOLHUFUSHI ISLAND, Maldives -- Residents of this low-lying atoll are being forced to seek refuge on the sea more than a week after it destroyed their homes.


label: 3 text: US files first lawsuit in spyware battle THE United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) formally announced on Tuesday its first assault against spyware - bits of computer code that surreptitiously install themselves on the computers of Internet users to track their activities, push them to


label: 1 text: Georgia Tech Wins Easy The third-ranked Yellow Jackets use a stifling defensive effort to crush the Alabama State Hornets, 74-37, on Friday night.


label: 2 text: Yukos #39;s Biggest Production Unit Gets \$951 Million Tax Bill Russia #39;s Tax Ministry yesterday charged OAO Yuganskneftegaz, the biggest production unit of OAO Yukos Oil Co., with 27.8 billion rubles (\$951 million) in unpaid taxes for 2002, a Yukos official said.


label: 1 text: Government attacked for not backing Silverstone By Christopher Hope, Business Correspondent (Filed: 05/10/2004). British motor racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart yesterday attacked the Government for not allowing a 16m fund for the motorsport industry to


label: 2 text: Vietnam to create more favorable conditions for foreign investors Vietnam is endeavoring to improve its business environment in such fields as procedures, taxes, land and labor, in a move to lure US\$18 billion worth of foreign direct investment in the 2006-2010 period.


label: 0 text: Sharon Rejects Call for Referendum on Gaza Withdrawal Plan Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected a call from a key political rival from his own Likud Party for a national referendum on his plan to withdraw all Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip.


label: 2 text: AO Smith Lowers 3Q, Year Outlook Electric motor maker AO Smith Corp. lowered its third-quarter and full-year earnings estimates Monday, citing increased costs for raw materials and freight.


label: 2 text: Euro's flight turns up pressure on ECB to act (AFP) AFP - With the rise of the euro fast becoming a threat to economic recovery in the 12-country eurozone, calls are growing for the European Central Bank to clip the single currency's wings, either by direct intervention or a cut in interest rates.


label: 2 text: United Starts Financing Search United Airlines has begun approaching potential lenders with its revamped business plan for financing to leave bankruptcy, the company said on Friday.


label: 2 text: Vioxx Recall Prompts Patients To Look For Alternatives A day after a popular arthritis drug is pulled from pharmacy shelves, patients and doctors are trying to decide what to do next. Vioxx is an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis, acute adult pain and menstrual pain.


label: 2 text: BSkyB gains 62,000 new subscribers beating estimates LONDON - BSkyB has beaten analyst forecasts to add 62,000 new subscribers in its first quarter, but the figure is less than half the 170,000 it added during the same period last year.


label: 2 text: Google Stock Falls as Share Total Doubles  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Google Inc. GOOG.O  fell as much as 6.5 percent on Tuesday, as selling restrictions  were lifted on 39 million shares held by employees and early  investors in the newly public Web search company.


label: 0 text: Iraq blast death toll rises to 18 At least 18 people were killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday, capping a week of horrific violence in Iraq as al-Qaeda-linked militants threatened to kill two American and a British hostage in 48 hours.


label: 0 text: Cheney Rejects Kerry Criticism on Iraq (AP) AP - Accusing John Kerry of playing an "armchair general," Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday rejected the Democrat's criticism of the loss of hundreds of tons of explosives in Iraq, saying toppling Saddam Hussein took thousands of times that amount of potentially dangerous material out of the former dictator's hands.


label: 1 text: Eriksson:  #39;I will not panic. I trust the players. I think we <b>...</b> It was not quite a rallying call in the class of Corporal Jones, but the message from Sven Goran Eriksson sounded worryingly familiar yesterday.


label: 3 text: CDs to Dominate for Years Over Net Downloads-Study (Reuters) Reuters - The compact disc has at least another\five years as the most popular music format before online\downloads chip away at its dominance, a new study said on\Tuesday.


label: 0 text: Chechen pair held over journalist #39;s murder MOSCOW: Police have arrested two Chechen suspects in connection with the murder of journalist Paul Klebnikov, the editor of Forbes magazine #39;s Russian edition, who was shot in an apparent contract killing in July.


label: 0 text: Turk Ruling Party Confirms Adultery Plan Shelved Turkey #39;s ruling party confirmed on Wednesday it had shelved plans to outlaw adultery that had infuriated women #39;s rights groups and upset the European Union Ankara aspires to join.


label: 1 text: Ravens 17, Redskins 10 Playing his last football until November, Jamal Lewis punished would-be tacklers and kept the Baltimore Ravens offense on the field for nearly the entire fourth quarter.


label: 3 text: Newly Identified Gene May Link Alcoholism and Depression By CHERYL WITTENAUER    ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Scientists say they've identified a gene that appears to be linked to both alcoholism and depression, a finding that may one day help identify those at higher risk for the diseases and guide new treatments...


label: 2 text: EU Probes Microsoft-Time Warner Deal On 12 July, Microsoft and Time Warner, both US companies, sought clearance under the European Union #39;s Merger Regulation for plans to jointly acquire ContentGuard.


label: 2 text: Stocks Rise as Crude Falls  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose in light volume on  Tuesday as a fall in oil prices eased investor concerns that  high energy costs would hurt corporate profits.


label: 0 text: EDITORIALSPrepare for post-Kyoto The Kyoto Protocol, a global agreement on reduction of greenhouse gases, comes into force on Feb. 16 next year, seven years after it was negotiated.


label: 0 text: Thousands Left Homeless by Storm Face Housing Shortage Disaster relief agencies in Florida are beginning to confront one of their most difficult problems: finding long-term housing for thousands of displaced residents.


label: 3 text: Real merges its player, music services units RealNetworks Inc. is merging its RealPlayer and Music Services business units into a single group so that the teams can collaborate on developing new products and services, the company announced Thursday.


label: 1 text: Torre giving Brown ball next Orlando Hernandez on Wednesday was officially scratched from his Game Three start because of his tired right shoulder, but his replacement isn #39;t exactly healthy, either.


label: 1 text: Spanish racism row rumbles on Madrid - Spanish football coach Luis Aragones faces a disciplinary hearing as the row into racism within Spanish football rumbles on, AS sports daily reported on Saturday.


label: 3 text: IBM jumps into Liberty Alliance com October 21, 2004, 7:42 AM PT. 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: 1 text: Dolphins Want a Refund From Williams The Miami Dolphins have asked Ricky Williams to return \$8.6 million they say the running back owes the team because he has decided to retire.


label: 2 text: Economics week Economists are facing a busy week ahead as most of the key monthly UK economic data is released. The Producer Price Index for August is published today, and economists


label: 1 text: Brown Struggles Early, but Yankees End It Fast Kevin Brown flirted with danger in the early innings, allowing the Blue Jays to take a 4-0 edge before the Yankees finally solved the Toronto lefthander Ted Lilly.


label: 3 text: Mac OS X For your PC A Hawaiian company specializing in streaming video claims to have developed a \$50 software emulator that allows a Windows PC to run Apple Computer #39;s Mac OS X. Maui X-Stream on Tuesday announced CherryOS, a virtual PC that mimics the hardware of a G4 Mac.


label: 2 text: Smart Money (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - Why not take advantage of all the information available on how mutual fund managers are investing money? A year ago we offered a template to copycat the best pros. The idea was simple: take the portfolios of the longtime star fund managers and see which stocks they have in common. The thesis was that stocks liked by an assortment of smart guys must be stocks worth holding.


label: 2 text: Patches cause headaches for Fed managers Patching is the top concern of security managers in federal government, who feel that commercial software makers aren #39;t putting out a good enough product, according to a survey published Monday.


label: 0 text: Spain busts a suspected Muslim terror ring Eight Muslim terrorists planning to detonate a 1,100-pound bomb near a federal court in Madrid have been arrested, Spanish officials say.


label: 1 text: Redskins Tied, 3-3 The Redskins and Browns have traded field goals and are tied, 3-3, in the first quarter in Cleveland.


label: 0 text: London  #39;terror plots #39; thwarted PLANS by al-Qaeda terrorists to crash aircraft into Canary Wharf and at Heathrow have been thwarted by the security services, it was claimed last night.


label: 2 text: Md. Land Sell-Off Proposals Resisted Key lawmakers will try to amend the state constitution to curtail the governor's ability to sell off state-owned properties -- especially land bought in the name of preservation.


label: 2 text: Millions to travel for turkey South of Canyonville, you could be delayed up to an hour each way due to road and bridge repairs. Other than that, you should have no more trouble than usual driving around Oregon on a Thanksgiving


label: 3 text: Emulex, Snap aid IBM storage effort Emulex has introduced a new entry-level line of SAN switch products designed for small and midsize businesses and small departmental SAN applications in a large enterprise. The new line has already been adopted by IBM for its recently introduced TotalStorage DS400, an entry-level Fibre Channel storage array announced last week.


label: 2 text: Black's Hollinger Inc. Bids to Go Private  TORONTO (Reuters) - Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc. HLGc.TO  announced the terms of its proposal to buy out minority  shareholders on Tuesday, just one day after U.S. regulators  charged both Black and the company with fraud.