label: 2 text: Citigroup, 3 Others Face SEC Bonds Probe  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four big banks face a U.S. Securities  and Exchange Commission probe of their auction-rate bond  operations, a securities filing shows.


label: 3 text: Video-to-go challenges iPod mastery The race is on to create a gadget to outgun the iPod - playing not only music but movies - and usurp it as the ultimate icon for Christmas shoppers.


label: 1 text: Hearing Will Be Long Supporters and detractors of a plan to bring baseball to the District are lining up to make their case before the D.C. Council.


label: 3 text: NASA Genesis space sample shipped to Calif. lab LOS ANGELES - Scientists in California Friday began examining for the first time samples of solar wind particles collected by the spacecraft Genesis, which crashed earlier this month in the Utah desert when its parachutes failed to open on landing.


label: 2 text: German business confidence drops Business confidence in Germany, Europe #39;s largest economy, has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year, over concerns at a strengthening euro.


label: 0 text: Three Kurds Beheaded in Iraq A videotape posted on a Web site shows the beheading of three hostages who are said to be members of a Kurdish party in northern Iraq.


label: 1 text: Charging Els moves to the top Wild weather seems to bring out the best in Ernie Els, who was both steady and spectacular yesterday in a cool rain, warm sunshine, and blustery conditions for an 8-under-par 64 that gave him a two-shot lead in the American Express Championship at Thomastown, Ireland.


label: 0 text: EU Makes Final Nuke Offer to Iran Thursday-Diplomats Officials from France, Britain and Germany will meet Iran #39;s top nuclear negotiator in Vienna on Thursday to offer Tehran a final chance to halt uranium enrichment plans or face possible UN sanctions, diplomats say.


label: 3 text: Google Launches Beta of SMS Search Queries Google has launched a beta test to let US mobile phone and handheld device users tap into its search results via the short message service (SMS) platform.


label: 0 text: New clashes in Nepal claim 34 KATHMANDU: Nepali troops killed at least 21 Maoist rebels and lost 13 soldiers in gunbattles across the Himalayan kingdom, officials said yesterday.


label: 2 text: Durable Goods Orders Up 0.2 Percent  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. orders for long-lasting durable  goods rose by a smaller-than-expected 0.2 percent in September,  held back by another sharp fall in commercial aircraft,  government data showed on Wednesday.


label: 1 text: USC-UCLA rivalry goes deep Growing up as a Southern California native, Jim Hardy wanted to play for USC since he was 8 years old. Many of the kids he grew up with and played football against would later become rivals of his at UCLA.


label: 2 text: Office Depot Earns Fall, Blames Weather  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Office Depot Inc. ODP.N on Wednesday  unveiled plans to muscle in on rival Staple Inc.'s turf to  boost sales and stem a fall in market share in the increasingly  cutthroat office supply business.


label: 0 text: Wildlife conference starts as battle lines drawn A major wildlife conference started yesterday in Bangkok bringing together 166 nations to scrutinise trade in some of the world #39;s rarest species amid promises of greater action to fight smuggling.


label: 1 text: It's a fancy move from ESPN Barely a year after an internal investigation into ESPN's boxing program led to the dismissal of its long-time boxing coordinator and a shakeup in its approach that left many small-time promoters losing money just to put a show on the network, ESPN has decided to fight for a niche in the sport long the property of HBO and Showtime.


label: 3 text: AOL Building a Browser AOL Building a Browser\\Firefox seems to have reignited the browser war. First, Google made headlines when it got hold of the domain name GBrowser.com pointing towards a possible browser release from them. Now, reports are out on a possible standalone browser from the AOL stable to be simply called AOL ...


label: 0 text: Pauline Gore, Mother of Former VP, Dies (AP) AP - Pauline Gore, whose son Al became vice president and nearly captured the presidency and whose husband had a long and distinguished career in Congress, died Wednesday. She was 92.


label: 3 text: Do Blogs Change the News? A conference dedicated to online journalism explores the effect blogs have on news reporting. Some say they draw attention to under-reported stories. Others struggle to establish the credibility enjoyed by professionals.


label: 0 text: Eleven killed in car bombs as Rumsfeld visits troops in Iraq Two car bombs shook the capital in quick succession yesterday, killing at least 11 people, including a US soldier, and wounding 16, US and Iraqi officials said.


label: 1 text: This week's picks Everett over Leominster -- Can you believe the Globe's high school staff picked A-B No. 1? I told them it was outrageous but they wouldn't listen. They claim Pope John has a tougher schedule than Everett.


label: 3 text: US-Soviet Crew For Space Station Smiling and confident, two Russians and an American prepared for their first mission in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft - breaking the nearly 30-year tradition of having at least one crewman with previous experience in piloting the capsule.


label: 2 text: Crude Futures Climb Amid OPEC Worries Crude futures rose Friday amid market jitters over possible production cuts by OPEC at their meeting in Egypt, as well as fears that winter weather will put pressure on supplies.


label: 3 text: A Kinder, Gentler 911 With services like 311, a better, smarter city is just a phone call away. By Steven Johnson from Wired magazine.


label: 0 text: Rebels Again Say Rwanda Troops Enter Congo  KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo-based Rwandan rebels, under  threat of imminent attack by Rwanda, repeated an allegation  Tuesday that Rwandan troops had crossed the border in recent  days to seize the vast country's mineral-rich east.


label: 0 text: PM, Downer downplay pact row THE Federal Government today played down its reluctance to join a non-aggression pact with Asian neighbours while Prime Minister John Howard prepared for a historic visit with ASEAN leaders.


label: 2 text: Euro stops short of 1.30 dollars as officials raise rhetoric LONDON (AFP) - The euro wavered after failing to pierce the symbolic 1.30-dollar threshold, as eurozone officials expressed disquiet at the currency #39;s rise to record highs against the greenback.


label: 2 text: Insurers obligated to pay controversial Marsh fees Placement fees charged by broker Marsh  amp; McLennan Cos. (MMC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) may be unethical and under intense scrutiny by regulators, but that


label: 1 text: N.Y. Boxing Officials Suspend Holyfield (AP) AP - Evander Holyfield was suspended indefinitely by New York boxing officials in the wake of his loss Saturday night to journeyman Larry Donald.


label: 3 text: Trash Begins to Clutter International Space Station By MARCIA DUNN    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- There's no space in the space station...


label: 2 text: Roechlings Sell Rheinmetall Stake for \$743 Million, People Say Germany #39;s Roechling family completed the sale of its stake in weapons-maker Rheinmetall AG to institutional investors for 561 million euros (\$743 million), people familiar with the transaction said.


label: 2 text: Breeding success Luiz Nasser just transferred an embryo from a pedigree  quot;donor quot; into the womb of an unwitting cow.


label: 2 text: XM to Launch Online Radio Service XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it is launching a commercial-free online music service in early October called XM Radio Online.


label: 2 text: Army to Rebid Halliburton Contract -WSJ (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Army plans within months to\break up Halliburton Co.'s contract to provide support services\for U.S. troops in Iraq -- valued at up to  #36;13 billion -- and\open the work to competitive bids, the Wall Street Journal said\on Tuesday, citing an internal Army memorandum.


label: 2 text: GM to lay off 950 in New Jersey SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- General Motors said Tuesday that it will lay off 950 employees at its assembly plant in Linden, NJ, due to waning demand for the Chevy Blazer and GMC Jimmy.


label: 2 text: Music Industry Turns to Napster Creator for Help Major record corporations say that a licensed file-sharing system could bolster their position in their fight against piracy as well as increase digital music sales.


label: 0 text: Hoping for a new kind of Mukata Muhammad Bardawi, 77, has witnessed Ramallah #39;s Mukata compound in all its incarnations: as a British Mandate police station, a Jordanian army post, an Israeli civil administration camp, the seat of the Palestinian Authority government, and now a shrine to


label: 1 text: Wenger admires desire of duo Arsene Wenger insists he would rather have players in his Arsenal squad who vent their frustrations when things go wrong than men who do not care about the team #39;s performance.


label: 0 text: Syed Hamid: We are monitoring Darfur crisis KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said Malaysia is closely monitoring the Darfur crisis and the United Nations (UN) Security Councils threat to impose sanctions on Sudans vital oil industry.


label: 0 text: Sharon and Abbas Say They Are Willing to Meet (Reuters) Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in interviews\published Sunday they would be willing to meet, though such\talks were unlikely before a Jan. 9 Palestinian election.


label: 2 text: Gold surges as dollar falls again The euro jumps to an all time high against the dollar as signs of declining business confidence in Germany increases fears about European competitiveness.


label: 0 text: Australian Voters Face Stark Choice on Iraq Australian Prime Minister John Howard gave his last nationally televised campaign speech today as he bids for a fourth three-year term.


label: 1 text: Iranian Judoka Who Refused to Fight Israeli Handed \$125,000  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran have given judo world champion  Arash Miresmaeili a \$125,000 reward, saying he sacrificed a  gold medal at the Athens Olympics by refusing to fight an  Israeli, a sports official said on Tuesday.


label: 1 text: Israel Wins First Olympic Gold A windsurfer whose first name means "wave" in Hebrew gave Israel its first Olympic gold medal ever Wednesday, taking a plunge in the Saronic Gulf to celebrate.


label: 2 text: Heating oil report jolts prices A decline in the nation #39;s inventory of heating oil catapulted crude futures prices toward \$55 a barrel yesterday, providing the latest jolt to a market already


label: 0 text: Torture 'widespread' in Uganda Uganda's security forces routinely torture suspects, the Human Rights Commission says in its annual report.


label: 1 text: Vettori spins Kiwis to victory Daniel Vettori bowled New Zealand to victory in the First Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka today. The home side crashed to defeat by an innings and 99 runs as they were dismissed for 126 immediately after lunch on the fourth day.


label: 0 text: Karzai leading polls with over 1/3 votes counted Afghan interim President Hamid Karzai has been keeping on leading the ballot counting as he garnered 62.6 percent of the votes counted till Wednesday noon, Afghan election website said.


label: 0 text: Ritter Family Files Wrongful Death Suit LOS ANGELES - The family of John Ritter has sued a Burbank hospital, accusing it of negligence in the death of the 54-year-old actor.    Ritter's wife Amy Yasbeck and his four children, including actor Jason Ritter, filed the wrongful death suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Sept...


label: 1 text: CRB Button hearing adjourned Motorsport.com. The Contract Recognition Board (CRB) hearing of the Jenson Button/BAR/Williams case has been adjourned until October 16th.


label: 3 text: Digital photo album bypasses PCs SanDisk's media player can be connected directly to a TV set to display still images and video clips taken by digital cameras.


label: 3 text: Divorce rate surges as friends are reunited Internet sites such as Friends Reunited are unwittingly fuelling a surge in marital break-up as bored husbands and wives contact old flames, relationship counsellors warned yesterday as official figures showed divorce has reached a seven-year high.


label: 0 text: World Bank Is Ready to Fund Projects The World Bank is ready to fund development projects in Kashmir if that helps bring peace to the insurgency-wracked region, President James D. Wolfensohn said Thursday as he pledged US\$9 billion in aid to India over the next three years.


label: 3 text: NASA Administrator Offers Support for Kennedy Space Center The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Sean O #39;Keefe regarding the damage left behind at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Frances.


label: 1 text: Ghostzapper survives dogfight Ghostzapper may have shown as much winning Saturday #39;s Grade 1, \$500,000 Woodward by a neck than he did winning previous stakes by open lengths.


label: 2 text: India, GCC agree to promote economic cooperation New Delhi, Aug 25 (VNA) - India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) signed on Wednesday a Framework Agreement on Economic Cooperation to boost economic and trading ties as well as to explore the possibility of a free trade area between India and GCC


label: 0 text: Powerful earthquake hits northern Japan, triggers tsunami A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan #39;s northern island of Hokkaido early Monday, swaying buildings and triggering a tsunami that lashed the shore, officials said.


label: 1 text: Mike Weir plods along and hangs onto lead at Bell Canadian Open OAKVILLE, Ont. (CP) - If Mike Weir #39;s putter was any better on Saturday, his final round at the Bell Canadian Open would be more of a coronation than a competition.


label: 1 text: Houston to Host 2006 NBA All-Star Game (Reuters) Reuters - The NBA announced on Tuesday\that the 55th annual All-Star Game will be played in Houston's\Toyota Center during the 2006 season.


label: 2 text: Oil Clings to \$50, Fuel Stocks to Fall  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices hugged \$50 a barrel on  Wednesday on worries of potential supply disruptions and with  U.S. crude inventories expected to fall due to the lingering  effects of Hurricane Ivan.


label: 2 text: Dollar Rises 1 Percent Against Euro, Yen  LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar rose one percent against the  euro and the yen on Wednesday as investors bought the U.S.  currency back in the run-up to the year-end and eyed the impact  of the dollar's weakness on other economies.


label: 0 text: Israel launches sweeps in Jenin The Israeli army pours into the West Bank city of Jenin, sparking firefights with Palestinians.


label: 3 text: RealNetworks Riles Apple Diehards RealNetworks #39; campaign to grab digital-music market share away from Apple #39;s iTunes service -- most recently, with cut-rate, 49-cent song downloads -- is raising the ire of Apple loyalists. A petition placed online by Real was swamped with ...


label: 1 text: Huskies Down Knights Dan Orlovsky throws three touchdown passes and the Huskies put themselves in position for a bowl bid with a wild 41-35 victory over Rutgers on Thursday.


label: 2 text: Growing Signs of a Slowing on Wall Street all Street #39;s earnings growth, fueled by two years of robust trading gains, is showing signs that it may taper off in coming quarters as a sluggish stock market and a less-favorable trading environment take a toll on profits.


label: 0 text: Burger mouthful goes for record SPURRED on by shouts of  quot;shove it in, shove it in quot;, 19-year-old Don Ezra Nicholas stuffed more than three McDonald #39;s hamburgers into his mouth - without swallowing - and claimed a new global record at the close of Singapore #39;s contest to be the world #39;s


label: 3 text: EPA budget audit finds improvement An audit found improvement in the Environmental Protection Agency #39;s recent budgets, including a reduction of the Superfund deficit from \$82.7 million to \$7.6 million in 2004.


label: 1 text: GIGGS FORESEES VINTAGE UNITED While the Old Trafford outfit have added a Premiership title and an FA Cup to their growing trophy cabinet in the last two seasons, the flamboyant football that characterised their 1999 treble triumph and the two championships that followed has largely


label: 1 text: Jayasuriya hits back for Sri Lanka KARACHI, Pakistan -- Sri Lanka staged a spirited fightback to finish the third day of the second test against Pakistan in Karachi trailing by 136 runs with nine second-innings wickets standing.


label: 1 text: Ukrainians' Medal Stripped The Ukrainian four-woman rowing team is stripped of its bronze medal Thursday after one member tests positive for a banned drug.


label: 0 text: Sistani Urges Supporters to Wait at Najaf Gates (Reuters) Reuters - Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand\Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged his supporters converging on


label: 0 text: Congress OKs  #36;136B Corporate Tax-Cut Bill (AP) AP - The Senate shipped President Bush a wide-ranging  #36;136 billion corporate tax-cut bill and a disaster aid package on Monday, letting lawmakers head home for the finale of the presidential and congressional campaigns.


label: 3 text: Alienware evolves from gamers to corporates Revamped website signals desire for broader customer base


label: 1 text: Rivera Says He Plans to Return for Game 1 (AP) AP - Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said he plans to return from a family funeral in Panama on Tuesday in time for Game 1 of the AL championship series against Boston. Rivera flew home to comfort relatives after two members of his wife's family were electrocuted in his pool. The ALCS begins Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.


label: 1 text: Athens Olympics Cost More Than Thought (AP) AP - The total cost of the Athens Olympics may exceed  #36;14.6 billion, according to Greece's 2005 budget submitted to parliament Thursday.


label: 0 text: Hong Kong Swears in New Legislature (AP) AP - New Hong Kong lawmakers were sworn in Wednesday, and one of their newest members  #151; a longtime activist  #151; shattered the solemnity by shouting pro-democracy slogans as he joined the system he has spent years protesting.


label: 0 text: Judge Orders Ex-State Senator Back to Jail A judge ordered former state Sen. Guy Velella and four others to return to jail today, but the defense promised an immediate appeal.


label: 2 text: Value of building permits cooled in August, after hot June and <b>...</b> OTTAWA (CP) - Building intentions cooled in August after a hot June and July, says Statistics Canada. The value of building permits issued by municipalities in August fell by 4.6 per cent to \$4.


label: 0 text: Police Won #39;t Plant Explosives for Training French police on Sunday ended their practice of hiding plastic explosives in air passengers #39; luggage to train bomb-sniffing dogs after one such bag got lost, possibly ending up on a flight out of Paris #39; Charles de Gaulle airport.


label: 3 text: Lawyer outed as source of forged-memo claim It was the first public allegation that CBS News used forged memos in its report questioning President Bush #39;s National Guard service -- a highly technical


label: 0 text: P.E.I. nudist resort gets nod to add campground in Green Gables country (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - CAVENDISH, P.E.I. (CP) - A stark transformation is underway in the land of pinafores and gingham, thanks to Prince Edward Island's only nudist resort.


label: 1 text: Crew remain on top of things The Columbus Crew extended their unbeaten streak to an MLS record 14 games in a season with a 1-0 win over visiting DC United last night.


label: 2 text: UnitedHealth Getting Healthier UnitedHealth Group buys Definity Health, which offers consumer-driven options.


label: 3 text: Siemens claims gigabit wireless breakthrough German company Siemens has shown what it claims to be the fastest ever wireless network connection. The demonstration at its Munich laboratories on Tuesday reached speeds of 1Gbps, twenty times faster than


label: 0 text: Annan calls for urgent action over Sudan United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has opened a special session of the Security Council in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. It is the first time in 14 years that the UN Security Council has met outside New York.


label: 1 text: Olympics-Rowing-U.S. Eight Beats Canada to Set World Best Time  ATHENS (Reuters) - The United States beat Canada in a world  best time to qualify for the final of the men's Olympic eights  race Sunday, as the two crews renewed their fierce rivalry in  front of a raucous crowd at Schinias.


label: 3 text: Thousands of pictures worth one word: Organization Now that digital cameras have overtaken film cameras in sales, users are beginning to encounter a familiar problem: bulging image files and folders filling up computer hard drives.


label: 3 text: Does your tech stuff need extra protection? (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Every day, consumers plunk down millions of dollars for cell phones, computers and high-end electronics that are supposed to make their lives better. And every night, they lie awake worrying that their new PCs or plasma TVs will spontaneously combust the day their warranty expires.


label: 1 text: Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe tri-series match called off due to rain ISLAMABAD: Asian Champions Sri Lanka advanced to the final of triangular one-day international series after their match against Zimbabwe was called off due to heavy overnight rain at the Pindi Cricket Stadium here on Monday.


label: 2 text: Yahoo Flexes Its Music Muscle The internet's most heavily trafficked site is muscling in on the online music sector through its acquisition of Musicmatch in a \$160 million deal announced Tuesday.


label: 0 text: U.S. Forces Set for Imminent Assault on Iraq's Falluja (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. military sealed off Falluja on\Friday and launched a night of air strikes on the rebel city\ahead of an assault seen as critical to the interim\government's attempt to pacify Iraq before January polls.


label: 0 text: Millions gather for mass prayer outside Bangladeshi capital Millions of Muslims prayed together for peace and harmony on a riverbank near the Bangladeshi capital on Sunday, concluding an annual assembly that is considered one of the world #39;s largest Islamic gatherings.


label: 0 text: India assess Bangladesh security An Indian security team travels to Bangladesh to decide on the tour's future.


label: 1 text: Busch's ambience set it apart from others ST. LOUIS -- Even a cookie-cutter stadium -- which is the pejorative term that came to describe the multipurpose bowls that seemed to spring up simultaneously in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Queens, Philadelphia, and St. Louis in the late 1960s and early '70s -- can have their quirks.


label: 1 text: Playoff Hopes in Peril Back-to-back drubbings at the hands of the Fever have plunged the Mystics into the Eastern Conference's cellar and endangered the team's postseason chances.


label: 1 text: Athens staged costliest Games This year #39;s Olympic Games in Athens cost nearly nine billion euros (\$11.5 billion), almost double the amount forecast a year before the opening ceremony, the Greek finance minister said on Friday.


label: 1 text: Kobe Bryant's Defense Wants Rape Charge Dismissed  EAGLE, Colo. (Reuters) - Attorneys for basketball star Kobe  Bryant asked a judge to dismiss a rape charge against their  client, arguing prosecutors did not disclose that one of their  expert witnesses had information that could help Bryant.


label: 2 text: Christmastime Consumerism Even self-proclaimed penny-pinching folks like me who loathe the way Christmas has become so commercialized can lose their common sense.


label: 2 text: Virgin axes route as fuel soars VIRGIN Blue will dump its Sydney to Canberra service from the beginning of next month, blaming a Qantas stranglehold on government travel and poor bookings.


label: 1 text: Yankees Take Lead Jon Lieber outduels Pedro Martinez as the Yankees beat the Red Sox, 3-1, Wednesday for a 2-0 lead in their ALCS rematch.


label: 2 text: Quattrone Seeks Bail Until Appeal Ruling Former investment banker Frank Quattrone on Wednesday requested a court order that would allow him to remain free on bail while he appeals his obstruction of justice conviction.


label: 3 text: Gates: Longhorn changed to make deadlines Microsoft founder Bill Gates says things had to be removed to make the deadline. Also, employees in the search department fired up to take on Google. \


label: 3 text: XP SP2 distribution accelerated; VPN problem fixed Microsoft is accelerating the distribution of Windows XP Service Pack 2 to reach its goal of updating 100 million PCs through Automatic Updates by Oct. 18, and it has released an update to correct a VPN problem.


label: 2 text: Ford to Cut Jaguar Car Production by 15,000 Units (Update1) Ford Motor Co., the world #39;s second- biggest carmaker, plans to cut production of Jaguar cars by 15,000 units this year to trim losses at its European luxury-vehicle unit.


label: 2 text: Nigeria announces fuel price cuts Nigeria's government cuts the price of fuel in a bid to avert a planned general strike by the country's biggest unions.


label: 0 text: Chechnya election has few voters GROZNY, Russia Under heavy security and with few voters visible in this hushed and abandoned capital, the republic of Chechnya on Sunday held a special presidential election, a step toward replacing a predecessor who was killed by a bomb.


label: 3 text: Learning to Search for Life on Mars with the Atacama Rover Ames Research Center -- A dedicated team of scientists is spending the next four weeks in northern Chile's Atacama Desert. They are studying the scarce life that exists there and, in the process, helping NASA learn more about how primitive life forms could exist on Mars...


label: 3 text: Center Nurtures Newborn Security Cos. The Chesapeake Innovation Center is an Annapolis incubator focused solely on developing homeland security technologies.


label: 0 text: Westinghouse Electric poised to bid two projects China and the United States are close to ending a 15-year-old dispute over nuclear technology transfers that has prevented US companies from selling nuclear reactors


label: 3 text: Microsoft releases SP2 update for all Windows XP users NEW YORK, August 25 (New Ratings) - Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.NAS) has released its long-awaited Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) security update for its XP Professional users.


label: 3 text: Russia to vote on climate change Russia's lower house of parliament is to vote on ratification of  the international treaty on climate change.


label: 0 text: Iran reaches preliminary nuke deal with EU Asked to freeze enrichment, Iran says its atomic plants geared solely to electricity generation, but it will never give up its right to develop such technology entirely.


label: 1 text: Yankees 7, Blue Jays 4 Alex Rodriguez finally came through in the clutch, hitting a go-ahead single in the ninth inning to help the New York Yankees rally past the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4 Thursday night.


label: 3 text: Malicious Trojan Identified For Nokia Smartphones A malicious trojan for phones based on Nokia #39;s Series 60 smartphone platform disguised as shareware was revealed late last week.


label: 1 text: Davis dismisses report Lee Suggs has been cleared to practice beginning Wednesday after missing the last two games with a neck injury. Coach Butch Davis said a report on ESPN speculating Suggs has stenosis, which is a narrowing of the spinal column, is untrue.


label: 0 text: New cracks in nuclear containment As North Korea, South Korea, and Iran raise risks of an arms race, the global challenge to nonproliferation grows.


label: 0 text: N. Korea calls Bush  #39;political imbecile #39; A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman described US President George Bush as an political imbecile, the BBC reported Monday. The unidentified spokesman made the remarks to the KCNA state news agency, adding


label: 1 text: Russian Women Win Both Semis at U.S. Open (AP) AP - Fighting back from a disastrous start and winning the 49-stroke point of the tournament along the way, Jennifer Capriati served for the match against Elena Dementieva in their U.S. Open semifinal Friday.


label: 0 text: Japan Refuses to Give Up Hope on Iraq Hostage  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan refused to give up hope that a  Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq was still alive on Friday  after the passing of a deadline set by his captors to behead  him unless Tokyo withdrew its troops.


label: 3 text: Micron planning its first factory in China Micron Technology Inc. is currently in the process of planning its first factory in China and hopes to begin construction in the middle of next year, the company said Monday.


label: 2 text: Qatar Sees  #36;30 as Fair Price for Oil (Reuters) Reuters - Qatari Energy Minister Abdullah al-Attiyah\said on Tuesday that  #36;30 a barrel was a fair price for oil -- a\level nearly  #36;20 below U.S. crude futures.


label: 2 text: SEC: Tougher on Hedge Funds, Looser on Quiet Periods Washington (Oct. 27, 2004) - In two separate votes at a meeting today, one split and one unanimous, the Securities and Exchange Commission decided to require the registration of most hedge funds, and to propose


label: 0 text: Lack of Security Keeps Food From Haitians While desperately hungry flood victims wander the streets of Gonaives searching for help, tons of food aid is piling up in a warehouse guarded by UN peacekeepers.


label: 2 text: Stocks Off on Microsoft; Dow at Year Low  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The blue-chip Dow average fell to a  new intraday low for the year on Friday as oil prices climbed  to another record and Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O dragged on  stocks after the software maker's revenue forecast lagged  analysts' expectations.


label: 3 text: In Mars rock, telltale ripples and mysteries NEW YORK With one Mars rover climbing into the hills and the other descending deep into a crater, scientists reported the discovery of several mysterious rock structures, along with yet more signs that Mars was once awash in water.


label: 3 text: Panel: Keep sage grouse off endangered list A panel of biologists with the US Fish and Wildlife Service says sage grouse should not be listed as an endangered species. The recommendation has environmental groups threatening to sue.


label: 3 text: Half-Life 2 is Gold We #39;ll give you a moment to sit down, take a breath, or catch a breath, or whatever you need to do. But yes, it #39;s as true as it can be, as we received official word from Vivendi Universal Games just moments ago.


label: 2 text: GLOBAL ECONOMY-China rate hike could avert global slowdown China #39;s hike in interest rates was a double-edged sword for many investors and economists. At one level, it suggested that Chinese growth is


label: 0 text: UN Security Council Tries to Stop Syrian Meddling in Lebanon The United Nations Security Council approved a rare resolution against an Arab state -- without naming names -- late Thursday. The resolution is intended to stop Syrian meddling in Lebanese politics and affairs.


label: 0 text: US Supreme Court chief justice hospitalized for cancer (AFP) AFP - US Supreme Court chief justice William Rehnquist has been admitted to a military hospital for cancer treatment, adding a late twist to the presidential election battle.


label: 1 text: St. Louis gets back to NLCS Albert Pujols hit a tiebreaking three-run home run Sunday night as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 to reach the National League Championship Series for the second time in three years.


label: 1 text: Cricket-Queensland fight back in Sheffield Shield cricket  Cricket-Ponting hails mighty Aussie turnaround for huge win over Kiwis 11-21-2004, 08:14 BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) - Ricky Ponting hailed two outstanding days of pressure cricket for delivering one of Australia #39;s biggest Test victories over New


label: 2 text: After shakeout, medical websites find new health When a 32-year-old patient with rapid heart palpitations showed up in the emergency room at Massachusetts General Hospital saying she suffered from Holt-Oram Syndrome, Dr. Jonathan Adler had no idea what this syndrome was. But he knew he had to work quickly. Using his computer, he looked up a comprehensive description on eMedicine.com, a Nebraska-based Web database of various diseases ...


label: 2 text: Harrah's, Caesars: FTC Asks for More Info  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Federal regulators have asked for  more information about casino operator Harrah's Entertainment  Inc.'s HET.N proposed \$5 billion acquisition of Caesars  Entertainment Inc. CZR.N, the two companies said on Friday.


label: 1 text: Browns Head Coach Butch Davis Resigns Cleveland Browns coach Butch Davis watches from the sidelines with quarterback Kelly Holcomb (10) in the second half against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004, in Cincinnati.


label: 3 text: Brazil Making Progress on Software Export Drive (Reuters) Reuters - Brazil's drive to increase\computer software exports is beginning to show results and the\government expects the sector to sell about  #36;400 million abroad\this year, four times what it exported in 2001.


label: 3 text: IBM Rolling Out Biggest WebSphere Update in 2 Years IBM late on Tuesday announced the biggest update of its popular WebSphere business software in two years, adding features such as automatically detecting and fixing problems.


label: 3 text: Nokia, Vodafone Launch Java App Simplification Drive Wireless equipment vendor Nokia and wireless operator Vodafone said Thursday that they are launching an initiative to simplify standards for developing mobile Java applications.


label: 1 text: Bengals feast on backups PHILADELPHIA -- Rudi Johnson ran for three touchdowns and Jon Kitna threw a scoring pass for Cincinnati, helping the Bengals take advantage of the Philadelphia Eagles' backups, 38-10, to win their second straight game and finish 8-8 for the second year in a row.


label: 3 text: Trying to Reach Customers in an Era of E-Mail Suspicion Internet executives and analysts are closely tracking the rise of identity theft over the Internet.


label: 3 text: ARM's new chip aims beyond cell phones Chip designer announces new processor for wider digital-device market, moving it beyond portable-device niche.


label: 3 text: Bedrock in Mars' Gusev Crater Hints at Watery Past Now that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is finally examining bedrock in the "Columbia Hills," it is finding evidence that water thoroughly altered some rocks in Mars' Gusev Crater.


label: 1 text: Buy and sell tickets to premium and sold out events The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday refused to reinstate a lawsuit against the Minnesota Vikings for the actions of its trainers before the Aug. 1, 2001, death of NFL lineman Korey Stringer.


label: 0 text: In Paris for talks, King Abdullah pessimistic on Iraqi elections PARIS : King Abdullah of Jordan held talks on the Middle East with President Jacques Chirac after warning in a newspaper interview that elections in Iraq are impossible in the current state of insecurity.


label: 0 text: LINK TO PIGS EDGES BIRDFLU CLOSER TO PANDEMIC The specter of a global influenza pandemic has loomed a little larger in recent weeks with revelations that Chinese researchers found the deadly H5N1 virus strain last year in pigs, a crucial link in the mutation of the disease to a form that can infect


label: 0 text: Putin casts jet crashes as terrorist bombings MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that a claim by an Islamic extremist group to have downed two passenger airliners a week ago, if confirmed, would prove that the conflict spilling out of Chechnya was being fueled by international terrorist


label: 1 text: Cavs #39; Wagner will be free agent after season Former Camden High School star Dajuan Wagner, who has had an injury-filled NBA career thus far, will become an unrestricted free agent after the season because the Cleveland Cavaliers declined to pick up the option on Wagner #39;s contract for the 2005-06


label: 2 text: Oil, gas rigs put through the  #39;ultimate #39; test in Gulf Hurricane Ivan tested oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico to their limits and beyond this week as damage reports continued to grow Friday.


label: 2 text: Oil Nears \$50 as Nigeria Worries Persist  LONDON (Reuters) - High-flying oil climbed back toward \$50  a barrel on Thursday, with worries over the security of  Nigerian supply supporting prices despite a surprise build in  U.S. crude inventories.


label: 0 text: Ridge Reviews Security in N.Y., Declaring 'We Are Prepared' The homeland security secretary today inspected arrangements for the Republican convention that starts next week.


label: 1 text: Individual acts undermining union #39;s argument In a pitched battled with the league #39;s owners over a new collective bargaining agreement, NHL players have, for the most part, presented a strong, united front that suggests it will be a very


label: 1 text: DC scores the Expos; Norfolk mayor praises local bid Major League Baseball officials will announce today that the Montreal Expos are relocating to Washington, Mayor Paul D. Fraim said Tuesday night.


label: 2 text: Starwood Taps Former Coke Exec as New CEO  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steven Heyer, a former top executive  at Coca-Cola who left shortly after being denied the chief  executive slot in May, is set to take the helm of Starwood  Hotels Worldwide, the company said on Tuesday.


label: 1 text: Utah, Pittsburgh to Play in Fiesta Bowl (AP) AP - The Fiesta Bowl gladly invited BCS-buster Utah on Sunday and had no choice but to accept Big East champion Pittsburgh as the unbeaten Utes' opponent.


label: 3 text: Intel To Take Over HP #39;s Itanium Chip Team Intel is taking over the team of 300 designers who work on Itanium chips for use in HP servers. An official announcement from the companies is expected Thursday, according to a person familiar with the plans.


label: 0 text: * Norway seriously concerned over factional killings Sept 29, Colombo: The Norwegian government has expressed serious concern over the political killings in Sri Lanka. Norwegian Ambassador in Colombo Hans Brattskar made this statement when he met SP Tamilselvan


label: 0 text: Russia approves electoral reform Russia #39;s lower house of parliament gave tentative backing Friday to a key electoral reform proposed by President Vladimir Putin following a series of recent terror attacks that have killed hundreds and stunned Russians.


label: 0 text: Time running out for Iraq hostages The threat of execution hung over a Briton and two American hostages as their Islamic militant captors #39; 48-hour deadline for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees was due to expire on Monday.


label: 0 text: Caution: Angry Artists at Work Political fervor stemming from the Republican National Convention is being translated into art in mediums that range from painting and sculpture to Web art to political ephemera.


label: 0 text: Religious leaders ahead in Iraq poll WASHINGTON -- Leaders of Iraq's religious parties have emerged as the country's most popular politicians and would win the largest share of votes if an election were held today, while the US-backed government of interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is losing serious ground, according to a US-financed poll by the International Republican Institute.


label: 3 text: Yahoo to Release Desktop Search Tool The competition between two leading Internet search engines is heating up anew as Yahoo Inc. plans to announce today that it soon will offer a free, high-speed way to search for information


label: 1 text: White Sox 9, Royals 2 Mark Buehrle pitched a four-hitter for his fourth complete game of the season, leading the Chicago White Sox over the Kansas City Royals 9-2 Thursday night.


label: 1 text: UK has Plan B for power forward At 6:30 tonight, Poplar Bluff High (Mo.) forward Tyler Hansbrough will announce where he will go to college next fall. If Hansbrough picks the University of Kentucky, the Wildcats #39; coaching


label: 2 text: Citigroup seeks to block Parmalat plan LONDON Parmalat, the Italian dairy giant, has shown  quot;stark and illegitimate discrimination quot; against non-Italian banks in formulating a plan that is crucial to its bankruptcy reorganization, Citigroup has said.


label: 2 text: FDA questions Ill. plan to buy drugs from UK  WASHINGTON -- The Illinois governor's ambitious plan to help that state's residents buy prescription drugs from Britain also may permit drug imports from Europe's developing nations, the Food and Drug Administration fears.


label: 0 text: US soldier gets 25 years in death of Iraqi BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A US soldier was sentenced to a 25-year term Saturday after a court martial convicted him in the death of an Iraqi National Guard member in May, the military said.


label: 2 text: Optimism Lifts Stocks, But Oil Haunts  LONDON (Reuters) - Optimism about corporate earnings and  continued global economic strength drove European and Japanese  stocks higher on Monday, although oil prices near \$50 a barrel  kept investors edgy.


label: 3 text: Pre-Inca Ruins Emerging From Peru's Cloud Forests In the Andes mountains, forests cloak the ruins of a pre-Inca civilization, the size and scope of which archaeologists are only now beginning to understand.


label: 3 text: Boomboxes Are Hip Again The portable stereos that ruled city streets in the 1980s aren't shipping in high volumes anymore. But some sound artists are finding new ways to incorporate the devices into performances and ad-hoc radio networks. By Elizabeth Biddlecombe.


label: 3 text: Food Plant In the spirit of my   previous exploration of places my work has taken me, a meditation on a  totally different part of our economy.  If you're about to eat, you might want  to wait until afterward to read this.


label: 3 text: Data from doomed sun probe sent to California NASA crews Thursday shipped to California the first bits of recovered scientific data from the Genesis probe crash in Utah #39;s west desert earlier this month, according to a NASA news release.


label: 0 text: U.S. Ground, Air Attacks Pound Fallujah BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops pounded the insurgent stronghold Fallujah with airstrikes and tank fire Sunday, and the Iraqi government appealed to residents of the city to expel "foreign terrorists" and "murderers" to prevent an all-out attack...


label: 2 text: GUS says Argos outperforms Retail group GUS says like-for-like sales at its key Argos chain outstripped the market in the first half as sales of consumer electronics and leisure goods shone.


label: 2 text: Durable Goods Orders Edge Up in September  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. orders for long-lasting durable  goods rose by a smaller-than-expected 0.2 percent in September,  held back by another sharp fall in commercial aircraft,  government data showed on Wednesday.


label: 0 text: British soldier wounded in roadside bomb in Iraq (AFP) AFP - British soldiers operating south of Baghdad were targeted in two bomb attacks, including one suicide car bombing and another attack that left one soldier injured.


label: 3 text: NM governor wants UC regents to continue running Los Alamos New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson traveled to California yesterday to urge the University of California regents to compete to continue managing the Los Alamos National Laboratory.


label: 1 text: UPDATE 2-Late Bouba Diop strike denies United A late equaliser from Pape Bouba Diop gave Fulham a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United on Monday and prevented Alex Ferguson #39;s team from moving back into to the thick of the Premier League title race.


label: 1 text: Meyer brings his expectations and resume of success to Gainesville Urban Meyer considers himself accountable to the nth degree, so don #39;t expect Florida #39;s new head football coach to arrive in Gainesville next week leaning on that popular crutch of a five-year plan.


label: 2 text: California City Extends Outsourcing Deal ACS will continue to provide Orange with help-desk and application support, data-center and network management, and consulting services.


label: 3 text: Microsoft: Firefox does not threaten IE #39;s market share Internet Explorer (IE) is no less secure than any other browser and does not lack any important features, according to Microsoft. But the managing director of Cisco admitted that he wouldnt use IE without additional protection.


label: 1 text: Giants feel for Warner Nine games and a 5-4 record is hardly enough time for players to build an everlasting loyalty to a quarterback. So the Giants were not torn into factions by yesterday #39;s


label: 0 text: 100 Killed In US Operation To Re-take Samarra Baghdad, Oct. 1 (NNN): At least 100 people, including 80 insurgents were killed and hundreds others injured as the US military launched a major offensive to re-take the northern Iraqi city of Samarra, about 100 kilometres north of the capital, Baghdad.


label: 2 text: Disney to  #39;give away #39; its stores Disney reached a deal on Wednesday to sell its struggling nationwide chain of retail stores to the Children #39;s Place, the children #39;s clothing merchant.


label: 3 text: Dozens held over identity fraud Some 28 people are arrested in a global operation against a website allegedly involved in identity fraud.


label: 3 text: Firefox #39;s Volunteer Launch Brigade John Musarra, a long-time Mozilla fan, is getting ready to help launch the forthcoming release of the Firefox 1.0 browser the old-fashioned way: by throwing a party.


label: 2 text: Treasuries Dip But Selling Momentum Slows  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt was down a sliver  on Monday, but four straight days of selling appeared to be  sputtering out as investors awaited key events like a speech  from the Fed chairman and the crucial September jobs report.


label: 1 text: Brugnetti Strides to First Gold in 20km Walk  ATHENS (Reuters) - Italian Ivano Brugnetti strode to  victory in the first athletics final of the Athens Olympics on  Friday with a commanding performance in the men's 20km walk.


label: 3 text: Ten percent birds disappear by 2100: study BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- Ten percent of all bird species are set to go extinct by the end of this century, US researchers said on Monday.


label: 2 text: Dollar Stabilizes Above Recent Lows The dollar edged up against the yen and steadied against the euro on Friday, but kept within sight of multi-month lows hit this week on worries about the US economy and its ability to attract global investors.


label: 3 text: Sony Plans Portable Blu-ray Disc Drives Sony and blue-laser diode maker Nichia have developed a component that they say is vital to realizing support for Blu-ray Disc and DVD discs in portable devices, they announced this week.


label: 2 text: Zale Loss Widens Blames Hurricanes (Reuters) Reuters - Jewelry retailer Zale Corp. \said Tuesday its quarterly loss widened as its business took a\hit in the autumn from the string of hurricanes that battered\the U.S. Southeast and Puerto Rico.


label: 2 text: Britain seeks gold mkt stability in IMF revaluation Any revaluation of International Monetary Fund (IMF) gold reserves would have to be done in a way which would preserve gold market stability, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said on Monday.


label: 3 text: Spansion maps out future for 8Gbit memory parts Spansion, the flash memory joint venture between AMD and Fujitsu has laid out its plans to develop 8Gbit memory parts based on 65nm lithography.


label: 1 text: Chilean #39;s Endurance Feat Frustrates the US Again Somehow, Nicolas Massu of Chile summoned the strength and the shots to win his second gold medal of the Olympic Games. That is twice as many medals as the entire United States tennis team won.


label: 2 text: Dexia formally abandon #39;s merger plans with Italy #39;s Sanpaolo BRUSSELS : French-Belgian bank Dexia said that it has decided to terminate its plans to form an alliance with Italian bank Sanpaolo IMI.


label: 1 text: Wright-Phillips left wanting more Shaun Wright-Phillips has set his sights on being picked for England #39;s World Cup qualifiers after scoring on a scintillating debut for his country.


label: 2 text: FDA questions AstraZeneca #39;s Exanta NEW YORK, September 9 (New Ratings) - The FDA has raised questions regarding AstraZenecas (AZN.NYS) blood thinner, Exanta. The leading pharmaceutical companys hopes had been pinned on Exanta, which


label: 3 text: 10 security fixes are released by Microsoft Microsoft Corp. released 10 security fixes for various products yesterday, including seven that fix flaws the company said pose the highest threat to users.


label: 2 text: Mortgage Applications Fell Last Week -MBA (Reuters) Reuters - Applications for U.S. home mortgages\fell last week, which was shortened by the Thanksgiving\holiday, as mortgage rates edged higher, an industry group said\on Wednesday.


label: 3 text: A Fantasy Field Trip to Jurassic Park The career of Richard Ellis advances the maxim that scientific knowledge is often moved forward by the work of committed amateurs.


label: 0 text: Belarus Says Vote Allows President to Run Again Belarusans voted in favor of scrapping presidential term limits, the Central Elections Commission chief said Monday, citing partial results. Ending the limits would allow the country's authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, to seek a new term in 2006.


label: 1 text: Mayfield Races Into NASCAR Playoffs (AP) AP - It was win and in for Jeremy Mayfield, who couldn't hide his excitement when NASCAR chairman Brian France stopped to congratulate him on racing his way into the playoffs.


label: 0 text: Equatorial Guinea Wants to Quiz Thatcher in S. Africa (Update1) Equatorial Guinea prosecutors have asked South Africa for permission to question Mark Thatcher, who was arrested in Cape Town last week on suspicion of bankrolling a failed plan to overthrow


label: 3 text: Open-source e-mail vendor Scalix joins OSDL Linux e-mail and calendaring vendor Scalix has joined the nonprofit Open Source Development Labs to help push the implementation of desktop Linux.


label: 3 text: Google Stock's Wacky Debut After a false start that makes the search giant's stock appear to soar, the company's IPO on the Nasdaq settles down to a more reasonable price, just north of \$100 per share.


label: 0 text: Sexual Violence Hit 2 in 3 Liberians in War-Report  DAKAR (Reuters) - Fighters sexually assaulted some two  thirds of Liberia's population during more than a decade of war  and have not been punished more than a year after the conflict  ended, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.


label: 2 text: Woolworths ordered to extend ALH takeover deadline An independent takeovers panel has headed off Woolworths #39; attempts to force a resolution in the takeover battle for liquor retailer Australian Leisure and Hospitality (ALH).


label: 3 text: Calif. Classic Car Lovers Dismayed by New Law (Reuters) Reuters - Lovers of California's classic\cars, celebrated in the Beach Boys song for "fun, fun, fun,"\worried that a new state law could take their T-birds and\little deuce coupes away.


label: 1 text: Orange crush hopes Damien Rhodes scored on a 2-yard run in the second overtime, then Syracuse's defense stopped Pittsburgh on fourth and 1, sending the Orange to a 38-31 victory yesterday in Syracuse, N.Y.


label: 1 text: Giving up medal isn #39;t the answer  Roy Jones Jr. receives the gold medal stolen from him by crooked judges in Seoul, South Korea.  The Dallas Stars agree to forfeit their Stanley Cup from 1999 because, yes, Brett Hull #39;s skate was in the crease.


label: 0 text: Kabul kidnappers release three UN workers The Afghan government denied making a deal with the kidnappers who released three UN hostages after four weeks in captivity yesterday.


label: 2 text: Grid #39;s 6bn sale raises job and safety concerns National Grid Transco, the pipes and pylons company, yesterday announced a 6bn deal to sell half its gas distribution business. The move pleased the City but alarmed unions and consumer groups.


label: 0 text: Statements by CBS News President, Rather (AP) AP - Statement by CBS News President Andrew Heyward and Dan Rather about the authenticity of documents used to support a "60 Minutes" story that questioned President Bush's Vietnam War-era National Guard service:


label: 1 text: Park has 4-stroke margin PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Grace Park followed her sensational first round with a steady, 5-under 67 Friday and opened a four-shot lead midway through the Samsung World Championship.


label: 0 text: New Satellite Photos May Show New Iran Nuclear Site (Reuters) Reuters - New satellite images show Iran's\Parchin military complex, southeast of Tehran, may be a site\for research, testing and production of nuclear weapons, a\nuclear expert said on Wednesday.


label: 0 text: Aid worker #39;s husband hopeful of release The Iraqi husband of kidnapped aid chief Margaret Hassan said he was cautiously optimistic she would be released quickly given her long years of service to the people of Iraq .


label: 3 text: Microsoft issues patch for  #39;critical #39; JPEG-handling flaw SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 (REUTERS) - Microsoft Corp. today released a patch for its latest  quot;critical quot; security flaw affecting how Windows, Office and developer tools software process images in the JPEG image format.


label: 3 text: US forces global passport change The US Department of Homeland Security has announced an important change that will affect many Canadian residents who travel on passports from other countries.


label: 1 text: Panthers Release Safety Cooper (AP) AP - The Carolina Panthers waived special teams standout Jarrod Cooper on Thursday after police issued an arrest warrant alleging he gave false information to an officer.


label: 0 text: US condemns Pak blast, calls it  #39;despicable #39; United States has strongly condemned a car bomb attack in Multan city of Pakistan that killed more than 41 people and wounded 100 at a prayer vigil.


label: 0 text: Soccer Club to Be Charged With Murder Police plan to file murder charges against Sao Caetano club officials for the death of defenseman Serginho, who collapsed on the field and died of heart failure last month.


label: 2 text: Treasuries Skid, Yields Hit Fresh Highs (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. Treasury debt slid for a second\session on Tuesday as data showed the U.S. economy expanded at\a slightly faster pace than first thought in the third quarter,\though inflation remained subdued.


label: 0 text: Retired Gen. Franks Criticizes Kerry (AP) AP - Retired Gen. Tommy Franks launched a four-state campaign swing for President Bush by criticizing Sen. John Kerry's anti-Vietnam War activities and voting record on the military.


label: 2 text: INTERVIEW: Gwalia Approached By Gold Ops Buyers -2- PERTH (Dow Jones)--Financially distressed Australian mining company Sons of Gwalia Ltd. (SGW.AU) said Monday that it has been approached by several parties interested in buying its gold business.


label: 0 text: NASA Chief Said to Be Top Contender for L.S.U. Job Sean O'Keefe has sought and become the top contender for a high-level job at Louisiana State University, according to NASA and university officials.


label: 2 text: Lobbyists Line Up on Overtime Pay Both business and labor lobbyists plan to keep up fight over Bush administration's eligibility rules for overtime pay, despite doubt that legislation can pass this year.


label: 2 text: Viacom: Blockbuster Exchange Successful Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. (VIAb) said Wednesday its exchange offer to split off its Blockbuster Inc. (BBI) unit, which expired at midnight Tuesday, was successful, based on preliminary results.


label: 3 text: Mars Odyssey to prolong stay in space Scientists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration say its spacecraft Mars Odyssey will prolong its stay in space until at least September 2006.


label: 2 text: US Airways, unions seek compromise US Airways Group Inc. met with two unions to try and agree on concessions before an Oct. 7 hearing at which a bankruptcy judge might let the carrier temporarily reduce pay 23 percent to help avoid potential liquidation.


label: 0 text: Three small bombs explode in Turkey, no injuries Two small bombs exploded in front of branches of the British HSBC Bank in Turkey on Tuesday and a third blast hit a Turkish-American Association in the capital Ankara, Anatolian news agency reported.


label: 2 text: US gasoline pump price highest since mid-June The. nationwide average price for gasoline rose closer to \$2 a gallon the last week and diesel fuel hit a new high for a second week, the government said Monday.


label: 2 text: WMC says moves are  #39;business as usual #39; The chief executive of WMC Resources has denied the company #39;s share buyback and the sale of part of its business is designed to undermine a takeover offer from Swiss-based Xstrata.


label: 0 text: GPs get new anti-depressant rules Doctors have been issued with new guidance on the prescribing of antidepressants.


label: 2 text: EPA Plans to Make Airline Water Safer Description: The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its work to the friendly skies. After random testing found contaminants, the agency decided to start regulating the water aboard airplanes.


label: 3 text: Costs Rise, Profit Falls at Cingular (Reuters) Reuters - Mobile service provider Cingular\Wireless, which is buying AT T Wireless Services  Inc. ,\said on Wednesday its third-quarter operating profit fell as\its costs rose.


label: 2 text: Unemployment rate key for Bush NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - If the unemployment rate stays at current levels until the election, President Bush stands a much better chance at winning another four years in the White House, a job placement firm reported Monday.


label: 1 text: Pencil in Illini for a No. 1 seed right now Seeing as how so many members of the NCAA Tournament selection committee are just good people, given how much they #39;ll have to squeeze into a single weekend next March, I thought it might be nice to take a little work off their hands.


label: 0 text: Cuts unnecessary to delivery baby When a baby is stuck during delivery, doctors do not have to cut the woman to safely deliver the child, research shows.


label: 1 text: Cyclones near title after big comeback MANHATTAN, Kan.  With a thrilling comeback, Iowa State is a win away from a surprising championship. Iowa State trailed the Wildcats by two touchdowns early in the fourth quarter, but freshman Bret Meyer


label: 0 text: Minister #39;s poll triumph puts him in line to be Pakistan #39;s next PM Three weeks after surviving an assassination attempt, Pakistan #39;s finance minister, Shaukat Aziz, confirmed his place as the country #39;s next prime minister, after coasting to victory in a byelection.


label: 3 text: Sprint PCS introduces Picture Mail developing Sprint PCS today made the first moves toward turning its popular Picture Mail service from a mere novelty to a full-fledged digital photography solution.


label: 1 text: Bad words, worse analysis When an analyst or play-by-play man does not take a stand against bad behavior by an athlete, coach or manager, he is endorsing it.


label: 1 text: Rockets Exercise Contract on Yao (Reuters) Reuters - The Houston Rockets exercised\the fourth-year option on center Yao Ming's contract on\Thursday.


label: 2 text: Good Night for a Good Knight Phil Knight saved the best for last for the company he helped nurture into a brand superstar.


label: 0 text: Bush warns Iran on nuclear activities Santiago: US President George W Bush sharply warned Iran about reports that the Islamic republic has accelerated production of uranium material that could be used to make nuclear weapons.


label: 0 text: Pakistan hunts for key Al Qaeda figure  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani security forces are hunting a Libyan Al Qaeda leader whom senior intelligence officials see as a possible key to finding Osama bin Laden and others in the terrorist network's inner circle.


label: 2 text: Govt tackles Left parties, hikes FDI cap in aviation to 49 New Delhi: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on Wednesday hiked foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the civil aviation sector from 40 to 49 per cent but barred foreign airlines from holding stakes.


label: 2 text: Stock Fund Inflow Shrinks To  #36;1.09 Bil (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Amid a shaky market, investors put just  #36;1.09 billion into stock funds in August. The total reflects  #36;1.21 billion that shareholders pulled from stock funds investing in just the U.S.


label: 3 text: McAfee CFO Richards to Retire in December (AP) AP - Internet security company McAfee Inc. Monday said Stephen Richards, its chief operating officer and chief financial officer, will retire at the end of the year to spend time with his family.


label: 0 text: Judge Questions Md. Vote Chief's Ouster (AP) AP - A judge who will decide whether Maryland's top elections official may keep her job on Friday questioned the attempt by the State Board of Elections to fire her, wondering how it might affect the November vote.


label: 3 text: Fuel cell #39;s got the power for 3G handsets Japanese mobile network operator NTT DoCoMo announced on Thursday that it has developed a prototype micro fuel cell that will recharge a third-generation mobile phone.


label: 0 text: Jab linked to multiple sclerosis People immunised against hepatitis B are at increased risk of multiple sclerosis, a study shows.


label: 2 text: Oil Charges to \$50.35 on Supply Threats  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices soared to a new record  above \$50 on Tuesday as uncertainties over Nigerian output  heightened worries of a severe supply disruption ahead of  winter.


label: 3 text: 2004 Salary Survey Snapshots Here's a look at some miscellaneous -- and enlightening -- statistics from this year's salary survey.


label: 2 text: Top 100 Retailers Rankings Today #39;s successful retailers are constantly reinventing themselves to differentiate their stores from competitors, especially Wal-Mart, according to the 2004 Top 100 Retailers ranking sponsored by Triversity, released in STORES magazine, the official


label: 3 text: Maths breakthrough for reclusive Russian? Exeter - A reclusive Russian may have solved one of the world #39;s toughest mathematics problems and stands to win \$1-million (almost R7-million) - but he doesn #39;t appear to care.


label: 3 text: Loyalty study zeroes in on tech stalwarts Report suggests many giants of the industry have been able to capture lasting feelings of customer loyalty.


label: 0 text: Iraq Won't Send New Delegation to Najaf BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's National Conference refused Wednesday to send a second delegation to the holy city of Najaf to negotiate an end to fighting between U.S. troops and loyalists of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a day after he rebuffed their demand for a meeting...


label: 0 text: Japanese sent scrambling as earthquakes inflict heavy toll OJIYA, Japan -- Overturned cars, crumbled homes and shattered roads greeted rescue workers Sunday after Japan #39;s deadliest earthquake in almost a decade stunned residents used to bearing up through the nation #39;s frequent tremors.


label: 2 text: 'House flipping' said to cheat minorities ALBANY, N.Y. -- A four-bedroom, 1-bath colonial for only a \$450 monthly mortgage payment? How can you go wrong? Lots of ways. Fair housing advocates say the first-time buyer of that \$85,000 Syracuse, N.Y., home lost out in one of the many forms of  quot;house flipping, quot; or the fast resale of property at high profits.


label: 2 text: IMF Voices  #39;Some Concern #39; Over Legal Assault on Yukos The International Monetary Fund expressed concern Tuesday about the impact of the troubles besetting oil major Yukos on Russia #39;s standing as a place to invest.


label: 0 text: Golf: Langer mulls 2006 captaincy Bernhard Langer is not ruling out staying on as Europe's Ryder Cup captain for the 2006 event in Ireland.


label: 2 text: Report: Symantec in Talks With Veritas SAN JOSE, Calif. - Symantec Corp. #39;s reported interest in acquiring Veritas Software Corp. for more than \$13 billion would represent the computer security giant #39;s biggest step yet beyond its core businesses


label: 2 text: Grower Suggests Opening Your Mind to More Open Christmas Trees Before you open your holiday gifts, Eric and Gloria Sundback want you to open up your Christmas tree. Instead of buying an evenly shaped tree densely packed with


label: 1 text: Sports: (6) Wisconsin 24 Northwestern 12 MADISON, Wis. Sixth-ranked Wisconsin is 8-and-0 for the fourth time in 115 years of football. Anthony Davis rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns on 31 carries as the Badgers beat Northwestern 24-to-12.


label: 0 text: Nigerian Senate Orders Shell Unit to Pay (AP) AP - Nigeria's Senate has ordered a subsidiary of petroleum giant Royal/Dutch Shell to pay a Nigerian ethnic group  #36;1.5 billion for oil spills in their homelands, but the legislative body can't enforce the resolution, an official said Wednesday.


label: 3 text: China's Huawei to supply Spain's Telefonica (AFP) AFP - China's Huawei group has signed a deal to supply the Brazilian and Chilean subsidiaries of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica with highspeed Internet routers, financial daily Expansion revealed.


label: 0 text: India, Pakistan to discuss troop pullback from Kashmir glacier Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan will hold talks on the withdrawal of troops from a glacier in disputed Kashmir known as the world #39;s highest battlefield, a defence official said Wednesday.


label: 3 text: Apple stock jumps following analyst report Apple Computer stock hit a four-year high today following the release of a report from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who expects Apple's stock price to hit \$100.


label: 2 text: Stocks Rise; Sprint, Nextel Deal Helps  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as  wireless carrier Sprint Corp.'s FON.N acquisition of Nextel  Communications Inc. NXTL.O boosted investor hopes for more  mergers.


label: 1 text: South Korean gymnast appealing judging error, Hamm hopes to hang <b>...</b> (Athens, Greece-AP) Aug. 23, 2004 - It appears the Court of Arbitration for Sport might not hear South Korea #39;s appeal of the gymnastics gold medal.


label: 0 text: Romanians Elect Reformist Centrist as President  BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian opposition leader Traian  Basescu won a tight presidential election on Monday and vowed  to usher in a centrist government to end the ex-communist  left's hold on power and take the country into the EU in 2007.


label: 3 text: IETF Decides On SPF / Sender-ID issue Zocalo writes  quot;The MARID working group at the IETF responsible for deciding on which extensions to SMTP will be used to try and prevent spoofing of the sender has made their decision.


label: 0 text: Beslan children return to school Schools in the Russian town of Beslan reopened on Wednesday, two weeks after more than 1,000 people were taken hostage on the first day of term.


label: 1 text: IOC Ignores Snub, but Israel Stands Tall HE was the brown-eyed windsurfer with a gentle waviness to his thick hair, perched last night atop a medal stand, struggling to keep his tin voice on key as he sang a national anthem called  quot;The Hope.


label: 0 text: Nigeria misses UN deadline to pull troops out of oilfields claimed by Cameroon (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria failed to agree with Cameroon on a promised troop-pullout from disputed territory in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea on Friday, a month after a UN-backed deadline for its hand-over to Cameroon passed.


label: 2 text: Update 4: Walgreen Earnings Rise 18 Percent in 4Q Walgreen Co. increased its fourth-quarter profits by 18 percent despite slower growth in prescription drug sales industrywide, taking market share from competitors as it gains ground on the biggest US retailers.


label: 1 text: The U.S. Gives Mia Hamm a Golden Farewell  ATHENS (Reuters) - The United States gave Hall of Famer Mia  Hamm the perfect send-off on Thursday, beating Brazil 2-1 to  win Olympic gold in the women's soccer tournament.


label: 0 text: Mobile firms sign 'Super 3G' deal NTT DoCoMo, Vodafone and 24 other mobile phone firms and manufacturers join forces to develop the next generation of high-speed networks.


label: 0 text: End Headscarf Ban, Iraq Hostage Takers Warn France  DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iraqi militant group has kidnapped two  Frenchmen and given the French government 48 hours to end a ban  on Muslim headscarves, Arabic television station Al Jazeera  said Saturday.


label: 0 text: Nepal capital at mercy of unseen menace in the mountains NAUBISE, Nepal : Somewhere on the other side of the mist-covered green hills that guard Nepal #39;s ancient capital Kathmandu, Maoist rebels are grinning.


label: 2 text: INTERVIEW: Titan Petchem Sees No Flagging China Demand HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--China #39;s thirst for oil has created boom times for tanker companies. And despite Beijing #39;s efforts to cool the economy, demand for oil isn #39;t likely


label: 3 text: Thomson, VeriSign to build content security service Thomson said Tuesday that it is teaming up with VeriSignto build a digital authorization and authentication service that promises to secure delivery of content such as movies, music, and games.


label: 1 text: Spurs 91, Warriors 71 SAN ANTONIO - Tim Duncan had 23 points and 18 rebounds and Manu Ginobili added 22 points to lead San Antonio past winless Golden State.


label: 2 text: Morgan Stanley Profit Down, Shares Drop US investment bank Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said quarterly profit dropped by a third on lower bond trading revenue, weak equities results and higher expenses, falling


label: 3 text: IBM System Named Fastest Supercomputer (AP) AP - Big Blue has brought the title of the world's fastest supercomputer back to the United States for the first time in three years.


label: 2 text: SIA: Supply Chain Saved Chip Sales Faced with mountains of inventory, quick thinking by some semiconductor manufacturers helped the market avoid its first decrease in chip sales since the war in Iraq began.


label: 1 text: Too Far: Jamal Lewis should have his sentence lengthened Toward the end of last week, we heard that Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis had reached a plea bargain in regard to a drug distribution ring he and a childhood friend got going in 2000.


label: 0 text: Suicide bomber wounds two soldiers in West Bank A Palestinian suicide bomber has blown himself up at a checkpoint in the West Bank, wounding at least two Israeli soldiers. The blast is being described as a revenge attack for an earlier Israeli airstrike


label: 2 text: Fed #39;s Santomero sees low inflation Philly Fed president sees no need for central bank to halt rate hikes; employment set to rise. PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The US economy is on course for sustainable expansion with little danger of inflationary


label: 1 text: Cal coach gets extension BERKELEY, Calif. (CP) - Former CFL player and coach Jeff Tedford agreed to a five-year extension Monday with the University of California that will see him remain under contract as the school #39;s head football coach through 2009.


label: 1 text: South Korea Files Petition on Scoring Error With CAS After 10 days of deliberation, the South Korean delegation to the Athens Olympics finally filed a petition on the case of Yang Tae-young, bronze medallist in the mens gymnastics individual


label: 2 text: Copper Slide Continues  LONDON (Reuters) - Copper prices declined a further 2  percent on Thursday on selling by hedge funds that has toppled  the key industrial metal off 16-year peaks hit on Monday.


label: 3 text: U.S. Firmly Anti-Kyoto as U.N. Climate Talks Start (Reuters) Reuters - The United States\showed no signs of budging in its opposition to the Kyoto\protocol Monday as U.N. climate change talks began, a month\after President Bush's reelection and Russia's ratification of\the agreement.


label: 1 text: Wilkens #39; defense on trial Neither did 95 percent of the other coaches. But in the case of Lenny Wilkens, this particular flaw became part of his legacy, along with the NBA title, the record numbers of wins and losses and the trademark crossed arms and cold stare.


label: 2 text: France and Germany Get Deficit Reprieve The European Commission froze its threat of fines against France and Germany on Tuesday, granting the two biggest economies in the euro zone an extra year to bring down their bloated budget deficits.


label: 3 text: Intel seeks role in development of the next Internet CTO envisions Intel-based servers acting as network nodes to reduce strain of millions of new devices and users.


label: 0 text: Donsanjh still nixing pharmacare, but premiers plan meeting to refine program (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - In his first public address as federal health minister, Ujjal Dosanjh carefully toed the government line on Monday, saying Ottawa is prepared to invest more money in medicare to reduce waiting times, but not by sponsoring a national pharmacare program demanded by the provinces. But even as he was speaking, Saskatchewan's premier said in Regina that provincial premiers will meet one more time to flesh out the details of the proposed pharmacare program before taking their idea to Prime Minister Paul Martin.


label: 1 text: La. Tech Wrecks Fresno State's BCS Dreams (AP) AP - Fresno State is out of the BCS mix  #151; again.


label: 2 text: Bundesbank sees German economy growing by 1.2 - 1.3 pct in 2005 (AFP) AFP - The Bundesbank is forecasting growth of 1.2 - 1.3 percent for the German economy next year, much less than the government's official forecast of 1.7 percent.


label: 2 text: ATA announces layoffs ATA Airlines is laying off 156 employees. Company spokeswoman Erica Keane isn #39;t commenting on reports that the Indianapolis-based ATA is trying to sell all or part of its holdings.


label: 0 text: Bush Increases Lead Over Kerry in Latest Pew Poll (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush's lead over\Democratic nominee John Kerry increased to eight points in a\Pew Research Center poll released on Tuesday, compared to a\slight three-point lead in a poll conducted last week.


label: 1 text: Fallon in the clear Solicitors acting for Kieren Fallon said last night they expect the six-times champion jockey to be cleared of any allegations of race-fixing following his arrest yesterday.


label: 1 text: China offended by Nike advertisement China has voiced its anger over a Nike advertisement in which a US basketball star fights off a series of ancient Chinese characters.


label: 2 text: Smithfield #39;s 1Q Profits Beat Outlook Pork processor Smithfield Foods Inc. said Thursday that improved profitability in the hog production segment, combined with strong results in pork, offset lower earnings in the beef segment to push first-quarter profits above revised expectations.


label: 3 text: Product Previews (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - F5 bolsters firewall family\The latest additions to F5 Networks #8217; lineup are two new security products announced Monday that are designed for enterprise networks. FirePass 4100 is the latest version of F5 #8217;s firewall product line designed to provide secure remote access to corporate applications and data using a standard Web browser. The firewall secures Web-based remote access to corporate applications and desktops. TrafficShield 4100 is a Web application firewall designed for the application layer of networks that enforces granular security policies to protect Web applications, as well as database information from both random and targeted application security attacks. Prices for FirePass begin at  #36;24,990 for 100 concurrent users, and TrafficShield prices begin at  #36;39,990. FirePass 4100 and TrafficShield 4100 are available this week.\FirePass 4100, TrafficShield 4100, F5 Networks


label: 1 text: Mourinho gives Porto the blues MANAGER Jose Mourinho got the better of his former club and Chelseas Champions League ambitions remained firmly on track following last nights comfortable win over Porto.


label: 3 text: Gates', Ballmer's pay holding around \$900,000 Paychecks stay the same for the top two, but compensation changes for other Microsoft workers as stock grants replace options.\


label: 0 text: REGION: Iran says European position at N-talks still unacceptable TEHRAN: Iran is still unable to accept some positions of European countries in crucial talks on its nuclear programme at the UN atomic agency, but an agreement remains possible, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said on Saturday.


label: 0 text: Unrest hampers Haitian flood aid The UN asks for extra forces to police storm-hit Gonaives, amid a breakdown in law and order has collapsed.


label: 0 text: Who are Ch #225;vez's opponents? On Sunday, Venezuelans will decide whether to cut short the president's term, which is due to end in 2006.


label: 1 text: Historic return but how much has it all changed? The occasion was clearly too much for Kristin Heaton, the first athlete for 1,611 years to compete at the original Olympic Games venue of Olympia. The American opened the women #39;s shot put competition yesterday, but could not ...


label: 1 text: China stops included in  #39;05 European Tour SOTOGRANDE, Spain -- The European Tour will feature three, and possibly four, tournaments in China next season. The new schedule, released Thursday at the Volvo Masters, begins Nov. 25-28 with the China Open in Shanghai.


label: 0 text: Jakarta activist feared poisoned An autopsy on a prominent Indonesian activist shows he died with high levels of arsenic in his body.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Xbox Live Traffic Quadruples Following Halo-2 Launch Microsoft Xbox Live traffic on service provider networks quadrupled following the November 9th launch of Halo-II -- which set entertainment industry records by selling 2.4-million units in the US and Canada on the first day of availability, driving cash


label: 2 text: United set to drop pension plans United Airlines has said it will very likely terminate its four employee pension plans and replace them with less generous benefits. United said the drastic move was needed to attract the financing that would allow it to emerge from bankruptcy.


label: 0 text: Report: N.Korea Says Explosion Was Planned SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Monday that a huge cloud caused by an explosion near its border with China several days ago was the planned demolition of a mountain for a hydroelectric project, British media reported.    North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun said the blast was intentional, responding to a request for information from British Foreign Office minister Bill Rammell, who is visiting the North, the British Broadcasting Corp...


label: 3 text: Kiln's 'ancestor' found in Greece Archaeologists have discovered the oldest clay "fireplaces" made by humans at a dig in southern Greece.


label: 2 text: Business View: It #39;s looking like Madrid or bust for Abbey No Mates Are cracks appearing in the Abbey-Santander romance? Certainly, the engaged couple do not seem as close as they were a few days ago.


label: 0 text: CARE worker believed to be dead Al-Jazeera television said a video it #39;s received shows a woman being shot. The woman is believed to be Margaret Hassan, an aid worker kidnapped last month in Iraq.


label: 1 text: Paris 2012 accused over embassies Paris 2012 organisers have been accused of breaking Olympic bid rules by using French embassies to promote the city. Madrid 2012 have made an official protest to the International Olympic Committee #39;s (IOC) ethical commission.


label: 0 text: Ex-head of oil-for-food program accused of accepting bribes NEW YORK -- The top US arms inspector accused the former head of the \$60 billion UN oil-for-food program of accepting bribes in the form of vouchers for Iraqi oil sales from Saddam Hussein's government while running the program, according to a report released yesterday.


label: 1 text: SI.com #39;s BJ Schecter breaks down a key Mountain West showdown Utes coach Urban Meyer is one of the hottest offensive minds in the nation and Utah will run wild formations with misdirection and trick plays.


label: 0 text: Tennis: Henman battles through Tim Henman overcomes a back injury to beat Ivo Karlovic at the US Open.


label: 1 text: Sox Prepare For Game 3 In St. Louis ST. LOUIS -- Red Sox Nation is ready to rally behind its team again as the Red Sox take a 2-0 lead to St. Louis tonight in Game 3 of the World Series.


label: 1 text: Los Angeles Clippers LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Clippers are picking up the victories you have to secure if you want to contend for a postseason berth in the Western Conference.


label: 3 text: PeopleSoft posts solid Q3 revenue growth PeopleSoft raced past analyst expectations in its just-ended quarter, reporting on Thursday a 12 percent increase in revenue, to \$698.8 million, and a slight uptick in revenue from software license sales.


label: 0 text: Singapore Rejects U.S. Sex Slavery Charges  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has questioned a U.S.  government assessment that it has become a sex slave center and  asked Washington to back its charges with evidence.


label: 2 text: Blue Chips Gain, Led by Tobacco Stocks US blue chips rose on Thursday, led by tobacco stocks, while technology share were under pressure by a warning from Applied Materials Inc.


label: 3 text: Web users addicted to net Surfers are becoming addicted to the internet and suffer from withdrawal symptoms if deprived of web access, a study has found. Yahoo #39;s Internet Deprivation Study tested how emotionally connected consumers


label: 0 text: Arab press roundup: December 13, 2004 Arab newspaper highlighted and commented on PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas #39; apology to Kuwait for the Palestinian position on Iraq #39;s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, angered by what it saw as the PLO #39;s support of the invasion.


label: 3 text: System X Faster, but Falls Behind Virginia Tech's recently rebuilt Macintosh supercomputer flies past the 12-teraflop mark, but will the performance boost be enough to keep it in the supercomputer top 10? By Leander Kahney.


label: 0 text: Taj Mahal anniversary India celebrates the 350th anniversary of its most famous monument, the Taj Mahal, today - although historians cannot agree on its precise age and fears of damaging the enormous white marble structure have dampened plans to mark the event.


label: 2 text: OPEC Finds Few Options to Put a Lid On Oil Prices The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is preparing to meet in Vienna on Wednesday in an unfamiliar and uncomfortable mood: helplessness.


label: 3 text: Europe sues users over file sharing The international record industry announced Thursday that it is planning to file lawsuits against individuals who are sharing files, especially music, over the Internet.


label: 0 text: Pakistan rejects US claim that bin Laden near capture ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan Monday rejected as pre-election politicking a US official #39;s weekend claim that Osama bin Laden was close to being captured.


label: 1 text: Carpenter to Miss Division Series  ST. LOUIS (Sports Network) - St. Louis Cardinals starting  pitcher Chris Carpenter is expected to miss the first round of  the playoffs next week with an injury to his right arm.


label: 0 text:  #39;Patience, perseverance must be keynotes to resolve Kashmir #39; Islamabad, Sept. 10 (PTI): Contending that linking progress on talks on Kashmir to measure the success of the Indo-Pak dialogue process could lead to frustration and deadlock, the Pakistani media has said


label: 1 text: Cheeseheads for Kerry A George W. Bush win in Tuesday #39;s election seemed to be well in hand when Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Brunell hooked up with tailback Clinton Portis on a 43-yard scoring play with 2:35 to go in the team #39;s game with the Green Bay Packers on Sunday


label: 1 text: Sporting News names Bonds player of the year San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds was selected The Sporting News #39; 2004 baseball player of the year after a season in which he hit .


label: 0 text: UK Plays Down Prince Harry Kidnap Threat Reports

 LONDON (Reuters) - Buckingham Palace Friday termed"irresponsible" newspaper reports that a kidnap threat forcedBritain's Prince Harry to cut short a trip to a polo pony farmin Argentina.


label: 3 text: NEC to Market DVD Burners (PC World) PC World - Company's ND-3500A drive is not just for OEMs anymore.


label: 1 text: Vassell injury a bad break for Villa ASTON VILLA were dealt another severe injury blow yesterday when it was revealed that Darius Vassell, their England striker, broke an ankle in Saturdays 2-0 victory over Fulham.


label: 3 text: Tibco scoops up software company The purchase of privately held General Interface puts middleware specialist Tibco in the software development tool market.


label: 2 text: Treasuries Up, Rate Hike Still in Offing (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. Treasury debt made moderate gains\on Tuesday after a key reading of U.S. inflation proved softer\than expected, a relief to investors in fixed-income debt.


label: 0 text: For an Iraqi Soldier, the Battle in Fallujah Is Personal For a lieutenant who gave his last name as Mustafa, one of 2,000 Iraqi soldiers fighting alongside U.S. troops for control of this  insurgent-occupied city, the battle for Fallujah was personal.


label: 1 text: Penn State #39;s Robinson doubtful for game Penn State junior quarterback-wide receiver Michael Robinson is listed as doubtful for this week #39;s game against No. 19 Minnesota after suffering a concussion in Saturday #39;s game at Wisconsin.


label: 2 text: GM, Ford target SUV rollovers General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., responding to growing concerns about the safety and stability of sport utility vehicles, said Thursday


label: 0 text: Red Cross condemns Iraq abuses The International Red Cross has made an unprecedented appeal for an end to human rights abuses in Iraq, saying it is  #39;deeply concerned #39; at the impact of the fighting in the country and at apparent failures by all sides in the conflict to respect


label: 1 text: John Lynch Draws NFL Season's First Fine (AP) AP - John Lynch saw the next-day-mail envelope in his locker and he knew the news wasn't good. The Broncos safety had the distinction of being the first player to draw a fine this season, when the NFL sent him a letter Wednesday demanding  #36;7,500 for a hard hit on Chiefs receiver Dante Hall in the opener.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Releases 10 Security Patches for Windows, Excel, and IE Microsoft Releases 10 Security Patches for Windows, Excel, and IE\\If you use Microsoft Windows, Excel, or their Internet Explorer browser you better watch out, because there are some large security holes that need patching. Microsoft on Tuesday published 10 software security advisories, warning Windows users and corporate administrators of 22 ...


label: 2 text: Stocks Open Lower NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks fell at the open on Wednesday after crude oil pushed to a fresh high and Google Inc. slashed its initial public offering price, which appeared to dampen investor sentiment.


label: 3 text: Google, 5 big libraries team to offer books Google Inc. has partnered with five of the world #39;s leading libraries, including those at Stanford and Harvard, to digitally scan their collections so that the books can be searched, and in many cases read, online free of charge.


label: 2 text: Air NZ tipped to raise fuel surcharge Air New Zealand will most likely announce an increase in its jet fuel surcharges within days because of the relentless climb in oil prices, the carrier #39;s chief executive, Ralph Norris, has said.


label: 0 text: Rein in militias, UN tells Sudan THE top UN envoy to Sudan said today it #39;s the responsibility of the Sudanese government to rein in the Arab militias in Darfur and Khartoum should not hesitate in seeking foreign assistance in that effort.


label: 0 text: Sudan Government's Attacks Stoke Rebels' Fury Much of the responsibility for the growth of insurgency in the Sudan lies with the Arab-led government in Khartoum.


label: 0 text: France #39;s Chirac says UK won nothing from Bush support LONDON: French President Jacques Chirac said in a newspaper interview yesterday that Britain has gained nothing from its support for the United States-led invasion of Iraq.


label: 0 text: Zarqawi claims killing of Iraqi recruits killing of an American diplomat in Iraq since last year #39;s US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein. militants that it killed 48  quot;apostates quot; in the attack.


label: 1 text: January Trial Date Set for NHL's Bertuzzi  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A Canadian court  set a Jan. 17 trial date on Wednesday for National Hockey  League star Todd Bertuzzi, who is charged with assault for an  on-ice attack last season that left a player with a fractured  neck.


label: 3 text: Oracle Slams PeopleSoft Board on Takeover (AP) AP - Business software maker Oracle Corp. attacked the credibility and motives of PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors Monday, hoping to rally investor support as the 17-month takeover battle between the bitter business software rivals nears a climactic showdown.


label: 0 text: Bickering Iraqis Strive to Build Voting Coalition Established Shiite parties and powerful upstarts are feuding, causing their leading cleric to try to pull them together to ensure that the Shiites clearly dominate the new government.


label: 2 text: Dulles, BWI Consider Security Shift  Officials at Dulles International and Baltimore-Washington International airports said they are considering the replacement of federal airport screeners at security checkpoints with workers employed by private contractors.


label: 2 text: Japan Stocks Fall on Oil Worries TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo #39;s Nikkei average fell 0.59 percent by midday on Wednesday, erasing initial gains, as exporters like Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. declined on concern over the possible impact on the global economy of surging oil prices.


label: 0 text: War fears after Rwanda 'invasion' The UN Security Council is set for emergency talks to discuss the incursion of Rwandan troops in eastern DR Congo.


label: 1 text: NBA Wrap: Returning Trio Help Pistons End Losing Skid  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chauncey Billups scored 21 points in  his return to the line-up as the host Detroit Pistons also  welcomed back coach Larry Brown and Ben Wallace with a 93-85  triumph over the Minnesota Timberwolves Wednesday.


label: 3 text: Longhorn to be Released in 2006, Sans WinFS skillio writes  quot;Everyone #39;s favorite OS maven, Bill Gates, announced a release date for Longhorn on Friday. He confirms what many had suspected - Microsoft will attempt to complete this release in calendar year 2006.


label: 3 text: Intel unveils plans for multitasking chip Chip maker Intel Corp. has announced plans to improve its flagship products in ways that could redefine the role of a microprocessor in a computer and help the company stay ahead of its competitors.


label: 2 text: Oil, gas prices climb Crude oil futures rose yesterday ahead of an extended weekend for traders, even though weekly government data showed rising domestic inventories of crude and distillate fuel, which includes heating oil.


label: 0 text: Dalai Lama arrives in Russia ELISTA, Nov. 29. - The Dalai Lama, smiling modestly at his admirers, began his first visit to Russias Buddhists today after Moscow abruptly reversed its refusal to grant the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader entry.


label: 3 text: No Regrets, Says Departing NASA Boss (AP) AP - NASA's departing boss, Sean O'Keefe, said Friday he does not regret canceling the last shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope  #151; or anything else during his three years on the job.


label: 2 text: Man United defends agents #39; fees Manchester United yesterday revealed that it agreed payments to players #39; agents of 5.5m last year, equivalent to more than 9 of the club #39;s operating profit and almost 20 of its pre-tax profit.


label: 2 text: Congressional act shortens check  #39;float time #39; Congress recently passed the  quot;Checks for the 21st Century Act quot; - also known as  quot;Check 21 quot; - and it goes into effect today.


label: 0 text: Suicide strike kills 14 in Iraq : A suicide car bomber ploughed into a Shia mosque in Baghdad after dawn prayers today, killing 14 people and stoking fears that sectarian divisions over when to hold elections could unleash further bloodshed.


label: 3 text: But Sweetie, You Love Lima Beans Psychologists were studying false memories when they stumbled on a surprisingly easy target for manipulation: foods.


label: 1 text: USC #39;s Leinart wins Heisman The 70th Heisman Trophy went to quarterback Matt Leinart, and it went to illustrate the comprehensive heyday in progress in the Southern California football program.


label: 0 text: Belgian PM injured in traffic accident Brussels - Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt was in hospital on Tuesday after being involved in a traffic accident in which his vehicle overturned, Belga news agency reported.


label: 0 text: Cambodia #39;s King Sihanouk abdicates the throne TOKYO, October 7 (Itar-Tass) - King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia has abdicated the throne, his son Prince Norodom Ranariddh, leader of the royalist party FUNCINPEC and Chairman of the National Assembly, has announced, according to reports reaching here.


label: 3 text: IBM  #39;stirs up the field #39; with P5 servers In a move which industry watchers predict will  quot;stir up quot; the high-end computing market, IBM today introduced three servers based on its latest Power5 processor architecture: the eServer i5 595, p5 595 and p5 590.


label: 0 text: US revises its strategy on Sudan, seeks UN aid if peace deal signed UNITED NATIONS -- The Bush administration is pressing the United Nations to reward Sudan with a major package of international debt relief and reconstruction funds if the Islamic state signs a peace deal ending a brutal, 20-year civil war with the Christian-backed Sudan People's Liberation Army in southern Sudan by the end of the year.


label: 2 text: US demands quick result on Airbus subsidy dispute PARIS, Dec 7 (AFP) - The United States wants rapid progress in resolving a dispute with the European Union on public aid to rival aircraft makers Boeing and Airbus, and will call for World Trade Organisation mediation if US-EU talks do not produce results


label: 1 text: Red Sox Could Lose Schilling for Game Five (Reuters) Reuters - The Boston Red Sox could be without\starter Curt Schilling for the remainder of the American League\Championship Series against the New York Yankees after their\ace aggravated an ankle injury in a Game One loss.


label: 3 text: Google CEO Says Company Proud of Auction-Style IPO  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The chief executive of Google  Inc. said the Web search company was "proud" of its recent  auction-style initial public offering, but said he did not know  if it would change the way companies choose to go public in the  future.


label: 3 text: Microsoft releases seven  #39;critical #39; security patches Microsoft has issued ten new software security patches, seven of which are deemed so  #39;critical #39; that it is advising firms to download them immediately.


label: 0 text: Some of Leaders in United Iraqi Alliance (AP) AP - Some of the main leaders in the United Iraqi Alliance:


label: 1 text: Phillies 9, Marlins 8, 10 innings Jimmy Rollins homered in the 10th inning, helping Philadelphia complete a three-game sweep of Florida with a 9-8 victory Thursday night.


label: 3 text: Tuning up your Skills in the Web Search Garage Every now and then a book comes along that's a must-read for every serious searcher, and Tara Calishain's Web Search Garage falls squarely into that category.


label: 3 text: The chicken and the genome Scientists have analyzed the genetic makeup of chickens, and it is providing valuable information about how human genes work. Washington University Genome Sequencing Center led a group of international researchers


label: 2 text: Shell sells Dutch pipeline stake The Dutch government is taking control of its country #39;s gas transport network in a deal that analysts said will boost competition in the Netherlands and ease the way for the creation of a single European gas market.


label: 1 text: Raptors Rally From 20 Down to Beat Spurs (AP) AP - Lamond Murray scored all 13 of his points in the fourth quarter, helping the Toronto Raptors overcome a 20-point deficit in the second half to beat the San Antonio Spurs 96-91 Sunday.


label: 2 text: Spanish grab initiative in bidding war for Abbey Banco Santander is making an attempt to seize back the initiative in its 8.3bn takeover of Abbey National, speeding up its bid timetable while rival bidders continue to circle the UK bank.


label: 1 text: Glazer #39;s bid  #39;close to collapse #39; MALCOLM Glazers bid to takeover Manchester United was rumoured to be close to collapse following a dramatic fall in the club #39;s share prices.


label: 0 text: Truce fails to soothe Shi'ite fears BAGHDAD -- A week after reaching a truce with Moqtada al-Sadr's rebel militia, a move officials hailed as a breakthrough that would let them bolster security forces and restart reconstruction projects, the interim Iraqi government faces a deepening crisis of confidence among the country's Shi'ite Muslim majority.


label: 1 text: Ashado in Winning Breeders #39; Cup Start Ashado, ridden by John Velazquez, won the \$2 million Distaff Race at Lone Star Park Saturday, the first event on the \$14 million eight-race Breeders #39; Cup card.


label: 1 text: Jim Mora Jr., Tom O #39;Brien are top Washington candidates It looks like the Washington Huskies search for a new head football coach has picked up in the last several days. Reports from around the country have stated that Washington has met with or contacted former


label: 3 text: pSeries Dedicated Linux Servers Last Month saw IBM launch a range of very high performance, very cost effective Unix servers with the release of its latest pSeries machines.


label: 2 text: WTO okays sanctions against US GENEVA - The European Union (EU) and its allies got the go-ahead from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday to slap potentially heavy sanctions on US goods in response to the latter #39;s illegal anti-dumping rules.