From 3b3d7206c5987012074ce84c74b0f86ec801ede9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: frankwhzhang Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:03:54 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] tagspace (#1406) --- fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/README.md | 49 ++ fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/small_test.txt | 1000 ++++++++++++++++++++++ fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/small_train.txt | 1000 ++++++++++++++++++++++ fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/train.py | 145 ++++ fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/utils.py | 159 ++++ 5 files changed, 2353 insertions(+) create mode 100644 fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/README.md create mode 100644 fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/small_test.txt create mode 100644 fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/small_train.txt create mode 100644 fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/train.py create mode 100644 fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/utils.py diff --git a/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/README.md b/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..aa80cede --- /dev/null +++ b/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +# TagSpace + +以下是本例的简要目录结构及说明： + +```text +. +├── README.md # 文档 +├── train.py # 训练脚本 +├── utils # 通用函数 +├── small_train.txt # 小样本训练集 +└── small_test.txt # 小样本测试集 + +``` + + +## 简介 + +TagSpace模型的介绍可以参阅论文[#TagSpace: Semantic Embeddings from Hashtags](https://research.fb.com/publications/tagspace-semantic-embeddings-from-hashtags/)，在本例中，我们实现了TagSpace的模型。 +## 数据下载 + +[ag news dataset](https://github.com/mhjabreel/CharCNN/tree/master/data/ag_news_csv) + +数据格式如下 + +``` +"3","Wall St. Bears Claw Back Into the Black (Reuters)","Reuters - Short-sellers, Wall Street's dwindling\band of ultra-cynics, are seeing green again." +``` + + +## 训练 +'--use_cuda 1' 表示使用gpu, 缺省表示使用cpu + +GPU 环境 +运行命令 `CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 python train.py train_file test_file --use_cuda 1` 开始训练模型。 +``` +CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 python train.py small_train.txt small_test.txt --use_cuda 1 +``` +CPU 环境 +运行命令 `python train.py train_file test_file` 开始训练模型。 +``` +python train.py small_train.txt small_test.txt +``` + +##Future work +infer will be add + +Multiple types of pairwise loss will be added in this project. + + diff --git a/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/small_test.txt b/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/small_test.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c1afc673 --- /dev/null +++ b/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/small_test.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1000 @@ +"3","Fears for T N pension after talks","Unions representing workers at Turner Newall say they are 'disappointed' after talks with stricken parent firm Federal Mogul." +"4","The Race is On: Second Private Team Sets Launch Date for Human Spaceflight (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - TORONTO, Canada -- A second\team of rocketeers competing for the #36;10 million Ansari X Prize, a contest for\privately funded suborbital space flight, has officially announced the first\launch date for its manned rocket." +"4","Ky. Company Wins Grant to Study Peptides (AP)","AP - A company founded by a chemistry researcher at the University of Louisville won a grant to develop a method of producing better peptides, which are short chains of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins." +"4","Prediction Unit Helps Forecast Wildfires (AP)","AP - It's barely dawn when Mike Fitzpatrick starts his shift with a blur of colorful maps, figures and endless charts, but already he knows what the day will bring. Lightning will strike in places he expects. Winds will pick up, moist places will dry and flames will roar." +"4","Calif. Aims to Limit Farm-Related Smog (AP)","AP - Southern California's smog-fighting agency went after emissions of the bovine variety Friday, adopting the nation's first rules to reduce air pollution from dairy cow manure." +"4","Open Letter Against British Copyright Indoctrination in Schools","The British Department for Education and Skills (DfES) recently launched a ""Music Manifesto"" campaign, with the ostensible intention of educating the next generation of British musicians. Unfortunately, they also teamed up with the music industry (EMI, and various artists) to make this popular. EMI has apparently negotiated their end well, so that children in our schools will now be indoctrinated about the illegality of downloading music.The ignorance and audacity of this got to me a little, so I wrote an open letter to the DfES about it. Unfortunately, it's pedantic, as I suppose you have to be when writing to goverment representatives. But I hope you find it useful, and perhaps feel inspired to do something similar, if or when the same thing has happened in your area." +"4","Loosing the War on Terrorism","\\""Sven Jaschan, self-confessed author of the Netsky and Sasser viruses, is\responsible for 70 percent of virus infections in 2004, according to a six-month\virus roundup published Wednesday by antivirus company Sophos.""\\""The 18-year-old Jaschan was taken into custody in Germany in May by police who\said he had admitted programming both the Netsky and Sasser worms, something\experts at Microsoft confirmed. (A Microsoft antivirus reward program led to the\teenager's arrest.) During the five months preceding Jaschan's capture, there\were at least 25 variants of Netsky and one of the port-scanning network worm\Sasser.""\\""Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said it was staggeri ...\\" +"4","FOAFKey: FOAF, PGP, Key Distribution, and Bloom Filters","\\FOAF/LOAF and bloom filters have a lot of interesting properties for social\network and whitelist distribution.\\I think we can go one level higher though and include GPG/OpenPGP key\fingerpring distribution in the FOAF file for simple web-of-trust based key\distribution.\\What if we used FOAF and included the PGP key fingerprint(s) for identities?\This could mean a lot. You include the PGP key fingerprints within the FOAF\file of your direct friends and then include a bloom filter of the PGP key\fingerprints of your entire whitelist (the source FOAF file would of course need\to be encrypted ).\\Your whitelist would be populated from the social network as your client\discovered new identit ...\\" +"4","E-mail scam targets police chief","Wiltshire Police warns about ""phishing"" after its fraud squad chief was targeted." +"4","Card fraud unit nets 36,000 cards","In its first two years, the UK's dedicated card fraud unit, has recovered 36,000 stolen cards and 171 arrests - and estimates it saved 65m." +"4","Group to Propose New High-Speed Wireless Format"," LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group of technology companies including Texas Instruments Inc. <TXN.N>, STMicroelectronics <STM.PA> and Broadcom Corp. <BRCM.O>, on Thursday said they will propose a new wireless networking standard up to 10 times the speed of the current generation." +"4","Apple Launches Graphics Software, Video Bundle"," LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc.<AAPL.O> on Tuesday began shipping a new program designed to let users create real-time motion graphics and unveiled a discount video-editing software bundle featuring its flagship Final Cut Pro software." +"4","Dutch Retailer Beats Apple to Local Download Market"," AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Free Record Shop, a Dutch music retail chain, beat Apple Computer Inc. to market on Tuesday with the launch of a new download service in Europe's latest battleground for digital song services." +"4","Super ant colony hits Australia","A giant 100km colony of ants which has been discovered in Melbourne, Australia, could threaten local insect species." +"4","Socialites unite dolphin groups","Dolphin groups, or ""pods"", rely on socialites to keep them from collapsing, scientists claim." +"4","Teenage T. rex's monster growth","Tyrannosaurus rex achieved its massive size due to an enormous growth spurt during its adolescent years." +"4","Scientists Discover Ganymede has a Lumpy Interior","Jet Propulsion Lab -- Scientists have discovered irregular lumps beneath the icy surface of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede. These irregular masses may be rock formations, supported by Ganymede's icy shell for billions of years..." +"4","Mars Rovers Relay Images Through Mars Express","European Space Agency -- ESAs Mars Express has relayed pictures from one of NASA's Mars rovers for the first time, as part of a set of interplanetary networking demonstrations. The demonstrations pave the way for future Mars missions to draw on joint interplanetary networking capabilities..." +"4","Rocking the Cradle of Life","When did life begin? One evidential clue stems from the fossil records in Western Australia, although whether these layered sediments are biological or chemical has spawned a spirited debate. Oxford researcher, Nicola McLoughlin, describes some of the issues in contention." +"4","Storage, servers bruise HP earnings","update Earnings per share rise compared with a year ago, but company misses analysts' expectations by a long shot." +"4","IBM to hire even more new workers","By the end of the year, the computing giant plans to have its biggest headcount since 1991." +"4","Sun's Looking Glass Provides 3D View","Developers get early code for new operating system 'skin' still being crafted." +"4","IBM Chips May Someday Heal Themselves","New technology applies electrical fuses to help identify and repair faults." +"4","Some People Not Eligible to Get in on Google IPO","Google has billed its IPO as a way for everyday people to get in on the process, denying Wall Street the usual stranglehold it's had on IPOs. Public bidding, a minimum of just five shares, an open process with 28 underwriters - all this pointed to a new level of public participation. But this isn't the case." +"4","Rivals Try to Turn Tables on Charles Schwab","By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- With its low prices and iconoclastic attitude, discount stock broker Charles Schwab Corp. (SCH) represented an annoying stone in Wall Street's wing-tipped shoes for decades..." +"4","News: Sluggish movement on power grid cyber security","Industry cyber security standards fail to reach some of the most vulnerable components of the power grid.\" +"2","Giddy Phelps Touches Gold for First Time","Michael Phelps won the gold medal in the 400 individual medley and set a world record in a time of 4 minutes 8.26 seconds." +"2","Tougher rules won't soften Law's game","FOXBOROUGH -- Looking at his ridiculously developed upper body, with huge biceps and hardly an ounce of fat, it's easy to see why Ty Law, arguably the best cornerback in football, chooses physical play over finesse. That's not to imply that he's lacking a finesse component, because he can shut down his side of the field much as Deion Sanders ..." +"2","Shoppach doesn't appear ready to hit the next level","With the weeks dwindling until Jason Varitek enters free agency, the Red Sox continue to carefully monitor Kelly Shoppach , their catcher of the future, in his climb toward the majors. The Sox like most of what they have seen at Triple A Pawtucket from Shoppach, though it remains highly uncertain whether he can make the adjustments at the plate ..." +"2","Mighty Ortiz makes sure Sox can rest easy","Just imagine what David Ortiz could do on a good night's rest. Ortiz spent the night before last with his baby boy, D'Angelo, who is barely 1 month old. He had planned on attending the Red Sox' Family Day at Fenway Park yesterday morning, but he had to sleep in. After all, Ortiz had a son at home, and he ..." +"2","They've caught his eye","In quot;helping themselves, quot; Ricky Bryant, Chas Gessner, Michael Jennings, and David Patten did nothing Friday night to make Bill Belichick's decision on what to do with his receivers any easier." +"2","Indians Mount Charge","The Cleveland Indians pulled within one game of the AL Central lead by beating the Minnesota Twins, 7-1, Saturday night with home runs by Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez." +"1","Sister of man who died in Vancouver police custody slams chief (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - VANCOUVER (CP) - The sister of a man who died after a violent confrontation with police has demanded the city's chief constable resign for defending the officer involved." +"1","Man Sought #36;50M From McGreevey, Aides Say (AP)","AP - The man who claims Gov. James E. McGreevey sexually harassed him was pushing for a cash settlement of up to #36;50 million before the governor decided to announce that he was gay and had an extramarital affair, sources told The Associated Press." +"1","Explosions Echo Throughout Najaf","NAJAF, Iraq - Explosions and gunfire rattled through the city of Najaf as U.S. troops in armored vehicles and tanks rolled back into the streets here Sunday, a day after the collapse of talks - and with them a temporary cease-fire - intended to end the fighting in this holy city..." +"1","Frail Pope Celebrates Mass at Lourdes","LOURDES, France - A frail Pope John Paul II, breathing heavily and gasping at times, celebrated an open-air Mass on Sunday for several hundred thousand pilgrims, many in wheelchairs, at a shrine to the Virgin Mary that is associated with miraculous cures. At one point he said ""help me"" in Polish while struggling through his homily in French..." +"1","Venezuela Prepares for Chavez Recall Vote","Supporters and rivals warn of possible fraud; government says Chavez's defeat could produce turmoil in world oil market." +"1","1994 Law Designed to Preserve Guard Jobs (AP)","AP - A 1994 law strengthened job protections for National Guard and Reserve troops called to active duty. Here are major provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)." +"1","Iran Warns Its Missiles Can Hit Anywhere in Israel"," TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian military official said Sunday Israel and the United States would not dare attack Iran since it could strike back anywhere in Israel with its latest missiles, news agencies reported." +"1","Afghan Army Dispatched to Calm Violence","KABUL, Afghanistan - Government troops intervened in Afghanistan's latest outbreak of deadly fighting between warlords, flying from the capital to the far west on U.S. and NATO airplanes to retake an air base contested in the violence, officials said Sunday..." +"2","Johnson Helps D-Backs End Nine-Game Slide (AP)","AP - Randy Johnson took a four-hitter into the ninth inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks end a nine-game losing streak Sunday, beating Steve Trachsel and the New York Mets 2-0." +"3","Retailers Vie for Back-To-School Buyers (Reuters)","Reuters - Apparel retailers are hoping their\back-to-school fashions will make the grade among\style-conscious teens and young adults this fall, but it could\be a tough sell, with students and parents keeping a tighter\hold on their wallets." +"1","Politics an Afterthought Amid Hurricane (AP)","AP - If Hurricane Charley had struck three years ago, President Bush's tour through the wreckage of this coastal city would have been just the sort of post-disaster visit that other presidents have made to the scenes of storms, earthquakes, floods and fires." +"4","Spam suspension hits Sohu.com shares (FT.com)","FT.com - Shares in Sohu.com, a leading US-listed Chinese internet portal, fell more than 10 per cent on Friday after China's biggest mobile phone network operator imposed a one-year suspension on its multimedia messaging services because of customers being sent spam." +"2","Erstad's Double Lifts Angels to Win (AP)","AP - Darin Erstad doubled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, lifting the Anaheim Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. The win pulled Anaheim within a percentage point of Boston and Texas in the AL wild-card race." +"2","Drew Out of Braves' Lineup After Injury (AP)","AP - Outfielder J.D. Drew missed the Atlanta Braves' game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night with a sore right quadriceps." +"1","Venezuelans Flood Polls, Voting Extended"," CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelans voted in huge numbers on Sunday in a historic referendum on whether to recall left-wing President Hugo Chavez and electoral authorities prolonged voting well into the night." +"4","Dell Exits Low-End China Consumer PC Market"," HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dell Inc. <DELL.O>, the world's largest PC maker, said on Monday it has left the low-end consumer PC market in China and cut its overall growth target for the country this year due to stiff competition in the segment." +"1","China Says Taiwan Spy Also Operated in U.S. - Media"," BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing on Monday accused a Chinese-American arrested for spying for Taiwan of building an espionage network in the United States, and said he could go on trial very soon." +"2","Another Major Non-Factor","Another major, another disappointment for Tiger Woods, the No. 1 ranked player in the world who has not won a major championship since his triumph at the 2002 U.S. Open." +"1","US fighter squadron to be deployed in South Korea next month (AFP)","AFP - A squadron of US Air Force F-15E fighters based in Alaska will fly to South Korea next month for temporary deployment aimed at enhancing US firepower on the Korean peninsula, US authorities said." +"2","Johnson Back to His Best as D-Backs End Streak"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Randy Johnson struck out 14 batters in 8 1/3 innings to help the Arizona Diamondbacks end a nine-game losing streak with a 2-0 win over the host New York Mets in the National League Sunday." +"1","Restive Maldives eases curfew after rounding up dissidents (AFP)","AFP - A curfew in the capital of the Maldives was eased but parliament sessions were put off indefinitely and emergency rule continued following last week's riots, officials and residents said." +"4","Vodafone hires Citi for Cesky bid (TheDeal.com)","TheDeal.com - The U.K. mobile giant wants to find a way to disentagle the Czech wireless and fixed-line businesses." +"3","Dollar Briefly Hits 4-Wk Low Vs Euro"," LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar dipped to a four-week low against the euro on Monday before rising slightly on profit-taking, but steep oil prices and weak U.S. data continued to fan worries about the health of the world's largest economy." +"4","Promoting a Shared Vision","As Michael Kaleko kept running into people who were getting older and having more vision problems, he realized he could do something about it." +"1","India's Tata expands regional footprint via NatSteel buyout (AFP)","AFP - India's Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd. took a strategic step to expand its Asian footprint with the announcement it will buy the Asia-Pacific steel operations of Singapore's NatSteel Ltd." +"1","Delegates Urge Cleric to Pull Out of Najaf","BAGHDAD, Iraq - Delegates at Iraq's National Conference called on radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to abandon his uprising against U.S. and Iraqi troops and pull his fighters out of a holy shrine in Najaf..." +"3","Treasuries Slip as Stocks Rally"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices slipped on Monday, though traders characterized the move as profit-taking rather than any fundamental change in sentiment." +"3","Dollar Rises Vs Euro on Asset Flows Data"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar extended gains against the euro on Monday after a report on flows into U.S. assets showed enough of a rise in foreign investments to offset the current account gap for the month." +"2","Sutton Adds Haas, Cink to Ryder Cup Team"," MILWAUKEE (Sports Network) - U.S. Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton finalized his team on Monday when he announced the selections of Jay Haas and Stewart Cink as his captain's picks." +"2","Haas and Cink Selected for Ryder Cup Team","Jay Haas joined Stewart Cink as the two captain's picks for a U.S. team that will try to regain the cup from Europe next month." +"2","Natalie Coughlin Wins 100M Backstroke (AP)","AP - American Natalie Coughlin won Olympic gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night. Coughlin, the only woman ever to swim under 1 minute in the event, finished first in 1 minute, 0.37 seconds. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who swims at Auburn University in Alabama, earned the silver in 1:00.50. Laure Manaudou of France took bronze in 1:00.88." +"4","Oracle Overhauls Sales-Side Apps for CRM Suite (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) has revamped its sales-side CRM applications in version 11i.10 of its sales, marketing, partner relationship management and e-commerce application." +"1","UN launches 210-million-dollar appeal for flood-hit Bangladesh (AFP)","AFP - The United Nations launched an appeal here for 210 million dollars to help flood victims facing ""grave"" food shortages after two-thirds of Bangladesh was submerged, destroying crops and killing more than 700 people." +"4","Indian state rolls out wireless broadband","Government in South Indian state of Kerala sets up wireless kiosks as part of initiative to bridge digital divide." +"1","Hurricane Survivors Wait for Water, Gas","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Urban rescue teams, insurance adjusters and National Guard troops scattered across Florida Monday to help victims of Hurricane Charley and deliver water and other supplies to thousands of people left homeless..." +"1","Jackson Squares Off With Prosecutor","SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Fans of Michael Jackson erupted in cheers Monday as the pop star emerged from a double-decker tour bus and went into court for a showdown with the prosecutor who has pursued him for years on child molestation charges..." +"2","Bobcats Trade Drobnjak to Hawks for Pick (AP)","AP - The Charlotte Bobcats traded center Predrag Drobnjak to the Atlanta Hawks on Monday for a second round pick in the 2005 NBA draft." +"1","Suspect charged in abduction, sexual assault of 11-year-old girl (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - LANGLEY, B.C. (CP) - Police have arrested a man in the kidnapping and sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl that frightened this suburban Vancouver community last week." +"4","China's Red Flag Linux to focus on enterprise","Red Flag Software Co., the company behind China's leading Linux client distribution, plans to focus more on its server operating system and enterprise customers, the company's acting president said." +"4","AOL Properties Sign Girafa For Thumbnail Search Images","AOL Properties Sign Girafa For Thumbnail Search Images\\Girafa.com Inc. announced today that the CompuServe, Netscape, AIM and ICQ properties of America Online, Inc., have signed an agreement with Girafa to use Girafa's thumbnail search images as an integrated part of their search results.\\Using Girafa's thumbnail search service, search users can ..." +"4","Cassini Spies Two Little Saturn Moons (AP)","AP - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spied two new little moons around satellite-rich Saturn, the space agency said Monday." +"1","On front line of AIDS in Russia","An industrial city northwest of Moscow struggles as AIDS hits a broader population." +"4","Nobel Laureate Decries Stem Cell Limits (AP)","AP - A Nobel laureate in medicine said Monday the Bush administration's limits on funding for embryonic stem cell research effectively have stopped the clock on American scientists' efforts to develop treatments for a host of chronic, debilitating diseases." +"2","Jury Can Hear of Kobe Accuser's Sex Life (AP)","AP - Prosecutors suffered another setback Monday in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case, losing a last-ditch attempt to keep the NBA star's lawyers from telling jurors about the alleged victim's sex life." +"1","North Korea Talks Still On, China Tells Downer (Reuters)","Reuters - China has said no date has been set for\working-level talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis and gave\no indication that the meeting has been canceled, Australian\Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said on Tuesday." +"2","Griffin to Anchor D-Line","The Redskins expect huge things from 300-pound Cornelius Griffin, who was signed to aid the team's weakest unit - the defensive line." +"1","Last American defector in North Korea agrees to tell story (AFP)","AFP - The last surviving American defector to communist North Korea wants to tell his story to put a human face on the Stalinist state which he believes is unfairly vilified abroad, British film-makers said." +"1","Live: Olympics day four","Richard Faulds and Stephen Parry are going for gold for Great Britain on day four in Athens." +"1","Kerry Widens Lead in California, Poll Finds (Reuters)","Reuters - Democratic challenger John Kerry\has a commanding lead over President Bush in California of 54\percent to 38 percent among likely voters, a poll released on\Tuesday found." +"2","Capacity Crowds at Beach Volleyball Rock the Joint"," ATHENS (Reuters) - At the beach volleyball, the 2004 Olympics is a sell-out, foot-stomping success." +"3","Dollar Near Recent Lows, Awaits ZEW/CPI"," LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar held steady near this week's four-week low against the euro on Tuesday with investors awaiting a German investor confidence survey and U.S. consumer inflation numbers to shed light on the direction." +"3","Intel to delay product aimed for high-definition TVs","SAN FRANCISCO -- In the latest of a series of product delays, Intel Corp. has postponed the launch of a video display chip it had previously planned to introduce by year end, putting off a showdown with Texas Instruments Inc. in the fast-growing market for high-definition television displays." +"1","Venezuela vote keeps Chavez as president","CARACAS -- Venezuelans voted resoundingly to keep firebrand populist Hugo Chavez as their president in a victory that drew noisy reactions yesterday from both sides in the streets. International observers certified the results as clean and accurate." +"1","Jailing of HK democrat in China 'politically motivated' (AFP)","AFP - Hong Kong democrats accused China of jailing one of their members on trumped-up prostitution charges in a bid to disgrace a political movement Beijing has been feuding with for seven years." +"3","Kmart Swings to Profit in 2Q; Stock Surges (AP)","AP - Shares of Kmart Holding Corp. surged 17 percent Monday after the discount retailer reported a profit for the second quarter and said chairman and majority owner Edward Lampert is now free to invest the company's #36;2.6 billion in surplus cash." +"1","Fischer's Fiancee: Marriage Plans Genuine (AP)","AP - Former chess champion Bobby Fischer's announcement thathe is engaged to a Japanese woman could win him sympathy among Japanese officials and help him avoid deportation to the United States, his fiancee and one of his supporters said Tuesday." +"1","U.S. Misses Cut in Olympic 100 Free","ATHENS, Greece - Top American sprinters Jason Lezak and Ian Crocker missed the cut in the Olympic 100-meter freestyle preliminaries Tuesday, a stunning blow for a country that had always done well in the event. Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands and Australian Ian Thorpe advanced to the evening semifinal a day after dueling teenager Michael Phelps in the 200 freestyle, won by Thorpe..." +"4","Consumers Would Pay In Phone Proposal","A proposal backed by a coalition of telephone carriers would cut billions of dollars in fees owed by long-distance companies to regional phone giants but would allow the regional companies to make up some of the difference by raising monthly phone bills for millions of consumers. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>" +"1","U.S. Brokers Cease-fire in Western Afghanistan"," KABUL (Reuters) - The United States has brokered a cease-fire between a renegade Afghan militia leader and the embattled governor of the western province of Herat, Washington's envoy to Kabul said Tuesday." +"3","Sneaky Credit Card Tactics","Keep an eye on your credit card issuers -- they may be about to raise your rates." +"4","Intel Delays Launch of Projection TV Chip","In another product postponement, semiconductor giant Intel Corp. said it won't be offering a chip for projection TVs by the end of 2004 as it had announced earlier this year." +"3","Fund pessimism grows","NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Money managers are growing more pessimistic about the economy, corporate profits and US stock market returns, according to a monthly survey by Merrill Lynch released Tuesday. " +"2","Kederis proclaims innocence","Olympic champion Kostas Kederis today left hospital ahead of his date with IOC inquisitors claiming his innocence and vowing: quot;After the crucifixion comes the resurrection. quot; ..." +"2","Eriksson doesn #39;t feel any extra pressure following scandal","NEWCASTLE, England (AP) - England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said Tuesday he isn #39;t under any extra pressure in the aftermath of a scandal that damaged the Football Association #39;s reputation. " +"2","Injured Heskey to miss England friendly","NEWCASTLE, England (AP) - Striker Emile Heskey has pulled out of the England squad ahead of Wednesday #39;s friendly against Ukraine because of a tight hamstring, the Football Association said Tuesday. " +"3","Staples Profit Up, to Enter China Market"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Staples Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SPLS.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">SPLS.O</A>, the top U.S. office products retailer, on Tuesday reported a 39 percent jump in quarterly profit, raised its full-year forecast and said it plans to enter the fast-growing Chinese market, sending its shares higher." +"1","Delegation Is Delayed Before Reaching Najaf","AGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 17 A delegation of Iraqis was delayed for security reasons today but still intended to visit Najaf to try to convince a rebellious Shiite cleric and his militia to evacuate a shrine in the holy city and end ..." +"3","Consumer Prices Down, Industry Output Up"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices dropped in July for the first time in eight months as a sharp run up in energy costs reversed, the government said in a report that suggested a slow rate of interest rate hikes is likely." +"2","Olympic history for India, UAE","An Indian army major shot his way to his country #39;s first ever individual Olympic silver medal on Tuesday, while in the same event an member of Dubai #39;s ruling family became the first ever medallist from the United Arab Emirates. " +"3","Home Depot Likes High Oil","Rising fuel prices, a bugbear for most of the retail sector, are helping Home Depot (HD:NYSE - news - research), the remodeling giant that reported a surge in second-quarter earnings Tuesday and guided the rest of the year higher. " +"4","China cracks down on quot;phone sex quot; services","BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- China is carrying out a nationwide campaign to crack down on quot;phone sex quot; services, paralleling another sweeping operation against Internet pornography, Minister of Information Industry Wang Xudong said here Tuesday. " +"3","Surviving Biotech's Downturns","Charly Travers offers advice on withstanding the volatility of the biotech sector." +"1","Mr Downer shoots his mouth off","Just what Alexander Downer was thinking when he declared on radio last Friday that quot;they could fire a missile from North Korea to Sydney quot; is unclear. The provocative remark, just days before his arrival yesterday on his second visit to the North Korean ..." +"2","Edwards Banned from Games - Source"," ATHENS (Reuters) - World 100 meters champion Torri Edwards will miss the Athens Olympics after her appeal against a two-year drugs ban was dismissed on Tuesday, a source told Reuters." +"1","Stocks Climb on Drop in Consumer Prices","NEW YORK - Stocks rose for a second straight session Tuesday as a drop in consumer prices allowed investors to put aside worries about inflation, at least for the short term. With gasoline prices falling to eight-month lows, the Consumer Price Index registered a small drop in July, giving consumers a respite from soaring energy prices..." +"2","Iliadis, Tanimoto win judo golds","Ilias Iliadis of Greece thrilled the home crowd Tuesday, beating Roman Gontyuk of Ukraine to win the gold medal in the 81-kilogram class. " +"1","Sudan vows to restore order to Darfur but calls for African peacekeepers (AFP)","AFP - Sudan will take the lead in restoring order to its rebellious Darfur region but needs the support of African peacekeepers and humanitarian aid, Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said." +"4","TGn Sync Proposes New WLAN Standard","The battle over home entertainment networking is heating up as a coalition proposes yet another standard for the IEEE #39;s consideration. " +"3","Yahoo! Ups Ante for Small Businesses","Web giant Yahoo! is gambling that price cuts on its domain name registration and Web hosting products will make it more competitive with discounters in the space -- which means that small businesses looking to move online get a sweeter deal through ..." +"4","IBM Buys Two Danish Services Firms","IBM said Tuesday it has acquired a pair of Danish IT services firms as part of its effort to broaden its presence in Scandinavia. As a result of the moves, IBM will add about 3,700 IT staffers to its global head count. Financial terms of ..." +"4","Motorola and HP in Linux tie-up","Motorola plans to sell mobile phone network equipment that uses Linux-based code, a step forward in network gear makers #39; efforts to rally around a standard. " +"4","Microsoft Pushes Off SP2 Release","Microsoft will delay the release of its SP2 update for another week to fix software glitches. But not everyone is quite so eager to install the SP2 update for Windows XP. In fact, many companies have demanded the ability to prevent their ..." +"4","Cassini Space Probe Spots Two New Saturn Moons (Reuters)","Reuters - Two new moons were spotted around\Saturn by the Cassini space probe, raising the total to 33\moons for the ringed planet, NASA said on Monday." +"2","Buckeyes have lots to replace but are brimming with optimism","There are remarkable similarities between the 2004 Ohio State Buckeyes and those that won the national championship just two years ago. " +"4","IBM adds midrange server to eServer lineup","The new IBM Power5 eServer i5 550 also features higher performance and new virtualization capabilities that allow it to run multiple operating systems at once on separate partitions." +"4","iPod Comparison","Newsday #146;s Stephen Williams reports on seeing Sony #146;s NW-HD1 audio player in a store: #147; #145;How #146;s it compare to the iPod? #146; I asked a salesman. #145;Battery life is a lot longer, up to 30 hours, #146; he said. #145;The LCD readout is kind of dim, #146; I said. #146;Battery life is a lot longer, #146; he said. #145;I understand it can #146;t play MP3 files, #146; I said. #145;Battery life is a lot longer, #146; he said. #148; Aug 17" +"3","Mills Grabs \$1B Portfolio; Taubman Likely to Lose Contracts","Mills Corp. agreed to purchase a 50 percent interest in nine malls owned by General Motors Asset Management Corp. for just over \$1 billion, creating a new joint venture between the groups. The deal will extend ..." +"2","Women stumble to silver","ATHENS -- The mistakes were so minor. Carly Patterson #39;s foot scraping the lower of the uneven bars. Courtney Kupets #39; tumbling pass that ended here instead of there. Mohini Bhardwaj #39;s slight stumble on the beam. " +"1","Oil prices bubble to record high","The price of oil has continued its sharp rise overnight, closing at a record high. The main contract in New York, light sweet crude for delivery next month, has closed at a record \$US46.75 a barrel - up 70 cents on yesterday #39;s close. " +"2","Notable quotes Tuesday at the Athens Olympics"," quot;It hurt like hell. I could see (Thorpe) coming up. But when I was breathing, I saw my team going crazy -- and that really kept me going. quot; ..." +"4","AMD Ships Notebook Chips","It wasn #39;t the first to go small, and it won #39;t be the biggest producer, but AMD #39;s (Quote, Chart) 64-bit 90-nanometer (nm) chips are expected to make waves in the semiconductor pool. " +"1","UK charges 8 in terror plot linked to alert in US","LONDON, AUGUST 17: Britain charged eight terror suspects on Tuesday with conspiracy to commit murder and said one had plans that could be used in striking US buildings that were the focus of security scares this month. " +"4","IBM Seeks To Have SCO Claims Dismissed (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) has -- again -- sought to have the pending legal claims by The SCO Group dismissed. According to a motion it filed in a U.S. district court, IBM argues that SCO has no evidence to support its claims that it appropriated confidential source code from Unix System V and placed it in Linux." +"3","SUVs: Live And Let Die","NEW YORK - The newly released traffic crash fatality data have something for everyone in the debate about the safety of sport utility vehicles. " +"2","Security scare as intruder dives in","A CANADIAN husband #39;s love for his wife has led to a tightening of security at all Olympic venues in Athens. " +"2","Team USA barely wins, but struggles not all players #39; fault","Now that everybody in and around USA Basketball has breathed a huge sigh of relief, let #39;s not get carried away. " +"2","UPI NewsTrack Sports","-- The United States men #39;s basketball team capped off a big day for the USA by fighting off Greece for a vital win, 77-71. quot;They played with heart, quot; said Coach Larry Brown. quot;That #39;s all you can ask. quot; ..." +"1","Peace delegation leaves Najaf empty-handed as fighting continues","BAGHDAD, Iraq - A national political conference #39;s bid to end the fighting in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Najaf appeared to have failed Tuesday. " +"1","Georgian president calls for international conference on South Ossetia","TBILISI, Georgia Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili appealed to world leaders Tuesday to convene an international conference on the conflict in breakaway South Ossetia, where daily exchanges of gunfire threaten to spark ..." +"1","Shelling, shooting resumes in breakaway Georgian region (AFP)","AFP - Georgian and South Ossetian forces overnight accused each other of trying to storm the other side's positions in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, as four Georgian soldiers were reported to be wounded." +"2","Youkilis, McCarty placed on 15-day disabled list","BOSTON -- It was another busy day on the medical front for the Red Sox, as a series of roster moves were announced prior to Tuesday night #39;s game against the Blue Jays. " +"1","Kerry-Kerrey Confusion Trips Up Campaign (AP)","AP - John Kerry, Bob Kerrey. It's easy to get confused." +"2","Former Florida Swimming Coach Dies at 83 (AP)","AP - William H. Harlan, the retired University of Florida swimming coach who led the Gators to eight conference titles, died Tuesday, school officials said. He was 83." +"2","US Men Have Right Touch in Relay Duel Against Australia","THENS, Aug. 17 - So Michael Phelps is not going to match the seven gold medals won by Mark Spitz. And it is too early to tell if he will match Aleksandr Dityatin, the Soviet gymnast who won eight total medals in 1980. But those were not the ..." +"1","Schrder adopts Russian orphan","Three-year-old Victoria, from St Petersburg, has been living at the Schrders #39; family home in Hanover in northern Germany for several weeks. " +"2","Cabrera Leads Red Sox Past Blue Jays 5-4 (AP)","AP - Orlando Cabrera hit a run-scoring double off the Green Monster in the ninth inning on reliever Justin Speier's second pitch of the game, giving the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night." +"2","United Arab Emirates trap shooter secures nation #39;s first Olympic gold","Sheik Ahmed bin Hashr Al-Maktoum earned the first-ever Olympic medal for the United Arab Emirates when he took home the gold medal in men #39;s double trap shooting on Tuesday in Athens. " +"1","Sharon orders 1,000 homes in West Bank","Israel announced plans for 1,000 houses in the West Bank yesterday, accelerating the expansion of the settlements. " +"2","So. Cal Player Investigated in Sex Assault (AP)","AP - At least one member of the top-ranked Southern California football team is under investigation for sexual assault, the Los Angeles Police Department said Tuesday." +"1","Bush Promotes His Plan for Missile Defense System","President Bush, in Pennsylvania, said that opponents of a missile defense system were putting the nation's security at risk." +"2","China Sighs in Relief as Yao Scores High","BEIJING (Reuters) - China breathed a measured sigh of relief after the skills of its basketball giant Yao Ming dwarfed New Zealand to sweep his team nearer to their goal of reaching the Athens Olympics semi-finals. " +"1","Israelis OK new homes in West Bank","A leaked Israeli plan to build 1,000 new Jewish settler homes in the West Bank yesterday sent Bush administration officials scrambling for a response in the sensitive period before November #39;s presidential election. " +"1","Britain accuses 8 of terror plot","LONDON - British police charged eight terrorist suspects yesterday with conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause quot;fear or injury. quot; ..." +"1","Israel kills 5 in strike at Hamas activist","Islamic group #39;s armed wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades. Doctors said he suffered leg wounds. " +"2","Zambrano Out Early; So Are Mets","ENVER, Aug. 17 - Victor Zambrano came to the Mets with radical movement on his pitches, fixable flaws in his delivery and a curious sore spot lingering around his right elbow. " +"3","Dollar Stuck, CPI Offers Little Direction"," TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar moved in tight ranges on Wednesday as most investors shrugged off lower-than-expected U.S. inflation data and stuck to the view the U.S. Federal Reserve would continue raising rates." +"2","St. Louis Cardinals News","Right-hander Matt Morris threw seven solid innings, but the Cardinals needed a bases-loaded walk to second baseman Tony Womack and a grand slam from new right fielder Larry Walker to key a six-run eighth inning for a ..." +"2","Greek sprinters arrive at IOC hearing","ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have arrived at an Athens hotel for an International Olympic Committee (IOC) hearing into their missed doped tests, a saga that has shamed and angered the Olympic host ..." +"2","Flop in the ninth inning sinks Jays","BOSTON -- The Toronto Blue Jays have had worse hitting games this season against lesser pitchers than Pedro Martinez. " +"1","Fresh Fighting Shatters Short-Lived Ceasefire Deal","Renewed clashes in South Ossetia, which resulted in death of two Georgian soldiers, erupted late on August 17, several hours after the South Ossetian and Georgian officials agreed on ceasefire. As a result Tbilisi has already announced that it will not ..." +"2","Hamm hopes to get on a roll","Paul Hamm takes another shot at history tonight, when he'll try to become the first American to win the Olympic men's all-around in gymnastics." +"1","Karzai Promises Afghans Security for Election (Reuters)","Reuters - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai\promised Afghans greater security when they go to vote in the\country's first ever democratic election during an independence\day speech on Wednesday." +"1","Google Lowers Its IPO Price Range","SAN JOSE, Calif. - In a sign that Google Inc.'s initial public offering isn't as popular as expected, the company lowered its estimated price range to between \$85 and \$95 per share, down from the earlier prediction of \$108 and \$135 per share..." +"1","Future Doctors, Crossing Borders","Students at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine learn that diet and culture shape health in East Harlem." +"3","Oil Sets New Record \$47 on Iraq Threat"," LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices surged to a new high of \$47 a barrel on Wednesday after a new threat by rebel militia against Iraqi oil facilities and as the United States said inflation had stayed in check despite rising energy costs." +"2","Greek sprinters quit to end Games scandal","ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece #39;s two top athletes have pulled out of the Athens Olympics and apologised to the Greek people for a scandal over missed dope tests that has tarnished the Games #39; return to their birthplace. " +"2","Phelps Eyes Fourth Gold"," ATHENS (Reuters) - A weary Michael Phelps targeted his fourth Olympic gold medal in Athens, turning his attention on Wednesday to the 200 meters individual medley and settling for the second-fastest overall time in the heats." +"1","Israel Kills 5 in Attempt to Assassinate Hamas Man"," GAZA (Reuters) - A senior Hamas leader survived an Israeli assassination attempt in the Gaza Strip Wednesday but at least five other Palestinians were killed in the explosion that tore through his home." +"2","Giants win 6th straight, but Schmidt is injured","SAN FRANCISCO -- With the first doubleheader at SBC Park set to go off, today already stood to be a long workday for the Giants. It will come on the heels of an even longer night. " +"3","SEC may put end to quid pro quo (USATODAY.com)","USATODAY.com - The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to vote Wednesday to prohibit mutual fund companies from funneling stock trades to brokerage firms that agree to promote their funds to investors." +"4","Real targets iPod with download price cut","RealNetworks has kicked off what it claims is the biggest online music sale in history. For a limited time, every song in the firm #39;s RealPlayer Music Store can be downloaded for 49 cents, with most albums available for \$4.99. " +"1","Philippine Rebels Free Troops, Talks in Doubt"," PRESENTACION, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippine communist rebels freed Wednesday two soldiers they had held as ""prisoners of war"" for more than five months, saying they wanted to rebuild confidence in peace talks with the government." +"1","British Terror Suspects Make First Court Appearance"," LONDON (Reuters) - British terror suspects charged in a plot linked to security alerts at financial targets in New York, New Jersey and Washington made their first court appearance Wednesday inside a high security prison." +"3","UPDATE: China Mobile 1H Net Up 7.8 On Subscriber Growth","HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. (CHL), the listed unit of China #39;s biggest cellular phone operator, posted Wednesday a 7.8 rise in first-half net profit on a 23 increase in its subscriber base. " +"3","Monsanto Says Justice Dept Closes Inquiry"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Monsanto Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MON.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">MON.N</A> on Wednesday said the U.S. Justice Department has closed an inquiry into potential antitrust issues regarding a key ingredient used in its Roundup herbicide." +"3","Cox Communications forms committee to advise on buyout","Cox Communications Inc. #39;s board of directors has formed a special committee of independent directors to consider Cox Enterprises Inc. #39;s proposal to take the company private in a \$8 billion stock buyout. " +"2","Afghan women make brief Olympic debut","Afghan women made a short-lived debut in the Olympic Games on Wednesday as 18-year-old judo wildcard Friba Razayee was defeated after 45 seconds of her first match in the under-70kg middleweight. " +"1","North Korea peace efforts in peril","THE international effort to end the North Korean nuclear crisis appears at risk of unravelling, despite Foreign Minister Alexander Downer #39;s high-profile mission to the secretive Stalinist state. " +"4","10 features for a perfect browser"," There are some great browsers out there. But they all seem to have some slight niggles, different for each, that make it hard for me to kick back and enjoy them. While there are some projects out there to make browsers more useful for some specialised purposes or by bolting on handy extensions, wouldn't it be great if these people could come up with a standardised set of nice features like these? A lot of browsers may support one or two, but I'll bet none have them all. " +"4","Cops Test Handheld Fingerprint Reader","Several Minnesota police departments are field testing a handheld device that scans a suspect's fingerprint and digitally checks it against Minnesota's criminal history and fingerprint database." +"3","Ross Stores Profit Plummets 40 Percent (AP)","AP - Discount retailer Ross Stores Inc. Wednesday said its profit fell about 40 percent in the latest quarter due to problems with a new computer system that limited the company's ability to respond to changes in customer demand." +"4","Small computers can have multiple personalities, too","BOSTON The jury is still out on whether a computer can ever truly be intelligent, but there is no question that it can have multiple personalities. It #39;s just a matter of software. We usually think of the processor chip as the brains of a computer. The ..." +"1","Rebel threat on the roads leaves Katmandu isolated","KATMANDU, Nepal The Nepali capital was largely cut off from the rest of the country on Wednesday after Maoist rebels threatened to attack any vehicles traveling on main roads, in a virtual blockade of Katmandu to press their demands for the release of ..." +"1","Immigrants settled in big cities, but less likely to find work: StatsCan (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Most of the nearly two million immigrants who arrived in Canada during the 1990s settled in one of the country's 27 census metropolitan areas, but still found it harder to find work than natural-born citizens, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday." +"4","Sun postpones September user show","Sun Microsystems Inc. has decided to postpone its September SunNetwork 2004 San Francisco user conference, and is contemplating merging the event with its JavaOne 2005 developer conference, scheduled for the end of June 2005." +"2","Olympics: Emotional Zijlaard-van Moorsel defends time trial title","ATHENS : Dutch cycling great Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel emotionally defended her Olympic time trial gold medal here. " +"4","Oracle launches Business Integlligence 10g","Oracle introduced a new BI platform yesterday, Business Intelligence 10g that rolls up into one solution all of their BI tools. However, more interesting than the nitty-gritty details of what is included is the back story taking place at the same time." +"2","Dutch cyclist defends Olympic gold","AMSTERDAM Cyclist Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel won the first gold medal for the Netherlands at the Athens Olympic Games on Wednesday. " +"3","Kroger's Profit Up; Price Cuts Weigh"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kroger Co., the top U.S. grocer, on Tuesday posted a 29 percent rise in quarterly profit due to cost controls, but price cuts to lure shoppers caused earnings to miss Wall Street estimates and shares fell." +"2","Expanding West","Major League Soccer's two expansion teams, Real Salt Lake and Club Deportivo Chivas USA, will join the Western Conference for the 2005 season." +"2","Pacers Activate Foster From Injured List (AP)","AP - The Indiana Pacers activated center Jeff Foster from the injured list Tuesday." +"4","Microsoft finalises three-year government deal","Hot on the heels of its 10-year strategic partnership with the London Borough of Newham, Microsoft is close to signing a new broad three-year public sector agreement with the government. " +"3","Airlines Agree to Cut Flights at Chicago O'Hare"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. airlines have agreed to limit flights into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to 88 arrivals per hour between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. in an effort to cut congestion that has slowed the whole U.S. aviation system, federal officials said on Wednesday." +"1","Russia ready to contribute to settlement of South Ossetia conflict: Putin","MOSCOW, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready to contribute to a settlement of conflict between Georgia and its separatist province of South Ossetia. " +"4","NASA confident of debris solution","Six months before NASA plans to return the shuttle to space, officials think they #39;ve essentially solved the problem that doomed Columbia in 2003 -- debris coming off its fuel " +"1","Burundi Police Forcibly Disperse Tutsi Protest","Police in Burundi #39;s capital, Bujumbura, used tear gas to break up a demonstration Wednesday held to protest the massacre of Congolese Tutsi refugees. " +"2","Veterans Committee counts for little","The Hall of Fame released the latest Veterans Committee ballot yesterday. As you might (or might not) remember, there #39;s a (nearly) new committee in town." +"4","Drive maker files counterclaims in patent suit","Cornice blasts Seagate's suit over patents for tiny hard drives used in portable gadgets." +"4","HP moves network scanning software into beta","CHICAGO - Hewlett-Packard(HP) has moved its Active Counter Measures network security software into beta tests with a select group of European and North American customers in hopes of readying the product for a 2005 release, an HP executive said at the HP World conference here in Chicago Wednesday." +"1","Martin announces major overhaul of key staff in Prime Minister's Office (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Paul Martin announced a major overhaul of his senior staff Wednesday, with several close confidants and one ex-cabinet minister handed major roles in the Prime Minister's Office in a post-election shakeup." +"1","Kerry assails Bush troop withdrawal plan (AFP)","AFP - Democratic White House hopeful Senator John Kerry warned that President George W. Bush's plan to withdraw 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia would hinder the war on terrorism and embolden North Korea." +"1","Iraq cleric 'to end Najaf revolt'","Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr reportedly agrees to end an uprising in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf." +"3","Medtronic Quarterly Earnings Rise"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MDT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">MDT.N</A> on Wednesday said its quarterly earnings rose amid brisk demand for devices that manage irregular heart beats and products used to treat the spine." +"3","Airlines Agree to Cuts at O'Hare","Federal officials today announced plans to temporarily cut 37 flights operating at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to help reduce the delay problems that ripple across the country." +"1","Stock Prices Climb Ahead of Google IPO","NEW YORK - Investors shrugged off rising crude futures Wednesday to capture well-priced shares, sending the Nasdaq composite index up 1.6 percent ahead of Google Inc.'s much-anticipated initial public offering of stock. In afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 67.10, or 0.7 percent, to 10,039.93..." +"2","Today in Athens","Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel of the Netherlands wipes a tear after winning the gold medal in the women #39;s road cycling individual time trial at the Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre in Athens on Wednesday. " +"3","Medtronic Quarterly Net Up"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MDT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">MDT.N</A> on Wednesday said its quarterly earnings rose on brisk demand for devices that manage irregular heart beats and products used to treat the spine." +"2","Greek sprinters quit Games","ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece #39;s top two sprinters have quit the Olympic Games after submitting their country to six days of embarrassment in a hide-and-seek contest with anti-doping enforcers. " +"4","Strong Family Equals Strong Education","Single mothers, poverty were big factors in school performance HealthDayNews -- American teenagers who live with poor single mothers are more likely to get into trouble at school and have poor marks and are less likely to think they'll go to college, says a Rice University study. Holly Heard, an assistant professor of sociology, analyzed data from thousands of teens who took part in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health..." +"4","NetRatings survey shows broadband users now a majority in US","AUGUST 18, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A majority of US home Internet users now have broadband, according to a survey by NetRatings Inc. " +"4","Stunt pilots to save sun dust","IT PROMISES to be a scene worthy of a science fiction spectacular. A space probe carrying primordial material scooped from outer space starts to plunge towards our planet. But before it can strike, a helicopter flown by a Hollywood stunt ..." +"1","U.S. Forces Kill 50 Sadr Militia in Baghdad Suburb"," BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces killed more than 50 Shi'ite militiamen on Wednesday in a significant advance into a Baghdad suburb that is a powerbase for radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the military said." +"2","Owners Seek Best Ballpark Deal for Expos (AP)","AP - Trying to get the best possible ballpark deal for the Montreal Expos, major league baseball instructed its lawyers to press ahead with negotiations involving four of the areas bidding for the team." +"2","Crowd Inspires Greek Beach Volleyballers; U.S. Duo Ousted"," ATHENS (Reuters) - A roaring crowd helped inspire Greece's top women's beach volleyball team to trounce China on Wednesday and reach the next round." +"2","Boro Captain Warns of Duo #39;s Threat","Gareth Southgate has warned Barclays Premiership defences to be wary of Middlesbroughs back-to-form strikers Mark Viduka and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink." +"4","Intuit Posts Wider Loss After Charge (Reuters)","Reuters - Intuit Inc. (INTU.O), maker of\the No. 1 U.S. tax presentation software TurboTax, on Wednesday\posted a wider quarterly loss after taking a goodwill\impairment charge during its seasonally weaker fourth quarter." +"2","Hamilton Wins Cycling Time Trial Event","THENS, Aug. 18 Tyler Hamilton had bruises splotched all over his back, painful souvenirs of a Tour de France gone terribly wrong. " +"4","Alaska Wildfires Grow to Record 5 Million Acres (Reuters)","Reuters - Wildfires have scorched over\5 million acres in Alaska as of Tuesday, forestry officials\said, a new record that signals possible changes in climate\conditions and the composition of the vast forests." +"2","Britain #39;s Olympic medal total takes sudden turn for the better","Great Britain #39;s performances in the Olympic Games made a dramatic and unexpected improvement yesterday as they won a silver and three bronze medals. They were also guaranteed at least a silver medal in badminton #39;s mixed doubles. " +"1","Putin faults Georgia on #39;90s tactics in 2 regions","TBILISI, Georgia The separatist conflicts in Georgia resulted from the quot;foolish quot; move by Georgia to strip South Ossetia and Abkhazia of their autonomous status during the Soviet collapse, President Vladimir Putin of Russia was quoted as saying on ..." +"2","Avalanche Sign Damphousse to One-Year Deal (AP)","AP - The Colorado Avalanche prepared for the potential loss of several key front-line players, signing former San Jose Sharks captain Vincent Damphousse to a one-year, #36;2 million contract Wednesday." +"2","Government gives partial clearance to Bangla tour","The Government today gave a partial go-ahead for the Indian cricket team #39;s tour of Bangladesh for the first Test match beginning on Thursday but its security delegation will go to Chittagong, the other venue, to make an assessment of the threat perception " +"2","Viduka Brace Helps Boro To Win","After a spell without scoring, Mark Viduka grabbed two goals as Middlesbrough beat Manchester City 3-2. Boro went ahead when Viduka took Stewart Downings pass, brought it sweetly under control and chipped it over onrushing City keeper David James." +"4","Hurricane center #39;s projection on Charley not far off, data show","FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - (KRT) - Despite criticism that it should have better anticipated Hurricane Charley #39;s rapid intensification and quick turn, the National Hurricane Center #39;s forecast wasn #39;t that far off, a preliminary post-mortem shows. " +"3","UPDATE 1-J amp;J in talks to buy Guidant - sources","Health care and consumer products maker Johnson amp; Johnson (JNJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is in negotiations to acquire medical-device maker Guidant Corp." +"3","AMP shrugs off British debacle","Australian insurer AMP returned to the black in the first half of the year with net profits of A\$378m (150m) after a disastrous foray into Britain pushed it A\$2.16 billion into the red last year. " +"4","Lloyds TSB cashes in on VoIP","Lloyds TSB is gearing up to roll out one of the largest converged networks in Europe, a 500m 70,000 phone VoIP infrastructure linking all the bank #39;s branches and cash points." +"2","British athletics appoint psychologist for 2008 Olympics","British athletics chiefs have appointed sports psychologist David Collins as Performance Director to produce medal winners at the 2008 Beijing Olympics." +"2","Olympic Daily Preview - Thursday, August 19","Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Wednesday night it was Paul Hamm #39;s turn to shine for the United States, as he won the gold medal in the men #39;s all-around competition. Will Thursday produce a sweep for the US at the Olympics? ..." +"1","Arafat urges reforms to rectify his #39;mistakes #39;","YASSER Arafat, the Palestinian president, made a rare acknowledgement of mistakes under his rule yesterday and urged reforms to end corruption. " +"3","Selling Houston Warts and All, Especially Warts","Descriptions of urban afflictions and images of giant mosquitoes and cockroaches to convey a sense of how Houston is nevertheless beloved by many residents." +"2","Brazil beats Haiti in goodwill soccer game","The boys from Brazil beat Haiti #39;s national soccer team Wednesday in a friendly goodwill game 6-0. The game was the brainchild of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was on hand in the Haitian capital for the historical match. " +"3","Credit Suisse to merge CSFB unit into parent","Credit Suisse Group announced plans to merge its Credit Suisse First Boston Securities unit with the rest of the company #39;s operations and cut as many as 300 jobs." +"3","Holiday-Shopping Season Remains Sluggish (Reuters)","Reuters - U.S. shoppers have kept a tight grip\on their wallets this holiday season with indices on Tuesday\showing sluggish sales in the second week of the season." +"1","UN to begin second airlift of Vietnamese Montagnards (AFP)","AFP - The second major airlift of Vietnamese Montagnards who fled to Cambodia's remote jungles after April anti-government protests will begin at the weekend." +"2","Tennis: Roddick and Williams ousted","ATHENS Shell-shocked Americans Andy Roddick and Venus Williams joined already-beaten men #39;s top seed Roger Federer in the favourites #39;exodus from the Olympic tennis tournament on Wednesday. " +"3","Insurer lowers hurricane estimate","Hurricane Charley, the worst storm to hit the US in over a decade, will cost insurers just \$7.4bn, one insurance expert estimates." +"1","Nepal Seeks Talks to End Rebel Blockade of Capital"," KATHMANDU (Reuters) - The fear of attack kept most vehicles off roads leading to Nepal's capital for a second day on Thursday as authorities sought talks to end a siege called by Maoist insurgents." +"2","Braves 6, Padres 5","Andruw Jones hit a two-run homer off Trevor Hoffman in the ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves threw out the potential tying run at the plate for the final out Wednesday night, preserving a 6-5 come-from-behind win over the San Diego Padres. " +"2","Scandal won #39;t go away","ATHENS -- It was telling yesterday that the majority of the dozens of journalists who asked questions and attended a news conference into a Greek doping scandal were mostly Canadian. Question after question came from Canadians. We were all there, I think, ..." +"3","Hundreds laid off at Fleet offices","Bank of America Corp. yesterday laid off hundreds of workers at Fleet bank branches across the Northeast as the North Carolina bank began to implement its brand of ..." +"4","NetApp CEO: No Storage Spending Shortfall (TechWeb)","TechWeb - Customers are decoupling storage from server purchases, which explains why EMC and NetApp earnings were up and why Sun and HP were flat or down, Warmenhoven says." +"3","Justices to debate mail-order wine","Being freelance wine critics may sound like a sweet gig, but Ray and Eleanor Heald have soured on it. Because their home state, Michigan, blocks direct shipments from out-of-state " +"2","Stanford's Cubit Hired As W. Mich. Coach (AP)","AP - Stanford offensive coordinator Bill Cubit was hired Tuesday as head coach at Western Michigan." +"3","Oil prices surge to a new high","WASHINGTON -- The price of oil charged to a new high above \$47 a barrel yesterday amid nagging concerns about instability in Iraq, the uncertain fate of Russian petroleum giant Yukos, and the world's limited supply cushion." +"2","A shot in the arm for all","OLYMPIA, Greece -- A brilliant idea, taking the shot put back to the birthplace of the Olympic Games, proving, if nothing else, that everything old really can become new again. " +"1","Bomb found near Berlusconi #39;s villa","Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi (left) goes for a walk with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie Blair at Berlusconi #39;s villa, Monday. AP ..." +"3","After Wait, Google Set for Market Debut"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Google Inc. will make their Nasdaq stock market debut on Thursday after the year's most anticipated initial public offering priced far below initial estimates, raising \$1.67 billion." +"4","Bill Clinton Helps Launch Search Engine","Former president Bill Clinton on Monday helped launch a new Internet search company backed by the Chinese government which says its technology uses artificial intelligence to produce better results than Google Inc." +"2","Harris #39; three-run double in ninth sinks Gagne","LOS ANGELES - Paul Lo Duca never got to moonwalk to home plate, though he did skip gleefully to the dugout moments after facing former batterymate Eric Gagne for the first time. " +"2","Ali gives Iraq fighting chance","The back of his shirt told the story last night at the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall." +"4","Survey: Napster, iTunes beat other download brands (MacCentral)","MacCentral - Market research company Ipsos-Insight on Tuesday announced the results of TEMPO, a quarterly survey of digital music behaviors. According to the report, consumers aged 12 and older in the United States were as likely to be aware of Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store and Napster 2.0 when it came to recognizing digital music download brands -- each music service registered 20 percent of what TEMPO refers to as ""top-of-mind"" awareness." +"3","Qantas says record profit not big enough","Australia #39;s flagship carrier Qantas Airways has reported a record annual net profit but warned oil prices threatened its performance, increasing the chance of a hike in ticket price surcharges to offset its fuel bill. " +"3","State, drug chains reach agreement","The state of Maine, Rite Aid Corp., and Community Pharmacy LP have agreed to a consent decree placing conditions on the sale of five Community Pharmacy stores to Rite Aid." +"4","Most US homes have broadband connections","While the total number of home internet users has reached a plateau in the US, those who do use the internet are adopting broadband at a rapid pace, according to Marc Ryan, senior director of analysis at the audience measurement company. " +"4","Bluetooth flying bot creates buzz","The latest tiny flying robot that could help in search and rescue or surveillance has been unveiled in Japan." +"4","Caterpillar snaps up another remanufacturer of engines","PEORIA - Caterpillar Inc. said Wednesday it will acquire a South Carolina remanufacturer of engines and automatic transmissions, increasing its US employment base by 500 people. " +"1","Kidnappers threaten to kill western journalist","The kidnappers of an American-French journalist in Iraq have threatened to execute him within 48 hours unless US forces withdraw from the holy city of Najaf. " +"3","Qantas wants better tax treatment","MARK COLVIN: Qantas might have posted yet another record profit, but the national carrier #39;s boss, Geoff Dixon, claims earnings are being hampered by unfair subsidies for international carriers allowed to fly in and out of Australia. " +"1","SA 'mercenaries' plead not guilty","Sixty-six men accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea deny breaching Zimbabwe's security laws." +"2","Olympics: Hansen still strong enough to take bronze","Every ounce of his energy was expended, leaving an empty fuel tank. But, even in a depleted state, Brendan Hansen found a way to bolster his ever-growing swimming legacy. " +"3","Oil Hits New High Over \$48 as Iraq Violence Flares"," LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices struck a fresh record above \$48 a barrel on Thursday, spurred higher by renewed violence in Iraq and fresh evidence that strong demand growth in China and India has not been slowed yet by higher energy costs." +"3","Economic Indicators Declined in July","A closely watched measure of future economic activity fell in July for the second consecutive month, reinforcing evidence that the nation's financial recovery is slackening." +"4","Explorers Find Ancient City in Remote Peru Jungle (Reuters)","Reuters - An ancient walled city complex\inhabited some 1,300 years ago by a culture later conquered by\the Incas has been discovered deep in Peru's Amazon jungle,\explorers said on Tuesday." +"3","Colgate to Cut 4,400 Jobs, Shut Plants"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Colgate-Palmolive Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">CL.N</A> will cut about 4,400 jobs, or 12 percent of its work force, and close nearly a third of its factories under a restructuring, the consumer products company said on Tuesday." +"4","Drugstore Offers New Wave of Disposable Cameras"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pharmacy chain CVS Corp. on Thursday said it would offer the world's first disposable digital camera with a bright color viewing screen that allows consumers to instantly preview pictures." +"4","Ciena Posts a Loss, Forecasts Flat Sales","<p></p><p> By Deborah Cohen</p><p> CHICAGO (Reuters) - Telecommunications equipment makerCiena Corp. <CIEN.O> on Thursday reported a wider loss for thefiscal third quarter due to slack demand and forecast sales inthe current quarter would be little changed from the thirdquarter.</p>" +"4","U.S. Broadband Penetration Tops 51","By ANICK JESDANUN NEW YORK (AP) -- The number of Americans who get on the Internet via high-speed lines has now equaled the number using dial-up connections. July measurements from Nielsen/NetRatings placed the broadband audience at 51 percent of the U.S..." +"2","American Aaron Peirsol Wins Gold on Appeal"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Aaron Peirsol won his second gold medal at the Athens Olympics Thursday after winning an appeal against his disqualification from the men's 200 meter backstroke." +"1","Abu Ghraib report 'spreads blame'","A report on the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal will blame at least two dozen more people, say US officials." +"4","Ecuadorean Lawsuit Vs Texaco Boils Down to Science (Reuters)","Reuters - After a decade\of court battles, lawyers on Wednesday took a lawsuit by\Ecuadorean Indians accusing U.S. oil firm ChevronTexaco Corp..\of polluting the Amazon jungle into the field." +"4","Priceline, Ramada to Make Sites More Accessible to Blind","In one of the first enforcement actions of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the Internet, two major travel services have agreed to make sites more accessible to the blind and visually impaired." +"4","Atlantis ""Evidence"" Found in Spain, Ireland","In 360 B.C. the Greek philosopher Plato described an island he called Atlantis. Now contradicting new evidence claims the fabled city-state was based on a real place." +"4","Groups Eager to Meet With Bush, Kerry (AP)","AP - Organizations representing the nation's 3 million scientists, engineers and doctors have invited both presidential candidates to have a word with them #151; online." +"2","Carly Patterson Wins the Women's All-Round"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Carly Patterson upstaged Russian diva Svetlana Khorkina to become the first American in 20 years to seize the women's Olympic gymnastics all-round gold medal on Thursday." +"4","Court: File-swapping software not liable for copyright violations","The makers of two leading file-sharing programs are not legally liable for the songs, movies and other copyright works swapped online by their users, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a stinging blow to the entertainment industry. " +"2","Olympics: Olympic weightlifting reels as six more lifters fail drug tests","ATHENS : Weightlifting was reeling from the latest crisis to hit the perennially drug-tainted sport here as six more athletes were kicked out of the Olympics for failing dope tests. " +"2","Colts' Carthon Hopes to Follow Dad in NFL (AP)","AP - Ran Carthon tried to avoid playing football after seeing the pain it inflicted on his father, Maurice. Bloodlines, his friends and reality forced a changed of heart." +"2","LPGA's Nabisco to Change Dates in 2006 (AP)","AP - The Kraft Nabisco Championship will be played one week later than usual starting in 2006, preventing the LPGA Tour's first major from getting lost among other big sporting events." +"1","Georgian Troops Leave South Ossetia","The soldiers withdrew from the heights above the Ossetian of capital of Tskhinvali Thursday, turning the area over to peacekeepers. Georgia says three of its soldiers were killed in earlier fighting, while Ossetian authorities say three civilians died ..." +"3","Ohio Sues Best Buy, Alleging Used Sales (AP)","AP - Ohio authorities sued Best Buy Co. Inc. on Thursday, alleging the electronics retailer engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices." +"4","Cisco Flaw Leaves Router Vulnerable to Attack","Cisco Systems issued a security advisory warning that some networks using its routers may be vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks. Devices running Internetwork Operating System and enabled for the open shortest path first (OSPF) ..." +"2","Sprint is chock full of potential heros","It would be nice to see this week #39;s 100-meter sprint as simply the best footrace of all time. We could witness four sub-10-second sprints for the first time ever. It would be nice to watch with raised eyebrows instead of furrowed ones. It ..." +"4","Scientists Study the Hudson River (AP)","AP - Scientists are plunking a series of high-tech sensors into the Hudson River in an effort to unravel mysteries of the murky waterway." +"4","Study to Examine Effects of Ship Waste (AP)","AP - A team of scientists is traveling a 600-mile stretch of the Inside Passage this month to study the effects of cruise ship waste and other contaminants in Southeast Alaska waters." +"2","Cink Leads NEC Invitational by One Shot (AP)","AP - Free from the burden of trying to make the Ryder Cup team, Stewart Cink looked at ease Thursday on a marathon day at the NEC Invitational that ended with his name atop the leaderboard." +"3","Briefly: China interest in key Yukos unit","China is interested in participating in the bidding for Yuganskneftegaz, the top oil-producing subsidiary of the Russian oil giant Yukos, a Chinese economic official was quoted as saying in a report Thursday by the Russian news agency Interfax. The ..." +"4","Apple recalls 28,000 batteries","APPLE has issued a safety recall for 28,000 batteries for its Powerbook notebooks, saying they posed a potential fire hazard. " +"3","Best Buy a Bad Deal?","Attorney General Jim Petro is suing Best Buy, alleging the electronics retailer has engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices. " +"2","Liu brings China 4th gold in weightlifting at Athens Games","ATHENS, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Hercules Liu Chunhong Thursday lifted three world records on her way to winning the women #39;s 69kg gold medal at the Athens Olympics, the fourth of the power sport competition for China. " +"2","Battling Davenport through","Lindsay Davenport continued her dominant recent run and reached the last eight of the Cincinnati Open with a 4-6 6-4 6-1 win over Lilia Osterloh. " +"4","Genesis Spacecraft Prepares to Return to Earth with a Piece of the Sun","In a dramatic ending that marks a beginning in scientific research, NASA's Genesis spacecraft is set to swing by Earth and jettison a sample return capsule filled with particles of the Sun that may ultimately tell us more about the genesis of our solar system." +"2","Badminton pair want more","Nathan Robertson says there is no reason why he and badminton partner Gail Emms should not win the next Olympics." +"1","Darfur warring parties to meet in Nigeria for peace talks (AFP)","AFP - Sudan's government and its foes in the Darfur region's rebel movements will meet on Monday for peace talks which mark a last chance for African diplomacy to solve the crisis before the United Nations steps in." +"1","Iraq Oil Exports Still Halved After Basra HQ Attack"," BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq continued to export oil at one million barrels per day on Friday after an attack on the South Oil Company headquarters took sabotage operations to a new level, an official at the state-owned entity said." +"3","US unemployment claims slip but picture still murky","NEW YORKFewer Americans lined up to claim first-time jobless benefits last week but analysts said the modest decline said very little about the current state of the labour market. " +"3","Vt. sues over importing drugs","Vermont's Republican governor challenged the Bush administration's prescription drug policy in federal court yesterday, marking the first time a state has chosen a legal avenue in the expanding battle over Canadian imports." +"2","For starters, Giants #39; Manning on mark","Manning had a decent debut as a starter, but Delhomme overshadowed the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft by throwing for a touchdown and running for another in the Carolina Panthers #39; 27-20 exhibition victory last night over ..." +"2","Clemens deal is waived off","CHICAGO -- The Red Sox were ready to welcome Roger Clemens back to Boston. His uniform number (21) was available. Pedro Martinez , who has expressed the utmost respect for Clemens, almost certainly would have made some room for the Rocket near the locker Clemens long used and Martinez now occupies. Curt Schilling would have been thrilled to pitch with ..." +"4","Life without numbers in a unique Amazon tribe","11=2. Mathematics doesn #39;t get any more basic than this, but even 11 would stump the brightest minds among the Piraha tribe of the Amazon. " +"4","P2P Services in the Clear","In a major setback for the music and movie industries, a federal appeals court upholds a lower court's decision in the infamous Grokster case, ruling peer-to-peer services Morpheus and Grokster are not liable for the copyright infringement of their users. By Katie Dean." +"4","Swap Your PC, or Your President","The producer of ads featuring PC users who switched to Macs is applying the same tactic to political commercials. This time, he'll focus on former backers of President Bush, recruited online, who've changed their political allegiance. By Louise Witt." +"2","Agassi cruises into Washington Open ATP quarter-finals","WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Andre Agassi cruised into quarter-finals in Washington Open tennis with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Kristian Pless of Denmark here on Thursday night. " +"1","Producer sues for Rings profits","Hollywood producer Saul Zaentz sues the producers of The Lord of the Rings for \$20m in royalties." +"1","30,000 More Sudanese Threaten to Cross to Chad -UN (Reuters)","Reuters - Some 30,000 Sudanese, victims of fresh\attacks by Arab militia inside Darfur, have threatened to cross\into Chad, the U.N. refugee agency warned on Friday." +"4","Google scores first-day bump of 18 (USATODAY.com)","USATODAY.com - Even a big first-day jump in shares of Google (GOOG) couldn't quiet debate over whether the Internet search engine's contentious auction was a hit or a flop." +"2","Carly Patterson Wins Gymnastics All-Around Gold"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Carly Patterson upstaged Russian diva Svetlana Khorkina to become the first American in 20 years to win the women's Olympic gymnastics all-round gold medal on Thursday." +"3","ChevronTexaco hit with \$40.3M ruling","Montana jury orders oil firm to pay up over gas pipeline leak from 1955; company plans to appeal. NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Montana jury ordered ChevronTexaco Corp., the number two US oil company, to pay \$40.3 million for environmental damage from a gasoline ..." +"2","3 US boxers punched out of Games","Athens -- Vanes Martirosyan became the second American to bow out of the Olympic boxing tournament Thursday when he was defeated 20-11 by Lorenzo Aragon of Cuba in their welterweight bout at 152 pounds. " +"3","Before-the Bell; Rouse Co. Shares Jump"," <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=RSE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">RSE.N</A> jumped before the bell after General Growth Properties Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GGP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">GGP.N</A>, the No. 2 U.S. shopping mall owner, on Friday said it would buy Rouse for \$7.2 billion." +"3","Services make big gains in Japan","Tertiary index comes in at almost double expectations, drives up yen and helps Nikkei overcome oil. LONDON (Reuters) - The yen hit a four-week high against the dollar Friday as stronger-than-expected Japanese service sector data raised optimism about the ..." +"3","Google shares bounce up 18 in trading debut","In the stock #39;s first day of trading, investors bought, sold and flipped shares at a furious pace, with the price ending just above \$100 - 18 percent higher than where it started. It was, in other words, everything the company #39;s founders, Sergy Brin and ..." +"3","Stocks Lower as Oil Prices Steam Higher","With the much-ballyhooed initial public offering of Google behind them and oil chugging to a new record high, investors took a step back today." +"2","Don #39;t expect Tiger to relinquish his top ranking without a fight","They #39;re calling Ohio a quot;battleground state, quot; one of the two or three places likely to decide November #39;s presidential election. On local TV, the Bush and Kerry ads air so frequently that it #39;s easy to forget it #39;s Bob Costas who actually runs the country. " +"4","Understanding Google AdWords","Understanding Google AdWords\\Unlike many search engines Google, to its credit, clearly denotes search listings that are paid placement. In fact, Google AdWords appear in a separate section down the left side of the screen.\\Google AdWords provide an inexpensive advertising venue for businesses to advertise products or services to a targeted ..." +"4","Service packs, senators and civil liberties","<strong>Letters:</strong> The bulging postbag gives up its secrets" +"2","Saints Revoke Waiver Claim on Derek Ross (AP)","AP - One day after placing a waiver claim on troubled cornerback Derek Ross, the Saints did an about-face and released the former Ohio State standout after he missed a scheduled flight to New Orleans on Wednesday night." +"3","Hooker Furniture Puts Investors First","Closing a factory is never popular, but it's the right thing to do." +"3","Clicking on Profits","The latest data from the US Department of Commerce further bolsters what we have all suspected: E-commerce sales are increasing. Not only might one suspect that consumer confidence has been bolstered since last year, there ..." +"2","French Take Gold, Bronze in Single Kayak","ATHENS, Greece - Winning on whitewater runs in the family for Frenchman Benoit Peschier, though an Olympic gold is something new. Peschier paddled his one-man kayak aggressively but penalty free in both his semifinal and final runs on the manmade Olympic ..." +"4","Dogs in Training to Sniff Out Cancer","Experts have trained unwanted dogs into supersniffers that can detect drugs or bombs. Now they're focusing on a new threat #151;prostate cancer." +"3","Antidepressants to Reflect Suicide Risk"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to update antidepressant labels to reflect studies that suggest a link between the drugs and suicide in youths, but remains cautious about the strength of such ties, according to documents released on Friday." +"3","UAL and Its Creditors Agree to 30-Day Extension","UAL's United Airlines will have a 30-day extention on the period in which it can file an exclusive bankruptcy reorganization plan." +"1","Mood Mixed Among Darfur Rebels Ahead of Talks","CORCHA CAMP, Sudan (Reuters) - A Sudanese rebel commander in a camp in Darfur tells his troops he is hoping for peace. But just a few hours march away, young men say they are convinced Sudan wants to drive them off the land. " +"1","Crude Price Spike May Send Gas Higher (AP)","AP - Amid soaring crude oil prices, gasoline costs have been dropping. But don't expect that to last, economists say." +"3","Amazon Snaps Up China's Largest Web Retailer (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has said it will buy Joyo.com Limited -- a British Virgin Islands company that operates the largest Internet retail Web site in China -- for US #36;75 million." +"2","Swimming: Phelps Wins Gold, Pulls Out of Relay"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Michael Phelps, who has won five gold medals in the Olympic pool, said Friday he was pulling out of Saturday's 4x100 meter medley relay final to give team mate Ian Crocker the chance to swim." +"3","Court Won't Halt Arch Coal's Triton Bid (Reuters)","Reuters - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday\that Arch Coal Inc. (ACI.N) may proceed with its bid to buy the\assets of rival Triton Coal Co. LLC, denying an emergency\request by the Federal Trade Commission to block the deal, a\spokesman for the agency said." +"3","Treasury Prices Take a Breather Today"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury prices paused for breath on Tuesday after a blistering two-session rally ran out of steam, though analysts still saw room to the upside given the large short-base in the market." +"1","Sadr Militiamen Still in Control of Iraq Shrine"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Rebel Shi'ite fighters appeared still to be in control of the Imam Ali mosque in the Iraqi city Najaf early on Saturday, but the whereabouts of their leader, the fiery cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, were unknown." +"2","Liverpool completes signings of Alonso, Garcia","LIVERPOOL, England (AP) -- Spanish pair Xabi Alonso from Real Sociedad and Luis Garcia from Barcelona signed five-year contracts with Liverpool on Friday. " +"4","Report: Consumers tuning in to plasma TVs","First-quarter shipments of plasma televisions in the United States more than doubled from the previous year, according to research firm iSuppli. Prices fell by nearly \$1,000 over the same period. " +"2","Seven seize","ATHENS -- He was behind at the start. He was behind at the turn. He was behind for 99.99 of the 100 meters. His head was behind Ian Crocker's head at the finish. And yet somehow last night, Michael Phelps won again -- for the fourth and final time in an individual race at these Olympics." +"4","One in four servers to run Linux by 2008","In a report, the research firm painted a bright future for the open source operating system, claiming that shipments of servers running Linux -- and revenues from those shipments -- will rise significantly over the next five years." +"1","Republican Convention Light on Stars (AP)","AP - The Republicans will have one sure Hollywood star for their convention #151; California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger #151; along with performers to keep the country music fans happy. But they'll be hard-pressed to match the Democratic convention's appeal to young voters led by Ben Affleck." +"1","Italian PM #39;s transplant confirmed","After days of speculation sparked by the white bandanna worn by Mr Berlusconi on holiday in Sardinia, Piero Rosati said the results of the operation would show in a couple of months." +"4","Apple Recalls Flaming 15-inch PowerBook G4 Battery","The affected batteries could overheat, posing a fire hazard. Apple received four reports of these batteries overheating. No injuries have been reported." +"3","Samsung plans to invest Won25,000bn in chips","Samsung Electronics, the world #39;s second largest computer chip manufacturer, yesterday said that it would invest Won25,000bn (\$24bn) in its semiconductor business by 2010 to generate " +"4","Rosetta Mission Sniffing a Comet","The European Rosetta mission will sample a comet as it tries to harpoon and hook onto its surface. A specially designed oven will cook the comet in analogy to sniffing for recognizable elements." +"2","More gold for Britain as Wiggins strikes","Bradley Wiggins has given Britain their second Olympic cycling gold medal in two days, winning the men #39;s 4-km individual pursuit." +"1","Soldiers Kill Palestinian Near Gaza-Israel Fence","Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian as he approached a security fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Israeli military sources said on Saturday." +"1","Militia, Shiite Leaders Bicker Over Shrine","NAJAF, Iraq - Militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr kept their hold on a revered shrine, and clashes flared in Najaf on Saturday, raising fears that a resolution to the crisis in the holy city could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders. The clashes between U.S..." +"2","Strongwoman hoists 100th gold for Chinese delegation","Tang Gonghong lifted a world record to claim in Athens the 100th Olympic gold for China since its participation in 1984 Olympic Games on Saturday when " +"1","West Mulls Boundries for African Fighting (AP)","AP - As the month-end deadline nears for Sudan to disarm the mostly Arab pro-government militias in Darfur, the United Nations and Western powers are in a dilemma over how far to go to stop the killing in an African country." +"3","Chavez victory confirmed","Caracas, Venezuela - The results of an audit support the official vote count showing that President Hugo Chavez won this month #39;s recall referendum in Venezuela, the head of the Organization of American States said Saturday." +"3","Wall St.'s Nest Egg - the Housing Sector"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - If there were any doubts that we're still living in the era of the stay-at-home economy, the rows of empty seats at the Athens Olympics should help erase them." +"2","Lithuanians deliver NBA stars another Olympic basketball dunking (AFP)","AFP - Lithuania defeated the United States 94-90 in an Olympic men's basketball preliminary round game, only the fourth loss in 115 Olympic starts for the defending champions." +"2","Source: Dolphins, Bears on Verge of Deal (AP)","AP - The Chicago Bears agreed Saturday to trade receiver Marty Booker to the Miami Dolphins for unsigned Adewale Ogunleye #151; if the Bears can reach a contract agreement with the Pro Bowl defensive end, a source close to the negotiations said." +"4","Video Game Makers Go Hollywood. Uh-Oh.","OVIE producers are often criticized for running at the sight of original ideas, preferring instead to milk plays, books, news events, toys and even video games for their screenplays." +"2","Cricket-Lara mulls over future after England whitewash","LONDON (AFP) - Brian Lara said he will take stock before deciding on his future as West Indies captain following his side #39;s 10-wicket defeat to England in the fourth and final Test." +"1","Pakistani troops raid two terrorist hideouts","PAKISTANI troops backed by artillery and aircraft attacked two suspected terrorist hideouts near the rugged Afghan border yesterday, killing and wounding a number of militants, Pakistan army and security officials said." +"2","Fleisher Surges Clear","Bruce Fleisher carded a seven-under-par 65 to take a three-shot lead after the second round of the Greater Hickory Classic in North Carolina." +"2","Glory Comes Amid Empty Seats and Closed Shutters","HERE in Old Europe, people install shutters outside their windows to keep out the heat, the pollution, the daylight, the noise. They also lock the shutters tight when they go away on holiday." +"4","Amazon to Buy Chinese Retailer Joyo.com","Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. said on Thursday that it will buy Joyo.com Ltd., which runs some of China #39;s biggest retail Web sites, for about \$75 million to gain entry into China #39;s fast-growing market." +"4","Salesforce.com 2Q Profit Up Sharply","Software developer Salesforce.com Inc. posted a sharp rise in second-quarter profit on better-than-expected revenue during its first quarter as a public company, but investors shunned the stock in late trading " +"2","Jerkens makes right call with Society Selection","Trainer Allen Jerkens hemmed and hawed this past week over running Society Selection in Saturday #39;s Grade 1 Alabama at Saratoga." +"1","Unknown Nesterenko Makes World Headlines (Reuters)","Reuters - Belarus' Yuliya Nesterenko won the top\women's athletics gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday,\triumphing over a field stripped of many big names because of\doping woes to win the 100 meters." +"3","Ready to Bet on Alternative Energy? Well, Think Again","When oil prices rise, public interest in alternative energy often does, too. But the logic is evidently escaping Wall Street." +"2","Athletics 5, Devil Rays 0","Barry Zito scattered four hits over eight shutout innings, leading the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-0 on Saturday night." +"1","Fatah hopes Barghouti would take back candidacy","Fatah, the mainstream Palestinian movement, hopes that its former West Bank leader Marwan Barghouti would take back his candidacy for the Jan. 9 presidential election." +"1","Blasts hit Bangladesh party rally","A series of grenade blasts has rocked an opposition party rally in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, killing at least 13 people. There were seven or eight explosions at the Awami League headquarters, as leader Sheikh Hasina addressed a crowd." +"2","Belarus #39; Nesterenko fastest in women #39;s 100m first round","Belarus #39; Yuliya Nesterenko became the fastest woman to qualify for the women #39;s 100 meters second round at the Olympic Games here on Friday." +"1","Around the world","The bombing of a UN election office in Afghanistan that injured six policemen drew calls from a UN union Friday for a withdrawal of staffers from the embattled nation." +"1","Greek weightlifter awaits verdict","Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis will find out on Sunday if he is to be stripped of his medal." +"2","Work done, Phelps basks in gold glor","And on the eighth day, Michael Phelps actually got to rest. After swimming some 18 races in Olympic competition, Phelps was a mere spectator last night, watching his teammates cap a terrific week for the US swim team." +"3","China confronts lack of pipelines","China will spend about \$3.4 billion over two to three years laying thousands of miles of oil pipelines to help secure its energy supply in the face of soaring prices and demand." +"2","Lane drives in winning run in ninth","Jason Lane took an unusual post-game batting practice with hitting coach Gary Gaetti after a disappointing performance Friday night." +"2","Games hammered with controversy","The International Gymnastics Federation suspended three judges yesterday for a mistake they made in scoring the men #39;s all-around final, but said results would not be changed and Paul Hamm of the United States would keep his gold medal." +"2","Admirers look to 2008","But as far as swim greats Rowdy Gaines and John Naber are concerned, what Phelps did in Athens exceeded what Spitz did in Munich in 1972." +"1","Arson attack on Jewish centre in Paris (AFP)","AFP - A Jewish social centre in central Paris was destroyed by fire overnight in an anti-Semitic arson attack, city authorities said." +"3","Colgate to cut workforce","CONSUMER goods maker Colgate-Palmolive said today it would cut about 12 per cent of its 37,000-person work force and close a third of its factories worldwide as part of a four-year restructuring." +"1","A Founding Father?","Give the guy some credit. Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong #39;s embattled Chief Executive, gets precious little of it from his people these daysand heaps of " +"1","Three People Killed at Afghan Checkpoint"," KABUL (Reuters) - A man and two women were shot dead by Afghan and U.S.-led troops after their vehicle ran through a checkpoint on Saturday, a U.S. military statement said." +"4","PRESS START FOR NOSTALGIA","Like Led Zeppelin #39;s #39; #39;Stairway to Heaven #39; #39; and Lynyrd Skynyrd #39;s #39; #39;Freebird, #39; #39; classic video games like Frogger and Pong can bring back an entire era." +"2","Emmons loses gold medal after aiming at wrong target","American shooter Matt Emmons fired at the wrong target on his final shot Sunday, blowing a commanding lead in the Olympic 50-meter three-position rifle event and allowing Jia Zhanbo of China to take the gold." +"3","Oil prices look set to dominate","The price of oil looks set to grab headlines as analysts forecast that its record-breaking run may well continue." +"1","Putin Visits Chechnya Ahead of Election (AP)","AP - Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unannounced visit to Chechnya on Sunday, laying flowers at the grave of the war-ravaged region's assassinated president a week before elections for a new leader." +"1","U.S. Softball Team Wins, Closes in on Gold","ATHENS, Greece - Right now, the Americans aren't just a Dream Team - they're more like the Perfect Team. Lisa Fernandez pitched a three-hitter Sunday and Crystl Bustos drove in two runs as the Americans rolled to their eighth shutout in eight days, 5-0 over Australia, putting them into the gold medal game..." +"2","More Newcastle United Stories","Legendary Real Madrid defender Goyo Benito believes the arrival of Jonathan Woodgate at the Santiago Bernabeu will help bring an avalanche of titles to Real Madrid." +"1","Munch masterpiece 'The Scream' stolen from Oslo museum (AFP)","AFP - A version of Edvard Munch's masterpiece ""The Scream"" and another famous painting by the great Norwegian artist were stolen from an Oslo museum by armed and hooded robbers, police said." +"1","Men Set for Sizzling Duel in 100 Meters","ATHENS, Greece - The preliminaries in the 100 meters were perhaps just a sample of what's to come Sunday, when a talented group of qualifiers - including Americans Shawn Crawford, Justin Gatlin and defending champion Maurice Greene - will try to turn their competition into the fastest show at the Athens Games. Five men broke 10 seconds in qualifying Saturday, led by Crawford's time of 9.89..." +"2","Ulmer storms to gold","New Zealand #39;s Sarah Ulmer stormed to gold in the women #39;s individual pursuit in a new world record time. Ulmer, fourth in Sydney four years ago, beat Australia #39;s Katie Mactier in a time of three minutes 24." +"2","Goal-happy Ajax and Feyenoord maintain perfect starts","Champions Ajax Amsterdam came from behind to thrash NAC Breda 6-2 on Sunday while Feyenoord hit four past Willem II Tilburg to regain the early lead in the Dutch first division." +"4","Agency reports climate change major problem","Rising sea levels, disappearing glaciers in the Alps and more deadly heat waves are coming for Europeans because of global warming, Europes environmental agency warned Wednesday." +"2","Cycling: Ulmer #39;s scorching times in secret rides","New Zealand #39;s star cyclist, Sarah Ulmer, last week rode under world record time twice in an hour during a secret training session in France." +"2","Arsenal matches record of 42 league games without a loss on Sunday","Arsenal rallied for three second-half goals in 11 minutes on Sunday to beat Middlesbrough 5-3, matching a 25-year-old record of 42 league games without a loss in the top-flight of English soccer." +"3","Will High Oil Prices Lead to Recession? (AP)","AP - High oil prices, which have been a factor in virtually all U.S. recessions over the past three decades, are surging again this year. And the higher crude oil prices climb, the more risk energy costs pose to what, until recently, many expected to be a banner year for the U.S. economy." +"1","Labor: Anti-Peres meetings scheduled for Sunday","Labor members have scheduled two #39;rebel #39; anti-Peres conferences for Sunday, one to be headed by MK Matan Vilnai and the second by MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer." +"2","U.S. Gymnasts Win 3 Medals; Hamm Angry (AP)","AP - Terin Humphrey and Annia Hatch got silver. Courtney Kupets got bronze. And Paul Hamm got mad. The United States upped its gymnastics medal haul to seven Sunday night, the most since the Americans won 16 at the boycotted Los Angeles Games in 1984. And they might not be finished yet." +"2","Noguchi Wins Marathon","BULLETIN<br>BC-OLY--Women's Marathon RUN,0058<br>BULLETIN<br> ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Mizuki Noguchi of Japan won the marathon Sunday in 2 hours, 26 minutes, 20 seconds." +"4","More Evidence for Past Water on Mars","Summary - (Aug 22, 2004) NASA #39;s Spirit rover has dug up plenty of evidence on slopes of quot;Columbia Hills quot; that water once covered the area." +"2","Gatlin Sprints from Unknown to Olympic Gold"," ATHENS (Reuters) - American Justin Gatlin roared from virtual unknown to win the blue ribband Olympic men's 100 meters race on Sunday, upstaging more illustrious rivals in a pulsating final." +"3","Indexes in Japan fall short of hype","Japanese stocks have failed to measure up to an assessment made in April by Merrill Lynch #39;s chief global strategist, David Bowers, who said Japan was quot;very much everyone #39;s favorite equity market." +"2","GAME DAY RECAP Sunday, August 22","Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run homer, Moises Alou also homered and the Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Astros 11-6 on Sunday in the testy conclusion of a three-game series between the NL Central rivals." +"2","SI.com","HOUSTON (Ticker) -- Kerry Wood got plenty of run support but didn #39;t stick around long enough to take advantage of it. Wood was ejected in the fifth inning for hitting Jeff Kent as the Cubs posted an 11-6 victory over the Astros." +"2","Exhausted Massu Outlasts Fish for Gold"," ATHENS (Reuters) - An exhausted Nicolas Massu reeled in Mardy Fish in five tortuous sets on Sunday to win Chile their second gold medal at an Olympic Games less than 24 hours after helping them to their first." +"1","Three people killed at Afghan checkpoint","A man and two women were shot dead by Afghan and US-led troops after their vehicle ran through a checkpoint on Saturday, a US military statement said." +"1","Karzai set for visit to Pakistan","Afghan President Hamid Karzai is to visit Pakistan to discuss fighting terror and boosting trade." +"1","Senate Republican Unveils Plan for Intelligence","The plan would give the proposed national director responsibility for intelligence-gathering of the C.I.A. and the Pentagon." +"2","Davenport wins in Cincinnati","American Lindsay Davenport captured her fourth consecutive title, beating second seed Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the \$US170,000 WTA Cincinnati Open on Sunday." +"1","Afghan-Coalition Soldiers Kill 3, Wound 2 at Checkpoint","Coalition forces in Afghanistan say that three people were killed and two others critically wounded when their pickup truck tried to run a checkpoint in the province of Ghazni." +"1","U.S. Plane Attacks Najaf Rebels as Tanks Near Shrine"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A U.S. AC-130 gunship attacked Shi'ite militia positions in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf early on Monday after tanks reinforced the siege of a shrine at the center of a nearly three-week insurgency." +"1","Soldiers face Abu Ghraib hearings","Four US soldiers charged with abusing Iraqi prisoners are set to face pre-trial hearings in Germany." +"2","Colin Jackson: Hard lessons learnt in the human laboratory","Yesterday #39;s Olympics treated us to the two extremes of athletics, the endurance race which tests the body to its limits, and the heavyweight showdown, the sprint, which is in the mind." +"2","Cink surfaces as Donald sinks","Stewart Cink, who needed only to play around par to convert a five-stroke lead after 54 holes into a win, did just that in the NEC Invitational at Firestone yesterday." +"4","Wiretapping on the Net: Who pays?","NEW YORK At first glance, it might seem like the simple extension of a standard tool in the fight against the bad guys. But in fact, wiretapping Internet phones to monitor criminals and terrorists is costly " +"2","Red Sox Rally to Beat White Sox 6-5 (AP)","AP - Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz homered on consecutive pitches to start the eighth inning Sunday night and the streaking Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-5 for their sixth straight win." +"3","Nortel Downsizes Again","Aug. 23, 2004 (TheDeal.com) Problem-plagued Nortel Networks Corp. announced plans Thursday, Aug. 19, to eliminate an additional 3,500 jobs and fire seven more senior executives as the company labors to reinvent " +"4","Prototype copter-cam: Here, there, everywhere","It can only remain aloft for three minutes but weighs less than an empty soft drink can -- and it can take and transmit pictures in flight." +"2","Cink Justifies Sutton #39;s Faith","Three weeks away from the Ryder Cup, American Stewart Cink hopes he has silenced at least some of his critics - if indeed they exist." +"1","Plane crashes into Venezuelan mountain killing 25",": A military plane crashed into a mountain in Central Venezuela, killing 25 people, including five children, the Air Force rescue team said in a statement." +"1","Africa brings Sudanese parties to the table as UN sanctions loom (AFP)","AFP - The African Union will bring Sudan's warring government and rebel armies into talks with regional power-brokers aimed at heading off a mounting humanitarian crisis in the province of Darfur." +"1","Taiwan votes on leaner parliament","A vote is due to be held in Taiwan on plans to halve the number of seats in the island's famously heated legislature." +"3","Nikkei briefly regains 11,000 level","TOKYO - Japan #39;s benchmark Nikkei stock index briefly recovered to the 11,000 level Monday morning on widespread buying prompted by advances in US shares last Friday." +"3","HK walks out of 68-month deflation cycle, official","Hong Kong Financial Secretary Henry Tang said he believed Hong Kong has walked out of the consumer price deflation cycle that lingered for 68 months, according to the consumer price index trend in the past few years." +"3","Oil prices","In terms of dollar value, of all the products in the world, nothing is traded more than oil. Crude oil traded above 47 dollars a barrel for the first time this week." +"3","Chavez rejects CD as opposition","Venezuela #39;s President Hugo Chavez has announced that he will no longer recognize the Democratic Coordination or CD as the opposition coalition." +"2","ROUNDUP: Franchitti overcomes pit mishap for IRL win","FOUNTAIN, Colo. -- Dario Franchitti shook off a potentially dangerous pit mishap to win the IRL #39;s Honda 225 Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway." +"3","Productivity Growth Slowest in 2 Years (AP)","AP - The productivity of America's workers grew at a 1.8 percent annual rate in the third quarter, the slowest pace in nearly two years, the government reported Tuesday." +"2","Roundup: Pleasantly Perfect takes Pacific Classic","Favored Pleasantly Perfect took charge down the stretch to win by a length in the 14th running of the \$1 million Pacific Classic yesterday at Del Mar. Pleasantly " +"1","War crimes hearings to begin for 4 at Guantanamo","US NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- Four suspected Al Qaeda fighters will be formally charged with war crimes this week as the US military opens the first legal hearings for foreign prisoners captured during the war in Afghanistan and held at a remote US Navy base in Cuba." +"1","Maoists attack Nepal district HQ","More than 1,000 Maoists launched a violent assault on a district headquarters in Nepal #39;s northwestern mountains, officials said Sunday, as angry traders rallied on the streets of Kathmandu to protest a crippling rebel blockade of the capital, now also hit " +"1","Downer dismisses #39;sexed up #39; Iraq warning claims","SYDNEY : Foreign Minister Alexander Downer dismissed newspaper claims the Australian government was repeatedly warned its support for the Iraq war would impede the fight against terrorism." +"2","Hamm should support Yang","Paul Hamm needs a new marketing strategy. Either that, or he needs a clue. One harmless gesture separates him from lionization in America and canonization in South Korea, and " +"2","US women avoid disaster, advance","ATHENS -- Preliminary-round elimination would have been a disaster for the United States women. Desperate for a victory, the Americans avoided embarrassment by finally playing like a gold medal contender -- and like a team." +"3","Australia Airline Announces Fuel Surcharge","Australian budget airline Virgin Blue announced Monday it will increase the fuel surcharge it adds to ticket prices from Aug. 26 because of soaring oil prices." +"3","ARM agrees to buy Artisan Components for \$903 mn","LONDON, August 23 (New Ratings) - ARM Holdings (ARM.ETR) has agreed to buy Artisan Components Inc (ARTI), a US-based provider of integrated circuit designing solutions, for about \$913 million (503." +"1","North Korea Says the Tyrant is Bush, not Kim","North Korea says it sees no reason to join a working-level meeting with the United States to prepare for further six-party talks on the communist state #39;s nuclear weapons development." +"1","Terreblanche challenges SA arrest","White supremacist Eugene Terreblanche is detained after allegedly breaking the terms of his parole." +"2","Radcliffe withdrawal not due to injury","World record holder Paula Radcliffe #39;s tearful withdrawal from the women #39;s Olympic marathon yesterday was not due to injury, the British team says." +"3","Dollar Bounces; Eye on Data, Greenspan"," LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar bounced off recent four-week lows against the euro and yen on Monday in thin August trade with investors focusing on U.S. data and a speech by the Federal Reserve chief later in the week." +"4","Stopping spam at the source","New antispam technology standards are on the way that promise to hit spammers where it hurts the most--their wallets. At issue is the ability to authenticate the original source of e-mail messages, a major " +"4","New Fat-Busting Microwave Oven Unveiled"," TOKYO (Reuters) - Eyeing up that juicy steak but worried about your waistline? Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=6753.T qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news"">6753.T</A> says it has developed a new fat-busting microwave oven that can melt some of your worries away." +"1","Israel OKs More West Bank Settlement Homes","JERUSALEM Aug. 23, 2004 - Israel announced plans Monday to build hundreds of new housing units in the West Bank, following an apparent US policy shift on settlements that the Palestinians warned quot;will destroy the peace process." +"3","Kmart to Sell 18 Stores to Home Depot"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retailer Kmart Holdings Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KMRT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">KMRT.O</A> on Monday said it finalized a deal to sell 18 of its stores to Home Depot Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HD.N</A> for \$271 million." +"3","Rules for Overtime Pay To Take Effect Monday","Employers and workers are confused by eligibility and classification of the new regulations." +"4","Students crazy about iPod follow the music to Apple laptops (USATODAY.com)","USATODAY.com - Apple's trendy iPod digital music player, which has revitalized the company, is giving laptop sales a boost during back-to-school season." +"4","Stunt pilots to snag a falling NASA craft","NASA #39;s three-year effort to bring some genuine star dust back to Earth is set for a dramatic finale Sept. 8 when Hollywood helicopter pilots will attempt a midair retrieval " +"1","Trial of Accused US Vigilantes Resumes","KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 23, 2004 - A defense lawyer for one of three Americans accused of torturing a dozen Afghan prisoners in a private jail showed a video in court Monday of Afghanistan #39;s former education " +"2","Sports: Graham says he sent the syringe","ATHENS, Greece Track coach Trevor Graham admits he was the person who triggered the BALCO investigation. Graham says he #39;s the one who anonymously sent a syringe of THG to the US Anti-Doping Agency." +"2","Seattle Mariners Minor League Report - August 23rd","TACOMA RAINIERS - The Rainiers just missed a perfect week when they suffered their only setback on Sunday August 22nd, a 13-6 loss to the Portland Beavers." +"3","Southwest Airlines to Cut 88 Flights (Reuters)","Reuters - Southwest Airlines Inc. (LUV.N), the\largest U.S. discount carrier, on Monday said it will eliminate\88 scheduled flights in order to boost revenue by freeing up\planes for more lucrative markets." +"3","Seattle Times business columnist admits plagiarism, resigns","A business columnist has resigned from the Seattle Times after admitting he plagiarized the work of other journalists, said the newspaper." +"4","Does Nick Carr matter?","Strategybusiness concludes that a controversial new book on the strategic value of information technology is flawed--but correct.\" +"3","Students Pay More for Beer Than Books","British students spend about \$1.8 billion on drink every year, nearly three times as much as they cough up for books, a survey released on Monday showed." +"3","Leeds students figure high on working curve","Undergraduates in the city earn more than 90 a week on average, just behind Glasgow, Cambridge and Cardiff. Their hard-earned cash is likely to be spent on looking good and socialising, the " +"4","Windows Upgrade Causing Campus Headaches","Microsoft Corp. #39;s decision to release a major upgrade for its flagship operating system in the same month that hundreds of thousands of students are reporting to college campuses across the " +"4","Intel cuts Pentium 4 prices","The newest P4 chips drop in price by 18 percent to 35 percent; a host of other chips are cheaper now as well." +"3","Northrop Grumman Gets \$408 Million Pact","Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. on Monday said it received a 10-year, \$408 million Army contract to provide simulated battle command training support to Army corps commanders - the latest award in " +"4","Record biz hammers #39;ostrich #39; downloaders","The music industry in the US is making great strides in its campaign against people it says have illegally downloaded music, with courts awarding huge settlements in many cases." +"1","Sign-Up Reopened for House Race in La. (AP)","AP - A state judge ruled Monday that the sign-up period should be reopened for the Nov. 2 election in Louisiana's 5th Congressional District, where incumbent Rep. Rodney Alexander infuriated Democrats by switching to the Republican Party minutes before the qualifying deadline." +"3","Oil price down as Iraq fears ease","The price of oil has fallen as fears about interruptions to supplies being pumped out of Iraq eased slightly." +"1","Israel Accelerates Settlement Drive As Sharon Pushes On With Gaza <b>...</b>","The Israeli government was accelerating its settlement program Monday with plans to build hundreds of new homes in the West Bank, bolstered by a US softening of opposition to new construction projects." +"4","Obesity Solution: Nuke It","Eying that juicy steak but worried about your waistline? Sharp says it has developed a new fat-busting microwave oven that can melt some of your worries away." +"4","E-commerce still booming","Online retail sales continue to show significant growth, according to the latest figures released by the US Department of Commerce." +"4","Lycos offers people and discussion search","Terra Lycos SA introduced two search tools on its Lycos U.S. Internet site on Monday as part of a recently announced strategy to focus on services that allow users to connect with others." +"3","Oil Eases as Iraq Resumes Exports","<p>\</p><p> By Andrew Mitchell</p><p> LONDON (Reuters) - High-flying oil prices eased for a\second session on Monday as Iraq resumed exports from both its\northern and southern outlets after lengthy disruption, despite\fierce fighting in the holy city of Najaf.</p>" +"3","Botswana miners 'face dismissal'","Botswana's giant Debswana diamond mining firm says it will sack workers who carry on with an illegal stoppage." +"1","U.S. Men's Hoops Team Finally Gets a Rout","ATHENS, Greece - The Americans got a taste of what it was like in the good ol' days. They finally played an opponent they were able to beat easily, routing Angola 89-53 Monday in their final preliminary game of the Olympic men's basketball tournament..." +"1","Congo Ex-Rebel Group Pulls Out of Government (Reuters)","Reuters - The former main rebel group during\Congo's civil war pulled out of a power-sharing transitional\government on Monday, dealing a major blow to the country's\already fragile peace process." +"3","Blue Chips Unchanged, Wal-Mart Weighs"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips were near the unchanged mark on Monday as a disappointing sales forecast from retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WMT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">WMT.N</A> dampened sentiment, offsetting the benefit of easing oil prices." +"4","Wiretaps may mute Nextel rivals","Fed up with technical excuses, FBI wants carriers to support eavesdropping capabilities for push-to-talk technology now." +"4","Partnership Connects Wi-Fi Users In The Sky","Wi-Fi is going sky-high thanks to a deal forged between enterprise Internet service provider iPass and Connexion by Boeing. Under the deal, iPass #39;s 528,000-plus Wi-Fi enterprise customers will " +"2","Wariner Succeeds Johnson as 400 Meter Champion"," ATHENS (Reuters) - American 400 meters champion Jeremy Wariner succeeded Michael Johnson as the Olympic gold medallist Monday with a personal best of 44.00 seconds." +"3","Observers insist: no proof of fraud in Venezuelan referendum.","Independent observers confirmed that the random auditing of results from the recall referendum (Sunday August 15) against Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez show there are no indications of fraud as claimed by the opposition." +"4","EDS Is Charter Member of Siebel BPO Alliance (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - Siebel Systems (Nasdaq: SEBL) has named EDS as the charter partner in Siebels' new business process outsourcing (BPO) global strategic-alliance program. The agreement expands the relationship between EDS and Siebel to provide a set of high-value managed products and service offerings targeted at the BPO and customer relationship management (CRM) marketplaces." +"2","Chicago OKs Cubs to Play at Wrigley Field (AP)","AP - The city gave the Chicago Cubs the go-ahead to play ball at Wrigley Field on Monday night after the stadium passed another round of inspections of repair work done on its crumbling upper deck." +"3","Philippine President Says Country Faces Fiscal Crisis","Philippine president Gloria Arroyo warned that her country is in the midst of a fiscal crisis. A report by economists at the University of the Philippines said the country faces economic collapse " +"2","US men #39;s basketball routs Angola","Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Tim Duncan led a balanced American attack with 15 points and seven rebounds, as the United States men #39;s basketball team completed the preliminary round with a resounding 89-53 victory over winless Angola." +"2","Patterson gets silver on balance beam","Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - American Carly Patterson, the women #39;s all- around champion at the Summer Games, added another medal on Monday night with a silver in the balance beam competition." +"4","New Russian-US Team to Leave for ISS in October","MOSCOW (AFP) -- A new Russian-US team for the International Space Station (ISS) will take off from the Baikonur space station in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan in October, Russian space officials said. The three-person team, due to be approved on Thursday, will leave for the ISS on board a Russian Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft, Russia's Federal Space Agency, Roskosmos said on its website..." +"2","Gatlin sprints from unknown to 100m gold","Reuters Athens Aug 23: American Justin Gatlin roared from virtual unknown to win the blue ribband Olympic mens 100 metres race yesterday, upstaging defending champion Maurice Greene and other more illustrious rivals." +"1","Panama Recalls Ambassador From Cuba (AP)","AP - Panama recalled its ambassador from Cuba on Monday after the Cuban government threatened to break off relations in a dispute over four anti-Fidel Castro exiles imprisoned in Panama." +"4","Obesity Raises Risk for 9 Different Types of Cancer","By LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) -- Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but expanding waistlines increase the risk for at least nine types of cancer, too. And with the obesity epidemic showing no signs of waning, specialists say they need to better understand how fat cells fuels cancer growth so they might fight back..." +"3","Credit Card Delinquencies at a 4-Year Low"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans paid their credit card bills on time at a record high level in June, sending credit card delinquencies to their lowest level in four years, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday." +"3","Deal has S2io champing at the gigabit","OTTAWA -- A local firm that says it can help shrink backup times at large data centres is growing its business thanks to an alliance with Sun Microsystems Inc." +"4","Microsoft: Use Script to Block Windows XP SP2 Updates","Microsoft has offered up yet another way for businesses to block the automatic update of Windows XP to the big-deal Service Pack 2 (SP2) upgrade." +"2","Marathon meltdown","THE winner smiled and then vomited. The roaring favourite collapsed and couldn #39;t finish. The Australian contemplated surrender, staggered on and didn #39;t regret it." +"1","Panama-Cuba 'pardon' row worsens","Panama recalls its Havana ambassador after Cuba threatened to cut ties if jailed anti-Castro activists are pardoned." +"4","Cisco Buys IP Platform Maker","Network equipment giant Cisco Systems (Quote, Chart) is buying IP platform specialist P-Cube for \$200 million in cash and stock. P-Cube #39;s technology helps telecom carriers, cable operators and ISPs manage " +"1","Arafat Meets With Gaza Critic","A former Palestinian security minister who could be key to keeping order among rival factions in Gaza after an Israeli pullout held a fence-mending meeting Monday with President Yasser Arafat, officials said." +"3","New Overtime Rules Take Effect","New Bush administration rules that scale back overtime eligibility for white-collar workers took effect on Monday over protests that they would slash paychecks at a time of economic uncertainty." +"2","Japanese joy and British tears","IT WAS the night of the longest race and the shortest, a night of distress for Britain #39;s Paula Radcliffe and delight for America #39;s Justin Gatlin." +"4","SAP Gets \$35 Million Post Office Pact","SAP has landed a \$35 million deal to help the US Postal Service overhaul its human resources systems. According to sources close to the deal, the agreement includes a \$21 million consulting component, and " +"2","US beats Germany 2-1 in OT, to face Brazil in women #39;s soccer final","Heather O #39;Reilly, minutes after missing a wide open net, scored in the ninth minute of overtime Monday to give the United States a 2-1 victory over World Cup champion Germany and a place in Thursday #39;s gold-medal game." +"4","Intel drops prices on computer chips","SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp. has cut prices on its computer chips by as much as 35 percent, though analysts on Monday said the cuts were probably unrelated to swelling inventories of the world #39;s largest chip maker." +"1","Israel Announces West Bank Housing Plans (AP)","AP - Israel announced plans Monday for 500 new housing units in the West Bank, after an apparent U.S. policy shift that has infuriated the Palestinians. The Palestinians oppose all Jewish settlement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, lands where they hope to establish an independent state." +"3","Dollar Holds Gains, Fed Comments Help"," TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held on to the previous day's gain on Tuesday, supported by a retreat in oil prices and upbeat comments on the U.S. economy from Federal Reserve officials." +"4","SAP Awarded \$35 Million Postal Service Contract","The postal service, which employs more than a third of the civilian employees of the federal government, chose SAP after a multi-year evaluation, it said." +"3","Dark arts of spin evident in phoney war for Abbey","THE phoney war over the fate of Abbey grinds on. Along the way, on all sides, it is producing its predictable crop of knowing winks and destabilising nudges." +"3","Controversial US Overtime Rules Take Effect","New overtime rules have taken effect in the United States that the government says will strengthen workers #39; rights, but opponents say will significantly reduce workers #39; pay." +"4"," #39;Marathon mouse #39; doubles stamina","Scientists in the United States have genetically engineered mice which can run twice as far as normal before becoming exhausted. The researchers say their finding could lead to drugs or gene " +"3","SAS Braathens to cut Gatwick, Geneva flights","blackhawk writes quot;SAS Braathens, the Norwegian unit of Scandinavian airline SAS, will cut Oslo routes to Geneva and London Gatwick in the first step of a plan to eliminate 10 routes." +"3","CAO executives hand over passports","Executives at the collapsed China Aviation Oil Singapore have voluntarily handed over their passports to Singapore #39;s police, a spokesman said Tuesday." +"2","Dickens Departs","Tony Dickens resigns as head coach at Northwestern six months after leading the Wildcats to the Maryland 4A boys basketball title." +"3","Dollar Keeps Gains as Market Awaits Data"," TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar idled on Tuesday after gaining the previous day, as many investors held off building positions ahead of economic data from the United States." +"3","Audit finds no fraud in Venezuelan recall vote","CARACAS : An audit of last Sunday #39;s recall vote in Venezuela, which favored keeping President Hugo Chavez in office, found no evidence of fraud, as the opposition had charged, electoral officials said." +"2","Chargers, Rivers Agree to Deal","The San Diego Chargers finally reached a contract agreement last night with quarterback Philip Rivers. Rivers, the fourth overall choice in April #39;s draft, agreed to a six-year deal worth about \$40 million, including " +"2","Chiefs #39; offense too much for Rams in 24-7 victory","The NFL #39;s highest-scoring offense is averaging two touchdowns every three possessions during the preseason. If Kansas City #39;s woeful defense can get its act together, too, the Chiefs could be in for big things." +"4","Marathoning mice could have Olympian effects on obesity","A molecular switch known to regulate fat metabolism appears to prevent obesity and turns laboratory mice into marathon runners, a Salk Institute study has found." +"2","Dominant US captures gold with 79th straight win","The US softball team completed its scorched-earth run through the Olympics on Monday with a 5-1 win over Australia, America #39;s third straight gold medal." +"3","Johnson amp; Johnson bids for rival","NEW YORK Johnson amp; Johnson is in advanced negotiations to acquire Guidant, one of the largest US makers of devices to treat heart and circulatory illnesses, according to executives close to the talks." +"3","Yukos warns it oil output is lagging","Beleaguered Russian energy giant Yukos has warned that it will not produce as much oil as expected this year. It blames bailiffs who are draining its bank accounts to pay its potentially ruinous tax bill." +"2","Pressure points","ATHENS -- The booing went on for nearly 10 minutes while Paul Hamm, chalked up and ready, waited beneath the horizontal bar last night. quot;Wow, quot; Hamm told his twin brother Morgan. quot;I've never seen this before. quot;" +"3","Unions protest as overtime rules take effect","WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of workers rallied on the steps of the Labor Department yesterday to protest the implementation of new rules they say will cause as many as 6 million Americans to lose their overtime pay. But the Bush administration officials who crafted the complex regulations insisted more workers will actually qualify for extra pay under the plan, which almost ..." +"1","Serb denies siege terror charges","A Bosnian Serb general accused of organising the siege of Sarajevo pleads not guilty to war crimes charges." +"2","11th-hour highlights too late","NBC's prime-time Olympic coverage is taped and shaped, the television version of a Reader's Digest condensed book. We get all the US highlights, the big news stories, and a well-edited drama building to the 11 p.m. hour. It's a formula that's been proven to hold an audience and pull ratings. The big downside: You have to stay up until midnight ..." +"4","No IE? No Can See","One thing that #39;s always irritated those who don #39;t choose to use Internet Explorer is finding a website that requires IE. Such complaints seem to have grown all the more passionate now security concerns are driving more users to consider IE alternatives." +"4","Iran shuts reformist websites","WEBSITES CLOSE to Iran #39;s leading reformist party have been blocked by religious hardliners in the police bureau of public morals." +"2","Zambrano right at home","No one has been more dominating against National League hitters at home than Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano. And Zambrano looked as if he would be at his finest Monday night at Wrigley Field." +"2","Torre Calls a Meeting, and the Yanks Respond","Joe Torre gathered the Yankees before Monday night #39;s game at Jacobs Field and imparted a simple message: put aside the struggles of the past week." +"1","Kerry Dispute Revives Memory of Delta War (AP)","AP - The controversy over the Vietnam war record of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has trained a fresh light on one of that conflict's lesser-known episodes #151; the operations of America's ""Brown Water Navy"" in rivers, canals and mangrove swamps of the Mekong Delta." +"1","Japan to Deport Ex-Chess Champion Bobby Fischer (Reuters)","Reuters - Japan issued a deportation order on\Tuesday against former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, who\is wanted in the United States for defying sanctions on\Yugoslavia, an immigration official said." +"1","N.Korea Hurls Abuse at Bush, Calls Him Human Trash"," SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea hurled invective at President Bush for a second day on Tuesday, calling him a political idiot and human trash, and said six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions appeared doomed." +"1","Nairobi police disperse Maasai","Police in Kenya disperse Maasai protesters in the capital who are seeking the return of leased colonial land." +"4","Arctic team finds ship remains","A team retracing the route of a group of Victorian Arctic explorers have found parts of their 172-year-old ship." +"3","Toy store profits R back up","TOY retailer Toys R Us has posted a second-quarter profit, over- turning the loss it made over the same period the year before. The New Jersey-based group, which is considering quitting the toys business, turned " +"4","Vonage Calls on Linksys for VoIP","Linksys will provide broadband-to-phone adapters and, eventually, Wi-Fi equipment." +"4","Vonage Calls on Linksys for VoIP (PC World)","PC World - Linksys will provide broadband-to-phone adapters and, eventually, Wi-Fi equipment." +"1","Mich. Elephant Gets Therapy for Arthritis","ROYAL OAK, Mich. - Like any patient, Wanda needs positive reinforcement to wrestle through her physical therapy..." +"4","Intel slashes Itanium prices as Madison looms","Intel has slashed prices across the board as it prepares to get behind new processor lines due this autumn. The Itanium server line has seen cuts of over 30 per cent, while prices for Intel #39;s fastest business " +"1","Straw: No British troops to Darfur","British Foreign Minister Jack Straw said his country does not plan to deploy forces to Darfur in western Sudan but will provide technical assistance." +"1","Iraqi Guardsmen Ring Najaf Shrine","US and Iraqi forces battled militants in Najaf on Tuesday and Iraqi National Guardsmen advanced to within 200 yards of the holy city #39;s Imam Ali Shrine compound, where insurgents loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have been holed up for weeks." +"2","Gregg: I will help to close deal","EVERTON chairman Bill Kenwright #39;s plans for a Russian revolution at Goodison Park may have thawed the cold war with director Paul Gregg." +"1","Straw: Sudan Must Help Displaced People (AP)","AP - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, touring a sprawling desert camp housing 40,000 displaced people from the troubled western Darfur region, urged the Sudanese government to do more to make it safe for the frightened refugees to return home." +"3","Japanese Bank Makes Hostile Bid in Takeover Battle","The biggest-ever takeover battle in Japan got even bigger today as Sumitomo Mitsui sought to disrupt a rival's expansion plans with a \$29 billion hostile bid for UFJ." +"4","Martian Weather Blamed for Loss of Beagle 2","Description: An investigation into the loss of Britain #39;s Beagle 2 spacecraft last December suggests the cause may have been unusual Martian weather." +"2","Prodigy Adu Learns His Trade at DC United"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Teenager Freddy Adu, America's most talked about soccer player, has hardly set the league alight with his skills in his first season." +"3","Japan #39;s SMFG in \$29B bid for UFJ","Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. laid out a \$29 billion bid for UFJ Holdings on Tuesday, challenging a rival offer by Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group to form the world #39;s biggest bank." +"1","Sex toys find niche market in church-influenced Philippines (AFP)","AFP - In this predominantly Roman Catholic country where prostitution is illegal and the church still wields considerable influence on the nation's morals, it is a brave person who goes into business selling sex toys." +"3","Director Leaves Hollinger Inc. Board","Hollinger Inc., th #39;e Toronto-based holding company controlled by disgraced media baron Conrad Black, lost an independent director Tuesday when a former general in Canada #39;s armed forces resigned from its board." +"1","US not involved in Afghan vigilante trial-official","An Afghan court was following proper procedures in its trial of three US men accused of torture and kidnapping and the United States would exert no influence on next week #39;s verdict, a US official said on Tuesday." +"1","British Minister Sees 'Show Camp' in Sudan (Reuters)","Reuters - Two rows of well-spaced\mattresses with brightly colored covers are laid out in a straw\hut, and the smiling nurse in surgical gloves gives an\injection to a crying baby held by his mother." +"1","Bin Laden Driver Charged at Guantanamo","GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Osama bin Laden's chauffeur was officially charged Tuesday in the first U.S. military tribunal since World War II, appearing at a pretrial hearing where his lawyer challenged the process as unfair..." +"4","Cisco Reaches High And Low","NEW YORK - Cisco Systems is aggressively trying to build its presence in key growth markets, and it #39;s using both new products and new acquisitions to do it." +"1"," #39;Somebody please save my dad #39;","Nick du Toit #39;s wife and stepdaughter are distraught that there is nothing they can do to help him. On Monday his stepdaughter, Marilise Bezuidenhout, was forced to convey the news of his possible death sentence " +"1","Update 1: Passengers Stranded by Canceled Flights","Thousands of disgruntled vacationers were stranded at Heathrow Airport Tuesday after British Airways canceled scores of flights because of staff shortages and technical hitches." +"1","Journalist purportedly kidnapped by militants","A group calling itself quot;The Islamic Army in Iraq quot; said Italy must withdraw its 3,000 troops -- or the safety of a missing Italian journalist can #39;t be guaranteed." +"2","Discus Champion Thrown Out of Games"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Hungarian Olympic discus champion Robert Fazekas will lose his gold medal and be expelled from the Games after breaking doping rules, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Tuesday." +"4","Cisco to acquire P-Cube for \$200M","SAN JOSE, Calif.Cisco Systems Inc. said it has agreed to acquire P-Cube for \$200 million in stock and cash to enable service providers to further control and manage such advanced Internet Protocol services " +"4","Cisco and Microsoft Partner for CRM","8/24/2004 -- Cisco Systems yesterday announced a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Communications Connector for Microsofts CRM offering." +"4","Apple Tops in Customer Satisfaction","Dell comes in a close second, while Gateway shows improvement, study says." +"3","Sabre, NWA Trade Barbs Over Ticketing Fee","AUGUST 25, 2004 -- The Sabre Travel Network yesterday responded quickly to Northwest Airlines #39; decision to impose a fee on all domestic tickets issued through global distribution systems, firing back with its own policy changes and concluding the " +"3","United #39;s pension dilemma","United Airlines says it likely will end funding for employee pension plans, a move that would be the largest ever default by a US company and could lead to a taxpayer-funded bailout rivaling the savings-and-loan fiasco of the 1980s." +"4","Linksys, Netgear prep soho VoIP kit","WLAN kit makers Linksys and Netgear have rolled out consumer and small-business oriented wireless access points with integrated Voice over IP (VoIP) support." +"4","Tiny telescope detects a giant planet","A tiny telescope has spotted a giant planet circling a faraway star, using a technique that could open a new phase of planetary discovery, scientists say." +"2","Gardner Loses Quest for Repeat Wrestling Gold","US heavyweight Rulon Gardner lost his Olympic title Wednesday after being beaten in the semi-final stage of the 120kg Greco-Roman wrestling event by Georgiy Tsurtsumia of Kazakhstan." +"4","Playboy Posts Unused Google Excerpt to Web Site (Reuters)","Reuters - Playboy magazine on Tuesday\posted to its Web site an unpublished portion from its\interview with Google's founders, which raised regulatory\eyebrows not for what it revealed, but for its timing -- just\before the Internet search engine's much-anticipated initial\public offering." +"2","Williams' Status at USC Still Unresolved (AP)","AP - Standout receiver Mike Williams is all but certain not to play Saturday night when top-ranked Southern California opens its season because of continuing delays in the school's appeal process to the NCAA. After that, who knows? USC has applied to the NCAA for a progress-toward-degree waiver and reinstatement of Williams' eligibility." +"1","Kerry Pledges to Create Higher-Paying Jobs (AP)","AP - John Kerry headed to closely divided Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to tell voters he could produce better, higher-paying jobs from the White House than President Bush has." +"1","GOP Platform Plan Seeks Gay Marriage Ban (AP)","AP - Republican leaders are pushing for a constitutional ban on gay marriage in the GOP platform, opening a new point of contention between social conservatives and outnumbered but vocal factions fighting to give the party's statement of principles a more moderate tone." +"4","EPA: U.S. Waterways Contain Polluted Fish (AP)","AP - One of every three lakes in the United States, and nearly one-quarter of the nation's rivers contain enough pollution that people should limit or avoid eating fish caught there." +"2","Selig Welcomes Government Help In Steroids Scandal","NEW YORK -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Monday he would accept government intervention on steroid testing if the players #39; association refuses to change the current rules, which run for two more years." +"4","Barents Sea Under Threat from Fishing, Oil (Reuters)","Reuters - The Arctic Barents Sea is\under threat from overfishing, oil and gas exploration and\Soviet-era radioactive waste, the U.N. Environment Program said\on Tuesday." +"3","Will This Idea Fly? Charge Some Travelers \$10 for Showing Up","Northwest Airlines said it would begin charging a \$10 fee for issuing a ticket at its airport check-in desks." +"2","A man with a plan","ATHENS -- Four years ago in Sydney, after the US gymnasts had gone medal-free at the Olympics for the first time in 28 years, federation president Bob Colarossi was sitting at a table, explaining that the turnaround already had begun. The women had moved from sixth to fourth in the world in one year, the men from sixth to fifth. ..." +"4","ASCAP Shakes Down Burning Man for Music Royalties","LOS ANGELES, CA -- Officials from ASCAP today indicated they intend to pursue music royalties from the organizers of Burning Man, an artist's gathering and celebration held over the Labor Day holiday near Reno, NV. The unconventional event, held annually since 1986, has never paid fees for any of the music played at the event, says ASCAP. ""We intend to pursue all available avenues to get this issue resolved,"" said Tony Wilcox, ASCAP spokesperson." +"3","Branson: Virgin Billionaire Eyes China Telecom Deal","Can you hear him now: Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson said in Hong Kong that his company has earmarked \$300 million for a cell phone joint venture in China." +"1","Second Prisoner Abuse Report Expected","WASHINGTON - Inattention to prisoner issues by senior U.S. military leaders in Iraq and at the Pentagon was a key factor in the abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, but there is no evidence they ordered any mistreatment, an independent panel concluded..." +"1","Cleric Returns to Broker Najaf Peace Deal","NAJAF, Iraq - Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric returned home from Britain on Wednesday to help broker an end to nearly three weeks of fighting in Najaf and is calling on his followers to join him in a march to reclaim the holy city, his spokesmen and witnesses said. Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani return came as heavy fighting persisted in Najaf's Old City..." +"1","Police Tear Gas, Arrest Protesters in Bangladesh","Baton-wielding riot police fired tear gas and rounded up dozens of demonstrators in Bangladesh on Tuesday during a general strike called to protest a weekend grenade attack that killed 20 people and wounded hundreds at an opposition political rally." +"2","Careening Indians Fall","Slumping Cleveland lost a three-run lead while Derek Jeter homered and stole two ninth-inning bases as New York sent the Indians to their ninth consecutive loss, 5-4, Tuesday." +"4","Internosis Will Relocate To Greenbelt in October"," Internosis Inc., an information technology company in Arlington, plans to move its headquarters to Greenbelt in October. The relocation will bring 170 jobs to Prince George's County." +"4","Microsoft offers SP2 compatibility guide","Security-focused Windows XP update can be tough on applications. Guidelines are meant to help professionals ""test and mitigate.""" +"4","Site security gets a recount at Rock the Vote","Grassroots movement to register younger voters leaves publishing tools accessible to outsiders." +"4","Sony reveals some specs for PSP handheld","The PlayStation Portable is going to have one complex processor running the show for games and multimedia." +"4","Study: Apple, Dell lead PC customer satisfaction index","The PC industry is doing a better job this year of satisfying its U.S. customers, and better technical support and easier-to-use hardware seem to have made a difference, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index." +"4","UN organizes open-source software day across Asia","The United Nations, through its International Open Source Network (IOSN) will organize the first annual Software Freedom Day on Saturday in an effort to educate Asian users about the benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and encourage its wider use in the region." +"4","European Union Extends Review of Microsoft Deal","By PAUL GEITNER BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and the media and entertainment powerhouse Time Warner Inc..." +"1","Darfur: 4-Point Draft Agenda Adopted in Abuja","A tentative step was taken yesterday in the quest to finding lasting peace in the crisis torn Dafur region of Sudan when the Abuja peace talks unanimously adopted a four-point draft agenda." +"3","UPDATE 2-TD, Banknorth in talks on possible deal","Toronto Dominion Bank (TD.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday that it is in talks with US-based Banknorth Group (BNK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) about a possible deal, in line with the Canadian bank #39;s push for " +"4","Jamaican Government to Provide Free Internet Access in Poor <b>...</b>","Jamaica #39;s government on Tuesday announced a US\$5 million (Jamaican \$308 million) plan to provide free Internet access in poor communities across the island." +"2","A new Golden Girl","It took only 49.41 seconds for Tonique Williams-Darling to etch her name in the annals of Bahamian history. Williams-Darling crossed the finish line " +"1","India's Tata makes powerful debut","Shares in Indian software services giant Tata Consultancy close 16 higher on their market debut, raising \$1.2bn for the company." +"1","Sudanese rebels agree to take part in peace talks in Abuja","ABUJA, Aug 25, 2004 (dpa) -- Rebel groups agreed Wednesday to participate in peace talks with the Sudanese government being held in the Nigerian capital of Abuja after coming under pressure to disarm and accept confinement to camps in the country #39;s " +"4","Dragging the Net for Cyber Criminals","In an attempt to stem the growing tide of online scams, identity theft and the proliferation of junk e-mail, the Justice Department and state law enforcement officials have initiated what seems to be the largest dragnet yet against spammers, so-called ""phishers"" and other Internet con artists. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2"" color=""#666666""><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>" +"4","EU to probe Microsoft-Time Warner buy","The decision is a setback for the two companies and their plan to acquire ContentGuard, a digital rights management firm." +"2","Allen Wins Triathlon","Kate Allen of Austria wins the triathlon with a late surge Wednesday, passing more than half of the field in the final leg and edging Loretta Harrop of Australia at the finish line." +"4","Is Google the Next Netscape?","Is Google the Next Netscape?\\To draw a parallel between Netscape #038; Google in their fight against Microsoft, it is necessary to examine the various similarities between the two situations and see if the tactics that worked then will work now. \" +"3","GM pulls Guy Ritchie car ad after protest","Protests from seven safety groups have prompted General Motors to pull a television ad that shows a young boy driving a Corvette sports car so recklessly that it goes airborne, officials of the automaker say." +"4","Tiny telescope #39;s big discovery opens new doors","WASHINGTON - A tiny telescope has spotted a giant planet circling a faraway star, using a technique that could open a new phase of planetary discovery." +"4","News: US cracks down on spam mountain","John Ashcroft, the attorney General of the US, is expected to announce on Thursday dozens of lawsuits against alleged spammers following a low key campaign against the practise across the US.\" +"1","Bryant Prosecutors Say Some Data Tainted","DENVER - Crucial DNA evidence tested by defense experts in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case might have been contaminated, prosecutors said in a court filing released Wednesday, just two days before jury selection is to begin. Prosecutors said they had found contamination in DNA ""control"" samples intended to ensure testing was accurate..." +"3","Poultry Stocks See Mixed Recovery","Despite a weak third-quarter earnings report that sent its shares plunging 24 percent Tuesday, poultry producer Sanderson Farms Inc." +"2","Brazil Tops Spain for Men's Gold in Beach Volleyball"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego beat Spain's Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera 21-16, 21-15 on Wednesday to bag Brazil's first men's Olympic beach volleyball gold medal." +"4","NTT DoCoMo, Motorola tie up on 3G handsets","NTT DoCoMo will release a handset compatible with non-Japanese cellular networks and with its own 3G (third generation) mobile network early next year." +"4","Vonage Awash in Venture Capital","VoIP (define) upstart Vonage has quickly amassed another \$105 million from venture capitalists and is looking to Latin America and Asia to accelerate an already torrid growth rate." +"1","UN says Afghan vote can legitimise postwar scene (AFP)","AFP - Afghanistan has a chance for real political legitimacy when voters go to the polls in the country's first post-Taliban presidential election, the UN's envoy to the nation said." +"2","Bryant Prosecutors Question Defense DNA Evidence"," DENVER (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the rape case against U.S. basketball star Kobe Bryant are questioning the validity of DNA evidence crucial to the defense's case, saying data appeared to have been manipulated and might have to be thrown out." +"4","Best Software overhauls Act ","Best Softwarelaunched this week an overhaul of its Act contact management software, adding to the product line a second version with more scalability and advanced functionality." +"3","MOM 2005 Released to Manufacturing","Microsoft on Wednesday announced the release to manufacturing of Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 and MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition, a new edition that the company previously called MOM 2005 Express." +"2","Pittman misses out","Fani Halkia (1980), of Greece, clears a hurdle en route to winning a gold medal ahead of fifth place finisher Jana Pittman, of Australia." +"1","Jones Advances in Long Jump; Johnson Out","ATHENS, Greece - Marion Jones made her Athens debut in virtual anonymity, quietly advancing to the long jump final. Allen Johnson had the attention of everyone in the stadium, for all the wrong reasons..." +"3","Ford to Repair Faulty Heated Seats in Focus Cars","Ford Motor Co. said on Wednesday it will fix malfunctioning heated seats in 33,000 Focus cars, two-thirds of which were sold in Canada." +"4","Gartner: Q2 server shipments rise on Sun, Dell strength","Server shipments and revenue increased in the second quarter, with low-cost servers based on Linux or the Windows operating system growing faster than their Unix counterparts, according to research firm Gartner Inc." +"4","US raids Net song swappers","US agents have raided the homes of five people who allegedly traded hundreds of thousands of songs, movies and other copyrighted material over the Internet, Attorney General John Ashcroft says." +"4","Dell May Soon Unveil More Consumer Goods -Analyst (Reuters)","Reuters - Dell Inc. (DELL.O), the world's\largest PC maker, could announce an expanded selection of its\consumer electronics line in the next several weeks, a retail\industry analyst said on Wednesday." +"3","Coke Loses Quiznos Sandwich Account","Quiznos Sub, the third-largest US sandwich chain, said on Wednesday it signed a deal to serve PepsiCo Inc. (PEP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) drinks in its US outlets, ending a 23-year relationship with Coca-Cola Co." +"1","Israeli army set to unveil stink bomb","JERUSALEM: The Israeli army is set to unveil a new weapon designed to get under the noses of Palestinians - a massive stink bomb. A report in the Maariv daily on Wednesday said that the military, which has " +"3","Northwest sues Sabre over ticket fees","Northwest Airlines Corp. filed suit against Sabre Travel Network in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota alleging that Sabre instituted measures that will make it more difficult for the carrier to sell tickets." +"4","News: FBI seizes computers in first-ever criminal action against P2P network","The Associated Press By Curt Anderson" +"1","Kuwait assures help on hostages","NEW DELHI, Aug. 25. - Kuwait has promised to leave no stone unturned to ensure the safe return of the three Indians who were taken hostage in Iraq." +"4","MmO2 Announces 3G Mobile Data Network Launch","Customers will be able to download film clips, audio and video, interactive multiplayer games, multimedia music tracks, quot;push-to-watch quot; services, as well as access large e-mail attachments." +"1","Republicans Endorse Ban on Gay Marriage","NEW YORK - Republicans endorsed an uncompromising position against gay unions Wednesday in a manifesto that contrasts with Vice President Dick Cheney's supportive comments about gay rights and the moderate face the party will show at next week's national convention. A panel made up largely of conservative delegates approved platform language that calls for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and opposes legal recognition of any sort for gay civil unions..." +"4","Microsoft expands mainframe pitch","Company is upgrading current support and service program to draw more mainframe customers." +"4","U.S. Justice Department Cracks Down Internet Crime","The FBI seized computers, software and equipment as part of an investigation into illegal sharing of copyrighted movies, music and games over an Internet ""peer-to-peer"" network, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Wednesday." +"3","UPDATE: NZ Auckland Airport FY Net Surges On Travel Boom","WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--New Zealand #39;s Auckland International Airport Ltd. (AIA.NZ) Thursday posted double digit annual profit growth, buoyed by a surge in passenger travel, and said it expects to meet market consensus for the 2005 fiscal year earnings." +"1","Mich. Rep. to Head Intelligence Panel (AP)","AP - Republican Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan was picked Wednesday to head the House Intelligence Committee amid a heated election-year debate over how to carry out a major overhaul of the nation's intelligence system." +"3","Belarus Bank Denies Money Laundering Charge","A bank in Belarus has denied US charges that it laundered money for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Infobank, in a statement, said it has strictly followed international agreements related to the fight against illegal transactions." +"3","Singapore Air plans \$7.35B Boeing order","Singapore Airlines plans to buy up to 31 Boeing long-range 777-300ER planes worth about \$7.35 billion, the carrier said Wednesday." +"4","Global server sales on the rise","Sales of server systems rose 7.7 percent globally in the second quarter to \$11.55 billion as demand for Information Technology remained strong after a three year downturn, market research firm Gartner said in a statement." +"3","Oil Prices Alter Direction","After a month-long rally that repeatedly pushed prices to new highs, the cost of a barrel slumped for the fourth day, leaving the price \$10 higher than year-ago rate." +"2","Warner to Start for Giants This Week (AP)","AP - Kurt Warner will start at quarterback for the New York Giants this week, although his competition with rookie Eli Manning for the regular-season job continues." +"1","Pinochet Immunity Weighed by Chile Court (AP)","AP - Lawyers pressed Chile's Supreme Court on Wednesday to uphold a lower court decision stripping retired Gen. Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution, saying the former dictator should face justice for past human rights abuses." +"1","Lawyer for Bush Quits Over Links to Kerry's Foes","The quick resignation suggests that the Bush campaign, which has repeatedly said it has no ties to the Swift boat veterans group, is eager to put the issue behind it." +"4","Toyota reports a silicon carbide breakthrough","Move over silicon chips, there is a new semiconductor king on the horizon. Silicon carbide #39;s (SiC) potential has been known since the 1950 #39;s, but the properties that make is attractive also make it hard to work with." +"2","MLB, Va. Officials Meet","Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf led a team of negotiators from Major League Baseball in a three-hour meeting Wednesday with the leaders of the Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority." +"2","AL Wrap: Ortiz Fuels Red Sox Fire as Blue Jays Go Down (Reuters)","Reuters - David Ortiz thumped two homers and\drove in four runs to fire the Boston Red Sox to an 11-5 win\over the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Wednesday." +"2","AL Wrap: Ortiz Fuels Red Sox Fire as Blue Jays Go Down"," TORONTO (Reuters) - David Ortiz thumped two homers and drove in four runs to fire the Boston Red Sox to an 11-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Wednesday." +"1","China warns Singapore officials against future visits to Taiwan (AFP)","AFP - China has warned Singapore officials against visiting Taiwan again after a ""private and unofficial"" trip by the city-state's new leader just weeks before he took office strained ties with Beijing." +"1","Sistani Urges Supporters to Wait at Najaf Gates"," BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged his supporters converging on Najaf on Thursday not to enter the battered holy city until he arrived, a senior aide said." +"1","Rain threatens triangular final (AFP)","AFP - Organisers were left banking on the Dutch weather to spare Saturday's final of the triangular cricket tournament after deciding against altering the fixture schedule in a bid to beat the rain that has marred this warm-up event for next month's ICC Champions Trophy in England." +"1","Pakistan down India to ensure top six finish (AFP)","AFP - Pakistan defeated arch-rivals India 3-0 here to ensure they stand among the top six in the Olympic men's field hockey competition." +"3","Singapore Air expands fleet with US\$3.7B Boeing order","Singapore Airlines Ltd., Asia #39;s most profitable carrier, is betting new planes will help it lure passengers from Emirates and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd." +"4","White House Shifts Its Focus on Climate","The administration issued a report indicating that emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases were the only likely explanation for global warming." +"1","Bush Makes Fourth Trip of Year to N.M. (AP)","AP - The ranks of independent voters in New Mexico have grown by nearly 20,000 in the last 10 months, a prize pulling President Bush and rival John Kerry to the state again and again." +"1","Charges reduced for Iraq jail MP","MANNHEIM, Germany -- A US military policewoman accused in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal had the charges against her reduced yesterday as a set of pretrial hearings wrapped up at an American base in Germany." +"3","An insurer sees the light","Snoopy has left the building. Well, almost. MetLife Inc. , the insurance giant that employs Charlie Brown's dog in ads, is close to completing a deal to sell its State Street Research and Management investment arm to BlackRock Inc. for about \$400 million. Everyone involved will be better off for it." +"3","GM pulls Corvette ad with underage driver","DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. has withdrawn a Corvette commercial that shows a young boy driving wildly through city streets after safety advocates complained, the company said yesterday." +"3","A mixed economic bag in July","Factory orders in July for costly manufactured goods recorded the biggest gain in four months. New home sales, meanwhile, slid, according to a pair of reports " +"4","Keck telescope confirms important exoplanet discovery","Hawaii #39;s Keck Observatory has confirmed the existence of a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a distant star, the first one spotted by a network of astronomers using telescopes no larger than the ones you can buy in stores." +"4","Civil servants in net porn probe","More than 200 staff at the Department of Work and Pensions have been disciplined for downloading porn at work." +"4","World #39;s smallest digital camera with zoom lens","Come September, Japanese electronics giant Casio Computer will launch the world #39;s smallest digital camera with a zoom lens. Casio #39;s palm-sized Exilim camera is much smaller than others as, for the first time, it uses a ceramic lens." +"1","Iraq Mortar Attack Kills 25, Sistani Heads to Najaf"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A mortar attack on a packed mosque in the town of Kufa on Thursday killed at least 25 people as Iraq's most influential Shi'ite cleric headed to the nearby holy city of Najaf to try to end a bloody three-week uprising." +"1","Dream Team Leads Spain 44-42 at Halftime","ATHENS, Greece - As expected, the U.S. men's basketball team had its hands full in a quarterfinal game against Spain on Thursday..." +"4","Nokia, Pointsec team on mobile data security","Enterprises seeking higher security for their growing number of mobile devices may be interested in new encryption technology that Nokia Corp. is deploying in its smart phone products." +"3","BlackRock Buys State Street Research"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BLK.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">BLK.N</A>, one of the largest U.S. fixed income managers, on Thursday said it will buy its far smaller competitor State Street Research Management Co., marking the biggest takeover in the asset management business this year." +"2","Six-month deal for Hoddle at Wolves","The 47-year-old former England coach was unveiled at a press conference, bringing to an end Wolves #39; month-long search for a successor to Dave Jones." +"4","Microsoft Expands Windows Update Release","Microsoft Corp. is starting to ramp up distribution of its massive security update for the Windows XP operating system, but analysts say they still expect the company to move at a relatively slow pace to avoid widespread glitches." +"2","British sailors bag bronze","Britain's Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks win bronze in a tense final 49er race on the Saronic Gulf." +"4","Understanding Search Engine Models","Understanding Search Engine Models\\To understand search engines and search engine marketing, one must first understand the search engine model. There are two fundamentally different types of search engine back ends: site directories and spidering search engines. Site directory databases are built by a person manually inputting data about websites. Most ..." +"4","Electronic Jihad Internet Attack Rumored For Today","Electronic Jihad Internet Attack Rumored For Today\\Is the Electronic Jihad attack happening today or is it just stirred up rumors? Yevgeny Kaspersky has raised concerns of a major attack on the internet today. Kaspersky has been widely quoted as saying that there would be a major online attack against Israeli ..." +"3","Freddie Mac: Investment Portfolio Grew"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Freddie Mac <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FRE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">FRE.N</A> said on Thursday its mortgage investments, or retained portfolio, grew at an annualized rate of 20.8 percent in July, compared with a 19.4 percent increase in June." +"4","Science Magazine: Asia Farmers Sucking Continent Dry (Reuters)","Reuters - Asian farmers drilling millions of\pump-operated wells in an ever-deeper search for water are\threatening to suck the continent's underground reserves dry, a\science magazine warned on Wednesday." +"4","Report: Intel Logs Big Gains In Flash Market","Intel #39;s share of the booming flash market jumped 40.8 percent in the second quarter, according to market-research firm iSuppli Corp." +"2","Morocco #39;s El Guerrouj Olympic champion","Morocco #39;s Hicham El Guerrouj won in Athens Tuesday an Olympic title in the 1500m race after two failed attempts in Sydney and Atlanta." +"2","McClaren happy with striking duo","Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren believes Mark Viduka and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink could forge one of the most dangerous strike partnerships in the Barclays Premiership." +"1","Iraq group to free 3 Indians, 4 others of Kuwait firm - TV (Reuters)","Reuters - Iraqi kidnappers of seven employees of a Kuwaiti company said in a video statement on Thursday they would release the captives once their employer halted operations in Iraq, Al Arabiya television reported." +"3","BlackRock to buy State Street Research from MetLife","NEW YORK, August 26 (New Ratings) - BlackRock Inc (BLK.NYS), a leading US-based fixed-income asset management company, has reportedly agreed to buy State Street Research amp; Management Company, a unit of MetLife Inc, for \$375 million in a cash and stock " +"4","Casio Shows Off Slim, Trim Digicams","New Exilim models include the thinnest version yet, featuring a new ceramic lens." +"4","U.N. Urges Funds to Curb African Locusts (AP)","AP - With swarms of locusts threatening crops in a number of African countries, a U.N. agency appealed for an additional #36;70 million in assistance Thursday to prevent the upsurge from becoming a full-scale plague." +"3","Nepal blockade 'blow to tourism'","Nepal tour operators say tourists cancelled millions of dollars of bookings due to the rebel blockade of Kathmandu." +"2","Manchester United cruise into Champions League","Manchester United eased into the Champions League group phase with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Dinamo Bucharest at Old Trafford on Wednesday." +"4","Intel Gives Centrino Chip Line a Wireless Upgrade (Reuters)","Reuters - Intel Corp. (INTC.O) on Thursday\said it has upgraded the wireless networking capabilities of\its Centrino line of notebook computer chips to allow broader\network access with improved security." +"1","Panama pardons Castro 'plotters'","Four men accused of planning to kill Cuba's Fidel Castro have been pardoned by Panama's president." +"1","Pinochet loses immunity: Your reaction","The Supreme Court in Chile has ruled that the former dictator General Pinochet should have his immunity from prosecution removed. A lawsuit was brought by relatives of alleged victims of the military regime Operation Condor." +"2","Rangers Sign Weekes, Bolster Goaltending (AP)","AP - Goaltender Kevin Weekes signed Thursday with the New York Rangers, who expect the unrestricted free agent to compete for the No. 1 job with Mike Dunham." +"3","Glaxo Settles Paxil 'Suicide Pill' Suit"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GSK.L target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">GSK.L</A> has agreed to release all clinical studies of its drugs to settle a lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative information about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York Attorney General's office said on Thursday." +"1","Spears' Fiance to Star in Her New Video","NEW YORK - Britney Spears' former backup dancer and current fiance Kevin Federline can add another title to his resume: co-star. On Wednesday, a Jive Records publicist confirmed Federline is featured in Spears' upcoming ""My Prerogative"" video, set to debut in mid-September..." +"3","Dollar General earnings up 19 percent","CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Discount retailer Dollar General reported a 19 percent rise in fiscal second-quarter earnings, helped by higher sales and lower charges." +"1","No Evidence Of Abuse At Guantanamo, says Australian Foreign <b>...</b>","Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says a US investigation has rejected allegations that Australian terror suspect David Hicks was abused while in US custody in Afghanistan and Cuba." +"1","British police arrest radical cleric Abu Hamza (AFP)","AFP - Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, already detained in London on an extradition request from the United States, was arrested under suspicion of committing or preparing terrorism acts within Britain." +"4","Olympics: High-Flying Holm Aims to Defy Science (Reuters)","Reuters - Sweden's gold medal-winning high\jumper Stefan Holm reckons he can leap even higher but\scientists say he and other athletes were already close to the\limit of what they can achieve." +"1","Japan Won't Have U.S. Beef Anytime Soon (Reuters)","Reuters - Japan's lucrative market for U.S.\beef, ruptured by mad cow disease worries, is likely to remain\closed for the rest of this year, U.S. meat industry officials\said on Thursday." +"3","Nigeria gives Shell \$1.5 billion eco-bill","The Shell oil company has been handed a \$1.5 billion bill for ecological compensation in the Niger delta by the government of Nigeria." +"4","Texas School to Offer Women's Gaming Scholarship (Reuters)","Reuters - As part of a drive to attract more\women into the male-dominated video game industry, a program\for aspiring game developers at Southern Methodist University\will offer a women-only scholarship, organizers said on\Thursday." +"4","Dell adds new switch to lineup","Dell has upgraded its PowerConnect line with the addition of the PowerConnect 5324, a 24-port managed gigabit layer 2 switch." +"4","103 arrests for Internet fraud, related crimes since June: US (AFP)","AFP - US authorities arrested at least 103 suspects and filed 117 criminal complaints since June 1 in a crackdown on various forms of online fraud, Attorney General John Ashcroft said." +"4","Microsoft Reprimanded for Misleading Linux Ad (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - The United Kingdom's advertising watchdog group, the Advertising Standards Association, has found that complaints lodged against a Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) magazine ad that stated that Linux was more expensive than Windows were valid." +"4","IBM To Amp Integration with Venetica Buy (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) has said it will purchase Venetica, a privately held firm that provides content-integration software to unstructured data sources." +"2","Carter finishes fourth in 400 hurdles","James Carter of Baltimore finished fourth in the finals of the 400-meter hurdles today, missing out on a medal. Felix Sanchez, of the Dominican Republic, won the gold medal." +"3","London oil drops to \$40 a barrel","The cost of a barrel of oil in London has dipped below \$40 as energy prices have continued to slide. The price of Brent crude in London fell to a three-week low of \$39." +"4","TiVo loss widens","SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - TiVo said its second-quarter loss widened from a year earlier on higher customer acquisition costs. Free!" +"2","Athletics: Dominant Phillips takes long jump gold","ATHENS - Dwight Phillips of the United States completed a hat-trick of global long jump titles when he crushed the field with his opening leap in Thursday #39;s final to win Olympic gold." +"2","Jury Selection to Begin in Kobe Bryant Rape Trial"," EAGLE, Colo. (Reuters) - Jury selection begins in the Kobe Bryant rape case on Friday when hundreds of potential jurors fill out a questionnaire to help determine if they can sit in judgment in a trial involving race, sex and celebrity." +"3","Vioxx Faces Challenges from Insurers, Lawyers","Merck amp; Co. faces a dual threat from health insurers and patients #39; lawyers, after a US study suggested its Vioxx arthritis drug carries a greater risk than rival medicines." +"4","U.N. Agency Sees No Rapid Development of El Nino (Reuters)","Reuters - Fears of a new El Nino, a phenomenon\that brings extreme weather patterns, are unfounded despite\unusual ocean temperatures which often herald the devastating\weather anomaly, the World Meteorological Organization said\Thursday." +"1","Visit to a Potemkin village","Gongzhong does not resemble any Tibetan village in Tibet. It is a village more from Epcot Center in Walt Disney World." +"2","Let basketball","As the US men #39;s basketball team limps into the Olympic medal round, the focus has been on the team #39;s lousy outside shooting." +"4","Anglers Have Big Impact on Fish Numbers -- Study","Recreational anglers may be responsible for landing nearly 25 percent of over-fished salt water species caught off US coasts, a study released on Thursday suggests." +"1","Israeli army demolishes 13 Palestinian homes","GAZA CITY: The Israeli army demolished 13 Palestinian houses during an incursion in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on Thursday, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said." +"3","Nigerian Senate approves \$1.5 bln claim on Shell","LAGOS - Nigeria #39;s Senate has passed a resolution asking Shell #39;s Nigerian unit to pay \$1.5 billion in compensation to oilfield communities for pollution, a Senate spokesman said." +"2","Goosen takes lead in the BMW Open","Retief Goosen, a two-time US Open champion, grabbed the first-round lead in the BMW Open in Nord Eichenried, Germany, with a 6-under-par 66, while Colin Montgomerie improved his European Ryder Cup chances by finishing one stroke back on Thursday." +"2","Hewitt cruises to quarterfinals","Former Wimbledon and US Open winner Lleyton Hewitt cruised to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Michael Llodra on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the TD Waterhouse Cup." +"1","US edge out Brazil for gold","The United States beat Brazil 2-1 in extra time to win the women's Olympic football tournament." +"1","Breast scans 'fail' in some women","Some women with breast cancer are less likely to have their tumours picked up by scans, say experts." +"1","Yemeni Poet Says He Is al-Qaida Member","GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba Aug. 26, 2004 - In a dramatic turn that silenced defense lawyers, a Yemeni poet accused of crafting terrorist propaganda argued on Thursday to represent himself before a US " +"2","Changing of the Guard in US Track and Field","Description: NPR #39;s Steve Inskeep talks with USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan about the latest news in track and field at the Athens Olympics." +"4","Govt. to Test New Air Passenger Screening Program","The US government unveiled plans on Thursday for a revised computer-based program using personal information to identify airline passengers who may pose a threat to air travel." +"1","Chile Court Strips Pinochet of Immunity (AP)","AP - Chile's Supreme Court stripped Gen. Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution Thursday in a ruling that revived hopes of his foes that he might stand trial on charges of human rights abuses during his rule." +"1","Amelie's final footsteps retraced","Detectives have staged a reconstruction of the final steps of murdered French student Amelie Delagrange." +"1","Bush, Kerry Bow to McCain's Wishes on Ads","NEW YORK - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry bowed to the wishes of popular maverick John McCain on Thursday, as the president embraced the Republican senator's legal fight against big-money special interest groups airing negative ads and the Democratic nominee scrapped a commercial that featured McCain..." +"1","Thatcher case twist as list of alleged coup backers vanishes","THE Thatcher saga took a dramatic twist last night when it emerged a key witness in the police investigation has disappeared, taking with him a list of wealthy individuals who supposedly bankrolled an alleged coup attempt in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea." +"3","PeopleSoft customers reassured","Oracle Corp. President Charles Phillips on Monday said PeopleSoft Inc. customers have become more comfortable with the prospect of a merger between the two software firms even as the proposed transaction awaits a critical ruling from a Delaware court." +"2","Torch passed on winning goal","ATHENS -- America #39;s gold-medal soccer players don #39;t just say goodbye; they say hello. quot;The thing I love, quot; retiring captain Julie Foudy said, quot;is that Tarpley and Wambach scored." +"3","Union leaders held under ESMA on Day 6 of strike","New Delhi, August 26: The sixth day of the truckers strike on Thursday saw 12 more truckers being arrested under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA)in the Capital." +"3","DreamWorks Officer Quits","DreamWorks SKG, the studio that created the quot;Shrek #39; #39; films, said yesterday that Helene Hahn would step down as chief operating officer." +"1","Vote 2004 - a guide to the primary","Get ready for the primary with the Herald-Tribunes special news section profiling all the federal, state and local candidates in races in Tuesdays election." +"2","Jets, Pennington Talk","The New York Jets and quarterback Chad Pennington are looking to finalize a contract extension by next Wednesday." +"2","AL Wrap: Oakland's Durazo Piles on Misery for Baltimore (Reuters)","Reuters - Erubiel Durazo's three-run homer in\the second inning helped the Oakland Athletics remain top of\the American League (AL) West with a 9-4 win over the reeling\Baltimore Orioles Thursday." +"2","AL Wrap: Oakland's Durazo Piles on Misery for Baltimore"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Erubiel Durazo's three-run homer in the second inning helped the Oakland Athletics remain top of the American League (AL) West with a 9-4 win over the reeling Baltimore Orioles Thursday." +"2","Sports: Braves 6 Rockies 4","ATLANTA Mike Hampton hit an RBI single and Atlanta stretched its lead in the NL East by winning its fourth in a row 6-to-4 over Colorado." +"1","Islamic group holding lorry drivers demands firm quit Iraq (AFP)","AFP - A group calling itself the Secret Islamic Army (SIA) will release seven hostages it has been holding for more than a month as soon as their Kuwaiti company says it will no longer operate in Iraq, the SIA announced." +"1","Iraq's Sadr Orders Fighters to Lay Down Weapons"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Friday ordered his men inside Najaf's Imam Ali mosque to lay down their weapons and join thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims outside the shrine." +"2","Guo tucks away gold for China","China #39;s Guo Jingjing easily won the women #39;s 3-meter springboard last night, and Wu Minxia made it a 1-2 finish for the world #39;s diving superpower, taking the silver." +"1","Taiwan Rescuers Dig Out 7 Bodies Buried in Landslide"," TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan rescue workers dug out seven bodies from mud and rock in a mountain village that was hit by a devastating landslide triggered by Typhoon Aere, but eight still remained buried, officials said on Friday." +"2","Camarillo #39;s Homer Lifts Mexico","SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Aug. 26 -- Alan Camarillo #39;s first homer of the series came at a perfect time for Mexico. Camarillo hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning on Thursday to propel Guadalupe, Mexico, into " +"1","Troops close Gaza roads after rockets fired at Israel","JERUSALEM -- Israeli forces blocked main roads in Gaza yesterday after rockets were fired at an Israeli town, and troops tore down houses in a refugee camp on the Egyptian border, foreshadowing more unrest after Israel #39;s announced planned pullout next year " +"3","Exec, wife give Stanford \$43.5 million","SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman Charles Munger and his wife Nancy Munger on Thursday donated \$43.5 million to Stanford University and its law school." +"2","Athens - a \$12bn bill","THE world sighed with relief when Greeks kept their promise to deliver some of the world #39;s finest sport venues in time for the Athens Olympics." +"4","HP Unveils Cavalcade of Consumer Products (PC World)","PC World - First TVs, new printers, long-lasting inks, and projectors are targeted\ at living room and office." +"1","Bush Faces Heavy Pre-RNC Travel Schedule (AP)","AP - President Bush charges into the final runup to the Republican National Convention with a heavy campaign schedule in key states he needs to carry in November." +"2","Anticipation nation","LINCOLN, Neb. -- Carly Simon got it right a generation ago.AN-TI-CI-PA-TION. She wasn't singing about college football, but out here in the heartland of America, as Husker Nation prepares for a new season, the sense of anticipation is enormous." +"2","A great catch? Lobsters","How does he like lobster? Boiled, steamed, broiled, baked, grilled? Newburg? Bahar Uttam prefers his with a capital L -- Lobsters -- and sees them frolicking on a tennis court rather than laid out on a plate. In Uttam's mind lurks a tasty dish for the town's sporting crowd, one that could satisfy the five-year hunger of tennis junkies, a ..." +"4","Bureaucracy Pins Rocket to Earth","The da Vinci Project, a Toronto group planning to launch a homemade, manned spacecraft in October, is having trouble getting its paperwork off the ground. Canadian regulators are leery of approving the launch. And then there's the matter of finding insurance. By Dan Brekke." +"3","Dominicans' Swift Step Into Crisis","SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- When Sandro Batista smashed his banana truck into a tree in April, leaving him with two hideously shattered legs and a broken arm, his orthopedic surgeon sent his sister shopping." +"4","HP Moves Deeper Into Consumer Electronics","Personal computer giant Hewlett-Packard Co. is stepping deeper than ever into the consumer electronics arena with its fall product lineup - so don't be surprised if you hear about ""HP TV"" along with ""HDTV"" when shopping for your next television." +"4","Sprint, SBC Announce Wi-Fi Roaming Pact","Customers of Sprint Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. will be able to use both companies' wireless Internet connections with less hassle under a reciprocal deal announced Friday." +"3","Stock Futures Flat Before GDP, Fed Speech"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures were nearly unchanged on Friday as investors awaited key data on the economy that could determine the market's early direction." +"3","Interbrew wins shareholder vote to buy AmBev","LONDON, August 27 (New Ratings) - Belgian brewing giant, Interbrew SA (ITK.ETR), has received the approval of its shareholders for its proposed acquisition of the Brazilian brewer, AmBev." +"3","Update 1: Thai Airways Orders 6 Airbus Superjumbos","Thai Airways has agreed to buy six Airbus A380s, becoming the 13th airline to order the new quot;superjumbo, quot; the European aircraft maker said Friday." +"2","Jacobson Lifts Ryder Cup Hopes with Sparkling 65"," MUNICH (Reuters) - Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson made his bid for a last-gasp Ryder Cup spot with a spectacular seven-under-par 65 in the BMW International Open second round on Friday." +"2","CSKA sponsor rejects criticism","RUSSIAN oil giant Sibneft today rejected any suggestion of a conflict of interest existing between Chelsea and CSKA Moscow who are due to meet in the Champions League." +"4","Astronaut Candidates Practice Survival Skills","By SARA LEITCH BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Astronauts spend years training before they can lift off into space. They learn to operate shuttles, perform experiments in zero-gravity, and eat bugs if they must..." +"4","RealNetworks Gets in Content Business (AP)","AP - RealNetworks Inc. survived the dot-com collapse and an assault from Microsoft Corp. Now it's trying to remake itself into a provider of paid Internet content." +"2","United States 66, Russia 62","Frustrated by fouls, turnovers and a feisty opponent, the United States desperately looked for help. Then along came Sheryl Swoopes to set things right." +"2","Paula #39;s going for gold","PAULA RADCLIFFE has decided she WILL run in tonight #39;s 10,000m race at the Athens Olympics. Today #39;s dramatic decision comes just days after Britain #39;s star long-distance runner was left weeping at the roadside after pulling up in the Olympic marathon." +"1","US economic growth slips to 2.8","Annual US economic growth fell to 2.8 in the second quarter of 2004, marking a slowdown from the 3 estimated a month ago." +"1","Explosive Remnants Found in Russian Jet Wreckage","One of two Russian airliners that crashed nearly simultaneously was brought down by a terrorist act, officials said Friday, after finding traces of explosives in the plane's wreckage. A Web site connected to Islamic militants claimed the action was connected to Russia's fight against Chechen separatists." +"1","Who cares about Kerry? It's Bush we can't stand, say Vietnamese (AFP)","AFP - The question of whether presidential candidate John Kerry was a coward or a leader during the Vietnam War might be raging in the United States, but on the streets of Hanoi people hope for just one result from the American election -- the exit of George W. Bush." +"4","Spike Lee Wins Cybersquatting Case Against Porn Site","Movie director Spike Lee has won his\cybersquatting case against a Philippines-based operator who\misused the domain name to redirect surfers to a pornographic\Web Site, arbitrators ruled Friday." +"3","Socially Responsible Funds on a Tear","Don't be too impressed -- great returns don't always mean much." +"1","At least 25 bodies at Sadr #39;s religious court","NAJAF, Iraq : At least 25 charred and bloated bodies were discovered in the basement of a religious court set up by rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr in Najaf #39;s Old City, police said." +"1","Nepal rejects UN mediation","Nepalese Prime Minister has rejected the UN offer of mediating in talks with Maoist rebels. But Sher Bahadur Deuba has not ruled out an expanded role for India to resolve the conflict in the Himalayan kingdom." +"2","USOC letter to FIG","I write in response to your letter of August 26, 2004, which you asked the United States Olympic Committee to forward to Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm of the United States of America." +"1","Japanese Utility Plans IPO in October (AP)","AP - Electric Power Development Co., a former state-run utility, said Friday it is planning an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October, a deal that could be the country's biggest new stock listing in six years." +"3","Now It's Official: Economy Shrunk"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy slowed more sharply in the second quarter than first thought as oil prices rose and the trade gap swelled, the government said on Friday in a report that confirmed momentum faltered in the spring." +"3","Now It #39;s Official: Economy Shrunk","The US economy slowed more sharply in the second quarter than first thought as oil prices rose and the trade gap swelled, the government said on Friday in a report that confirmed momentum faltered in the spring." +"3","Now It's Official: U.S. Growth Slowed"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy slowed more sharply in the second quarter than first thought as oil prices rose and the trade gap swelled, the government said on Friday in a report that confirmed momentum faltered in the spring." +"4","Microsoft corrals changes for Longhorn","With SP2 out the door, Microsoft turns sights to Longhorn--which won't look quite as expected." +"4","Nonnative Goats Bunking at Yellowstone (AP)","AP - A new study shows mountain goats are taking hold in Yellowstone National Park, but park officials aren't sure how to handle the presence of the nonnative animals." +"3","Less Turbulence Ahead for Airbus, Boeing","EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson and his US counterpart, Robert Zoellick, aim for a truce in the latest transatlantic row over government aid for aviation rivals Boeing and Airbus." +"3","Bon-Ton's Succession Success","The transition atop the department store company looks like a pleasant non-story." +"2","Friday Focus: Running in the rain","Rain is forecast for Saturday in Spa. Here's what the team will do to cope..." +"3","Procter amp; Gamble: A soap opera success","By Davis Dyer, Frederick Dalzell. By Robert Slater. In the 1830s, William Procter, a storekeeper and candle maker, and James Gamble, a soap maker, happened to marry two sisters in Cincinnati, Olivia and Elizabeth Ann Norris." +"1","Paisley #39;s decision over disarmament awaited","Northern Ireland #39;s politicians have an anxious wait as the Reverend Ian Paisley decides whether to endorse an historic deal with Sinn Fein." +"4","VeriSign #39;s Antitrust Claim Against ICANN Dismissed"," quot;VeriSign #39;s contentions are deficient, quot; Judge Howard Matz wrote in the 16-page decision setting aside the antitrust claims against ICANN." +"2","Rooney going nowhere unless price is right: Moyes","England striker on his way. Or is he? Will it be St James #39; Park or Old Trafford? Or will he remain at Goodison? Although Wayne Rooney today handed in a transfer request, and set in motion his seemingly inevitable " +"2","Triathlon: Double for Kiwis in toughest of events","NEW ZEALAND scored an unprecedented Olympic double in the men #39;s triathlon yesterday when Hamish Carter no cigar for guessing his roots beat his compatriot, reigning world champion Bevan Docherty, by 7.87 seconds, writes Doug Gillon." +"4","Modified US space shuttle ready to fly next spring","NASA said Thursday it had corrected flaws that caused the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia in February 2003 and that a modified shuttle would be ready to resume flights sometime next Spring." +"1","Report: Explosion Kills 2 Near Chechyna (AP)","AP - An explosion rocked a police building in the restive Dagestan region adjacent to Chechnya on Friday, and initial reports indicated two people were killed, the Interfax news agency said." +"4","Flying Cars Reportedly Still Decades Away (AP)","AP - It's a frustrated commuter's escapist fantasy: literally lifting your car out of a clogged highway and soaring through the skies, landing just in time to motor into your driveway." +"3","HP to tempt holiday shoppers with sights and sounds","The computer-hardware giant, best known for products such as PCs and printers, on Friday laid out its plan to become a brand-name in consumer electronics products such as flat-screen TVs, music players and the devices that move content between them." +"3","Thai Airways orders six Airbus superjumbos","Thai Airways International plans to buy six Airbus A380 double-decker aircraft that will be delivered in 2008 and 2009. The airline is also ordering two additional A340 aircraft." +"3","Shareholders Toast Brewers' Merger"," BRUSSELS/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Shareholders gave their blessing on Friday for Belgium's Interbrew <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=INTB.BR target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">INTB.BR</A> to buy Brazil's AmBev <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AMBV4.SA target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">AMBV4.SA</A><ABV.N> in a \$9.7 billion deal that will create the world's largest brewer." +"1","Argentina Beats U.S. Men's Basketball Team","Argentina defeated the United States team of National Basketball Association stars 89-81 here Friday in the Olympic semi-finals, dethroning the three-time defending champions." +"4","US Space Agency Improves Shuttle Safety, Management","The US space agency, NASA, continues work on improving the safety of the space shuttle, before the fleet of orbiters resumes its visits to the international space station next year." +"2","'Dream Team' Out of Gold Race After Loss to Argentina"," ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S. men's basketball team was beaten by Argentina Friday, denying it an Olympic gold medal for the first time since 1992 when NBA players started competing." +"1","GOP Urge Bush to Turn Attention From Iraq (AP)","AP - Nervous Republicans are urging President Bush to unveil a robust second-term agenda at his convention next week to shift voters' focus from the unpopular war in Iraq and other issues that are a distraction to his re-election drive. Some contend the party should ditch the GOP-fueled controversy over rival John Kerry's combat record in Vietnam." +"3","A Canadian Invasion","A few weeks ago, in a story on Nortel (NYSE: NT), I asked people to submit a Canadian joke to me. This is as good a place as any to reveal the winner." +"2","American Champion Tim Mack Wins Pole Vault Gold","American champion Tim Mack won the Olympic pole vault title on Friday with a Games record 5.95 meters after an engrossing duel with teammate Toby Stevenson." +"2","Khan urged to stay amateur","British boxing sensation Amir Khan is being urged to shun a big-money move to the professional ranks, whether he wins or loses his shot at Olympic gold on Sunday." +"1","FBI Suspects Israel Has Spy in Pentagon -- CBS News"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI believes there is an Israeli spy at the very highest level of the Pentagon, CBS News reported on Friday." +"4","IBM puts grids to work at U.S. Open","IBM will put a collection of its On Demand-related products and technologies to this test next week at the U.S. Open tennis championships, implementing a grid-based infrastructure capable of running multiple workloads including two not associated with the tournament." +"1","Sudan remains defiant as time starts to run out","BRITAIN has warned Sudan that it still has a lot of work to do to satisfy the international community that it is tackling what the United Nations has described as the worlds worst humanitarian crisis." +"1","Lebanon political drama plays out Syrian scipt","The stage is Beirut and the actors are Lebanese; but the audience knows the drama surrounding selection of the countrys president is being produced in Lebanons powerful neighbour Syria." +"4","HP brand to inject new life into ink","The company splashes a new name on the inks to be used in its photo printers." +"2","UPDATE 1-Rookie Johnson shares Buick lead with Funk","Rookie Zach Johnson produced the day #39;s joint best score, a five-under-par 65, to join Fred Funk at the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the \$4." +"3","UK growth at fastest pace in nearly 4 years","Britain #39;s economy accelerated to the fastest annual pace in nearly four years in the second quarter as manufacturing emerged from a slump and consumers ratcheted up spending, the government said Friday." +"4","Next Version of Windows for PC's to Ship in 2006","To meet its timetable, Microsoft has scaled back its technological ambitions for the product, code-named Longhorn." +"3","Siemens Says Cellphone Flaw May Hurt Users and Its Profit","Siemens, the world #39;s fourth-largest maker of mobile phones, said Friday that a software flaw that can create a piercing ring in its newest phone models might hurt earnings in its handset division." +"4","Microsoft promises new OS for 2006","Microsoft says it plans to broadly release the long-awaited update to its flagship Windows operating system, dubbed #39;Longhorn #39;, in 2006." +"1","Yemeni Ambassador to United Nations Dies (AP)","AP - Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal, who served as Yemen's ambassador to the United Nations for nearly 30 years, died in New York on Thursday after a long illness, Yemen's Foreign Ministry and its U.N. Mission said Friday. He was 66." +"2","Schumacher in uncharted territory","MICHAEL Schumacher doesn #39;t need to win the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday to nail his unprecedented seventh Formula One drivers title." +"2","Top-ranked Illinois flyin #39; high","When the Illinois men #39;s basketball team moved to No. 1 in The Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 polls on Monday afternoon, it was a special moment for the program and the players." +"2","Daly penciled in for Deutsche Bank","John Daly provided a nice surprise for local golf fans yesterday when he committed to play in next week #39;s Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC of Boston in Norton." +"1","Revelations on ""children overboard"" incident put pressure on Australian PM (AFP)","AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard was fighting to maintain his credibility after official transcripts backed up critics' claims about what he knew of a controversial 2001 sea rescue of boatpeople." +"2","Short Jump, Bad Handoff End Jones #39; Games","ATHENS, Greece - For Marion Jones, Sydney must seem far more than half a world away. Those Olympics were some dreamland where she ruled track and field with a golden touch and a sweet smile, winning five medals " +"3","DATA VIEW: HK Exports Slow In July, But Momentum Intact","HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Hong Kong #39;s export expansion slowed a touch in July, as expected, but still continued at double-digit rates thanks to high trade volume with mainland China." +"2","Fired-up Baggaley takes silver","Australia #39;s Nathan Baggaley was over the moon after winning the silver medal in the Olympic kayaking K1 500 event today. Double world champion Baggaley fired from the start and took an early lead but faded " +"1","Profiling Shaukat Aziz: economic reformist-turned-PM","Shaukat Aziz, taking over as Pakistan #39;s 23rd prime minister on Saturday, is a former private banker credited with infusing new life into an almost bankrupt economy." +"2","NCAA Wrong To Close Book On Williams","Top-ranked and defending co-national champion USC opens its season tonight against Virginia Tech. Tampa #39;s Mike Williams, the best football player not in the NFL - now officially the best college football player " +"2","Change on the money","One day after National Hockey League executive vice president and chief legal officer Bill Daly accused the NHL Players Association of engaging quot;in a charade quot; with regards to negotiating a collective bargaining agreement -- and believes the start of the 2004-05 season is in jeopardy because the union wants to keep status quo -- Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs said there's ..." +"1","Eritreans deported by Libya hijack a plane","KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Armed with knives, Eritrean deportees hijacked a plane that left Libya carrying about 80 fellow Eritreans and forced it to land yesterday in the Sudanese capital before surrendering to security forces, officials said." +"4","Bush administration shifts stance on the cause of warming","NEW YORK In a striking shift in the way the Bush administration has portrayed the science of climate change, a new report to Congress focuses on federal research indicating that emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases are the only likely " +"2","Hamm flap, Dream Team just wrong","ATHENS, Greece -- Look at it this way: At least the US basketball team won #39;t be asked to give back its gold medal. On a day that was Olympic in scope both for its shock value and its intrinsic weirdness, the " +"4","Microsoft #39;s big fix: Security patch now on the market","For the past few years, viruses have attacked Microsoft #39;s operating system, Web browser or e-mail programs seemingly on a weekly basis." +"2","Second seed Dementieva hammered in New Haven","The French Open runner-up, who had progressed to the last four with ease, was completely out of sorts as seventh seed Bovina wrapped up victory in only 56 minutes." +"1","Yemen Jails 5 Over Limburg, US Envoy Murder Plot","A Yemeni court jailed five al Qaeda supporters for 10 years Saturday for the bombing of the French supertanker Limburg and sentenced to death another militant who plotted to kill the US ambassador to the Arab state." +"1","Facing Arrest, Uma Bharti Quits as Madhya Pradesh Chief","BHOPAL (PTI) - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti has been forced out of office after four days of political drama as the issue of tainted ministers came back to haunt the Bharatiya Janata Party." +"2","Far from fun and Games for Jones","ATHENS, Greece -- So other than your anemic, fifth-place finish in the long jump and the missed baton pass in the 400-meter relay for a big fat quot;Did Not Finish, #39; #39; how did your day go, Marion Jones?" +"4","Swing and a Miss for Asteroid","An asteroid the size of a large storage shed came within 4,100 miles of Earth this spring, making it the closest near miss ever recorded, US astronomers said this week." +"2","US team stumbles","Marion Jones, the queen of Sydney who finished those 2000 Olympics with a record five track-and-field medals, ended her next Olympics much differently Friday -- out of medals and in tears." +"1","Yemen Sentences 15 Militants on Terror Charges","A court in Yemen has sentenced one man to death and 14 others to prison terms for a series of attacks and terrorist plots in 2002, including the bombing of a French oil tanker." +"1","Shaukat Aziz gets vote of confidence","ISLAMABAD: Newly-elected known as finance wizard Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has secured vote of confidence form the national assembly." +"2","Australia win Olympic hockey gold","ATHENS, Aug 27: Australia won the Olympic men #39;s hockey tournament for the first time in history on Friday, beating the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal." +"3","GOP Jamboree Could Briefly Lift Stocks"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fasten your seatbelts. The Republicans are coming to town. If things go smoothly at the Republican National Convention, the stock market could get a brief boost next week, experts say." +"4","Bea Arthur for President","Bea Arthur sparked a security scare at Logan Airport in Boston this week when she tried to board a Cape Air flight with a pocketknife in her handbag. The ""Golden Girls"" star, now 81, was flagged by a Transportation Security Administration agent, who discovered the knife - a strict no-no following 9/11. ""She started yelling that it wasn't hers and said 'The terrorists put it there,' "" a fellow passenger said. ""She kept yelling about the 'terrorists, the terrorists, the terrorists.' "" After the blade was confiscated, Arthur took a keyring from her bag and told the agent it belonged to the ""terrorists,"" before throwing it at them. - via philly.com" +"1","At Least 24 Killed Morocco Bush Crash (AP)","AP - A bus, truck and taxi collided in a mountainous region of western Morocco Saturday, killing 24 people and injuring about 20 others, the official MAP news agency reported." +"4","The Digital Transition","If my car died tomorrow, I'd have a lot less angst picking its successor than I would if my TV conked out. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-Rob Pegoraro</B></FONT>" +"1","Sudanese rebels squabble with government over ceasefire violations (AFP)","AFP - Sudanese rebels walked away from African Union peace talks to hold a 24-hour boycott in protest at alleged government attacks on civilians in the war-torn western province of Darfur." +"2","Olympics-U.S. Women Show Men How to Win Gold"," ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S. women's basketball team showed their men how to win gold Saturday as around 70,000 spectators flocked to the Olympic stadium for a hectic athletics program on the penultimate night of the Athens Games." +"4","Hard Drive: SP Your XP, RSN","Don #39;t have Windows XP? Listen up anyway, because there #39;s a lesson to learn, not to mention sly put downs you can use to annoy your Windows-XP-using-friends so they #39;ll finally break down and admit " +"1","In Western Iraq, Fundamentalists Hold U.S. Forces at Bay","Falluja and Ramadi, and much of Anbar Province, are now controlled by militias, with U.S. troops confined to outside bases." +"3","The Hunt for a Hybrid","The Aug. 23 front-page article on the Toyota Prius vs. the Honda Civic implied that the main reason people prefer the Prius was its quot;geek-chic look quot; and the image buyers want." +"1","Al-Sadr #39;s militia keeps fighting in Baghdad","US forces and radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr #39;s militia battled Saturday in Baghdad even as the truce that ended the bloody fighting between US-Iraqi troops and the militia forces in Najaf held for a second day." +"2","Britain Edges U.S. for 400M Relay Gold (AP)","AP - Stymied by a sloppy handoff in the middle of the race, the United States lost to Great Britain by a hundredth of a second Saturday night in the 400-meter relay #151; a race the American men usually dominate." +"1","US suspends helicopter flights after Japan crash (AFP)","AFP - The United States suspended flights of CH-53D military helicopters in Japan, bowing to protests over a crash in an Okinawa university campus." +"2","Bovina wins Pilot Pen tournament","Elena Bovina of Russia outlasted Nathalie Dechy of France 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 and won the Pilot Pen tennis tournament Saturday. Bovina, seeded seventh, won her third WTA title." +"2","Hewitt reaches final on Long Island","Commack, NY (Sports Network) - Second-seeded Lleyton Hewitt reached Sunday #39;s final at the \$380,000 TD Waterhouse Cup -- a final US Open tune-up." +"1","Hurricane Watch Issued for Gaston Off S.C.","COLUMBIA, S.C. - A hurricane watch was issued for the South Carolina coast Saturday as forecasters predicted Tropical Storm Gaston would make landfall near Charleston on Sunday night..." +"1","Kerry Says He's in a 'Fighting Mood' (AP)","AP - Democratic Sen. John Kerry said Saturday he's in ""fighting mood"" with two months to go to the presidential as his allies defended him from questions about his valor in Vietnam." +"3"," #39;We walk a fine line, #39; says the boss whose airline tripped up","After one of the most embarrassing weeks in British Airways #39; history, the recriminations begin tomorrow. Rod Eddington, the airline #39;s gregarious Australian chief executive, says he will mount a full investigation " +"4","GlobeTrotter: Mandrake-based 40GB Linux Mobile Desktop","joestar writes quot;Mandrakesoft amp; LaCie have just launched quot;GlobeTrotter quot;, a ultra-compact 40 GB bootable USB hard-drive pre-loaded with Mandrakelinux 10." +"3","Health Highlights: Aug. 28, 2004","A new drug that fights a form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, won applause if not approval from a panel of advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration." +"2","Hewitt advances to Long Island final","Lleyton Hewitt is one match away from winning his second consecutive ATP title, with the Australian reaching the final of the TD Waterhouse Cup at Long Island." +"1","Soldiers face death after refusing to bomb Darfur","Fifteen armed men in blue uniforms guard the metal stairs leading to the Sudanese court. Among the people massed at the bottom, only those who look official and scream loud " +"2","Bovina ends two-year wait","Seventh-seeded Russian Elena Bovina won her first title in two years by beating France #39;s Nathalie Dechy 6-2 2-6 7-5 in the final of the Pilot Pen tournament." +"1","UN, ending mission, says some human rights improvement Sudan's Darfur region (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - AL-FASHER, Sudan (AP) - Security has improved inside camps in Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region, but displaced villagers still face attacks and abuse when leave the camps, a United Nations team said Saturday, wrapping up a mission that could determine whether Sudan is hit with international sanctions." +"4","File-Sharers, the Eyes of Justice Are Upon You","President Bush likes to project the swashbuckling image, but this week it was the folks over at the Justice Department who formed the posse to go after the evildoers -- the ones on the Internet." +"4","Mobile phone #39;deafness #39; risk","p2pnet.net News:- Defects in Siemens 65 series mobile phones could cause deafness, says the company. quot;In extreme cases, this volume could lead to hearing damage." +"1","Pakistani PM-elect takes parliament confidence vote","Pakistani Prime Minister- elect Shaukat Aziz Saturday secured vote of confidence in the National Assembly (NA), the powerful lower house of the parliament,a requirement under the country #39;s constitution." +"2","TOMPKINS: Young Brit who fought here has shot at gold","Great Britain #39;s Amir Khan, who looked so impressive in winning the 132-pound championship at the Junior International Invitational Boxing Championships here last summer, has a chance for an Olympic gold medal in the lightweight division today." +"1","Pakistan province focuses on prayers, curbing vice (Reuters)","Reuters - Cinemas are barred from hoisting movie bill-boards and shopkeepers are afraid to display posters featuring women in the historic northern Pakistani city of Peshawar." +"3","Apology, refund from cruise line","In a move almost unheard of in its industry, Norwegian Cruise Line has apologized for service problems during the Pride of Aloha #39;s first two months of sailing around Hawaii, and is refunding a portion of the service charge to everyone who has cruised on " +"2","Smith saves United","LONDON, Aug. 28. - Alan Smith scored a late equaliser for Manchester United today as the side tied 1-1 at Blackburn. Sir Alex Fergusons side looked headed for their second Premier League defeat of the " +"1","Sunday: A fierce battle between US forces and Shiite militants <b>...</b>","Tuesday: A Shiite insurgency appeared to be weakening as Iraqi forces moved to within 200 yards of the Imam Ali Shrine. Wednesday: Iraq #39;s top Shiite cleric returned home with a peace initiative demanding an end to the fighting in Najaf." +"1","Terror is below radar in Russia","It took 2 days for Russia #39;s security service to announce what virtually everyone else believed from the moment two domestic passenger airlines plunged to earth simultaneously " +"1","Australian PM calls election on Oct. 9","Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday announced that the next federal election will be held on October 9. He told a press conference here that voters will decide " +"2","We owe Athens an apology","ATHENS -- The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad -- the great disaster that wasn #39;t -- come to an emotional end this afternoon and, really, the world owes Athens an apology." +"2","Legendary double for El Guerrouj","In a historic 5,000-meter race, Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, who won gold at 1,500 meters last week, outkicked Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia in " +"2","Hamm not looking back","Controversial Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm is back in the United States and ready to move on. Hamm, in Worcester for the Rock amp; Roll " +"3","Northwest fee increase has agents crying foul","The airline said it will begin paying only \$5 of the \$12.50 cost of booking a Northwest ticket through a global distribution system such as Sabre or Galileo starting Wednesday." +"2","Sanderson doesn't let gold out of his grasp","ATHENS -- Cael Sanderson didn't look too comfortable on the medal stand last night. As the national anthem was played, he went from taking the winners' wreath off his head to putting it back on, to taking it off again and holding it across his chest." +"1","Chechens Vote for New Leader, 'Bomber' Kills Self"," ZNAMENSKOYE, Russia (Reuters) - Chechens voted Sunday for a new president in a tense election, but many doubted the Moscow-backed police officer who was set to win would manage to stamp out rebellion in the turbulent region." +"2","US Sprinter Pulled From Relay for Marijuana Violation","Less than two hours before the Olympic men #39;s 400-meter relay semifinal on Friday, the United States Coach George Williams pulled John Capel from the race after being told by " +"1","Five facts about France #39;s Muslim headscarf ban","- The French parliament passed the law in March to ban quot;conspicuous symbols quot; of faith from its state school system. Guidelines for applying the law identified Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps and large " +"1","Saboteurs Blow Up Oil Pipeline in Iraq (AP)","AP - Saboteurs blew up a pipeline in southern Iraq on Sunday in the latest attack targeting the country's crucial oil industry, a senior oil official said." +"1","Vote near, Saudis push to modernize","RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Even as Saudi Arabia struggles internally with violent extremists and externally with its image as the country that produced most of the attackers of Sept. 11, 2001, the desert kingdom's rulers are moving on multiple fronts to modernize and moderate their nation." +"1","French Govt., Muslims Appeal for Reporters' Release"," PARIS (Reuters) - France's government and leaders of its Muslim minority urged Iraqi militants Sunday to free two French journalists they were holding hostage in a bid to force Paris to revoke its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools." +"1","Spilled Oil, Gas Ignite in Iraq's South Rumaila Field"," BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Oil and gas spilled during recent sabotage attacks on Iraq's southern oil pipelines ignited Sunday and firefighters battled to douse the flames." +"1","Conn. Man, 70, Oldest to Swim Channel","LONDON - A retired Connecticut pilot has become the oldest person to swim the English Channel. George Brunstad, 70, left Dover, England, Saturday morning heading for the French Coast..." +"2","Schumacher Clinches Seventh Season Title (AP)","AP - Michael Schumacher clinched an unprecedented seventh Formula One drivers' title at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, despite not winning for just the second time in 14 races this season." +"3","US Bells Do Video on Path Blazed by Small Telcos","The three largest US local telephone corporations made a splash this summer with plans to sell video services on their voice and data lines in a few years." +"3","SEC gives a slap on the wrist","After last week #39;s settlement with San Francisco investment adviser Garrett Van Wagoner, you have to wonder how serious the Securities and Exchange Commission is about protecting mutual fund shareholders." +"2","Helm #39;s perfect 10","And the two-and-a-half back somersaults with one and a half twists in a pike position turned out to be his ticket to a silver medal." +"1","Tropical Storm Slams Into Coastal S.C.","CHARLESTON, S.C. - Tropical Storm Gaston blasted the South Carolina coast with rain and near-hurricane strength wind early Sunday, flooding roads and knocking out power to at least 75,000 homes..." +"4","Our mobile margins will fall: Telstra","TELSTRA chief financial officer John Stanhope has admitted Telstra #39;s margins in its \$4.5 billion a year mobile phone business will shrink this year in the face of increased price competition and the growing cost of acquiring new customers." +"2","UPDATE 1-Thompson earns Celtic a record win over Rangers","Scottish champions Celtic secured a record seventh successive win over Glasgow rivals Rangers on Sunday with a 1-0 victory courtesy of midfielder Alan Thompson #39;s venomous late strike." +"1","Pakistan not for open-ended arms race: spokesman","A Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Sunday said Islamabad does not favor an open-ended arms race in South Asia, according to the official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP)." +"2","Montgomerie, Donald named as Ryder Cup wildcards","European Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer named Britons Colin Montgomerie and Luke Donald as his wildcard picks on Sunday for next month #39;s match against the United States." +"2","Arsenal #39;s winning ways a joy","Legendary Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough said last week that losing Forest #39;s 42-game unbeaten record to Arsenal stuck in the craw quot;because nobody likes them quot;, but surely that is not true." +"1","Thousands Hit NYC Streets; Cheney Arrives","NEW YORK - Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched past the Madison Square Garden site of the Republican National Convention on Sunday, chanting, blowing whistles and carrying anti-war banners as delegates gathered to nominate President Bush for a second term. On the eve of the convention, the demonstrators packed the street from sidewalk to sidewalk for 20 blocks as they slowly filed past..." +"4","Windows Tip: Scheduled Tasks written by Greg Melton on Monday <b>...</b>","If you always forget to scan for viruses, update virus protection, run Disk Defragmenter, or run any other system tool, look to the Task Scheduler for help." +"1","Sudan peace talks resume","Peace talks between Darfur rebels and the Sudanese Government have resumed after a 24-hour boycott by rebels who accused Khartoum of violating a ceasefire by killing 75 civilians in six villages." +"1","Dyke reopens WMD row","Former BBC chief Greg Dyke has reopened the row over Tony Blair #39;s decision to go to war with Iraq. Dyke was forced to resign from his post, along with former BBC chairman Gavyn Davies, last January after Lord " +"1","Moderate Republicans Criticize Bush (AP)","AP - A group of moderate Republicans, many long out of office, called on President Bush and the Republican party to ""come back to the mainstream"" on the eve of the Republican National Convention." +"2","Closing Ceremonies","Host city Athens bid a final farewell to the athletes and guests of the 2004 Summer Games with a spectacular party under a full moon." +"4","China launches science satellite","China launched an experimental satellite into orbit Sunday, atop a Long March 2C carrier rocket; reported Xinhua, China #39;s government-run news agency." +"2","Sheffield day to day with sprained left ankle","New York Yankees right fielder Gary Sheffield missed Sunday #39;s against the Toronto Blue Jays with a sprained left ankle. Sheffield is listed as day to day." +"1","PM Hails Successful Launch Of Agni II","NEW DELHI, AUG 29: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday congratulated the scientists and engineers for the successful launch of the Agni II missile." +"2","Italian Wins Marathon... US Finishes Second","Italian Stefano Baldini has won the men #39;s marathon in a time of 2:10:54. Naturalized American Meb Keflezighi was a surprise runnerup with Brazil #39;s Vanderlei Lima finishing third." +"2","Warner Will Start for Giants in Opener","Eli Manning remains the New York Giants' quarterback of the future. For now, the job belongs to Kurt Warner." +"2","A #39;new Greece #39; beams after success of Games","As Greeks get a boost, it remains unclear if success will mean higher stature in Europe. By Peter Ford Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor." +"2","Jimenez wins BMW Open with final-round 66","Spain #39;s Miguel Angel Jimenez won the BMW Open, his fourth title on the European tour this season, and Colin Montgomerie was one of six golfers to claim Ryder Cup berths Sunday." +"2","Jays power up to take finale","Contrary to popular belief, the power never really snapped back at SkyDome on Sunday. The lights came on after an hour delay, but it took some extra time for the batting orders to provide some extra wattage." +"2","Hewitt, Davenport Top US Open Standings (AP)","AP - Lleyton Hewitt and Lindsay Davenport could earn up to #36;500,000 extra at the U.S. Open because they finished atop the inaugural US Open Series standings." +"4","Microsoft revamps its plans for Longhorn","Microsoft is shaking up its plans for the next version of Windows to get the software off the drawing board and into PCs by the end of 2006." +"1","SEVEN KILLED IN KABUL BLOODSHED","At least seven people have been killed in a bomb blast in central Kabul - the second deadly explosion in Afghanistan over the weekend." +"3","Canada, US fail to resolve beef trade dispute","Canada and the United States have failed to reach an agreement on resuming US imports of Canadian live cattle, local press reported Sunday." +"2","Angels' Glaus Activated From DL (AP)","AP - Troy Glaus was activated from the 60-day disabled list Sunday by the Anaheim Angels and was back in the lineup against the Minnesota Twins." +"2","Ankiel solid in rehab start, unsure about future","More that three years since he threw his last pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals, Ankiel gave up one unearned run and one hit in six innings Sunday for Triple-A Memphis in what could be his final start in the minors." +"3","GOP Jamboree May Give Stocks Brief Lift"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fasten your seatbelts. The Republicans are in town. If things go smoothly at the Republican National Convention, the stock market could get a brief boost this week, experts say." +"3","Tokyo Stocks Flat, Focus on Data"," TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese stocks were flat in mid-morning trade on Monday with confidence in the domestic economic outlook failing to offset profit-taking that hit recent gainers such as insurers and real estate stocks." +"4","China Launches Mapping Satellite (AP)","AP - China on Sunday launched a satellite that will carry out land surveying and other scientific projects for several days and return to Earth, government media reported." +"3","Federal-Mogul May Sell Turner amp; Newall Assets, Independent Says","Federal-Mogul Corp., the bankrupt US engineering company, may sell its UK-based Turner amp; Newall Plc after the UK division #39;s independent pension trustee rejected a \$130 million cash offer " +"1","GI #39;s in Talks With Rebels of Sadr Stronghold in Baghdad","The American military met for five hours on Sunday with representatives of the rebellious cleric Moktada al-Sadr in the volatile Baghdad Shiite neighborhood of Sadr " +"1","Allawi Meets Militants, Pushes Amnesty","Iraq's interim prime minister said that he had held private meetings with representatives of insurgent groups from Fallujah, Ramadi and Samarra to persuade them to accept a government amnesty offer." +"2","El Guerrouj, Holmes book spots in Olympic Pantheon","Britain #39;s Kelly Holmes and Morocco #39;s Hicham El Guerrouj earned their places among Olympic athletic legends here on Saturday as they won their second golds of the Games." +"2","Beijing gears up for 2008","Although the Beijing Olympics is still four years away, the Chinese capital is already gearing up to host the event. The city of over 12 million is refurbishing ancient landmarks in " +"2","Warner Gets the Nod","The first pick in the NFL draft last April will be the first QB off the bench for the Giants as Eli Manning lost the competition for the starting job to veteran Kurt Warner." +"2","New Namath Book Is Fact, Not Fiction","If you read the recent excerpt of ""Namath"" in Sports Illustrated and were put off by the apparent focus on the iconic Broadway Joe's personal life, be comforted in the knowledge that Mark Kriegel's 441-page biography includes plenty of football, too. The book is exhaustively researched and includes telling anecdotes from Beaver Falls, Pa., to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to New York." +"2","Mr. Chang, Strike a Pose","Halfway around the world, standing virtually in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the incomparable Timmy Chang is just days away from throwing his first pass of the season. From my tattered sofa, I will be watching him. I want you to watch him, too." +"2","ROGER #39;S READY","Roger Federer says he #39;s ready to erase the image as being too soft to win in New York. The world #39;s No. 1 player from Switzerland has played three US Opens and lost in the fourth round each time." +"3","Still no beef resolution after latest talks","NEW YORK, (Aug. 30, 2004) - Cattle farmers and haulers finally looking for a quick end to a 15-month ban on live cattle exports to the US are out of luck after Canadian Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell " +"3","For Now, Unwired Means Unlisted. That May Change.","In October, most major cellphone carriers plan to start compiling a publicly accessible listing of wireless phone numbers." +"2","Women #39;s basketball team finds special place in Chancellor #39;s heart","The medal ceremony had ended. Van Chancellor had already shed a few tears, but he had held his emotions together through all the hugs and dancing, even through the victory " +"1","New Pakistan cabinet may be sworn in today","Islamabad, :A new Cabinet in Pakistan is likely to be sworn in on Monday, two days after Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz was made the country #39;s 23rd Prime Minister." +"4","Infocus: Deploying Network Access Quarantine Control, Part 2","This article discusses Network Access Quarantine Control in Windows Server 2003, which allows administrators to quarantine mobile users and verify their security posture before giving them full access to the network. Part 2 of 2." +"3","Scaffold collapse survivors improving","One of the men who survived Friday #39;s fatal scaffold collapse is in guarded condition at Detroit Receiving Hospital and the two other survivors were released on Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman said." +"1","Pollsters refuse to write off Australian PM despite lag in polls (AFP)","AFP - Opinion polls give Australia's opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard's conservative government as campaigning begins for October 9 elections, but analysts say the real race is still too close to call." +"3","Santander accelerates Abbey bid","Santander says it aims to complete its takeover of UK mortgage lender Abbey one month sooner than originally planned." +"2","A blazing start for Beijing","Greece tried to pass the Olympics baton off to Beijing on Sunday night, but it was a tough job. The Chinese are way ahead of the curve already." +"2","Wakefield goes deep this time","When it comes to giving up long balls, Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield has a short memory. Just three weeks after he surrendered a club-record six home " +"2","Hot pursuit","Times like these make grown men talk to televisions. quot;C'mon, guys, get the darn out, quot; Pedro Martinez shouted at a big screen in the Red Sox clubhouse yesterday as he watched the Blue Jays try to finish off the Yankees with two outs and the potential winning run at the plate in the ninth inning in Toronto." +"3","On TV -- from the Internet ","SAN MATEO, Calif. -- The promise of Internet-based video has long been hamstrung by copyright and piracy worries, slow dial-up connections, technical challenges, and consumer disdain for watching blotchy videos on their home computers." +"2","Youngster Khan taken to school","The sensation of the Olympic boxing tournament learned yesterday that there #39;s no substitute for experience. At least not in the ring." +"3","Challenger disappoints with writedown","The Kerry Packer-backed Challenger Financial Services Group has reported its first net loss since incorporating, impacted by a massive writedown of goodwill." +"3","Corporate Failures Hurt Pension Guaranty Group","Description: A flurry of corporate bankruptcies in the past few years leaves a public agency strapped for cash: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation." +"2","Bellhorn makes plenty of noise: Big","Second baseman Mark Bellhorn stats, news issued the closing statement in the Red Sox stats, schedule #39; four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers yesterday at Fenway Park." +"3","Intel in new chip breakthrough","Intel creates a more powerful memory chip without increasing its size, confounding the firm's critics." +"1","Going ballistic: Agni-II test fired","NEW DELHI: Indias quest to develop a solid missile defence took a step forward today when it successfully test-fired the surface-to-surface Agni-II missile, which can cover targets in the 2000-2500 kms-range, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at " +"1","Nigerian troops set off on AU peace mission to Darfur (AFP)","AFP - A 155-strong company of Nigerian infantry flew out of Abuja, heading for the war-torn western Sudanese region of Darfur to join an African Union force protecting ceasefire monitors." +"3","UPDATE: Sons Of Gwalia In Administration On Hedging Debt","PERTH (Dow Jones)--Sons of Gwalia Ltd. (SGW.AU), Australia #39;s second-biggest gold producer, has fallen into administration over aA\$348 million hedge book liability." +"1","Carnival crowds likely to top 1m","As the Notting Hill Carnival enters its final day, police say they are pleased with how it has gone so far. About 250,000 people took to the streets on Sunday - more than double the first day last year - to celebrate 40 years of the west London event." +"1","Typhoon Chaba Kills Four in Japan","Powerful Typhoon Chaba has plowed into southern Japan, sweeping at least four people to their deaths and injuring more than 30 as it knocked out power to thousands." +"1","Vietnam Marks Independence with Pardons for Prisoners"," HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has released nearly 9,000 prisoners, including 10 inmates whose cases it says had drawn international attention, as part of traditional pardons granted ahead of independence celebrations on September 2." +"3","Mining concern names outside managers","SYDNEY Sons of Gwalia, the world #39;s leading supplier of tantalum, appointed outside managers on Monday after failing to reach agreement with creditors." +"3","Minister Lee Says Uncertainty Deepens Economic Lethargy","Deputy Prime Minister and Finance-Economy Minister Lee Hun-jai said Monday the nation #39;s current economic lethargy is due to unsubstantiated uncertainty #39; #39; about the future, which in turn weakens the confidence of market players." +"2","Robson #39; Massively Disappointed #39; at Newcastle Exit","Departing Newcastle boss Sir Bobby Robson has spoken of his regret at not being able to complete his mission after being relieved of his duties today." +"3","Atlas Copco to Sell Electric Tool Business","Swedish engineering company Atlas Copco said Monday it will sell its electric tool business to Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries Co." +"1","Sadr Aide Tells Iraq Militia to Cease Fire -TV","A top aide to Iraq #39;s rebel Shi #39;ite leader Muqtada al-Sadr Monday called on the Mehdi Army militia to cease fire across Iraq and said Sadr was preparing to announce plans for a major political program." +"4","96 Processors Under Your Desktop","Roland Piquepaille writes quot;A small Santa Clara-based company, Orion Multisystems, today unveils a new concept in computing, #39;cluster workstations." +"2","Defrocked Priest Gets Suspended Sentence for Marathon Attack","A defrocked Irish priest who attacked the leader during yesterdays Olympic marathon was given a one year suspended sentence in Athens today." +"3","UPDATE:Sinopec 1H Pft Up 51; To Raise Refining Capacity","HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--China Petroleum amp; Chemical Corp. (SNP), the country #39;s second-largest oil and gas producer, Monday reported a 51 jump in first-half earnings and said it plans to boost its refining capacity by about one-fifth over three years." +"3","Rebound in US consumer spending","US consumer spending rebounded in July, a sign the economy may be emerging from an early summer decline. Consumer spending rose 0.8 last month, boosted by car and retail sales." +"1","Israeli Held Meetings With U.S. Analyst (AP)","AP - A senior Israeli diplomat in Washington has met with a Pentagon analyst being investigated by the FBI on suspicion he passed classified information to Israel, Israeli officials confirmed Monday." +"3","Regional House Price Declines Possible"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. housing industry economists on Monday cautioned that rapid house price gains in some areas of the country may not be sustainable." +"4","Intel Shrinks Transistor Size By 30","pinkUZI writes quot;Intel will announce that it has crammed 500 million transistors on to a single memory chip, shrinking them in size by 30." +"3","US Airways Up on Labor Talks","US Airways #39; (UAIR:Nasdaq - news - research) shares jumped almost 20 on news that management and pilots were back at the table, trying to hammer out an agreement on work concessions to save the company." +"4","Bryant Makes First Appearance at Trial (AP)","AP - NBA star Kobe Bryant arrived at his sexual assault trial Monday as attorneys in the case who spent the weekend poring over questionnaires prepared to question potential jurors individually." +"2","Language of goals what counts for tongue-tied Ronnie and Michael","England striker Michael Owen said his lack of Spanish and Ronaldo #39;s lack of English did not hinder celebrations of the Brazilian #39;s matchwinner for Real Madrid in Sunday #39;s 1-0 win at Mallorca." +"3","Oil Drops Below \$42 a Barrel"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices fell more than \$1 on Monday on continued profit-taking as producer-group OPEC eyed increases in the coming months in its tight spare capacity, countering worries over stumbling Iraqi oil exports." +"1","Al-Sadr Calls on Militia to Stop Fighting","BAGHDAD, Iraq - Rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for his followers across Iraq to end fighting against U.S. and Iraqi forces and is planning to join the political process in the coming days, an al-Sadr aide said Monday..." +"3","Regional Home Price Drop Possible"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. housing industry economists on Monday cautioned that rapid house price gains in some areas of the country may not be sustainable." +"2","Man U. and Everton play to scoreless draw","Manchester, England (Sports Network) - Manchester United #39;s struggle continued on Monday when they failed to score in a 0-0 tie with Everton at Old Trafford." +"1","GOP Sharpens Attacks As Convention Opens","NEW YORK (AP) -- Sen. John McCain said Monday it was fair game to criticize Democrat John Kerry's anti-war protests three decades ago, firing an opening salvo as Republicans at their national convention sought to portray President Bush as a strong wartime leader." +"1","11 Dead in a Car Bomb in Kabul","KABUL (Masnet amp; News Agencies) - At least eleven people, including two US citizens, were killed when a truck bomb exploded in downtown Kabul in the second deadly blast to strike Afghanistan over the weekend." +"4","Microsoft spends 1bn to keep out the hackers","The growing threat of hackers and viruses has prompted Microsoft to roll out a billion- dollar upgrade of its Windows computer operating system to strengthen security." +"4","Juniper Takes Security to Endpoints","Juniper Networks (Quote, Chart) has launched a new initiative designed to improve interoperability of popular third-party antivirus and firewall measures with its own Secure Socket Layer (define) Virtual Private Network (define) appliances." +"3","Stocks Dip on Consumer Income Report News (AP)","AP - An unsettling report on consumer incomes set off a spate of profit-taking on Wall Street Monday as investors worried that a tepid economy would erode companies' third-quarter earnings. Another drop in oil prices failed to shake the gloom from the market." +"3","SEC Probes United Rentals, Shares Drop"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators are investigating United Rentals Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=URI.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">URI.N</A> and have subpoenaed some accounting records, the company said on Monday, sending its shares down 21.5 percent." +"1","New Chechen Leader Vows Peace, Poll Criticized"," GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Chechnya's new leader vowed on Monday to rebuild the shattered region and crush extremists, after winning an election condemned by rights groups as a stage-managed show and by Washington as seriously flawed." +"1","Africa takes tough stand on coups","The arrest of Margaret Thatcher's son last week is the latest example of a crackdown on overthrows." +"1","Generals May Pay a Price for Iraq Abuse","WASHINGTON - The Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal could effectively end the careers of four Army generals who are linked indirectly to the misconduct but face no criminal charges. The four are singled out for varying degrees of criticism - mixed with instances of praise - in two comprehensive investigative reports released last week..." +"4","Survey: IT spending to grow modestly next year","CIO confidence is up in third quarter, according to Forrester poll." +"4","Coming to a TV near you: Ads for desktop Linux","Linspire CEO points out that recent TV ads serve as indication of acceptance in mainstream populace." +"2","FOOTBALL: RAE KNEE SCAN HAS MCLEISH IN A SWEAT","ALEX RAE was in hospital yesterday for a scan on his injured knee after playing through the pain barrier in Sunday #39;s Old Firm clash." +"1","Iraqi oil exports slump: report","NEAR daily attacks on pipelines and pumping stations had pushed down Iraq #39;s oil exports to their lowest point in nearly a year, Britain #39;s Financial Times newspaper reported today." +"3","Australia #39;s Seven FY Net Jumps 59 To A\$93.3M -2-","SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian television broadcaster Seven Network Ltd. (SEV) said Tuesday net profit jumped 59 to A\$93.3 million for the fiscal year ended June 26, boosted by profit proceeds from the sell down of its stake in B Digital." +"3","Parts pinch shuts down Ford plant","Workers at the Ford plant in Hapeville are getting a second unexpected day off during the dog days of summer. The company has stopped assembly-line production at the plant today because of a continued parts shortage, a Ford official said." +"4","Orion Debuts Cluster Workstation","Orion Multisystems, a new company founded by former Transmeta (Quote, Chart) executives, debuted a family of workstations Monday that think and act like a cluster of servers." +"4","AT amp;T Embraces Voice-over-Internet Telephony","AT amp;T is attracted to Voice over IP because Internet telephony is cheaper to offer to businesses and consumers and requires less upfront investment than the old copper wire and traditional switching networks." +"2","Off-day would have been welcomed by Sox","After another disappointing road trip - the White Sox were 3-4 on a swing through Detroit and Cleveland - a day off sure would look enticing." +"3","Maker of Twinkies Delays Filing Annual Report, Hires Turnaround <b>...</b>","KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 30 -- Twinkie maker Interstate Bakeries Corp. on Monday delayed filing its annual report for the second time, a move that dragged shares lower by more than 42 percent on speculation about the company #39;s ongoing viability." +"1","MND confirms China pulling troops from drill","The Ministry of Defense confirmed yesterday that China #39;s military had withdrawn most of its troops from Dongshan Island where it was to hold an annual war game, but would not say if the action indicated Beijing was calling off the maneuvers that simulate " +"1","A Better Solution for Israel","The hysterical tone of Daniel Seidemann #39;s plea to the next US administration to save Israel from itself serves no useful purpose op-ed, Aug. 26." +"2","Braves Rally to Defeat Giants 7-6 (AP)","AP - Even with a big lead in the NL East, the Atlanta Braves aren't taking anything for granted." +"2","Bryant Jury Selection Behind Closed Doors (AP)","AP - Prospective jurors in the Kobe Bryant rape case were asked their feelings on racial prejudice, interracial relationships, marital infidelity and justice for the rich and famous in an 82-item questionnaire released Monday." +"4","IT seeing steady but slow growth: Forrester projects 7 percent <b>...</b>","Tech companies waiting for a big resurgence in spending on computer hardware, software, networks and staff better plan to wait about four more years, Forrester Research projected yesterday." +"1","Japan should outsource more","The Japanese information services industry clocked up sales of 13,703.9 billion yen in fiscal 2001, according to a report on selected service industries for 2001 released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)." +"2","White Sox Edge Phillies","Joe Borchard wows the crowd with the longest homer in the 14-year history of U.S. Cellular Field as the White Sox edge the Phillies 9-8." +"4","ANOTHER VOICE Sugary drinks bad for you","Many studies have linked the consumption of nondiet soda and fruit juices with added sugars to obesity and attendant risks of diabetes." +"2","Testaverde accepts Parcells #39; nomination","Who would have thought that the Dallas Cowboys #39; offense would be the least of coach Bill Parcells problems? After cutting their starting quarterback in training camp, signing a controversial " +"4","Australia Police to Trap Cyberspace Pedophiles (Reuters)","Reuters - Australian police acting as part of an\international ""cyber cop"" network will be able to trap\pedophiles who use the Internet to ""groom"" or lure children for\sex, under new laws passed by parliament on Tuesday." +"2","Marlins keep pace in wild-card race","The Mets #39; objective, Fred Wilpon said last winter and into the spring, was to play meaningful games late into the season. The owner was confident his revamped team could compete for first place " +"1","Milosevic opens his defense case, starting second half of his <b>...</b>","Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic opened his long-delayed defense at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Tuesday, describing the battles of his Serbian people as self defense against internal rebellions and external attacks by Islamic warriors." +"2","Injury brings Brown down","Troy Brown didn't play any defense against Carolina in Saturday night's exhibition game. Thing is, he didn't play much offense or special teams, either." +"3","Starting today, funds' stances on proxies are matter of record","Every year, public companies put a number of questions before their stockholders for a vote. Investors weigh in on whether to reelect company directors, reappoint auditors, and approve or kill plans to give big stock option packages to senior executives." +"4","Hall of Shame Hall of Fame","We spotlight people and products that pester us...and the heroes saving us from annoyances." +"2","Athens coverage a winner for NBC","NBC and its family of cable networks flooded American households with nearly nonstop coverage of the Athens Olympics, and the strategy - along with strong performances by the US teams in swimming and gymnastics -roduced not only a ratings increase " +"3","Alitalia union may accept job cuts","A top Italian labor leader says his union could consider job cuts at Alitalia to prevent the airline #39;s collapse, as workers at the flag carrier clamored for details of its cost-cutting rescue plan." +"4","FCC asks high court to rule on broadband (USATODAY.com)","USATODAY.com - The federal government is challenging an appeals court ruling that, officials fear, would stifle the expansion of cable broadband services by burdening the providers with new regulations." +"3","UBS pays 265 million dollars for Schwab capital markets business (AFP)","AFP - Swiss banking group UBS said that it had paid 265 million dollars (219 million euros) to buy SoundView, the capital markets division of online broker Charles Schwab to strengthen its position on the US Nasdaq market." +"4","Longhorn announcements barely a blimp on IT radar","While developers are naturally curious over tweaks to the Longhorn road map, many IT administrators barely take notice. Enterprise IT customers typically lag at least " +"4","Novell reshuffles biz for Linux focus","Novell is reorganising its business to focus on two key areas - Linux and identity management. The networking software firm #39;s Nterprise and Linux operations will be folded into a Platform and Application Services group CRN reports." +"1","British Minister to Visit North Korea in September","The British government has announced plans to send a top Foreign Office representative to North Korea in September. Junior Minister for East Asia Bill Rammell will become the first British minister to visit " +"2","Broncos Running Back Out for Entire Season (AP)","AP - Denver Broncos running back Mike Anderson will miss the entire season because of a groin injury sustained last weekend in an exhibition game against Houston." +"4","Apple unveils super thin iMac in Paris (AFP)","AFP - Apple Computers launched the newest version of its iMac model, which at two inches thick, is the world's thinnest desktop computer, the company said." +"1","Conditions Worsen in Darfur, U.N. Agencies Say (Reuters)","Reuters - Conditions for 1.2 million Sudanese\displaced in Darfur continue to worsen amid violent attacks,\spreading disease, and heavy rains which wreak havoc with aid\convoys, United Nations agencies said on Tuesday." +"1","Australian employee of Canadian oil company reportedly abducted in Yemen (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Diplomats investigated Tuesday a report that an Australian oil engineer had been abducted in Yemen by armed tribesmen, but a conflicting report from Yemen said there was no kidnapping." +"3","EU, Japan Win WTO Approval to Impose Duties on US (Update2)","The European Union, Japan and Brazil won World Trade Organization backing to impose tariffs on US imports after Congress failed to end illegal corporate subsidies worth \$850 million since 2001." +"3","Study: CEOs rewarded for outsourcing","NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The CEOs of the top 50 US companies that sent service jobs overseas pulled down far more pay than their counterparts at other large companies last year, a study said Tuesday." +"3","Hartford Sees \$91 Mln in Charley Losses"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HIG.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HIG.N</A> on Tuesday became the latest insurer to issue a profit warning tied to Hurricane Charley, the strongest storm to hit Florida in a dozen years." +"2","Roundup: Illini men rise to top of AP poll, win game","There was little celebrating when Illinois men #39;s players found out they were ranked No. 1 in the nation yesterday afternoon. There was a game to play at night." +"1","Maddux Wins No. 302, Baker Wins No. 1,000","Greg Maddux pitched the Chicago Cubs into the lead in the NL wild-card race and gave Dusty Baker a win to remember. Maddux threw seven shutout innings for his 302nd career win, Baker got his 1,000th victory as a manager and Chicago beat the Montreal Expos 5-2 on Monday night..." +"4","Apple's New iMac Computer Is All Display"," PARIS (Reuters) - Apple Computer unveiled, after a two-month delay, its new iMac desktop computer on Tuesday which integrates disk drives and processors into a flat display less than two inches thick." +"4","New iMac packs computer into flat screen","PARIS Apple Computer engineered another design coup on Tuesday, unveiling a new iMac here that incorporates all of the personal computer #39;s innards into a flat-panel screen that balances on an aluminum stand." +"3","UPDATE 3-Albertsons hit by California strike; shares fall","Albertsons Inc. (ABS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US grocer, on Tuesday reported a substantial drop in its quarterly profit as heavy promotions " +"4","Samsung readies Philips #39; near-field communications for cellphones","MANHASSET, NY - Philips Electronics and Samsung Electronics have entered into a deal that will enable Samsung to deploy cellular devices using Philips #39; near-field communications chip and technology." +"1","Putin Says Plane Crashes Involved Terrorists Linked to Al-Qaeda","Russian President Vladimir Putin today said the explosions that brought down two airliners in Russia a week ago were the work of terrorists linked to the al- Qaeda terrorist network." +"1","Hurricane Frances Nears NE Caribbean (AP)","AP - Hurricane Frances strengthened as it churned near islands of the northeastern Caribbean with ferocious winds expected to graze Puerto Rico on Tuesday before the storm plows on toward the Bahamas and the southeastern United States." +"2","Kansas City Royals Team Report - August 31","(Sports Network) - The Kansas City Royals try to get back on the winning track this evening when they continue their three-game series with the Detroit Tigers at Kauffman Stadium." +"2","Montreal Expos Team Report - August 31","(Sports Network) - The Montreal Expos were handed a setback in Monday #39;s opener at Olympic Stadium. Greg Maddux threw seven shutout innings and went 2-for-3 with an RBI at the plate to lead the Cubs to a 5-2 victory." +"4","Japanese electronics giants in LCD joint venture","Hitachi, Toshiba and Matsushita Electric have formed a joint venture to manufacture large liquid-crystal displays for flat-screen televisions, escalating competition for a piece of the digital living room." +"4","Microsoft to delay advanced search technology from Longhorn","Microsoft said Friday that it is delaying the release of a new data-storage technology, named WinFS, from the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, in order to deliver the operating system by 2006." +"1","Darfur conditions worsen","rebels struggle to make headway in talks aiming to ease the conflict in the Darfur region. sanctions on Sudan, by saying Moscow opposed sanctions." +"4","Beyond solar system, planets that look familiar","The universe looked a little more familiar and friendlier on Tuesday. The roll call of planets beyond the solar system swelled significantly with the announcement of a trio of newly discovered worlds much " +"3","Credit Suisse to Combine US Unit","Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland #39;s second-largest bank, said Tuesday it will combine its US-based Credit Suisse First Boston investment unit with its retail and private banking business within two years." +"4","Spammers use sender authentication too, study says","The technology hasn't been widely adopted, but spammers are taking it up at a faster rate than legitimate e-mailers." +"4","SafeGuard Offers Easy Hard-Drive Protection","Upgraded version of this encryption app adds plenty of tools for networked users." +"2","Francis Nixes Hurricanes' Front Office Job (AP)","AP - Ron Francis turned down a front-office job with the Carolina Hurricanes and is still deciding whether he wants to continue his playing career." +"2","Disgraced Greek Sprinters Drug Tested by WADA"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have been dope tested by doctors from the World Anti-Doping Agency, an official said Tuesday." +"4","Skype Telephony Now Available for the Mac","Skype for Windows, Skype for Pocket PC and Skype for Linux -- Skype for Mac OS X is free. Skype users can control their online presence and " +"1","Killings shock, humiliate Nepalese","Protesters in Kathmandu have expressed disbelief and frustration after learning of the deaths of 12 Nepalese hostages in Iraq. Nepal #39;s ambassador to Qatar, Somananda Suman, confirmed " +"1","Gaddafi to Compensate Libyan Jews for Lost Homes (Reuters)","Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, easing\his country's way back into the international fold, on Tuesday\became the first Arab leader to promise compensation for Jews\who were forced from their homes due to religious tension." +"4","Microsoft To Ship Longhorn in 2006 Without WinFS","Microsoft will ship its next Windows client code-named Longhorn in 2006 as originally promised -- but without the next-generation file system known as WinFS." +"4","Veritas Keeps Reaching into Its Wallet","By acquiring KVault, which makes e-mail-archiving software, it aims to erode EMC #39;s lead and rebuild investors #39; confidence." +"2","NL Wrap: Edmonds Double Strike Lifts Cards Over Padres"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jim Edmonds belted two solo homers to lead the host St Louis Cardinals to an easy 9-3 win over the San Diego Padres in National League action at Busch Stadium Tuesday." +"3","A Year of Charges, Reforms for Funds","NEW YORK -- Just a year ago this week, New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer shook the financial services industry -- and investor confidence -- by revealing that four big-name mutual fund companies had cut secret deals allowing a New Jersey hedge fund to profit from short-term trading at the expense of ordinary investors." +"1","Moscow Rail Station Evacuated on Bomb Threat, Interfax Says","Moscow police are conducting a partial evacuation at the Kursk railway station in central Moscow as they search for explosives after receiving an anonymous phone call from a man threatening " +"1","Iraq #39;s Chalabi escapes attempt on his life","Gunmen opened fire Wednesday on a convoy carrying former Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi in an apparent assassination attempt that wounded two of his bodyguards, Chalabi #39;s spokesman said." +"4","Blu-ray group mandates Microsoft codec for BD-ROM","The Blu-ray Disc Association (BRDA) has selected Microsoft #39;s VC-9 video codec for future BD-ROM content, the organisation said today." +"2","Mariners riding the Ichiro wave","Ichiro Suzuki singled three times last night to etch out a spot in history and to send the Toronto Blue Jays a little deeper into oblivion." +"2","Wharf marks debut with wickets","In-form Alex Wharf made an impressive start to his international career this morning with wickets in his first two overs against India at Trent Bridge." +"2","Roddick blisters junior champ","By the time his match with Andy Roddick was over, Jenkins had felt the full fury of Roddick #39;s jet blast. Roddick had nailed a 152-mph serve at him, the fastest serve in Open history and one " +"4","AMD dual-core demo pips Intel, IBM","AMD has demonstrated the company #39;s first dual-core microprocessors. Dual-core processors offer improved performance over single-core chips, especially in multithreaded applications." +"1","Gunmen ambush Chalabi #39;s convoy, wound 2","BAGHDAD - Gunmen ambushed the convoy of former Iraqi governing council president Ahmed Chalabi on Wednesday, wounding two of his bodyguards, aides said." diff --git a/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/small_train.txt b/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/small_train.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0ef17038 --- /dev/null +++ b/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/small_train.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1000 @@ +"3","Wall St. Bears Claw Back Into the Black (Reuters)","Reuters - Short-sellers, Wall Street's dwindling\band of ultra-cynics, are seeing green again." +"3","Carlyle Looks Toward Commercial Aerospace (Reuters)","Reuters - Private investment firm Carlyle Group,\which has a reputation for making well-timed and occasionally\controversial plays in the defense industry, has quietly placed\its bets on another part of the market." +"3","Oil and Economy Cloud Stocks' Outlook (Reuters)","Reuters - Soaring crude prices plus worries\about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to\hang over the stock market next week during the depth of the\summer doldrums." +"3","Iraq Halts Oil Exports from Main Southern Pipeline (Reuters)","Reuters - Authorities have halted oil export\flows from the main pipeline in southern Iraq after\intelligence showed a rebel militia could strike\infrastructure, an oil official said on Saturday." +"3","Oil prices soar to all-time record, posing new menace to US economy (AFP)","AFP - Tearaway world oil prices, toppling records and straining wallets, present a new economic menace barely three months before the US presidential elections." +"3","Stocks End Up, But Near Year Lows (Reuters)","Reuters - Stocks ended slightly higher on Friday\but stayed near lows for the year as oil prices surged past #36;46\a barrel, offsetting a positive outlook from computer maker\Dell Inc. (DELL.O)" +"3","Money Funds Fell in Latest Week (AP)","AP - Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds fell by #36;1.17 billion in the latest week to #36;849.98 trillion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday." +"3","Fed minutes show dissent over inflation (USATODAY.com)","USATODAY.com - Retail sales bounced back a bit in July, and new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, the government said Thursday, indicating the economy is improving from a midsummer slump." +"3","Safety Net (Forbes.com)","Forbes.com - After earning a PH.D. in Sociology, Danny Bazil Riley started to work as the general manager at a commercial real estate firm at an annual base salary of #36;70,000. Soon after, a financial planner stopped by his desk to drop off brochures about insurance benefits available through his employer. But, at 32, ""buying insurance was the furthest thing from my mind,"" says Riley." +"3","Wall St. Bears Claw Back Into the Black"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Short-sellers, Wall Street's dwindling band of ultra-cynics, are seeing green again." +"3","Oil and Economy Cloud Stocks' Outlook"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Soaring crude prices plus worries about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to hang over the stock market next week during the depth of the summer doldrums." +"3","No Need for OPEC to Pump More-Iran Gov"," TEHRAN (Reuters) - OPEC can do nothing to douse scorching oil prices when markets are already oversupplied by 2.8 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude, Iran's OPEC governor said Saturday, warning that prices could fall sharply." +"3","Non-OPEC Nations Should Up Output-Purnomo"," JAKARTA (Reuters) - Non-OPEC oil exporters should consider increasing output to cool record crude prices, OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Sunday." +"3","Google IPO Auction Off to Rocky Start"," WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The auction for Google Inc.'s highly anticipated initial public offering got off to a rocky start on Friday after the Web search company sidestepped a bullet from U.S. securities regulators." +"3","Dollar Falls Broadly on Record Trade Gap"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar tumbled broadly on Friday after data showing a record U.S. trade deficit in June cast fresh doubts on the economy's recovery and its ability to draw foreign capital to fund the growing gap." +"3","Rescuing an Old Saver","If you think you may need to help your elderly relatives with their finances, don't be shy about having the money talk -- soon." +"3","Kids Rule for Back-to-School","The purchasing power of kids is a big part of why the back-to-school season has become such a huge marketing phenomenon." +"3","In a Down Market, Head Toward Value Funds","There is little cause for celebration in the stock market these days, but investors in value-focused mutual funds have reason to feel a bit smug -- if only because they've lost less than the folks who stuck with growth." +"3","US trade deficit swells in June","The US trade deficit has exploded 19 to a record \$55.8bn as oil costs drove imports higher, according to a latest figures." +"3","Shell 'could be target for Total'","Oil giant Shell could be bracing itself for a takeover attempt, possibly from French rival Total, a press report claims." +"3","Google IPO faces Playboy slip-up","The bidding gets underway for Google's public offering, despite last-minute worries over an interview with its bosses in Playboy magazine." +"3","Eurozone economy keeps growing","Official figures show the 12-nation eurozone economy continues to grow, but there are warnings it may slow down later in the year." +"3","Expansion slows in Japan","Economic growth in Japan slows down as the country experiences a drop in domestic and corporate spending." +"3","Rand falls on shock SA rate cut","Interest rates are trimmed to 7.5 by the South African central bank, but the lack of warning hits the rand and surprises markets." +"3","Car prices down across the board","The cost of buying both new and second hand cars fell sharply over the past five years, a new survey has found." +"3","South Korea lowers interest rates","South Korea's central bank cuts interest rates by a quarter percentage point to 3.5 in a bid to drive growth in the economy." +"3","Google auction begins on Friday","An auction of shares in Google, the web search engine which could be floated for as much as \$36bn, takes place on Friday." +"3","HP shares tumble on profit news","Hewlett-Packard shares fall after disappointing third-quarter profits, while the firm warns the final quarter will also fall short of expectations." +"3","Mauritian textile firm cuts jobs","One of the oldest textile operators on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius last week shut seven factories and cut 900 jobs." +"3","Chad seeks refugee aid from IMF","Chad asks the IMF for a loan to pay for looking after more than 100,000 refugees from conflict-torn Darfur in western Sudan." +"3","Japan nuclear firm shuts plants","The company running the Japanese nuclear plant hit by a fatal accident is to close its reactors for safety checks." +"3","Veteran inventor in market float","Trevor Baylis, the veteran inventor famous for creating the Freeplay clockwork radio, is planning to float his company on the stock market." +"3","Saudi Arabia to open up oil taps","Saudi Arabia says it is ready to push an extra 1.3 million barrels a day of oil into the market, to help reverse surging prices." +"3","Saudi phone sector gets \$1bn lift","A group led by the UAE's Etisalat plans to spend \$1bn (544m) on expansion after winning two mobile phone licences in Saudi Arabia." +"3","Indians fill rail skills shortage","Network Rail flies in specialist Indian engineers to work on the West Coast Mainline because of a UK skills shortage." +"3","Steady as they go","BEDFORD -- Scientists at NitroMed Inc. hope their experimental drugs will cure heart disease someday. But lately their focus has been on more mundane matters." +"3","Google IPO: Type in 'confusing,' 'secrecy'","I've submitted my bid to buy shares of Google Inc. in the computer search company's giant auction-style initial public offering. That could turn out to be the good news or the bad news." +"3","A bargain hunter's paradise","Massachusetts bargain hunters showed up in droves and shopped hard on yesterday's sales tax holiday, buying everything from treadmills and snow blowers to candles and chandeliers, and crediting the 5-percent tax break with bringing them into the stores." +"3","Researchers seek to untangle the e-mail thread","E-mail is a victim of its own success. That's the conclusion of IBM Corp. researchers in Cambridge, who have spent nearly a decade conducting field tests at IBM and other companies about how employees work and use electronic mail. It's clear to them that e-mail has become the Internet's killer application." +"3","Microsoft Corp. 2.0: a kinder corporate culture","Even a genius can mess up. Bill Gates was a brilliant technologist when he cofounded Microsoft , but as he guided it to greatness in both size and historical consequence, he blundered. He terrorized underlings with his temper and parceled out praise like Scrooge gave to charity. Only the lash inspired the necessary aggressiveness to beat the competition, he thought." +"3","Letters","Target the abusers of legal weapons We can all share the outrage, expressed by columnist Steve Bailey (''Summer Sizzler, quot; Aug. 11), at the killings in the city's poor neighborhoods. But there's no need to share his ignorance. He argues for renewal of the so-called assault weapon ban, claiming that otherwise, ''UZIs and AK-47s could again be flooding the streets. quot; His ..." +"3","Somewhere between gleam and gloom","President Bush has been saying that the US economy has ''turned the corner. quot; Democratic presidential candidate Senator John F. Kerry, in the wake of this month's poor jobs report, quipped that it was more like a U-turn." +"3","Technology company sues five ex-employees ","A Marlborough-based technology company is suing five former employees, including three senior managers, for allegedly conspiring against their employer while working on opening a competing business." +"3","Grant to aid Lynn Central Square","Central Square in Lynn should be looking a bit brighter. New sidewalks, curbs, fences, lights, landscaping, and road improvements are planned for the Gateway Artisan Block, a key area of the square, with \$830,000 in state grant money given to Lynn last week." +"3","State grant to aid Lynn; Bank gives Salem \$10k","Central Square in Lynn should be looking a bit brighter. New sidewalks, curbs, fences, lights, landscaping, and road improvements are planned for the Gateway Artisan Block, a key area of the square, with \$830,000 in state grant money given to Lynn last week." +"3","A New Legal Chapter for a 90's Flameout","A lawsuit against Gary Winnick, the former chief of Global Crossing, refocuses attention on what Mr. Winnick knew about his company's finances as it imploded." +"3","Will Russia, the Oil Superpower, Flex Its Muscles?","Russia is again emerging as a superpower - but the reason has less to do with nuclear weapons than with oil." +"3","Switching Titles, if Not Gears, at Dell","Kevin B. Rollins, the new chief executive of Dell, talks about Dell's transitory slip in customer service, and why he sees a broader technology recovery taking place." +"3","For Sale: The Ultimate Status Symbol","With the country in need of cash and rich people dying to show off their wealth, Mr. Stein proposes a unique solution: having the government sell titles of nobility." +"3","Quality Gets Swept Away","Quality Distribution is hammered after reporting a large loss for the second quarter." +"3","Making Your Insurer Pay","If Hurricane Charley blows your house down, how can you make your insurance company pay?" +"3","Delightful Dell","The company's results show that it's not grim all over tech world. Just all of it that isn't Dell." +"3","Chrysler's Bling King","After a tough year, Detroit's troubled carmaker is back -- thanks to a maverick designer and a car that is dazzling the hip-hop crowd" +"3","What's Cool In the Pool ... ... And Hot On the Deck","Americans are spending more on tricking out the places where they swim. Here's a look at the new wave of accessories" +"3","The Age of Doom","In 1993 six geeks had a digital nightmare that changed the culture. It's about to get far creepier" +"3","Hip Hop's Online Shop","Celebrity fashion is booming. These webpreneurs are bringing it to main street" +"3","Stoking the Steamroller","No other recording artist can channel American middle-class tastes quite like Chip Davis and his best-selling band" +"3","Coming to The Rescue","Got a unique problem? Not to worry: you can find a financial planner for every specialized need" +"3","The New Customers Are In Town","Today's customers are increasingly demanding, in Asia as elsewhere in the world. Henry Astorga describes the complex reality faced by today's marketers, which includes much higher expectations than we have been used to. Today's customers want performance, and they want it now! " +"3","Barrel of Monkeys, 2004 Edition: Notes on Philippine Elections","Well, it's election time in the Republic of the Philippines, and that means the monkeys are rolling around in those political barrels, having as much fun as they can while laughing their heads off at the strange goings-on that characterize a democratic process loosely based on the American model but that de facto looks more like a Fellini movie crossed with a Tom and Jerry cartoon - column includes a useful election-year glossary!" +"3","Oldsmobile: The final parking lot","Why General Motors dropped the Oldsmobile. The four brand paradoxes GM had to face - the name, the product, image re-positioning, and the consumer - all added up to a brand that had little hope of rebranding." +"3","Not All Jobs Belong To The White Man: Asian Minorities, Affirmative Action, And The Quest For Parity At Work","Although a smattering of Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Indians, Thais, and others may crow about seeing their kind sitting in prominent positions in corporations and organizations in the USA, these accomplishments become mere cultural high-fives and ritualistic chest-thumping goaded and impishly patronized by 'mainstream society' - the milder and gentler term for the white-dominated populace." +"3","Downhome Pinoy Blues, Intersecting Life Paths, and Heartbreak Songs","The Blues is alive and well in the Philippines, as evidenced by this appreciation of the Pinoy Blues band 'Lampano Alley', penned by columnist Clarence Henderson as a counterpoint to his usual economics, business, and culture fare." +"3","The Real Time Modern Manila Blues: Bill Monroe Meets Muddy Waters in the Orient","Globalization does strange things to people. A day in the life of a Manila Philippines based business consultant - proving that you really CAN talk about Muddy Walters, bluegrass and work all on the same page..." +"3","Best Asian Tourism Destinations","The new APMF survey of the best Asian tourism destinations has just kicked off, but it's crowded at the top, with Chiang Mai in Thailand just leading from perennial favourites Hong Kong, Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand, and Bali in Indonesia. Be one of the first to vote and let us know your reasons." +"3","What are the best cities for business in Asia?","One of our new categories in the APMF Sense of Place survey is for best Asian business city. After a couple of days, Singapore leads the pack, followed by Bangkok, Thailand and Hong Kong. Enter your vote and comments and make your views count. More new categories include best city for livability, and best tourism destinations." +"3","IT alligator tales","I grew up in New York, where giant alligators -- sometimes more ornately described as albino alligators -- were rumored to roam the citys sewer systems. According to legend, vacationers picked up the tiny crocodilians in Florida, brought them home to New York, and eventually flushed the little buggers when they grew too big for the local concrete jungle." +"3","IT Myth 5: Most IT projects fail","Do most IT projects fail? Some point to the number of giant consultancies such as IBM Global Services, Capgemini, and Sapient, who feed off bad experiences encountered by enterprises. Sapient is a company founded on the realization that IT projects are not successful, says Sapient CTO Ben Gaucherin." +"3","BEA grabs CA exec to head product group","BEA Systems Inc. has hired the Computer Associates International Inc. executive responsible for CA's Unicenter line of enterprise management software to head BEA's product development group." +"3","Autodesk tackles project collaboration","Autodesk this week unwrapped an updated version of its hosted project collaboration service targeted at the construction and manufacturing industries. Autodesk Buzzsaw lets multiple, dispersed project participants -- including building owners, developers, architects, construction teams, and facility managers -- share and manage data throughout the life of a project, according to Autodesk officials." +"3","U.K.'s NHS taps Gartner to help plan \$9B IT overhaul","LONDON -- The U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) has tapped IT researcher Gartner Inc. to provide market intelligence services as the health organization forges ahead with a mammoth, 5 billion (\$9.2 billion) project to upgrade its information technology infrastructure." +"3","Play Boys: Google IPO a Go Anyway","Even though Google's two founders gave an interview to Playboy magazine in the midst of its IPO filing, the SEC allowed the company's offering to go ahead. The boys filed the interview with the SEC and corrected mistakes in it." +"3","More Big Boobs in Playboy","An interview with Google's co-founders due out in the current issue of Playboy may delay the company's IPO. Securities regulations restrict what executives can say while preparing to sell stock for the first time." +"3","Dutch Firm Beats Apple to Punch","A music retailer from the Netherlands beats Apple by launching a download service in Europe's latest market battleground. Also: Movie industry wrests agreement from defunct company.... Microsoft challenges Photoshop hellip;. and more." +"3","HP to Buy Synstar","Hewlett-Packard will pay \$297 million for the British company. Also: TiVo goes all out to attract customers hellip;. Sprint offers service guarantees for business wireless subscribers hellip;. and more." +"3","A Personal Operator From Verizon","Verizon plans to offer a service that would act as a virtual switchboard operator, letting customers stay in touch at all times. The program would send phone calls, voicemails and e-mails wherever customers designate. By Elisa Batista." +"3","Paid Search Growth May Slow","A new Internet advertising forecast shows a slowdown in paid search listings in the next five years. Will the projection affect Google's prospects when it goes public?" +"3","Fark Sells Out. France Surrenders","Blogs are the hottest thing on the Net, but are they messing with traditional publishing principles? One of the most popular, Fark.com, is allegedly selling links. Is it the wave of the future? By Daniel Terdiman." +"4","'Madden,' 'ESPN' Football Score in Different Ways (Reuters)","Reuters - Was absenteeism a little high\on Tuesday among the guys at the office? EA Sports would like\to think it was because ""Madden NFL 2005"" came out that day,\and some fans of the football simulation are rabid enough to\take a sick day to play it." +"4","Group to Propose New High-Speed Wireless Format (Reuters)","Reuters - A group of technology companies\including Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN.N), STMicroelectronics\(STM.PA) and Broadcom Corp. (BRCM.O), on Thursday said they\will propose a new wireless networking standard up to 10 times\the speed of the current generation." +"4","AOL to Sell Cheap PCs to Minorities and Seniors (Reuters)","Reuters - America Online on Thursday said it\plans to sell a low-priced PC targeting low-income and minority\households who agree to sign up for a year of dialup Internet\service." +"4","Companies Approve New High-Capacity Disc Format (Reuters)","Reuters - A group of consumer electronics\makers said on Wednesday they approved the format for a new\generation of discs that can store five times the data of DVDs\at the same cost -- enough to put a full season of ""The\Sopranos"" on one disc." +"4","Missing June Deals Slow to Return for Software Cos. (Reuters)","Reuters - The mystery of what went wrong for the\software industry in late June when sales stalled at more than\20 brand-name companies is not even close to being solved\although the third quarter is nearly halfway over." +"4","Hacker Cracks Apple's Streaming Technology (AP)","AP - The Norwegian hacker famed for developing DVD encryption-cracking software has apparently struck again #151; this time breaking the locks on Apple Computer Inc.'s wireless music streaming technology." +"4","European Download Services Go Mobile (Reuters)","Reuters - The ability to download complete\tracks directly over cell-phone networks to mobile phones is\becoming a reality in Europe." +"4","Open Source Apps Developer SugarCRM Releases Sugar.Sales 1.1 (TechWeb)","TechWeb - News - August 13, 2004" +"4","Oracle Sales Data Seen Being Released (Reuters)","Reuters - Oracle Corp. sales documents\detailing highly confidential information, such as which\companies receive discounts on Oracle's business software\products and the size of the discounts, are likely to be made\public, a federal judge said on Friday." +"4","Sun's Looking Glass Provides 3D View (PC World)","PC World - Developers get early code for new operating system 'skin' still being crafted." +"4","Apple to open second Japanese retail store this month (MacCentral)","MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc. will open its second Japanese retail store later this month in the western Japanese city of Osaka, it said Thursday." +"4","Charley's Force Took Experts by Surprise (AP)","AP - Hurricane Charley's 145-mph force took forecasters by surprise and showed just how shaky a science it still is to predict a storm's intensity #151; even with all the latest satellite and radar technology." +"4","Science, Politics Collide in Election Year (AP)","AP - With more than 4,000 scientists, including 48 Nobel Prize winners, having signed a statement opposing the Bush administration's use of scientific advice, this election year is seeing a new development in the uneasy relationship between science and politics." +"4","Building Dedicated to Columbia Astronauts (AP)","AP - A former dormitory converted to classrooms at the Pensacola Naval Air Station was dedicated Friday to two Columbia astronauts who were among the seven who died in the shuttle disaster Feb. 1, 2003." +"4","Russian Cargo Craft Docks at Space Station (AP)","AP - A Russian cargo ship docked with the international space station Saturday, bringing food, water, fuel and other items to the two-man Russian-American crew, a space official said." +"4","Bangkok's Canals Losing to Urban Sprawl (AP)","AP - Along the banks of the canal, women in rowboats grill fish and sell fresh bananas. Families eat on floating pavilions, rocked gently by waves from passing boats." +"4","T. Rex Had Teen Growth Spurt, Scientists Say (Reuters)","Reuters - Tyrannosaurus Rex grew incredibly fast\during a teenaged growth spurt that saw the dinosaur expand its\bulk by six times, but the fearsome beasts ""lived fast and died\young,"" researchers said on Wednesday." +"4","Gene Blocker Turns Monkeys Into Workaholics - Study (Reuters)","Reuters - Procrastinating monkeys were turned\into workaholics using a gene treatment to block a key brain\compound, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday." +"4","Dolphins Too Have Born Socialites (Reuters)","Reuters - Some people are born to be the life and\soul of the party -- and so it seems are some dolphins." +"4","What's in a Name? Well, Matt Is Sexier Than Paul (Reuters)","Reuters - As Shakespeare said, a rose by any other\name would smell as sweet. Right?" +"4","UK Scientists Allowed to Clone Human Embryos (Reuters)","Reuters - British scientists said on Wednesday\they had received permission to clone human embryos for medical\research, in what they believe to be the first such license to\be granted in Europe." +"4","Russian Alien Spaceship Claims Raise Eyebrows, Skepticism (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - An expedition of Russian researchers claims to have found evidence that an \ alien spaceship had something to do with a huge explosion over Siberia in 1908. \ Experts in asteroids and comets have long said the massive blast was caused \ by a space rock." +"4","Comets, Asteroids and Planets around a Nearby Star (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - A nearby star thought to harbor comets and asteroids now appears to be home to planets, too. The presumed worlds are smaller than Jupiter and could be as tiny as Pluto, new observations suggest." +"4","Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Overnight (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - A fine display of shooting stars is underway and peaks overnight Wednesday into early Thursday morning. Astronomers expect the 2004 Perseid meteor shower to be one of the best versions of the annual event in several years." +"4","Redesigning Rockets: NASA Space Propulsion Finds a New Home (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - While the exploration of the Moon and other planets in our solar system is nbsp;exciting, the first task for astronauts and robots alike is to actually nbsp;get to those destinations." +"4","Studies Find Rats Can Get Hooked on Drugs (AP)","AP - Rats can become drug addicts. That's important to know, scientists say, and has taken a long time to prove. Now two studies by French and British researchers show the animals exhibit the same compulsive drive for cocaine as people do once they're truly hooked." +"4","NASA Chief: 'Let's Go Save the Hubble' (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - Amid uncertainty over the fate of the Hubble Space Telescope and with a key instrument not working, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe gave the go-ahead Monday for planning a robotic servicing mission." +"4","Armadillo Aerospaces X Prize Prototype Crashes (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - Armadillo Aerospace of Mesquite, Texas has reported a \crash last weekend of their prototype X Prize rocket." +"4","Prairie Dog Won't Be on Endangered List (AP)","AP - The black-tailed prairie dog has been dropped from a list of candidates for the federal endangered species list because scientists have concluded the rodents are no longer threatened." +"4","Hubble Trouble: One of Four Instruments Stops Working (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - One of the four astronomical instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope shut down earlier this week and engineers are trying to pin down the problem. The other three instruments continue to operate normally." +"4","Invasive Purple Weed May Meet Its Match (AP)","AP - They burned it, mowed it, sprayed it and flooded it. But nothing killed the purple loosestrife weed, which has become a regional plague, until officials at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge set a European beetle loose on it." +"4","New NASA Supercomputer to Aid Theorists and Shuttle Engineers (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - NASA researchers have teamed up with a pair of Silicon Valley firms to build \ a supercomputer that ranks alongside the world's largest Linux-based systems." +"4","Ants Form Supercolony Spanning 60 Miles (AP)","AP - Normally clannish and agressive Argentine ants have become so laid back since arriving in Australia decades ago that they no longer fight neighboring nests and have formed a supercolony here that spans 60 miles, scientists say." +"4","Viewer's Guide: Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Aug. 11-12 (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - Every August, when many \ people are vacationing in the country where skies are dark, the best-known meteor \ shower makes its appearance. The annual Perseid meteor shower, as it is called, \ promised to put on an above average display this year." +"4","Rescuers Free Beached Whale in Brazil (AP)","AP - Rescuers succeeded in freeing a minke whale that washed up on a beach in southeastern Brazil, the fire department said Thursday." +"4","Red-Footed Falcon Sighted in Mass. (AP)","AP - A red-footed falcon spotted for the first time in North America is enticing birdwatchers to Martha's Vineyard." +"4","Weak Version of Most Powerful Explosions Found (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful events in the universe, temporary outshining several galaxies and likely signaling the birth of a black hole." +"4","Simultaneous Tropical Storms a Rarity (AP)","AP - The prospect that a tropical storm and a hurricane #151; or possibly two hurricanes #151; could strike Florida on the same day is something meteorologists say they have never seen." +"4","NASA's Genesis Spacecraft Adjusts Course (AP)","AP - NASA's Genesis spacecraft successfully adjusted its course this week as it heads back toward Earth with a sample of solar wind particles, the space agency said Wednesday." +"4","Earth is Rare, New Study Suggests (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - Flip a coin. Heads, Earth is a common sort of planet. Tails, and ours is as unusual as a coin landing on edge. That's about the state of knowledge for scientists who ponder the question of our planet's rarity." +"4","Scientists Probe Pacific for Dead Zone (AP)","AP - His hand on a toggle switch and his eyes on a computer screen, Oregon State University graduate student Anthony Kirincich uses an array of scientific instruments to probe the vibrant waters of the Pacific. He is searching for the absence of life." +"4","Life on Mars Likely, Scientist Claims (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - DENVER, COLORADO -- Those twin robots hard at work on Mars have transmitted teasing views that reinforce the prospect that microbial life may exist on the red planet." +"4","India Rethinks Plan to Send Man to Moon (AP)","AP - India is rethinking its plan to send a man to the moon by 2015, as the mission would cost a lot of money and yield very little in return, the national space agency said Thursday." +"4","Natural Sunblock: Sun Dims in Strange Ways (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - When Venus crossed the Sun June 8, showing up as a clear black dot to the delight of millions of skywatchers around the world, astronomers noted something less obvious: The amount of sunlight reaching Earth dipped by 0.1 percent for a few hours." +"4","Website Lets Users Scout the Red Planet from Home (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - For those who want to explore Mars but cant wait for a spacecraft to take them there, NASA scientists have reformulated a website that lets the general public search data and images from previous missions." +"4","Appeal Rejected in Trout Restoration Plan (AP)","AP - The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday rejected environmentalists' appeal of a plan to poison a stream south of Lake Tahoe to aid what wildlife officials call ""the rarest trout in America.""" +"4","Explore the Many Colors of Stars (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - One of the pleasures of \ stargazing is noticing and enjoying the various colors that stars display in \ dark skies. These hues offer direct visual evidence of how stellar temperatures \ vary." +"4","Britain Grants Human Cloning License (AP)","AP - Britain granted its first license for human cloning Wednesday, joining South Korea on the leading edge of stem cell research, which is restricted by the Bush administration and which many scientists believe may lead to new treatments for a range of diseases." +"4","The Next Great Space Race: SpaceShipOne and Wild Fire to Go For the Gold (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - A piloted rocket ship race to claim a #36;10 million Ansari X Prize purse for privately financed flight to the edge of space is heating up." +"4","Growth, Mortality of T. Rex Gets Clearer (AP)","AP - Here's a dinosaur finding that parents can appreciate: The teenage Tyrannosaurus rex typically went through an explosive growth spurt, gaining nearly 5 pounds a day." +"4","Space Science Pioneer Van Allen Questions Human Spaceflight (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - A leading space scientist has called to question the validity of human spaceflight, suggesting that sending astronauts outward from Earth is outdated, too costly, and the science returned is trivial." +"4","China Begins Manned Space Flight Countdown (AP)","AP - Chinese astronauts are in the final stages of preparing for a manned space mission that will orbit the globe 14 times before returning to Earth, a state-run newspaper reported Thursday." +"4","Sunspot Grows to 20 Times Size of Earth (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - A sunspot group aimed squarely \ at Earth has grown to 20 times the size of our planet and has the potential \ to unleash a major solar storm." +"4","Japanese Lunar Probe Facing Delays (AP)","AP - A lunar orbiter that Japan had planned to launch this year could face further delays, possibly until next year or later, because of a funding shortfall and problems developing the probe's information-gathering capabilities, Japan's space agency said Wednesday." +"4","Pollutants From Asia Appear on East Coast (AP)","AP - Scientists looking into air quality and climate change have found pollutants from as far as Asia over New England and the Atlantic." +"4","Vietnam's Citadel Vulnerable to Weather (AP)","AP - Experts from Europe and Asia surveyed 1,400-year-old relics of an ancient citadel in Hanoi Tuesday and said they were concerned the priceless antiquities were at risk from exposure to the elements." +"4","U.S. Barred From Weakening Dolphin Rules (AP)","AP - In a victory for environmentalists, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Bush administration cannot change the standards commercial fisheries must meet before the tuna they catch can carry the ""dolphin-safe"" label." +"4","Canadian Robot a Candidate to Save Hubble (AP)","AP - NASA said Tuesday it is moving ahead with plans to send a robot to the rescue of the aging Hubble Space Telescope." +"4","Cave Explorers Discover Pit in Croatia (AP)","AP - Cave explorers discovered a pit inside a mountain range in central Croatia believed to have the world's deepest subterranean vertical drop, at nearly 1,700 feet, a scientific institute reported Monday." +"4","Aquarium Reviews Death of Dolphin (AP)","AP - The chief scientist at the National Aquarium in Baltimore has launched a review of the dolphin breeding program after the death of a 4-month-old dolphin." +"4","Scientists Seek Better Way to Measure Rain (AP)","AP - Meteorologists at North Carolina State University are working on a way to more accurately measure rainfall in small areas." +"4","Wash. State Team's Private Rocket Explodes (AP)","AP - A team taking a low-budget stab at the #36;10 million Ansari X Prize for private manned spaceflight suffered a setback Sunday, when their rocket malfunctioned and exploded after shooting less than 1,000 feet in the air." +"4","Nevada Ponders Superfund Status for Mine (AP)","AP - Pressured by a ranking senator from Nevada and the Environmental Protection Agency, Gov. Kenny Guinn says he might reconsider his opposition to a federal Superfund cleanup declaration for a huge abandoned mine contaminated with toxic waste and uranium." +"4","Indictments Using DNA on Rise Nationally (AP)","AP - Authorities once had no choice but to drop rape cases if they weren't able to catch a suspect before the statute of limitations expired. But prosecutors across the country increasingly are buying themselves time, keeping cold cases alive by indicting unidentified rapists using their DNA profiles." +"4","Southeast Coast Sees Fewer Turtle Nests (AP)","AP - About half the usual number of loggerhead turtles have nested between North Carolina and Florida this season, and scientists have no explanation for the drop." +"4","Company Said to Be Ready to Clone Pets (AP)","AP - A company that unveiled the world's first cloned cat nearly three years ago now says it is ready to start filling orders for cloned pets, a newspaper reported Thursday." +"4","Deep-Sea Vessel Puts Ocean Floor in Reach (AP)","AP - A new deep-sea research vessel will be able to carry people to 99 percent of the ocean floor, diving deeper than the famed Alvin that pioneered the study of seafloor vents, plate tectonics and deep ocean creatures over the past 40 years." +"4","Chorus Frog Found Croaking in Virginia (AP)","AP - The Southern chorus frog has been found in southeastern Virginia, far outside its previously known range. The animal had never before been reported north of Beaufort County, N.C., about 125 miles to the south." +"4","Expedition to Probe Gulf of Mexico (AP)","AP - Scientists will use advanced technology never before deployed beneath the sea as they try to discover new creatures, behaviors and phenomena in a 10-day expedition to the Gulf of Mexico's deepest reaches." +"4","Feds Accused of Exaggerating Fire Impact (AP)","AP - The Forest Service exaggerated the effect of wildfires on California spotted owls in justifying a planned increase in logging in the Sierra Nevada, according to a longtime agency expert who worked on the plan." +"4","New Method May Predict Quakes Weeks Ahead (AP)","AP - Swedish geologists may have found a way to predict earthquakes weeks before they happen by monitoring the amount of metals like zinc and copper in subsoil water near earthquake sites, scientists said Wednesday." +"4","Marine Expedition Finds New Species (AP)","AP - Norwegian scientists who explored the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean said Thursday their findings #151; including what appear to be new species of fish and squid #151; could be used to protect marine ecosystems worldwide." +"4","Annual Study Finds Rise in Beach Closures (AP)","AP - The number of days that beaches closed or posted warnings because of pollution rose sharply in 2003 due to more rainfall, increased monitoring and tougher standards, an environmental group said on Thursday." +"4","Pacific May Be Seeing New El Nino (AP)","AP - Warming water temperatures in the central equatorial Pacific last month may indicate the start of a new El Nino." +"4","Cassini Spacecraft Sees Saturn Lightning (AP)","AP - The Cassini spacecraft's mission to Saturn has revealed a new radiation belt around the ringed planet and found that lightning in its atmosphere is occurring in different patterns than it did when NASA's Voyagers flew by in the early 1980s, scientists said." +"4","Poachers Putting Endangered Rhinos at Risk (AP)","AP - Gangs of poachers in Congo have been slaughtering the world's minuscule population of northern white rhinos, reducing the population by about one-half in just more than a year, a key conservation organization said Friday." +"4","Experts Downplay Texas Shark Attacks (AP)","AP - Three shark attacks off the Texas coast in the past two months are unusual but don't mean there are more sharks than normal along the beach or that they are getting bolder, marine biologists and other experts say." +"4","Study Says Birds Feed Other Birds' Young (AP)","AP - It's a lesson many little humans could learn from baby birds: Sometimes, being nice to other youngsters pays off. Brown-headed cowbirds, like several other bird species, leave their eggs in the nests of other birds, who then feed and raise the cowbird chicks." +"4","Canadian Team Joins Rocket Launch Contest (AP)","AP - The #36;10 million competition to send a private manned rocket into space started looking more like a race Thursday, when a Canadian team announced plans to launch its rocket three days after an American group intends to begin qualifying for the Ansari X prize." +"4","Universities to Build Largest Telescope (AP)","AP - The University of Texas and Texas A amp;M University are planning to construct what they call the world's largest telescope with the help of a Houston businessman's #36;1.25 million gift." +"4","Mauritanian Capital Battles Locust Swarm (AP)","AP - Residents burned tires and trash in the streets Thursday trying to drive off swarms of locusts descending on the region in what a U.N. agency called the worst sub-Saharan invasion in more than a decade." +"4","Customers of Telco Companies Face Privacy Breach","A security advisory posted on Bugtraq demonstrates how hackers can compromise customers of T-mobile wireless and Verizon (landline) voicemail boxes. The advisory talks about the use of Caller-ID spoofing the customers number, allowing a bypass of the PIN code since the voicemail thinks that the customer is calling to check their own voicemail. According to Secure Science Corporation, there has been no response from the vendors. Comments have been posted that T-Mobile has optional PIN code protection off by default. Better turn it on. " +"4","Mozilla To Add Support For XForms, World Yawns","It's ironic that Microsoft could help further cement its dominance in the browser market by joining its largest rival in an effort to support web standards. nbsp;At the same time, that act would go a long way towards improving the web in general for developers and users alike." +"4","Junk faxes to be legalized as quot;opt-out? quot;","The Register ran a story on August 6th called 'Phone spam misery looms stateside.' It seems that there's legislative nastiness underway in Washington, DC to essentially gut the existing junk fax law, and replace it with a marketer's wet dream." +"4","Biased Against Whom?","Liberal bias versus right-wing conspiracy is a wonderful distraction. There is evidence enough on both sides. How can opposite claims be true? Confront a physicist with evidence supporting contradictory hypotheses and she will go looking for a more basic cause. Let's try that." +"4","The Visual World of Michel Gondry","A month ago I was introduced to the works of Michel Gondry. In short, I was amazed and tantalized by his short films and music videos. Even if you haven't heard of him, you've probably seen his many works in Gap commercials, various music videos, and the recent movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Many of his works explode with visual elements that, when taken alone, are simple and mundane. However, under his masterful guidance, these elements come together to form a highly mesmerizing visual experience. He never ceases to push visual technologies and challenge our ideas about the visual medium." +"4","The Austral-Asian Strike Fighter","The Australian Defence Force must defend and project across an air-sea gap. This requires long range autonomous strike weaponry. The Joint Strike Fighter does not solve this issue and detrimentally places added pressure on Australia's limited force of aerial refuelling assets. The world's defence manufacturers are not creating strike platforms that solve Australian needs. For this reason, Australia needs to look to other nations with similar defence needs. In this case, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all face defending an air-sea gap. Australia should enter a partnership with these nations to create a strike fighter that satisfies the strategic needs of defending an air-sea gap. The benefits of such a partnership will be many." +"4","Insecurity: (Or Why Americans Aren't Feeling The Recovery)","The New Republic's website is currently carrying an interesting piece which tries to explain the anomaly that although the US economy is growing, a lot of its citizens are still feeling worse off. The article explains the results of a 40 year panel study which has shown that although mean incomes have increased, income variability has increased massively, causing many Americans to feel less well off, despite the growing economy. " +"4","The Great K5 Limerick Contest","Queue submissions being scarce, I suggest we all submit limericks for consideration. Mod up your favorites. I'm no poet, so I'll submit a favorite of my childhood: There was a young woman named Bright, Who traveled much faster than light She set out one day In a relative way And returned on the previous night. I'm afraid I don't remember the author." +"4","RuntimeProperties... Reflection from System Properties","\\Java developers often load system properties to customize the runtime behavior\of their applications.\\For example a develoepr could define a 'max_connections' system property to\define the maximum number of TCP connections that their application server can\support. While nice, this prevents all other applications from using this\variable name.\\The first reaction to this would be to namespace your variable names. Instead\of using max_connections you would now use\'my.application.Server.MAX_CONNECTIONS' as your property name. This works of\course but now you have to load this property on startup.\\public static int MAX_CONNECTIONS = Integer.parseInt( System.getProperty(\""my.application.Se ...\\" +"4","Thank You IBM!","\\I just wanted to say thanks to IBM for Open Sourcing Cloudscape .\\You guys really have your act together. Keep up the good work!\\" +"4","LinuxWorld, IDs, and Privacy","\\Today Jonathan Moore and I headed over to LinuxWorld after lunch to see what\kind of cool hardware and Linux hacks they had on the expo floor.\\Only \$15 to get in the door so I figure why not.\\I'm a bit of a privacy freak. When you're trading some security for liberty\there are situations where it *might* be worth it. In situations of extreme\violence having the police by your side might be a good idea. \\I think we can all agree that trading liberty for *nothing* isn't worth it.\This country was *founded* on liberty after the British were abusing their\colonial powers. Every true American should cherish their liberty and think\long and hard about just turning them over for no reason.\ ...\\" +"4","My Blog as a Time Machine","\\I'm starting to realize that my blog is a bit of a time machine. For example I\can create a blog entry to warn myself about something that WILL happen in the\future. \\My current NTP blog entry is a good example. I wrote this for myself as\much as for the people who read my blog (or find me via Google).\\I know for sure that NTP on Debian is going to bite me sometime in the future\and I'm going to forget WHY. Then I'm going to (of course) go to Google or my\aggregator and search for NTP and then find my blog post. \\I've done this about a dozen times now and its saved me a TON of time!\\" +"4","NTP in Debian","\\The Network Time Daemon (NTP Daemon) implementation within Debian leaves a\lot to be desired.\\First off they don't include it with a working config. You have to create your\own /etc/ntpd.conf. To make matters worse the configuration doesn't accept DNS\names so you have to manually enter IPs. Fun. I can understand that they might\not want to provide ONE configuration and overwhelm one or two NTP servers but\they can provide a dynamic config that balances load among all available\servers. There is of course the public serves list but you have to Google\for it.\\All you really need to do here is enter a list of servers:\\server time.nist.gov\\server 192.43.244.18\" +"4","Pretty Log4J","\\I've been a big fan of Log4J for a while now but haven't migrated any code\over for one central reason. The following line of code:\\ final static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger( ""some.name"" );\\... is amazingly ugly and difficult to work with.\\Most people use Log4J with a logger based on the classname:\\So we would probably see:\\ static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger( ""org.apache.commons.feedparser.locate.FeedLocator"" );\\Which is amazingly verbose. A lot of developers shorten this to:\\ static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger( FeedLocator.class );\\But this still leaves us with cut and paste errors.\\What if we could just reduce it to:\\ static Logger logger = Logger.g ...\\" +"4","Saudis: Bin Laden associate surrenders","\\""(CNN) -- A longtime associate of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden surrendered to\Saudi Arabian officials Tuesday, a Saudi Interior Ministry official said.""\\""But it is unclear what role, if any, Khaled al-Harbi may have had in any terror\attacks because no public charges have been filed against him.""\\""The Saudi government -- in a statement released by its embassy in Washington --\called al-Harbi's surrender ""the latest direct result"" of its limited, one-month\offer of leniency to terror suspects.""\\This is great! I hope this really starts to pay off. Creative solutions to\terrorism that don't involve violence. \\How refreshing! \\Are you paying attention Bush administration?\\" +"4","Mozilla Exceptions (mexception)","\\For some reason I never released this code.\\I developed it while working on NewsMonster and just forgot I think\\It's an extension for Mozilla that allows you to see all runtime exceptions\(with full stack traces) that are unhandled by Mozilla. \\Just install it and if your code generates an unhandled exception it will show\up in the logs and on the console.\\Very handy for doing any hardcore Mozilla development.\\" +"4","Ron Regan Jr is My Kinda Guy","\\""Now that the country is awash in Reagan nostalgia, some observers are predicting\that you will enter politics. Would you like to be president of the United\States?""\\""I would be unelectable. I'm an atheist. As we all know, that is something\people won't accept.""\\""What would you do if Senator Kerry asked you to be his vice president?""\\""I would question his sanity.""\\""Do you ever go to church?""\\""No. I visit my wife's sangha.""\\""So you sometimes practice Buddhism?""\\""I don't claim anything. But my sympathies would be in that direction. I admire\the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and\loving kindness and compassion.""\\So lets get this straight. He's an a ...\\" +"4","Al Qaeda member surrenders","\\""RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- One of Saudi Arabia's most wanted militants has\turned himself into the authorities, the first senior suspect to surrender under\a one-month government amnesty announced last week.""\\""Othman Al-Omari, number 19 on Saudi Arabia's most wanted list of 26, accepted\King Fahd's offer of amnesty, which was made last week, according to Saudi\sources Monday.""\\""Al-Omari, who turned himself in on Sunday night, was a business partner of\Shaban Al Shihri -- the first al Qaeda member to accept the offer when he turned\himself in Friday.""\\When I first saw this I was really upset. I thought that it would certainly\lead to more violence if they just let terrorists off the ...\\" +"4","Mission Accomplished!","\\""BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Members of Iraq's interim government took an oath of\office Monday just hours after the United States returned the nation's\sovereignty, two days ahead of schedule.""\\""Led by Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, each member of the new\government placed a hand on the Koran and promised to serve with sincerity and\impartiality. Iraqi flags lined the wall behind them.""\\Iraq! Now with 100 less Coalition Provisional Authority! Act now and get a\free Weapon of Mass Destruction (offer only available in Syria, Jordan, Saudi\Arabia, Pakistan, Syria and Iran).\\Also check out our new Puppet Government! Keeps the kids occupied for hours!\\" +"4","Java3D - Half Right","\\SUN has announced that Java3D will be released in a different manner than any\other SUN project in existence.\\""We announce the availability of the source code for the Java 3D API on\java.net. We are involving developers in the evolution of the Java 3D API.\Come join the Java 3D projects on java.net, and download the source code for\the core Java 3D API, vecmath, the Java 3D core utilities, and the Java 3D\program examples.""\\The key thing here is that they have provided the core utils under a BSD license\and even have the CVS available .\\Good job SUN! You're headed in the right direction!\\Here's the only problem:\\""We are releasing the source code for the j3d-core and vecmath projects u ...\\" +"4","Reverse Psychology","\\I really hope SUN doesn't Open Source Java at JavaOne this year. It would be a\terrible decision and seriously hurt the tech industry. Also, it would hurt SUN\and I'm sure their responsible enough to realize this.\\(Lets hope that works!)\\" +"4","Kerry's Disgusting Ad","\\A few days ago Kerry sent around this ad:\\""Yesterday, the Bush-Cheney campaign, losing any last sense of decency, placed\a disgusting ad called ""The Faces of John Kerry's Democratic Party"" as the\main feature on its website. Bizarrely, and without explanation, the ad places\Adolf Hitler among those faces.""\\""The Bush-Cheney campaign must pull this ad off of its website. The use of\Adolf Hitler by any campaign, politician or party is simply wrong.""\\Which of course is a mistake. I went and downloaded the video (which is just\stupid btw. Not a masterpiece by any means.) and there are shots of Hitler in\there, but only from the MoveOn contest from a few months back.\\Here's the problem. The ...\\" +"4","What would Baby Jesus Think?","\\""On Tuesday, Cheney, serving in his role as president of the Senate, appeared in\the chamber for a photo session. A chance meeting with Sen. Patrick J. Leahy\(Vt.), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, became an argument about\Cheney's ties to Halliburton Co., an international energy services corporation,\and President Bush's judicial nominees. The exchange ended when Cheney offered\some crass advice.\\'Fuck yourself,' said the man who is a heartbeat from the presidency.""\\Wonder what the moral majority has to say about this?\\It isn't profanity! Its a freedom praise!\\" +"4","Americans and Freedom","\\""When we Americans first began, our biggest danger was clearly in view: we knew\from the bitter experience with King George III that the most serious threat to\democracy is usually the accumulation of too much power in the hands of an\Executive, whether he be a King or a president. Our ingrained American distrust\of concentrated power has very little to do with the character or persona of the\individual who wields that power. It is the power itself that must be\constrained, checked, dispersed and carefully balanced, in order to ensure the\survival of freedom. In addition, our founders taught us that public fear is the\most dangerous enemy of democracy because under the right circumstances it ...\\" +"4","Why Windows isn't Unix","\\""I first heard about this from one of the developers of the hit game SimCity, who\told me that there was a critical bug in his application: it used memory right\after freeing it, a major no-no that happened to work OK on DOS but would not\work under Windows where memory that is freed is likely to be snatched up by\another running application right away. The testers on the Windows team were\going through various popular applications, testing them to make sure they\worked OK, but SimCity kept crashing. They reported this to the Windows\developers, who disassembled SimCity, stepped through it in a debugger, found\the bug, and added special code that checked if SimCity was running, and if it\did ...\\" +"4","Microsoft, IE and Bloat","\\Zawodny threads off of Scoble on the IE issue:\\""I have to say, when I first read that I nearly fell off my chair laughing. I was\thinking ""how stupid ARE these IE guys?!?!?!"" But we all know that Microsoft is\full of smart people who care about what they're doing. So something really\doesn't compute here.""\\""Last time I checked, IE wasn't even close to feature parity with Mozilla's\browsers. No popup blocking, no tabbed browsing, etc.""\\""Does the IE team really not know what their product is missing?""\\Perhaps. It's highly likely that they just don't know.\\The bigger issue here is that Microsoft products can't fail and they can't\succeed. Microsoft has 40-50 billion in the bank. There ...\\" +"4","DRM is doubleplus good for business, Congress advised","The Budget Office and the case of the disappearing public interest" +"4","HP: The Adaptive Enterprise that can't adapt","<strong>Opinion</strong> SAP hardly to blame" +"4","Buffy the Censor Slayer","<strong>Letters</strong> Readers drive stake through parents' group" +"4","Ashlee Vance: the readers have spoken","<strong>Poll results</strong> Bright news for resident <em>Reg</em> ladyboy" +"4","<em>El Reg</em> pledges to name BSA antipiracy weasel","<strong>Competition</strong> Get those suggestions in" +"4","Wireless net to get speed boost","Wireless computer networks could soon be running 10 times faster than they do now." +"4","Watchdog rules over broadband ","The UK's ad watchdog rules over which net connections can be described as full speed broadband." +"4","GameBoy mini-games win prize","A set of GameBoy micro-games is named as the most innovative game of the year at a festival in Scotland." +"4","Microsoft takes down SP2 sharers","Microsoft is stopping people getting hold of a key security update via net-based file- sharing systems." +"4","Long-awaited Doom 3 hits the UK","Doom 3 goes on sale in the UK at a time of renewed concerns over violence in video games." +"4","Britons embrace digital lifestyle","People in the UK are spending more time and money going digital, says communications watchdog Ofcom." +"4","PlayStation potential to learning","The PlayStation games console could be developed into a learning tool for children, says a Northumberland head teacher." +"4","'Invisible' technology for Olympics","Getting the technology in place for Athens 2004 is an Olympic task in itself." +"4","Satellite boosts Olympic security","An enhanced satellite location system aims to help Olympic security guards react more quickly to emergencies." +"4","3D holograms to crack forgeries","A 3D hologram technique could transform how experts spot forged signatures and other handwritten documents." +"4","Video games 'good for children'","Computer games can promote problem-solving and team-building in children, say games industry experts." +"4","Fake goods tempting young adults","Young people are increasingly happy to buy pirated goods or illegal download content from the net, a survey shows." +"4","Catwoman far from perfect","The Catwoman game is a major disappointment that feels like a pointless tie-in with the film." +"4","'Madden,' 'ESPN' Football Score in Different Ways"," PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) - Was absenteeism a little high on Tuesday among the guys at the office? EA Sports would like to think it was because ""Madden NFL 2005"" came out that day, and some fans of the football simulation are rabid enough to take a sick day to play it." +"4","AOL to Sell Cheap PCs to Minorities and Seniors"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - America Online on Thursday said it plans to sell a low-priced PC targeting low-income and minority households who agree to sign up for a year of dialup Internet service." +"4","Microsoft to Introduce Cheaper Version of Windows"," SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. <MSFT.O> said it will begin selling a stripped-down, low-cost version of its Windows XP operating system in the emerging markets of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in order to spread the use of computing and develop technology markets." +"4","Companies Approve New High-Capacity Disc Format"," LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group of consumer electronics makers said on Wednesday they approved the format for a new generation of discs that can store five times the data of DVDs at the same cost -- enough to put a full season of ""The Sopranos"" on one disc." +"4","Missing June Deals Slow to Return for Software Cos."," NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mystery of what went wrong for the software industry in late June when sales stalled at more than 20 brand-name companies is not even close to being solved although the third quarter is nearly halfway over." +"4","Microsoft Upgrades Software for Digital Pictures"," SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. <MSFT.O> released on Tuesday the latest version of its software for editing and organizing digital photographs and images to tap into widespread demand for digital cameras and photography." +"4","Google to Pay Yahoo to Settle Patent Dispute"," SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc. <GOOG.O> on Monday again boosted the number of shares it plans to sell in its initial public offering, saying it will issue 2.7 million shares to Yahoo Inc. <YHOO.O> to settle a lawsuit over technology used to display ads." +"4","A Digital Doctor Treats Computer Contamination","Unfortunately for users, computer equipment manufacturers and resellers don't adequately inform Windows users of the risks involved in accessing the Internet without proper security measures.<br><FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>" +"4","'SP2' a Must With XP Use","Service Pack 2, ""SP2"" for short, aims to stop viruses, worms, browser hijackings and worse by including security features that people have to add and adjust on their own. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-Rob Pegoraro</b></font>" +"4","Putting Your Own Stamp On All Your Parcels","Fido the Stamp is here. Well, he could be -- all it takes is for one dog owner to snap a digital photo of his beloved pooch, submit it to the Stamps.com Web site and order personalized postage. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-Leslie Walker</b></font>" +"4","Internet Challenges Face-to-Face Mingling","At Bungalow Billiards in Chantilly on Wednesday, about a dozen single parents from Northern Virginia gathered at happy hour to mingle, eat and drink. All were divorced or widowed members of the Fairfax chapter of Parents Without Partners." +"4","Forecast: Plenty of Activity On the Weather Blog Front","If it's possible to love something just because it could visit torrents upon the Washington region, fling hail from the skies and swell streams into rivers, then Jason Samenow is smitten." +"4","Google Starts Auction","Company launched the biggest electronic auction of stock in Wall Street history Friday but warned that it could face legal liability from a Playboy magazine interview in which some aspects of the Internet search engine's performance were overstated. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>" +"4","Bids Placed Despite Mixed News","Umesh Patel, a 36-year old software engineer from California, debated until the last minute." +"4","Antitrust Lawyer Takes Helm at FTC","As Deborah P. Majoras takes over the Federal Trade Commission on Monday, she's expected to build on the broad agenda set by her predecessor, Timothy J. Muris." +"4","GAO Calls Stryker Too Heavy for Transport","The Army's new medium-weight armored vehicle, the Stryker, weighs so much that it curtails the range of C-130 military cargo aircraft that carry it and under certain conditions make it impossible for the planes to take off, a new report for Congress found." +"4","BioVeris Settles 2 Lawsuits Against Chief Executive's Son","BioVeris Corp. announced yesterday that it settled two lawsuits against Jacob N. Wohlstadter, its chief executive's son, whom the company had accused of spending millions of dollars on cars and real estate to sabotage a joint venture he ran so he could purchase it for a bargain price." +"4","Google: Now Playboy's Latest Bunny","Investors in the company that's trying to come off as cute as a bunny could find themselves holding a fistful of vipers if the founders of Google Inc. continue to do things like show up in Playboy magazine around the same time their company is going public. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>" +"4","EBay Buys Stake in Craigslist","Internet auctioneer eBay Inc. said Friday it acquired a 25 percent stake in craigslist, an online community of classified ads and forums. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-Associated Press</B></FONT>" +"4","Blog Interrupted","The instant message blinked on the computer at Jessica Cutler's desk in the Russell Senate Office Building. ""Oh my God, you're famous.""" +"4","Hungry world 'must eat less meat'","People will need to eat more vegetables and less meat because of dwindling water supplies, scientists say." +"4","Hopes soar for solo record plane","Richard Branson says the Virgin Global Flyer is looking good for its solo trip around the world without refuelling." +"4","Arctic team reaches destination","A team of British explorers, who are retracing the steps of a Victorian pioneer, have reached Thom Bay." +"4","Shuttle camera to watch fuel tank","The space shuttle's external fuel tank, implicated in the 2003 Columbia disaster, is to get its own camera." +"4","Hubble peers at celestial bubble","The Hubble Space Telescope has looked into a bubble of gas and dust being inflated by a young star's particles." +"4","Bacteria gives coral orange glow","Orange coral common to the Caribbean has bacteria to thank for its hue, say US marine scientists." +"4","Honey bees close museum ","A Worcestershire museum is forced to close for several weeks while a swarm of honey bees is removed." +"4","Clouds dash Perseids show","The annual Perseid meteor shower could provide a ""spectacular"" show, despite a disappointing start." +"4","Worms may slow Parkinson's","A protein which helps increase lifespan in worms offers hope for new Parkinson's and Alzheimer's treatments." +"4","Nasa help for stem cell study","UK tissue engineering experts are teaming up with NASA to find treatments for diseases back on Earth." +"4","TB test to slash infection rates","A rapid and accurate test for TB could cut infection rates around the world, say experts." +"4","Scientists given cloning go-ahead","The first request by British scientists to clone human embryos has been granted by experts." +"4","Vandals damage bird reserve","A disturbance free zone for nesting birds is put at risk by vandals who cut down the boundary fence." +"4","Heat waves set to become 'brutal'","Heat waves in the 21st Century will be more intense, more frequent and longer, US experts say." +"4","Monkeys test 'hardworking gene'","Scientists in the United States find a way to turn lazy monkeys into workaholics using gene therapy." +"4","Hearing clue to whale evolution","The evolution of whales from four-legged land dwellers into streamlined swimmers has been traced in fossilised ears, Nature reports." +"4","News: NASA Extends TRMM Operations Through 2004 Hurricane Season","NASA will extend operation of the Tropical Rainfall\Measuring Mission (TRMM) through the end of 2004, in light of a\recent request from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric\Administration (NOAA)." +"4","News: Climate Change Could Doom Alaska's Tundra","In the next 100 years, Alaska will experience a massive loss of its historic tundra, as global warming allows these vast regions of cold, dry, lands to support forests and other vegetation that will dramatically alter native ecosystems. (Oregon State University press release)" +"4","News: How Strongly Does the Sun Influence the Climate?","Researchers have shown that the Sun can be responsible for, at most, only a small part of the warming over the last 20-30 years. (Max Planck Society press release)" +"4","News: New England Forests at Greater Risk from Air Pollution","When it comes to forests, air pollution is not an equal opportunity hazard. While dirty air spreads across large areas of the New England region, it's more scattered in the southeastern part of the United States. (University of Wisconsin-Madison press release)" +"4","News: Warmer Weather, Human Disturbances Interact to Change Forests","While a rapidly changing climate may alter the composition of northern Wisconsin's forests, disturbances such as logging also will play a critical role in how these sylvan ecosystems change over time. (University of Wisconsin-Madison press release)" +"4","News: Duke Study Disputes Idea that Trees Can 'Relocate' Quickly in Response to Climate Change","In a study with implications for how North American trees might respond to a changing climate, molecular information collected by Duke University researchers refutes a widely accepted theory that many of the continent's tree species migrated rapidly from the deep South as glaciers retreated at the end of the last Ice Age. (Duke University press release)" +"4","News: Droughts Like 1930s Dust Bowl May Have Been Unexceptional in Prehistoric Times, New Study Suggests","Events like the great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, immortalized in ""The Grapes of Wrath"" and remembered as a transforming event for millions of Americans, were regular parts of much-earlier cycles of droughts followed by recoveries in the region, according to new studies by a multi-institutional research team led by Duke University. (Duke University press release)" +"4","News: New Study to Investigate Demise of Coral Reef Ecosystems","Scientists are embarking on a project which will explore how global warming is devastating one of the world's most diverse ecosystems, coral reefs. (University of Newcastle press release)" +"4","Natural Hazards: Typhoon Rananim","The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Rananim on August 12 at 2:40 UTC." +"4","Horseflies and Meteors","Like bugs streaking colorfully down the side window of a moving car, Earthgrazing Perseid meteors could put on a pleasing show after sunset on August 11th." +"4","Spinning Brains","One day, astronauts could zip across the solar system in spinning spaceships. How will their brains adapt to life onboard a twirling home where strange quot;Coriolis forces quot; rule?" +"4","What Neil Buzz Left on the Moon","A cutting-edge Apollo 11 science experiment left behind in the Sea of Tranquility is still running today." +"4","Voyager 1, Prepare for Action","At the outer limits of our solar system, a solar shock wave is about to overtake NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft." +"4","Saturn Hailstorm","When Cassini reached Saturn On June 30th, it dashed through a gap in Saturn's rings, twice. One of onboard science instruments recorded a flurry of ring-dust harmlessly striking the spacecraft.\\" +"4","Dino-Size Spurt: T. Rex Teens Gained 5 Pounds a Day","New analysis of fossil bones indicates that adolescent <i>Tyrannosaurus rex</i> dinosaurs grew extremely rapidly, quickly reaching gigantic size." +"4","Fossils Show How Whales Evolved to Hear Underwater","Whale fossils found with tiny ear bones reveal for the first time how the ancestors of whales and dolphins developed their acute underwater hearing." +"4","Real ""Danny Deckchairs"" Soar With Just a Seat and Some Balloons","In the new movie <i>Danny Deckchair,</i> a truck driver ties party balloons to a chair and flies away. It's called cluster ballooning, and believe it or not, it's a real sport." +"4","""Unusually Good"" Meteor Shower Expected Tonight","Tonight's annual Perseid meteor shower is likely to be a spectacular show of shooting stars zipping across the night sky, according to astronomers." +"4","""Monster"" Waves Suprisingly Common, Satellites Show","Rogue waves #151;eight or more stories or higher #151;are freaks of the ocean once thought to be tall tales told by sailors. But now scientists have satellite evidence that the massive upwellings are not only real but also fairly common." +"4","Ancient Olympians Followed ""Atkins"" Diet, Scholar Says","What did the first Olympians eat? Food historians are scouring ancient texts to find out." +"4","U.S. Warrior Arms Africans to Hunt Sudanese Poachers","Armed poachers from Sudan have been raiding and destroying neighboring Central African Republic's wildlife resources for years. Now, with the help of a militant U.S. conservationist, the CAR populace is arming and training itself to fight back." +"4","Ancient Olympics Mixed Naked Sports, Pagan Partying","Nude athletes, performance-enhancing lizard meat, and animal sacrifices are just a few of the things that separate the ancient Olympics from the modern games, says the author of <i>The Naked Olympics.</i>" +"4","Travel Column: Offsetting Air Travel's Greenhouse Impact","Global warming is threatening travel destinations worldwide. What's more, travelers themselves are contributing to it. Find out what you can do about it." +"4","Magma Surge Moves Nevada Mountain, Study Says","Why did a Lake Tahoe-area peak move dramatically late last year? A new report says magma deep below surged upward, forcing the mountain to rise." +"4","266 Chimps From Lab Adopted by Florida Refuge","With an influx of chimps previously used as laboratory animals, Florida's Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care is transforming into the largest chimp sanctuary in the world #151;almost overnight." +"4","Locusts Inspire Technology That May Prevent Car Crashes","Locusts are commonly associated with plagues, food shortages, and death. But they are also inspiring what may be the next wave in lifesaving collision-avoidance systems." +"4","Progress Supply Ship Docks with Space Station","NASA -- An unpiloted Russian cargo ship linked up the International Space Station this morning to deliver almost three tons of food, fuel, oxygen, water and supplies to the residents onboard. The ISS Progress 15 craft automatically docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:01 a.m..." +"4","Building Dedicated to Space Shuttle Columbia Astronauts","By BILL KACZOR PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- A former dormitory converted to classrooms at the Pensacola Naval Air Station was dedicated Friday to two Columbia astronauts who were among the seven who died in the shuttle disaster Feb..." +"4","Undersea Habitat Becomes Experimental Space Hospital","NASA -- The days of doctors making house calls may seem like ancient history for most patients in North America, but in October, three astronauts and a Canadian doctor will test the latest concepts in long-distance house calls using a unique underwater laboratory. The ability to conduct long-distance health care such as telemonitoring and telerobotic surgery could be key to maintaining the wellness of future spacefarers and responding to medical emergencies on the International Space Station, the moon or Mars..." +"4","How Mars Fooled the World","The famous Orson Welles' radio broadcast of ""The War of the Worlds"" is about to hit the big screen, as film moguls Spielberg and Cruise bring the H.G. Wells' classic back into the popular imagination. Are we so clever today not be duped?" +"4","Chandra Catches Early Phase of Cosmic Assembly","Chandra X-Ray Observatory -- A NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory image has revealed a complex of several intergalactic hot gas clouds in the process of merging. The superb Chandra spatial resolution made it possible to distinguish individual galaxies from the massive clouds of hot gas..." +"4","Hubble Peers Inside a Celestial Geode","Hubble Space Telescope -- In this unusual image, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures a rare view of the celestial equivalent of a geode a gas cavity carved by the stellar wind and intense ultraviolet radiation from a hot young star. Real geodes are baseball-sized, hollow rocks that start out as bubbles in volcanic or sedimentary rock..." +"4","Saturn's Moon Titan: Prebiotic Laboratory","by Harry Bortman In this second and final part of the interview, Lunine explains how Huygens may help scientists understand the origin of life on Earth, even if it doesn't detect life on Titan. Astrobiology Magazine -- Titan is the only moon in our solar system with an atmosphere, and it is the organic chemistry that has been detected in that atmosphere that has sparked the imagination of planetary scientists like Lunine..." +"4","Sharpest Image Ever Obtained of a Circumstellar Disk Reveals Signs of Young Planets","MAUNA KEA, Hawaii -- The sharpest image ever taken of a dust disk around another star has revealed structures in the disk which are signs of unseen planets. Dr..." +"4","Chandra Celebrates Five Years of Scientific Breakthroughs","Marshall Space Flight Center -- On August 12, 1999, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory opened its sunshade doors for the first time, allowing celestial X-ray light to reach the observatory's mirrors. This one small step for the observatory proved to be a giant leap for science as Chandra began its mission to shed new light on a violent, mysterious universe invisible to the human eye..." +"4","Some Globular Clusters May Be Leftovers From Snacking Galaxies","Globular star clusters are like spherical cathedrals of light -- collections of millions of stars lumped into a space only a few dozen light-years across. If the Earth resided within a globular cluster, our night sky would be alight with thousands of stars more brilliant than Sirius." +"4","India Rethinks Plan for Manned Moon Mission","By S. SRINIVASAN BANGALORE, India (AP) -- India is rethinking its plan to send a man to the moon by 2015, as the mission would cost a lot of money and yield very little in return, the national space agency said Thursday..." +"4","Cluster Finds Giant Gas Vortices at the Edge of Earths Magnetic Bubble","European Space Agency -- ESAs quartet of space-weather watchers, Cluster, has discovered vortices of ejected solar material high above the Earth. The superheated gases trapped in these structures are probably tunnelling their way into the Earths magnetic bubble, the magnetosphere..." +"4","Saturn's Moon Titan: Planet Wannabe","by Henry Bortman Jonathan Lunine, professor of planetary science and physics at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona, has long been fascinated by Saturn's largest moon, Titan. In this first part of the interview, Lunine explains what scientists hope to learn from Huygens..." +"4","Knocking on Heaven's Door","The Milky Way is a vast, diverse neighborhood. If you're hoping to find Earthlike planets that may harbor life, you'll need to narrow the search. Stars are a good place to start, because the dusty discs around stars spawn young planets." +"4","China Begins Countdown for Next Manned Space Flight","By ELAINE KURTENBACH SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Chinese astronauts are in the final stages of preparing for a manned space mission that will orbit the globe 14 times before returning to Earth, a state-run newspaper reported Thursday. The launch, expected sometime this month, will initially send a manned craft, the Shenzhou 5, into an oval orbit that at its closest will be 125 miles from Earth, the Liberation Daily reported, citing ""relevant channels."" After circling the earth several times, the ship will enter an orbit at about 220 miles from earth, the report said..." +"4","Trajectory Maneuver Brings Genesis Spacecraft Closer to Home","Jet Propulsion Lab -- Thirty days before its historic return to Earth with NASA's first samples from space since the Apollo missions, the Genesis spacecraft successfully completed its twentieth trajectory maneuver. At 12:00 Universal Time (5:00 a.m..." +"4","Japanese Lunar Probe Mission Facing Delays","TOKYO (AP) -- A lunar orbiter that Japan had planned to launch this year could face further delays, possibly until next year or later, because of a funding shortfall and problems developing the probe's information-gathering capabilities, Japan's space agency said Wednesday. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, released a report to a government-run commission explaining expected delays to the launch of the \$135 million Lunar-A probe..." +"4","Progress Cargo Ship for ISS Launched From Russia","MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian cargo ship loaded with supplies and equipment blasted off from the Baikonour cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday headed for the international space station, a Russian space official said. The Progress M-50 ship took off at 1:03 a.m..." +"4","The Annual Perseid Meteor Shower","The annual Perseid meteor shower is coming, and forecasters say it could be unusually good. Like bugs streaking down the side window of a moving car, colorful Perseid Earthgrazers could put on a pleasing show after sunset this week." +"4","NASA Approves Robotic Hubble Repair Mission","(AP) -- NASA's chief is urging his Hubble Space Telescope team to press ahead with plans for a robotic repair mission to the aging observatory, saying, ""Let's go save the Hubble."" Administrator Sean O'Keefe says he will ask Congress for money to accomplish the job. He estimates it will take about \$1 billion to \$1.6 billion to develop and launch a robot to make the needed upgrades to keep the popular telescope running and to get it out of orbit once its work is through..." +"4","What Is a Comet Made Of?","UC Davis -- A new method for looking at the composition of comets using ground-based telescopes has been developed by chemists at UC Davis. Remnants from the formation of our solar system, the makeup of comets gives clues about how the Earth and other planets formed..." +"4","Dying Star Goes Out With a Ring","A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the shimmering embers of a dying star, and in their midst a mysterious doughnut-shaped ring. The dying star is part of a ""planetary nebula"" called NGC 246. When a star like our own Sun begins to run out of fuel, its core shrinks and heats up, boiling off the star's outer layers." +"4","Lost Sleep Leads to Health Problems","Advice on how to get a good night's slumber and avoid future heart trouble HealthDayNews -- Lack of sleep can cause more than drowsiness; it can contribute to a number of health problems. Short-term effects of lack of sleep include increases in blood pressure and levels of stress hormones, according to an article in the August issue of the Harvard Heart Letter..." +"4","Which Diet is Best? The One That Works for You","By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay Reporter HealthDayNews -- Gather together some diners who are trying to lose weight, then sit back and listen to the debate. Almost anyone who's on a diet -- or at least one that's working -- is convinced his or her plan is the best..." +"4","Clouds are Cooler than Smoke","Clouds help regulate the Earths climate by reflecting sunlight into space, thus cooling the surface. When cloud patterns change, they modify the Earths energy balance in turn, and temperatures on the Earths surface." +"4","Last Year's Flu Shot Imperfect But Effective","By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter HealthDayNews -- Last year's influenza vaccine was far from a perfect match against the virus that sickened people, but it offered more protection from the illness than experts had previously thought. In very young children, the shot was found to be 25 percent to 49 percent effective in preventing influenza-like illness, which is a suspected case of flu that wasn't confirmed in a laboratory..." +"4","Olympics Could Call Out the Couch Potatoes","As the 2004 Summer Olympics officially get underway Friday with an international broadcast of the opening ceremonies, health experts expect the Athens games to inspire couch potatoes to become more active. But, experts caution, amateurs, particularly sedentary ones, should not jump into a new sports activity without sufficient preparation." +"4","Skateboarding Offers a Tough Workout","By KRISTA LARSON SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) -- While the tennis courts at Kennedy Park are bare on a hot afternoon, parents keep dropping off teenagers at the skate park, home to all the day's action..." +"4","Rats May Help Unravel Human Drug Addiction Mysteries","By LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rats can become drug addicts. That's important to know, scientists say, and has taken a long time to prove..." +"4","Sting of Bug Bites Can Linger Into Adulthood","By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter HealthDayNews -- Contrary to popular belief, not all kids who are allergic to insect stings outgrow their sensitivity. Some people whose allergies left them in fear of bees, wasps, and the like as children still react to their stings as adults, but a new study offers relief: Allergy shots given in childhood can protect them for up to 20 years..." +"4","FDA Warns of Terrorist Prescription Drug Tampering","By DIEDTRA HENDERSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- ""Cues from chatter"" gathered around the world are raising concerns that terrorists might try to attack the domestic food and drug supply, particularly illegally imported prescription drugs, acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Lester M. Crawford says..." +"4","Scientists Probe Pacific Ocean for Dead Zones","His hand on a toggle switch and his eyes on a computer screen, Oregon State University graduate student Anthony Kirincich uses an array of scientific instruments to probe the vibrant waters of the Pacific. He is searching for the absence of life." +"4","Simultaneous Tropical Storms are Very Rare","The prospect that a tropical storm and a hurricane - or possibly two hurricanes - could strike Florida on the same day is something meteorologists say they have never seen. ""It's almost unheard of,"" state meteorologist Ben Nelson said." +"4","Deaths Raise Fears Over Stomach Stapling Surgery","By LINDA A. JOHNSON (AP) -- An obese Massachusetts woman and her 8-month-old fetus died of complications 18 months after stomach-stapling surgery, an apparent first that is leading to warnings about the risks of pregancy soon after the surgery..." +"4","Growth and Mortality Details of T. Rex Get Clearer","T. rex was one of the largest meat-eaters ever to walk the land when it died out some 65 million years ago. At an elephant-like 6 tons, it stretched about 40 feet to 45 feet long and measured about 13 feet tall at the hip. The adult skull alone was 5 feet long, with teeth up to a foot long." +"4","Britain Approves Human Cloning","By EMMA ROSS LONDON (AP) -- Britain granted its first license for human cloning Wednesday, more than three years after becoming the first nation to authorize the technique to produce stem cells for medical research. A team of researchers at Newcastle University hope eventually to create insulin-producing cells that could be transplanted into diabetic patients..." +"4","New Clot Preventer Saves Lives and Money","By Ed Edelson, HealthDay Reporter HealthDayNews -- A new anti-clotting drug for people having artery-opening procedures lowers the rate of complications, gets patients out of the hospital faster, and probably saves lives, a study finds. And it saves money to boot, says Dr..." +"4","The Eyes Are the Window to Hypertension","The tiniest blood vessels of the eye can provide a glimpse that may warn of future high blood pressure, Australian researchers report. That finding comes from a computerized analysis of special camera images of the retina, an experimental technique." +"4","Progress Is Made Battling Strep Germ","By LINDSEY TANNER CHICAGO (AP) -- Scientists say they are making headway in developing a vaccine against a common strep germ, the cause of millions of sore throats as well as a deadly but uncommon flesh-eating disease. A test of an experimental vaccine in just 28 people prompted an immune response with no serious side effects, but it's still not known if the shot would keep people from catching the strep germ..." +"4","Fake Drug Sales Problematic in Mexico","By MARK STEVENSON MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican authorities are investigating the sale of fake or substandard medicine in a border town so popular among Americans seeking cheap medications that it has more pharmacies than streets. U.S..." +"4","New Allergy Vaccine Shows Promise","In the first trial of its kind, Austrian researchers have achieved success with an allergy vaccine using genetically engineered pollen. The findings are reported in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences." +"4","First Lady Bashes John Kerry's Pro Stem Cell Stance","By RON FOURNIER LANGHORNE, Pa. (AP) -- First lady Laura Bush defended her husband's policy on embryonic stem cell research Monday, calling Democratic rival John Kerry's criticism ""ridiculous"" and accusing proponents of overstating the potential for medical breakthroughs..." +"4","Doctors Place Hope in Baby Pacemaker Devices","By LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four-month-old Damaris Ochoa was near death, born with an enlarged heart that was quickly giving out. Obtaining a transplant in time was a long shot..." +"4","Vending Machines Making Room for Healthy Products","By IRA DREYFUSS WASHINGTON (AP) -- The typical vending machine fare consists of chocolate bars and potato chips, leaving few options for people seeking low-calorie or low-salt snacks. That is changing now as companies develop markets for products they expect to satisfy both nutritionists and consumers..." +"4","Getting beyond the next big thing","McKinsey says a post-boom tech industry can profit mightily by taking stock in the operations of many slower-growth industries." +"4","If this is a tech rebound, pinch me","KnowledgeWharton goes inside the IT conundrum to examine why capital spending--and corporate confidence--remains low." +"4","Briefly: HP partners with 3G gear maker","roundup Plus: AMD starts shipping 90-nanometer chips...ABC.com to air on Real's SuperPass...Lenovo revenue grows, but problems persist." +"4","Judge moves to unseal documents in Oracle case","Says certain documents, which Oracle and others want to keep from eyes of rivals, may be necessary to decide case." +"4","Study: IT workers more optimistic","IT workers' confidence in the employment market kept growing in July, but techies are less happy with actual jobs than workers overall." +"4","California urged to use open source, VoIP","Authors of a performance review tell the beleaguered state government it could save millions of dollars by adopting open-source software and Internet-based phone calling." +"4","Gartner: 'Steer away' from cheap Windows XP","That's the research firm's verdict on Microsoft's stripped-down Starter Edition for developing countries." +"4","Oracle expands midmarket ambitions","Company looks to juice its application server business with a version tuned for smaller organizations." +"4","Taking the Microsoft Rorschach test","CNET News.com's Charles Cooper asks what it is about Microsoft that pushes so many people straight over the edge?" +"4","Earnings alert: BEA revenue rises amid turmoil","Plus: Dell meets expectations...Storage, servers bruise HP earnings...Healthy sales lift Cisco's profit." +"4","AMD starts shipping 90-nanometer chips","The chipmaker appears to have met its most recent deadline for production of the smaller-featured chips." +"4","Lenovo revenue grows, but problems persist","China's largest PC maker sees surge in profits but loses market share to multinational companies." +"4","Dell's second-quarter earnings meet expectations","CEO says firm saw no sales slowdown. Could results help calm waters after bad news from HP and Cisco?" +"4","Tech market indeed soft, but HP woes one of a kind","HP and Cisco spooked investors with recent comments about sales, but analysts say the overall tech market is still inching along." +"4","HP replaces three senior executives","Company follows up on promise of ""immediate management changes"" after disappointing earnings report, CNET News.com has learned." +"4","Meet the new boss, same as the old boss?","When heir apparent Paul Otellini takes the reins, what will the chipmaker look like?" +"4","IBM's mainframe momentum continues","Big Blue's ""dinosaur"" mainframe business gets a boost with a European customer consolidating SAP applications using Linux." +"4","Gateway alumnus resurfaces at HP","Former Gateway executive to lead consumer marketing efforts at Hewlett-Packard." +"4","Security pro: Windows easier to 'own'","Windows beats Linux in total cost of 'ownership.' Hold on, that's not a good thing." +"4","Securing the gold in Athens","Despite age-old Olympic truce known as the ekecheiria, or ""holding of hands,"" security experts aren't taking any chances.\" +"4","Hacker takes bite out of Apple's iTunes","The Norwegian hacker famous for cracking DVD encryption reveals the public key for AirPort Express." +"4","Microsoft touts 'Sender ID' to fight spam, scams","Proposed tech standard would verify senders' IP addresses to cut malicious phishing and annoying Viagra pitches." +"4","Begging for trouble on security","Securify founder Taher Elgamal says a patchwork mentality has effectively turned network security into an IT budget black hole." +"4","Microsoft's blast from the past","A year after the MSBlast worm, the software giant releases SP2 for Windows XP. Would it have stopped the fast-spreading virus?" +"4","MSBlast suspect pleads guilty","The 19-year-old faces up to 37 months in prison after admitting to creating the ""MSBlast.B"" variant." +"4","Microsoft plugs hole in Exchange","The patch fixes a flaw in the e-mail server software that could be used to get access to in-boxes and information." +"4","PC security under fire","A vulnerability in AOL's instant messenger could allow attacks. Also: A new Bagle variant rumbles across the Net." +"4","Flaw opens AOL chat software to intruders","Attackers could bombard PCs using instant messenger's ""away"" feature. AOL says a fix is imminent." +"4","HP partners with 3G gear maker","Major cell phone infrastructure provider plans to use HP's telecom software in 3G mobile network gear." +"4","Cox speed boost leaves some members behind","Not all of the cable company's broadband subscribers got a recent hike in bandwidth." +"4","Nortel wins Indian wireless contract","Nortel scores its first major wireless deal with an Indian service provider." +"4","Mosquito software bites smart phones","A possible Trojan horse hidden in an illegal cell-phone game hits smart phones using the Symbian operating system." +"4","Vonage hangs up on some callers","VoIP company suffers ""delays,"" the second glitch in two weeks. Those affected are told to reboot their adaptors." +"4","Group proposes faster Wi-Fi specification","Networking consortium submits proposal for faster Wi-Fi, as battle lines are drawn between rival groups." +"4","Some VoIP calls being blocked","Some Net phone users who are also broadband subscribers aren't receiving incoming calls. AT #38;T plans to release patch." +"4","Covad tries an end run","In a tough scrimmage against resurgent Baby Bells, the broadband pioneer flips open the VoIP playbook." +"4","FCC certifies Freescale ultrawideband technology","Freescale Semiconductor starts shipping its XS110 chip, which will help consumers to connect devices wirelessly." +"4","'Push to talk' meets Wi-Fi","FCC says cellular carriers are working on extending the walkie-talkie feature to Wi-Fi networks--which could mean to VoIP phones." +"4","PalmSource chairman to step down","The separation of PalmOne and PalmSource will be complete with Eric Benhamou's resignation as the latter's chairman." +"4","Blu-ray Disc spec approved","Next-generation DVD specification approved, clearing way for manufacturers to produce read-only disks." +"4","iPod chipmaker plans stock offering","PortalPlayer, whose chip powers Apple's MP3 player, files for IPO. Paperwork gives glimpse of potential evolution of iPod." +"4","Sony zooms in with new TV tech","Electronics giant develops new television technology to attack core business from a new angle." +"4","PalmOne to turn off wireless service","Handheld maker says it will close down its Palm.Net wireless e-mail and Web service soon." +"4","Apple puts edit tools in one basket","Bundle of professional video editing applications includes new Motion special-effects software." +"4","Microsoft wants to improve your image","New imaging software is making eyes at those squinty camera-phone pictures." +"4","DVD player profits down to \$1","Want to get into the market for DVD players? Intense competition and standardization mean that you might make more as a mime." +"4","Sharp brings 3D to PCs, without the funny specs","Firm brings tech already used in phones and laptops to desktops. Screen creates different pixel images for each eye." +"4","Report: Los Alamos lab needs better hardware inventory","In a report this week, the U.S. Department of Energy said inventory controls at the Los Alamos National Laboratory were not robust enough, and some computers were never entered into the lab's inventory database." +"4","Circuit City chooses Linux for cash registers in 600 stores","Circuit City this week bucked the trend of retailers opting for Windows-based point-of-sale systems by announcing plans to migrate to Linux-based IBM cash registers at its 600 stores." +"4","Training seen as way to counter offshoring","Edward Yourdon, a co-founder of the Cutter Consortium, says in an upcoming book that the threat of offshore outsourcing isn't restricted to U.S. software development jobs but to all kinds of knowledge work." +"4","Missing June deals slow to return for software companies","Software company executives at a CIBC World Markets conference this week cited a variety of reasons for why June sales slowed, from record oil prices to steep software discounting and regulatory distractions on accounting deadlines." +"4","VoIP gaining ground, despite cost concerns","The voice-over-IP market is growing, and by next year, 50 of all lines installed in the U.S. are expected to rely on VoIP technology -- despite continuing concerns that installations can be costly." +"4","Olympic IT security requires advance planning","If there's one thing the Atos Origin SA team understands as lead contractor for the Olympic IT infrastructure, it's that you must learn from your mistakes." +"4","BEA meets lowered expectations for Q2","Though BEA Systems signed 18 licensing deals worth \$1 million and added 488 new customers during the quarter, licensing revenue dropped to \$116.3 million." +"4","Hunt for XP SP2 flaws seen in full swing","Security experts said that while the new Service Pack 2 for Windows XP will bolster the operating system's security, hackers will still find a way to exploit any flaws." +"4","Tools wrap: Sun, Javalobby, Infravio make moves","Officials at Sun Microsystems, Javalobby, and Infravio this week revealed initiatives positioned as advances in either Java development or Web services consumption." +"4","Sender ID gains traction","Leading ISPs, anti-spam vendors, and e-mail software companies are moving quickly to add support for the Microsoft-backed anti-spam technology standard Sender ID, even as some e-mail experts raise doubts that the technology will work." +"4","Storage, servers brings down HP results","Hewlett-Packard blindsided analysts with news that its third- and fourth-quarter earnings would badly miss estimates primarily because of problems in its server and storage division." +"4","EBay takes stake in Craigslist","SAN FRANCISCO - Online auction giant eBay Inc. has acquired a 25 percent stake in San Francisco classified advertisements Web site Craigslist, the companies said Friday." +"4","AMD starts shipping 90-nanometer chips to customers","Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD Inc.'s) 90-nanometer notebook processors are on their way to customers, according to a research note published by Goldman Sachs Co. 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Learn more about eServer p5 systems.</p>" +"4","FCC mobile spam rule doesn't cover some SMS","A rule prohibiting mobile-phone spam adopted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier this month doesn't prohibit phone-to-phone text messaging, but FCC officials believe the new rule, combined with a 13-year-old law, should protect U.S. mobile phone customers against unsolicited commercial e-mail." +"4","Benhamou will resign as chairman of PalmSource","Eric Benhamou will resign as chairman of PalmSource Inc. on Oct. 28, the company announced Friday. The company said it expects he will continue in his role as chairman of sister company PalmOne Inc." +"4","Update: Google raises gavel for IPO auction Friday","Google Inc. is opening the auction for its much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, with plans to announce the pricing of its stock next week." +"4","Olympic-size security demands advance planning","ATHENS -- If there's one thing the Atos Origin SA team understands as lead contractor for the Olympic IT infrastructure, it's that you must learn from your mistakes." +"4","EBay Buys into Craigslist","Auction company is apparently drawn to the classifieds model pioneered by community resource site." +"4","Is Microsoft's Firewall Secure?","Some say Win XP SP2 enhancements cause conflicts, don't protect as claimed." +"4","Newest Ad-Aware Exposes Some Users","Earliest adopters of updated program should download again to ensure full security." +"4","Trojan Bites Symbian Phones","Mobile phones are target of virus traveling through illegal version of the game Mosquitos." +"4","ATI Brings Digital TV to Your PC","HDTV Wonder snags free high-definition transmissions for budget viewing." +"4","MSN Adds Movie Downloads and Rentals","Microsoft partners with Blockbuster Online, CinemaNow, and MovieTickets.com on one-stop entertainment portal." +"4","Win XP Update: A Quiet Start","Little fallout reported from service pack, but maybe it's because everyone's being cautious." +"4","AOL Launches PC Line","AOL courts novices, Spanish-speakers with budget PC that includes a year of AOL service." +"4","Caregivers Carry Virtual Clipboard","Students design mobile data-access system for health-care workers." +"4","Blaster Author Pleads Guilty","Teen faces prison for unleashing malicious variant of MS Blaster worm last year." +"4","International Group Teams Against Spam","Task force plans antispam campaign, from education to cross-border legal efforts." +"4","Copiers Need Security, Too","Networked multifunction devices share PC vulnerabilities to worms, hackers." +"4","Intel Shows Wireless Transceiver","Prototype 90-nanometer radio chip promises more power than current CMOS technology." +"4","AOL, Yahoo Add New Antispam Tools","Services try different approaches to sender authentication to halt spam." +"4","Most Spam is Domestic, Study Says","Spammers aren't ducking antispam laws by operating offshore, they're just ignoring it." +"4","BlackBerries Play Politics","Wireless devices slip past anti-gadget policies to open a new communications channel to lawmakers." +"4","First Look at Quicken 2005","Intuit tweaks personal finance tool's usability, but update isn't essential if you're running a recent version." +"4","Dell Unveils Inexpensive Projector","New 2300MP digital model offers high brightness and resolution, at a low price." +"4","'Insider' Information Puts City Blogs on the Map","Locally focused group ""metro"" blogs -- compilations of events, reflections, recommendations, news and complaints -- are emerging to put a number of big cities in intimate, street-level relief." +"4","Judge Says Amazon, Toys 'R' Us Must Work Together","By Jeffrey Gold PATERSON, N.J.(AP) - A state judge ordered Toys ""R"" Us and Amazon.com to work together so the online retailer can abide by her order requiring Amazon to keep sellers on its Web site from listing products to which Toys ""R"" Us, which also markets through Amazon, has exclusive rights. Superior Court Judge Margaret M..." +"4","Google IPO Moves Ahead Despite Playboy Interview","Google Inc. (GOOG) forged ahead with its IPO auction Friday, even as the online search engine leader acknowledged a newly published magazine interview with its founders contained misleading information." +"4","EBay Buys 25 Percent Stake in Craigslist Network","By MAY WONG SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Online auctioneer eBay Inc..." +"4","Biometrics Creeping Into Everyday Life for Americans","Stuffing something in a public locker usually isn't a memorable experience. You drop a coin, take the key and move on. But at the Statue of Liberty, recently reopened after a two-year closure, stashing a package offers a glimpse into the future. To rent, close and reopen lockers, visitors touch an electronic reader that scans fingerprints." +"4","Dell Posts Another Quarter of Nice Earnings","By MATT SLAGLE DALLAS (AP) -- Offering a stark counterpoint to rival Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. (DELL) reported a nearly 30 percent jump in net income as strong sales of printers, servers and notched double-digit gains in overseas markets..." +"4","Playboy Article May Raise Concerns for Google","By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. (GOOG)'s highly anticipated IPO faced a possible stumbling block Thursday with the release of a Playboy interview that the online search engine leader's co-founders gave just before the company filed its plans raise \$3 billion with its stock offering..." +"4","Hacker Cracks Apple's Music Streaming Technology","SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- The Norwegian hacker famed for developing DVD encryption-cracking software has apparently struck again - this time breaking the locks on Apple Computer Inc..." +"4","Athens Wrestles to Avoid Cell Phone Outages","By MATT MOORE ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Amid the roar of the crowd, the silence of the phones can be deafening. As thousands of athletes, spectators, journalists, officials and more descend on the Greek capital ahead of the Aug..." +"4","Battling Robots in Japan's Pop-Culture Tech","The ring sits in the spotlight of a tense, packed auditorium and the jittery fighters await the bell at their red and blue corners. Like any fight, there's always the danger of a punishing uppercut or left hook. But these boxers have even more worries like battery failure and software bugs." +"4","Minnesota Teen Pleads Guilty in Web Worm Hack Attack","By GENE JOHNSON SEATTLE (AP) -- A Minnesota high school senior pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to unleashing a variant of the ""Blaster"" Internet worm, which crippled more than a million computers last summer. Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, of Hopkins, Minn., is likely to face 18 months to three years behind bars after pleading guilty to one count of intentionally causing or attempting to cause damage to a protected computer..." +"4","REVIEW: Windows XP Battens Down Hatches in Latest Patch","By MATTHEW FORDAHL (AP) -- With the latest update to Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows XP operating system, personal computers will soon join parents, bosses, teachers and spouses as a source of nagging in your life..." +"4","Microsoft Unveils Windows XP 'Starter Edition'","Microsoft announced Wednesday it would offer a low-cost starter edition of its Windows XP operating system in Asia starting in October, as it strives to hold onto market share facing erosion from the open-source Linux system and software piracy." +"4","Google Sets Date for IPO","Google Inc. (GOOG) will close the registration process for its IPO auction Thursday, setting the stage for the online search engine leader's hotly anticipated stock market debut. Google plans to launch an unusual auction to sell 25.7 million shares shortly after closing the registration." +"4","321 Studios Reaches Settlement in DVD Copying Dispute","By JIM SALTER ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A company driven out of business by Hollywood and the video game industry over its DVD- and computer game-copying software has reached a settlement with the motion picture industry..." +"4","Microsoft Says Battle in Japan Hurting Image","By YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO (AP) -- The head of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Japan unit acknowledged Tuesday that the U.S..." +"4","Sharp Introduces 3-Dimensional Computer Display","By MAY WONG SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Hoping to spur a 3-D revolution, Sharp Systems of America introduced Monday a new flat-panel computer display designed to deliver eye-popping images without the need for special glasses..." +"4","Google to Give Yahoo More Stock to Settle Dispute","Online search engine leader Google Inc. (GOOG) will surrender more than \$300 million of its stock to Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) in a settlement that removes a legal threat hanging over its IPO at the expense of enriching a nettlesome rival." +"4","Unprecedented Electronic Digital Net for Olympics","By MIRON VAROUHAKIS ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- If you're planning on attending this month's Olympic Games, you'd best be careful what you say and do in public. Software will be watching and listening..." +"4","Heat Turned Up on Streaming Video Patents","By JUSTIN POPE (AP) -- After a recent legal setback, a California company that claims its patents cover the streaming video technology used by adult Web sites is boosting efforts to collect money from a very different group of streaming video users: colleges and universities. Newport Beach, Calif.-based Acacia Media Technologies Corp..." +"4","Help's on the Way for Bad Dates Via Cell Phone","The peak time for dates from hell in New York City is Friday at 8 p.m. - judging by the cell phone calls delivering emergency excuses to bolt. Truth is, they're fake ""rescue"" calls - now being offered by two cell phone providers, Cingular Wireless and Virgin Mobile USA." +"4","Reading the Prospectus Critical to IPO Decisions","By MICHAEL J. MARTINEZ NEW YORK (AP) -- Ever read a company's Security and Exchange Commission filings? No? Consider yourself lucky..." +"4","Search Engine Forums Spotlight","Links to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: SEMPO Next Steps Mike Grehan's Second SEMPO Article - Overture Bidding Cap - PPC Question for Merchants - SEO Firm Ordered to Refund Fees, Pay Fine - Tracking Past Links Traffic? - Google Settles Overture Patent Dispute - Advice on Site Structure" +"4","Another Expanded Whois Service","Doing in-depth investigation of a web site? Whois.sc offers a wealth of detail about the people and technology behind just about any web site on the planet." +"4","Capturing Your Personal Web","Forget bookmarks: Web content managers allow you to create your own personal, searchable cache of web pages." +"4","Yahoo Offers Anti-Spyware App","Tired of those unwelcome pests that invade your computer without permission? Banish intrusive spyware and tracking cookies with Yahoo's newly upgraded toolbar." +"4","Google, Yahoo Settle Patent and Share Disputes","Google and Yahoo announced today that they have resolved two contentious issues between the companies. " +"4","Search Engine Forums Spotlight","Links to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Live Reports from Search Engine Strategies San Jose 2004 - PPC Bounce Rate - Google AdWords Myths - After SEMPO: Should We Start a Trade Association? - Search Inventory vs. Conversion - Terra Sells Lycos at Yard Sale Price" +"4","eBay Buys 25 of CraigList","eBay Buys 25 of craiglist\\eBay Inc. today purchased a 25 percent pre-existing minority stake in San Francisco-based craigslist, a popular online network of classified ads and forums. The 25 stake was purchased from a former craigslist employee who first contacted eBay with the proposed sale, according to craigslist officials.\\With dedicated ..." +"4","Getting Around Search Engine Optimization Roadblocks","Getting Around Search Engine Optimization Roadblocks\\Today, I will cover the most difficult technologies and techniques to work with. While each of these technologies, techniques and designs have a useful purpose for web-designers, webmasters and general office staff tasked with keeping the site up to date, they each also present problems ..." +"4","Search Engine Marketing Mistakes Retailers Need to Avoid","Search Engine Marketing Mistakes Retailers Need to Avoid\\According to a recent survey conducted by Shop.org and Forrester, in 2003, online retail sales jumped 51 to reach \$114 billion with 79 of all online retailers (etailers) were profitable. Online sales are expected to reach 6.6 percent of total retail sales in ..." +"4","Does Playboy Interview Violate Google IPO?","Does Playboy Interview Violate Google IPO?\\On the day of the IPO comes more Google controversy - Google rsquo;s founders will appear in an upcoming issue of Playboy magazine. Although the interview was apparently held before the IPO hype, the Playboy interview may have broken US Securities laws over pre-IPO #8220;quiet ..." +"4","Google IPO Bidding Opens","Google IPO Bidding Opens\\Google's IPO bidding is officially open. Google and its underwriters expect to open the auction for the shares of Google rsquo;s Class A common stock at 9:00 a.m. EST (press time) on Friday, August 13, 2004. Google bidders must have obtained a bidder ID from ipo.google.com if you ..." +"4","Claria Cancels \$150 million IPO","Claria Cancels \$150 million IPO\Contextual advertising and pop up company Claria Corp. has canceled plans for a \$150 million initial public offering due to ""current market conditions,"" it said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.\\Claria, which filed its original prospectus in April of this year, had not disclosed the number ..." +"4","Google IPO Registration Ends Today","Google IPO Registration Ends Today\\Google has set their IPO registration deadline at today for investors to register for the Google initial public offering.\\Investors wishing to participate in Google's initial public offering have until 5 pm today to register for the auction at ipo.google.com, according to a statement issued Tuesday on ..." +"4","Thoughts on the Google IPO","About the Google IPO\\For the past nine months the financial and Internet world has been watching Google in anticipation of what could be the largest Initial Public Offering of stock in history. If you are reading this column and have not been living on Mars for the past year, you ..." +"4","Avoid Search Engine Blacklisting","Avoid Search Engine Blacklisting\\The best way to avoid being blacklisted by the search engines is to avoid using some questionable techniques that were once popular to gain high rankings. Even if your website is not blacklisted by using some of the techniques below, it may be penalized (buried in the ..." +"4","Google Index Database to be Archived?","Google Index Database to be Archived?\\TechDirt reports that the San Jose Mercury News is running an article about Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive - Archive.org. While he's been profiled many times before, the one interesting tidbit to slip out this time is that Kahle has asked Google to donate their database ..." +"4","News: U.S. tackles Emergency Alert System insecurity","The FCC acknowledges that the government-mandated network that lets officials interrupt radio and television broadcasts in an emergency is vulnerable to electronic tampering.\" +"4","News: UK police issue 'vicious' Trojan alert","Britain's top cybercrime fighters have joined up with the banking industry today in warning of the latest attempt to defraud online banking customers.\" +"4","News: UK scientists roll out Wi-Fi proof wallpaper","British boffins have developed wallpaper that blocks Wi-Fi traffic but still allows other wireless transmissions to pass through in a bid to prevent unauthorised access to sensitive data via the WLAN.\" +"4","Infocus: Examining a Public Exploit, Part 1","The purpose of this article is to analyze a public exploit in a lab environment, see the alerts generated by an intrusion detection system, and then do some packet analysis of the malicious binary in order to better understand it." +"4","Infocus: Deploying Network Access Quarantine Control, Part 1","This article discusses Network Access Quarantine Control with Windows Server 2003, which allows administrators to quarantine mobile users before giving them full network access, by first ensuring these machines are up-to-date according to a baseline security model." +"4","Infocus: Data Driven Attacks Using HTTP Tunneling","In this article we will look at a means to bypass the access control restrictions of a company's router or firewall. This information is intended to provide help for those who are legitimately testing the security of a network (whether they are in-house expertise or outside consultants)." +"4","Infocus: Wireless Attacks and Penetration Testing (part 3 of 3)","This third and final part of the wireless pen-test series looks at how to mitigate the security risks outlined in the previous articles, and then looks at some proposed solutions currently in front of the IETF." +"4","Columnists: The Panacea of Information Security","Step away from all the vendor hype. The one device that will always be the best tool for information security is a competent security professional." +"4","Columnists: Redmond's Salvation","Service Pack 2 for XP represents a sea change in Microsoft's security posture. Here's why you should ignore the naysayers and start planning your upgrade.\" +"4","Elsewhere: Blaster B Virus Creator Pleads Guilty","A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to infecting thousands of businesses and U.S. government computers with the Blaster B virus.\\Jeffrey Lee Parson of Hopkins, Minnesot..." +"4","Animating for the Super Bowl","Against an impossible deadline, a small team at Sony Cinematics Solutions Group created a two-minute animated promo to prove that a tech-savvy group could do dazzling broadcast work. Aug 13" +"4","Apple Ships Motion","Apple has begun shipping Motion, which delivers high-performance, real-time motion graphics design and integration with Final Cut Pro HD and DVD Studio Pro 3, at a breakthrough price of \$299. Aug 10" +"4","Apple Introduces Production Suite","Production Suite, essential software suite for film and video that delivers real-time production tools in one comprehensive and integrated package, combines Final Cut Pro HD, Motion and DVD Studio Pro 3. Production Suite is available now for a suggested retail price of \$1,299. Aug 10" +"4","iTunes Music Store Catalog Tops One Million Songs","The iTunes Music Store now has more than one million songs available for download in the US, the first online digital music service to offer consumers a million-song catalog. Aug 10" +"4","Technology as Fashion","Analyzing the success of the iPod mini in Japan, JapanConsuming writes, #147;The iPod mini is in fact one of those all too rare examples of an ideal product for the Japanese market. It is a product that does something useful, does it really well, and looks terrific too. None of these factors on their own is enough to make the iPod mini a success; their combination, through deft and creative implementation of function, is what makes the difference. Add in some tried and tested limited supply marketing, a store that looks as good as Louis Vuitton and a high impact award winning advertising campaign that has covered Tokyo in pink, green and yellow for weeks, and some of the reasons for the iPod mini phenomenon can be understood. #148; Aug 10" +"4","Creating Stunning DVDs"," #147;No other DVD authoring program in the \$500 price class is capable of creating such stunning, highly creative DVDs as Apple #146;s DVD Studio Pro 3, #148; writes PC Magazine. #147;For video pros looking to take their productions to the next level, it #146;s worth a serious look. #148; Aug 4" +"4","Revolutionizing Flow Cytometry","Dr. Mario Roederer and Adam Treister at Stanford University wrote FlowJo, Mac OS X analysis software for flow cytometers, high-speed, automated microscopes. Today, some 15,000 to 20,000 cytometers in use are Mac based. Aug 3" +"4","PowerSchool University","Attendees at this year #146;s PowerSchool University ramped up their student information system skills with the new PowerSchool 4.0 and augmented their development activities through peer networking. Aug 3" +"4","Guitar Player Honors GarageBand","Guitar Player magazine announced during the summer NAMM show in Nashville that it has awarded GarageBand the magazine #146;s reader #146;s choice for Best Software of 2004. Jul 29" +"2","Phelps, Thorpe Advance in 200 Freestyle (AP)","AP - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries." +"2","Reds Knock Padres Out of Wild-Card Lead (AP)","AP - Wily Mo Pena homered twice and drove in four runs, helping the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Diego Padres 11-5 on Saturday night. San Diego was knocked out of a share of the NL wild-card lead with the loss and Chicago's victory over Los Angeles earlier in the day." +"2","Dreaming done, NBA stars awaken to harsh Olympic reality (AFP)","AFP - National Basketball Association players trying to win a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal for the United States have gotten the wake-up call that the ""Dream Team"" days are done even if supporters have not." +"2","Indians Beat Twins 7-1, Nearing AL Lead (AP)","AP - The Cleveland Indians pulled within one game of the AL Central lead, scoring four runs in the first inning and beating the Minnesota Twins 7-1 Saturday night behind home runs by Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez." +"2","Galaxy, Crew Play to 0-0 Tie (AP)","AP - Kevin Hartman made seven saves for Los Angeles, and Jon Busch had two saves for Columbus as the Galaxy and Crew played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night." +"2","USC Begins Season Where It Ended, at No. 1 (AP)","AP - Southern California will begin defense of its first national title in 31 years as the No. 1 team in the nation. The Trojans earned the top spot in the preseason Associated Press poll released Saturday by receiving 48 of 65 first-place votes and 1,603 points." +"2","Italy's Pennetta Wins Idea Prokom Open (AP)","AP - Italy's Flavia Pennetta won the Idea Prokom Open for her first WTA Tour title, beating Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 Saturday after French Open champion Anastasia Myskina withdrew before the semifinals because of a rib injury." +"2","Tough Race Ahead for Swimmer Phelps"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Michael Phelps, his first gold medal safely gathered in, eased through the next phase of his monumental Olympic challenge in the heats of the 200 meters freestyle Sunday but the immensity of the task ahead was clear." +"2","Iranian Will Not Meet Israeli in Olympics Due to Weight"," ATHENS (Reuters) - A diplomatic wrangle of Olympic proportions was avoided Sunday when Iranian world judo champion Arash Miresmaeili failed to make the weight for his clash with an Israeli opponent." +"2","Tiger Runs Out of Steam After Storming Start"," KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Tiger Woods failed to make the most of a red-hot start in the U.S. PGA Championship third round on Saturday, having to settle for a three-under-par 69." +"2","Colander Misses Chance to Emulate Jones"," ATHENS (Reuters) - But for a decision that enraged her coach, LaTasha Colander might have been the Marion Jones of the Athens Olympics." +"2","AL Wrap: Olerud Cheers Yankees by Sinking Ex-Team"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Olerud sunk his former team by recording a two-run single in the eighth inning to drive in the go-ahead runs which earned the New York Yankees a 6-4 win over the host Seattle Mariners in the American League Saturday. " +"2","NL Wrap: Jones Homers Twice as Braves Down Cards"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chipper Jones cracked two homers and Julio Franco's two-run double in the seventh inning drove in the winning runs as the streaking Atlanta Braves downed the St. Louis Cardinals 9-7 in the National League Saturday." +"2","Olympics-Doping-Greek Media Put Country's Honor Above Athletes"," ATHENS (Reuters) - The honor of Greece lies above individual athletes and no backstage antics should compromise it, Greek media said Sunday, after the country's top athletes were suspended from the team under a cloud of doping suspicion." +"2","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." +"2","Singh Leads, but Leonard Is Following","Avoiding the late trouble that knocked other contenders off track, Vijay Singh held a one-stroke lead over Justin Leonard heading into the final round of the P.G.A. Championship." +"2","Olerud Bails Out Loaiza in His Latest Bungled Audition","John Olerud reveled in his return to Safeco Field by slapping a two-run single that lifted the Yankees and saved Esteban Loaiza from a defeat." +"2","Family circle","Family Day in the Fens means fun and games to most folks. Players toddle around the bases with wide-eyed kids. Mothers beam. Children smile. All is bliss on the sun-splashed emerald lawn." +"2","Notables","The Yankees' Alex Rodriguez , who missed Friday night's game with the flu and stayed back at the team hotel yesterday, dropped his appeal of a four-game suspension issued for his involvement in the July 24 brawl at Boston and began serving the penalty. He won't be eligible to play until Thursday at Minnesota." +"2","Cubs get delivery from Wood","Kerry Wood homered and allowed four hits in eight innings, leading the Chicago Cubs over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-0, yesterday." +"2","Leskanic winning arms race","With Scott Williamson bracing for a potentially grim diagnosis of his latest elbow injury, the Red Sox last night appeared poised to move on without him as Curtis Leskanic inched closer to rejoining the club. The Sox initially indicated they would make an announcement last night on Williamson's injury but changed their position during the first inning of the game ..." +"2","Rehabbing his career","Player introductions at the final Citizens Bank Summer Caravan stop produced an awkward moment. Walter McCarty and Raef LaFrentz were the featured guests for the free basketball clinic at the Cambridge Family YMCA late last week. McCarty's presence yielded chants of quot;Walter, Walter quot; from the crowd of 125 kids. LaFrentz left the young fans wondering, quot;Who is he? quot; The projected ..." +"2","Warmer and wilder","HAVEN, Wis. -- Perched high on the bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan, Whistling Straits is a massive, windswept landscape, as large a golf course as \$40 million can buy. It is complete with sand dunes that could double as ski slopes and deep bunkers that should require elevators." +"2","Greek runners are suspended","ATHENS -- Star sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were suspended yesterday from the Greek Olympic team for missing drug tests, but their fate was left in the hands of the International Olympic Committee." +"2","Throwbacks: Gannon, Collins in good form","Rich Gannon , the 2002 NFL MVP who was knocked out of the Raiders' loss to Kansas City last Oct. 20 and had shoulder surgery in November, was 9 for 15 for 69 yards in visiting Oakland's 33-30 exhibition win over the San Francisco 49ers last night." +"2","Enough to make you flip","Friday night came as close to an old-time local battle for viewers among Channels 4, 5, and 7 as we're likely to see. It was a throwback to pre-cable, pre-dish, and even pre-UHF days as the three local quot;originals quot; served up a special night of sports programming. Although Red Sox-White Sox was on Channel 4's quot;sister quot; station, Channel 38, it ..." +"2","For Revolution, this tie looks good","WASHINGTON -- Rookie Andy Dorman didn't even have time to get his white, long-sleeved jersey smudged on the sloppy RFK Stadium field last night before salvaging a 2-2 tie for the Revolution against D.C. United. Fifty-five seconds after entering the game as a late substitute, Dorman buried a low shot from inside the penalty area and extended his team's unbeaten ..." +"2","Sing Me Back Home matches track mark","OCEANPORT, N.J. -- Sing Me Back Home pulled away in the stretch to win the \$60,000 Decathalon Handicap at Monmouth Park yesterday, equaling the track record for 5 furlongs." +"2","Haas in fine form","HAVEN, Wis. -- If he were acting his age, Jay Haas would have had the weekend off, resting on his laurels and reaping the benefits of the nice-and-easy Champions Tour." +"2","USC starts at the top","Southern California greeted news of its first preseason No. 1 ranking since 1979 with ambivalence." +"2","'Gardening' costs Appleby -- in spades","HAVEN, Wis. -- For 18 holes, Stuart Appleby played flawless golf in yesterday's third round, four birdies and 14 pars. It wasn't until he was done playing that he discovered that it wasn't as good a day as he had thought, that he had made a quadruple bogey." +"2","Hungarian GP, Qualifying","Fifth and ninth for Fernando and Jarno following qualifying for tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix." +"2","Budapest, Free Practice 3 and 4: A tight battle in store","The teams have just finished their final preparations for the race and qualifying, in much lower temperatures than yesterday." +"2","Overtaking at Budapest? Its possible","The Renault F1 Team drivers explain how you can make up positions at the Hungarian circuit." +"2","Budapest, Day 1: everythings on track","The Renault F1 Team ran through its programme without worrying about the timesheets or its rivals. The focus has been on Sundays race, not Fridays glory." +"2","Hungarian GP, Friday Round-Up","Fernando tenth and Jarno seventeenth but no cause for concern, while Pat Symonds explains the challenges of Fridays at the race." +"2","Redskins Get the Boot","A fourth-quarter lead proves fleeting for the Redskins as John Kasay hits a 52-yard field goal Saturday to give the Panthers a 23-20 overtime win." +"2","Trojans Open Up No. 1","Defending national champion USC begins the 2004 season right where it left off the year before - as the top ranked team in the AP Top 25 poll." +"2","Offense Needs Work","There were few offensive highlights during Virginia Tech's first scrimmage of fall practice on Saturday." +"2","Huey Exits Early","Treat Huey, the two-time All-Met Player of the year, suffered a 6-2, 6-0 loss to 29-year-old journeyman Mashiska Washington, the younger brother of former pro and 1996 Wimbledon finalist Malivai." +"2","True Sensation Wins A Wet One at Pimlico","BALTIMORE, Aug. 14 -- Even before Hurricane Charley ranged up the East Coast and began to drop its drizzle on Pimlico Race Course, the \$75,000 All Brandy Stakes for Maryland-bred fillies and mares had been taken off the track's beat-up turf course." +"2","Lynx Infielder Fontenot Has 'Pretty Good Pop for His Size'","At 5 feet 8, 160 pounds, second baseman Mike Fontenot looks more like the Class AAA Ottawa Lynx's batboy than one of the Baltimore Orioles' top prospects." +"2","Australia, U.S. Set Record","The U.S. women's and men's eights team both set world bests in the Olympic rowing competition Sunday along with Australian pair Sally Newmarch and Amber Halliday." +"2","Phelps On Relay Team","Michael Phelps is named to the 4x100-meter freestyle relay team that will compete in Sunday's final, keeping alive his quest for a possible eight Olympic gold medals." +"1","Venezuelans Vote Early in Referendum on Chavez Rule (Reuters)","Reuters - Venezuelans turned out early\and in large numbers on Sunday to vote in a historic referendum\that will either remove left-wing President Hugo Chavez from\office or give him a new mandate to govern for the next two\years." +"1","S.Koreans Clash with Police on Iraq Troop Dispatch (Reuters)","Reuters - South Korean police used water cannon in\central Seoul Sunday to disperse at least 7,000 protesters\urging the government to reverse a controversial decision to\send more troops to Iraq." +"1","Palestinians in Israeli Jails Start Hunger Strike (Reuters)","Reuters - Thousands of Palestinian\prisoners in Israeli jails began a hunger strike for better\conditions Sunday, but Israel's security minister said he\didn't care if they starved to death." +"1","Seven Georgian soldiers wounded as South Ossetia ceasefire violated (AFP)","AFP - Sporadic gunfire and shelling took place overnight in the disputed Georgian region of South Ossetia in violation of a fragile ceasefire, wounding seven Georgian servicemen." +"1","Rwandan Troops Arrive in Darfur (AP)","AP - Dozens of Rwandan soldiers flew into Sudan's troubled Darfur region Sunday, the first foreign armed force deployed in the area since Arab militiamen began a rampage against black African farmers, killing thousands." +"1","Rwanda Troops Airlifted to Start AU Mission in Darfur (Reuters)","Reuters - Rwandan troops were airlifted on Sunday\to Sudan's Darfur as the first foreign force there, mandated to\protect observers monitoring a cease-fire between the Sudanese\government and rebels in the troubled western region." +"1","Bomb at India Independence Parade Kills 15 (AP)","AP - A bomb exploded during an Independence Day parade in India's remote northeast Sunday, killing at least 15 people, including schoolchildren, while a rocket attack during a celebration at a school in the separatist region of Kashmir injured 17, officials said." +"1","Australian FM to visit North Korea for talks on nuclear crisis (AFP)","AFP - Australia's foreign minister will pay a rare visit to North Korea this week for talks on its nuclear programme after creating a stir here by warning a North Korean missile would be able to hit Sydney." +"1","Kerry Campaign Helping With Fla. Recovery (AP)","AP - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry does not plan to visit Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley because he's concerned his campaign entourage could distract from recovery efforts, he said Saturday." +"1","Edwards Calls for Changes to Drug Plans (AP)","AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards called for changes to prescription drug programs and praised running mate John Kerry's military and government service at an outdoor campaign rally here Saturday." +"1","Kerry leading Bush in key swing states (AFP)","AFP - Although polls show the US presidential race a virtual dead heat, Democrat John Kerry appears to be gaining an edge over George W. Bush among the key states that could decide the outcome." +"1","Democratic Senator Urges Energy Reform (AP)","AP - Congress must pass legislation to protect the nation's electricity grid if it wants to avoid repeats of the devastating outages that rolled across eight states last year, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said Saturday." +"1","Missouri Attorney General Sues EPA (AP)","AP - Missouri's attorney general sued the federal environmental agency on Friday, saying it is behind on testing the state's air for lead as required by law." +"1","Mortars Mark Opening of Iraqi Political Conference"," BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents fired mortars at a meeting where Iraqi leaders met to pick an interim national assembly Sunday, killing at least two people in a grim reminder of the country's tortured path toward democracy." +"1","Japan Ministers Pay Homage at Shrine for War Dead"," TOKYO (Reuters) - Three Japanese ministers paid homage at a controversial shrine for war dead Sunday, the 59th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender, a move that drew anger from Asian neighbors." +"1","Najaf battle a crucial test for Allawi","Clashes between US troops and Sadr militiamen escalated Thursday, as the US surrounded Najaf for possible siege." +"1","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." +"1","Eye on Athens, China stresses a 'frugal' 2008 Olympics","Amid a reevaluation, officials this week pushed the completion date for venues back to 2007." +"1","Tense Iraq debates new assembly","Talks on setting up an Iraqi assembly continue despite fresh violence in Baghdad and the Shia stronghold of Najaf." +"1","Venezuelans vote on Chavez rule","A referendum is under way in Venezuela to decide if President Hugo Chavez should remain in office." +"1","Pope celebrates Mass in Lourdes","An ailing Pope John Paul II says Mass at Lourdes, the French shrine revered by Roman Catholics." +"1","Rwandan soldiers arrive in Sudan","Rwandan troops arrive in Sudan to help protect ceasefire monitors in the war-ravaged Darfur region." +"1","Thorpe leads big guns","Ian Thorpe sets the fastest time in the 200m freestyle as swimming's top names cruise into the semi-finals." +"1","Mystery over judo 'protest'","Iran's Arash Miresmaili withdraws from the Olympics amid confusion over his reasons." +"1","Jackson probe 'should be public'","Santa Barbara's sheriff asks a judge if he can release the results of an inquiry into Michael Jackson's treatment by police." +"1","Rumsfeld warning for Iraq's Sadr","The Iraq crisis and differences over Nato loom over the US Defence Secretary's meeting with his Russian counterpart." +"1","South Ossetia ceasefire discussed","Georgia and South Ossetia negotiate the details of a truce they forged, despite reports of a village attack." +"1","'Mock executions' for UK hostage","The British journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq says he faced mock executions and tried to escape his captors." +"1","India carries out rare execution","A man convicted of raping and killing a schoolgirl is hanged in India's first execution in nine years." +"1","Rowling reads to gathered fans","Harry Potter author JK Rowling delights a small group of fans by giving her first public reading in Scotland for four years." +"1","President's fate is on the line in Venezuela","CARACAS -- Partisans on both sides are calling it the most polarized and important election in Venezuela's history, a presidential recall referendum today that will determine the course of democracy here and could buffet world oil prices. Both campaigns are also utterly convinced they will win." +"1","Lamenting London's double-deckers Up-to-date buses supplant symbol","LONDON -- On a sweltering August afternoon, George Watson wedged himself, his briefcase, his sports jacket, and his raincoat into a narrow seat aboard the profoundly un-air-conditioned No. 38 bus, as it resumed its rumble down High Holborn, in London's bustling city center." +"1","Clash among warlords casts doubt on Afghanistan's security","KABUL, Afghanistan -- Rival militias clashed in western Afghanistan yesterday, reportedly killing 21 people and ramping up concern about security as the country prepares for landmark elections." +"1","Options running out as Najaf talks collapse","BAGHDAD -- After more than a week of fighting between the Mahdi Army and the combined US and Iraqi forces in Najaf, Baghdad's Sadr City, and a half-dozen other cities, analysts say neither interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi nor radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had any good options left other than to talk." +"1","Japanese youths' rage fuels wave of violent crime","SASEBO, Japan -- On a cloudless afternoon in this sleepy port city, an 11-year-old girl drenched in blood and clutching a box cutter walked into the lunchroom at her elementary school. Teachers and students froze, assuming the sixth-grader known for her lighthearted nature had gravely hurt herself -- but she quickly dispelled that impression, witnesses said, by uttering a few ..." +"1","NATO proclaims victory in Bosnia","SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- When NATO forces first came to Bosnia nearly a decade ago, they lived in heavily guarded compounds, patrolled the streets in tanks, and often wore full body armor." +"1","Koreans of mixed race tackle a prejudice","SEOUL -- For years, Lee Yu Jin kept her secret. Whenever anybody asked -- and they did all the time as her celebrity as an actress and model spread -- she simply denied the rumors. No, she was not a foreigner. She was Korean." +"1","Venezuela Holds Referendum on President","CARACAS, Venezuela - The opposition's long and bitter campaign to oust Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez finally came down to a recall referendum Sunday, with the leftist leader hoping a huge turnout among the poor will keep him in power. Activists on both sides set off fireworks and blared recordings of bugle music to wake voters hours before dawn, hoping for a flood of early votes in their favor..." +"1","Floridians Return to Storm-Ravaged Homes","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - After getting a first look at the widespread damage left behind by Hurricane Charley, Florida residents were faced with the arduous task of sorting through the wreckage, and for some, starting over again..." +"1","Charley May Not Spike Insurance Premiums","MIAMI - Hurricane Charley probably will not cause Floridians' insurance premiums to skyrocket like 1992's Andrew, and fewer insurers should go bankrupt from paying out damages expected to reach the billions of dollars, state and industry officials said Saturday. They say previous premium increases and overhauls made because of Andrew, the most expensive natural disaster in U.S..." +"1","Florida Residents Face Hurricane Wreckage","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - After getting a first look at the widespread damage left behind by Hurricane Charley, Florida residents were faced with the arduous task of sorting through the wreckage, and for some, starting over again..." +"1","Phelps, Thorpe Advance in 200 Freestyle","ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries..." +"1","Venezuela Opposition Holds Recall Vote","CARACAS, Venezuela - The opposition's long and bitter campaign to oust Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez finally came down to a recall referendum Sunday, with the leftist leader hoping a huge turnout among the poor will keep him in power. Officials from around the world - including Pope John Paul II and U.S..." +"1","Bomb at India Independence Parade Kills 15","NEW DELHI - A bomb exploded during an Independence Day parade in India's remote northeast on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, officials said, just an hour after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to fight terrorism. The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom was suspected of being behind the attack in Assam state and a second one later in the area, said Assam Inspector General of Police Khagen Sharma..." +"1","Memorial Service Held for Lori Hacking","OREM, Utah - Family and friends of Lori Hacking gathered Saturday for a memorial service to remember the woman whom authorities believe was slain by her husband while she slept. About 600 people attended the service, including the parents of both Lori Hacking and her husband, Mark, who has been charged with her murder..." +"1","Phelps, Thorpe Advance in 200 Freestyle","ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries..." +"1","Pilgrims Crowd Field for Mass With Pope","LOURDES, France - A frail Pope John Paul II celebrated an open-air Mass on Sunday as several hundred thousand pilgrims, many in wheelchairs, crowded onto a field near a French shrine to the Virgin Mary that is associated with miraculous cures of the sick. The Mass was a highlight of the Pope's two-day visit to Lourdes, a town in the Pyrenees where Roman Catholic tradition says St..." +"1","Iraqi Troops to Take Lead in Fighting Militia","Iraq will send troops to Najaf to battle a Shiite Muslim militia after peace talks collapsed between the government and Moqtada Sadr." +"1","High Stakes Showdown in Najaf","The fallout from Shiites fighting U.S. Marines in a holy city could weaken Iraq's new government" +"3","Strategies for a Sideways Market (Reuters)","Reuters - The bulls and the bears are in this\together, scratching their heads and wondering what's going to\happen next." +"3","Art Looks Like Fine Investment for Funds (Reuters)","Reuters - Some mutual funds invest in stocks;\others invest in bonds. Now a new breed of funds is offering\the chance to own fine art." +"3","Oil and Economy Cloud Stocks' Outlook (Reuters)","Reuters - Soaring crude prices plus worries\about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to\hang over the stock market this week during the depth of the\summer doldrums." +"3","Strategies for a Sideways Market"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bulls and the bears are in this together, scratching their heads and wondering what's going to happen next." +"3","Art Looks Like Fine Investment for Funds"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some mutual funds invest in stocks; others invest in bonds. Now a new breed of funds is offering the chance to own fine art." +"3","Oil and Economy Cloud Stocks' Outlook"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Soaring crude prices plus worries about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to hang over the stock market this week during the depth of the summer doldrums." +"4","A Digital Doctor Treats Computer Contamination (washingtonpost.com)","washingtonpost.com - Before me lies the patient, a Gateway computer running Windows 98. It is suffering from extremely clogged Internet arteries, unable to reach the Web. As one of The Washington Post's digital doctors, my task is to nurse the machine back to health so my colleague Kathleen Day can access her e-mail and file stories from home." +"4","Microsoft Lists Apps Affected by XP SP2 (Ziff Davis)","Ziff Davis - Microsoft has published a list of nearly 50 software programs that require tweaking in order to work with its most recent Windows update." +"4","Europe's Eel Population Collapsing (AP)","AP - When a poacher with a baseball bat mugged Willem Dekker for his baby eels, it was further confirmation for the Dutch biologist that the species is in trouble." +"4","Genetic Material May Help Make Nano-Devices: Study (Reuters)","Reuters - The genetic building blocks that\form the basis for life may also be used to build the tiny\machines of nanotechnology, U.S. researchers said on Thursday." +"4","Progress Cargo Ship Launched From Russia (AP)","AP - A Russian cargo ship loaded with supplies and equipment blasted off from the Baikonour cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday headed for the international space station, a Russian space official said." +"4","Computer Naivete Costs A Bundle","The meltdown of my home computer was my fault, the result of having switched to a high-speed Internet connection without installing a firewall or heeding those pesky warnings to download critical updates for Windows and anti-virus software. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>" +"4","NASA Develops Robust Artificial Intelligence for Planetary Rovers","NASA is planning to add a strong dose of artificial intelligence (AI) to planetary rovers to make them much more self-reliant, capable of making basic decisions during a mission. Scientists are developing very complex AI software that enables a higher level of robotic intelligence." +"4","Science and President Bush Collide in Election Year","With more than 4,000 scientists, including 48 Nobel Prize winners, having signed a statement opposing the Bush administration's use of scientific advice, this election year is seeing a new development in the uneasy relationship between science and politics." +"4","Hurricane Charley's Force Took Experts by Surprise","By MARCIA DUNN (AP) -- Hurricane Charley's 145-mph force took forecasters by surprise and showed just how shaky a science it still is to predict a storm's intensity - even with all the latest satellite and radar technology. ""Most major hurricanes become major by going through a rapid intensification..." +"4","New Computer Games Teach Nutrition to Needy","In an effort to educate the nation's neediest children on nutrition, a new project uses the familiar medium of video games to broadcast its message. The Fantastic Food Challenge, a package of four computer games, is designed to teach people who get nutrition aid such as federal food stamps how to make better use of their food." +"4","Sprint Set to Debut Video-Streaming Cell Phone","OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- Channel surfing is moving off the couch as Sprint Corp..." +"2","Kobe Bryant Due Back in Court Monday (AP)","AP - With Kobe Bryant's sexual assault trial scheduled to begin in less than two weeks, speculation is mounting that prosecutors are looking for a way to dismiss the charge after a series of setbacks." +"2","Rangers Designate Bacsik for Assignment (AP)","AP - Pitcher Mike Bacsik was designated for assignment by the Texas Rangers on Sunday after going 1-1 with a 4.60 ERA in three starts." +"2","Arsenal Beats Everton to Extend Streak (AP)","AP - Arsenal opened its defense of its English title with a 4-1 win at Everton on Sunday, making it 41 straight games without a loss in the Premier League." +"2","Nadal Wins in Poland for First ATP Title (AP)","AP - Spain's Rafael Nadal won his first ATP singles title Sunday, beating Argentina's Jose Acasuso 6-3, 6-4 in the final at the Idea Prokom Open." +"2","Zahringer Leads Field at U.S. Amateur (AP)","AP - George Zahringer III is back for another shot at the U.S. Amateur. The New Yorker is one of three returning quarterfinalists for the tournament, which begins Monday at the Winged Foot Golf Club. Lee Williams of Alexander City, Ala., and Patrick Carter of Lesage, W.Va., complete the trio from last year's championship that was won by Nick Flanagan of Australia." +"2","Pau Edges Yao in Clash of the Giants"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Spain's Pau Gasol got the better of China's Yao Ming in Olympic basketball's own clash of the giants Sunday." +"2","Hamilton Sets Early Pace as Woods Struggles"," KOHLER, Wis. (Reuters) - British Open champion Todd Hamilton made the first significant move in the U.S. PGA Championship final round Sunday as overnight pacesetter Vijay Singh prepared for an afternoon tee-off." +"2","Iran Defies Olympic Spirit by Shunning Israel"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Iran's world judo champion Arash Miresmaeili refused to compete against an Israeli Sunday, triggering a fresh crisis at the Olympic Games where race, creed or color are barred from interfering in sport." +"2","U.S. Softball Team Puts Australia in Its Place"," ATHENS (Reuters) - The United States kept itself firmly on course for a third straight Olympic softball gold medal when it thrashed Australia 10-0 Sunday." +"2","Schumacher Triumphs as Ferrari Clinches Title"," BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Michael Schumacher cruised to a record 12th win of the season in the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday to hand his Ferrari team a sixth successive constructors' title." +"1","Nearly 10 Million Afghans to Embrace Democracy (Reuters)","Reuters - Thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan\may have failed to catch Osama bin Laden but they are credited\with encouraging millions of Afghans to register for the\country's historic election in October." +"1","Mortars Mark Opening of Iraqi Political Conference (Reuters)","Reuters - Insurgents fired mortars at a meeting\where Iraqi leaders met to pick an interim national assembly\Sunday, killing at least two people in a grim reminder of the\country's tortuous path toward democracy." +"1","Conference Gives Iraq Democracy First Test (AP)","AP - Despite the steady clang of mortar shells outside and persistent violence in the country, many delegates at the opening on Sunday of Iraq's National Conference held out hope that this first fragile taste of democracy would succeed." +"1","Countries Run Drills for Panana Attack (AP)","AP - The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the ship in the choppy Caribbean waters and began counting crew members, but the numbers did not match those given earlier." +"1","Police push for surveillance fee on customers' phone, Internet bills (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's police chiefs propose a surcharge of about 25 cents on monthly telephone and Internet bills to cover the cost of tapping into the communications of terrorists and other criminals." +"1","Bush should have tackled reform before naming CIA boss: lawmaker (AFP)","AFP - The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee urged fellow lawmakers not to allow confirmation hearings on a new CIA director to derail efforts to overhaul US spy agencies." +"1","Venezuelans Rush to Vote in Referendum on Chavez"," CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelans crowded polling stations on Sunday to vote on whether to recall left-wing President Hugo Chavez or back his mandate to govern the world's No. 5 oil exporter for the next two years." +"1","TV: Iraqi Kidnappers of Iran Envoy Want POWs Freed"," TEHRAN (Reuters) - Kidnappers holding an Iranian diplomat in Iraq will ""punish"" him within 48 hours if Iran does not release 500 prisoners captured in its 1980-1988 war with Iraq, Iranian state television said Sunday." +"1","Nearly 10 Million Afghans to Embrace Democracy"," KABUL (Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan may have failed to catch Osama bin Laden but they are credited with encouraging millions of Afghans to register for the country's historic election in October." +"1","Rebranded Liechtenstein Welcomes Fresh Prince"," VADUZ, Liechtenstein (Reuters) - The people of Liechtenstein ushered in a new era Sunday as the tiny Alpine principality welcomed a new ruler and sought to shed its image as a haven for money launderers." +"1","France marks the 'other D-Day'","Two days of celebrations to honour the Allied veterans who liberated southern France near a climax." +"1","Phish farewell attracts thousands","""Jam band"" Phish play their last gigs together at a special festival in the US which has attracted thousands of fans." +"1","Iraq troops move angers S Koreans","Clashes with riot police erupt as thousands protest in Seoul against plans to send troops to help US-led forces in Iraq." +"1","Bush Surveys Damage in Florida as Toll Is Expected to Mount","Hurricane Charley - one of the most powerful storms in the nation's history - caused at least \$20 billion in damage in Florida alone." +"1","Phelps, Rival Thorpe in 200M-Free Semis","ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries..." +"1","Pope Struggles Through Mass at Lourdes","LOURDES, France - A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled and asked aides for help during the 2 1/2 hour service in sizzling heat..." +"1","Singh, Leonard in Final Pairing at PGA","HAVEN, Wis. - Whistling Straits is suddenly the least of anyone's worries..." +"1","Venezuela Voters Turn Out in Huge Numbers","CARACAS, Venezuela - Voters turned out in huge numbers Sunday to decide whether to keep populist President Hugo Chavez in power or oust him and his social revolution that critics say has sidelined the middle class and fueled tensions between rich and poor. Activists on both sides set off huge firecrackers and played recorded bugle songs to wake voters hours before dawn..." +"1","Reservists Say War Makes Them Lose Jobs","WASHINGTON - Increasing numbers of National Guard and Reserve troops who have returned from war in Iraq and Afghanistan are encountering new battles with their civilian employers at home. Jobs were eliminated, benefits reduced and promotions forgotten..." +"1","Wildfire Sweeps by Old Calif. Mining Town","REDDING, Calif. - A wind-fueled wildfire roared through an old mining town near Redding on Sunday, destroying 20 homes and forcing nearly 125 residents to flee, officials said..." +"1","Charley Damage Estimated at \$11 Billion","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - As Florida residents began sweeping up the wreckage left behind by Hurricane Charley, officials on Sunday estimated damages as high as \$11 billion for insured homes alone..." +"4","Entertainment World Wary of Microsoft (AP)","AP - CinemaNow Inc., the Internet-based movie service, is a rarity in Hollywood #151; a company that eagerly embraces Microsoft Corp. technology and relies on it exclusively to transmit, protect and display the movies it rents to customers. Then again, Microsoft is a major investor in the company, which is also owned by independent studio Lions Gate." +"4","Cat Clones","\\From CNN (which didn't permalink this article so no PageRank for you!):\\""Baba Ganoush and Tabouli, the first cats cloned by chromatin transfer, tackle a\cat toy in San Francisco Thursday. The technology was developed by Genetic\Savings Clone, a company that produces cat clones.""\\" +"2","US NBA players become the Nightmare Team after epic loss (AFP)","AFP - Call them the ""Nightmare Team""." +"2","Report: Roenick Paid for Betting Tips (AP)","AP - Flyers star Jeremy Roenick paid more than #36;100,000 to a Florida firm that made millions selling betting tips to gamblers, law enforcement officials told The Philadelphia Inquirer." +"2","U.S. Basketball Team Loses to Puerto Rico"," ATHENS (Reuters) - The United States lost their first basketball match at the Olympics since 1988 on Sunday when Puerto Rico gave them a shock 92-73 trouncing." +"2","South Africa Ends Phelps Medal Quest"," ATHENS (Reuters) - South Africa ruined Michael Phelps's dream of winning a record eight gold medals at the Athens Olympics with a stunning victory in the men's 4x100 meters freestyle final on Sunday." +"2","Iran Snub to Israel Challenges IOC"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Iran defied the Olympic spirit on Sunday by refusing to contest a judo bout with an Israeli at the Athens Games, making no effort to hide the fact it was putting solidarity with the Palestinians before gold medals." +"2","Romanian Gymnasts Edge Ahead of U.S. Women"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Daniela Sofronie displayed all her athleticism to edge Romania ahead of the United States in the Olympic women's gymnastics team qualifying Sunday." +"2","Roenick Paid for Betting Tips","Flyers center Jeremy Roenick paid more than \$100,000 to a Florida firm that made millions selling betting tips to gamblers, law enforcement officials told The Philadelphia Inquirer." +"1","Parks Canada protest greets prime minister at closing of Acadian Congress (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - GRAND PRE, N.S. (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin was met with a silent protest Sunday as he attended the closing of the World Acadian Congress in Nova Scotia." +"1","Palestinians in Israeli Jails Start Hunger Strike"," RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails began a hunger strike for better conditions on Sunday, but Israel's security minister said he didn't care if they starved to death." +"1","Frail Pope Ends Tiring Lourdes Pilgrimage"," LOURDES, France (Reuters) - Pope John Paul, a sick man among the sick, wound up a emotional visit to this miracle shrine Sunday and struggled with iron determination to finish a sermon in order to encourage others suffering around him." +"1","No Gold for Phelps As Relay Team Falters","ATHENS, Greece - Mark Spitz can rest easy. The best Michael Phelps can do is win seven gold medals at these Olympics..." +"1","Dream Team Stunned by Puerto Rico 92-73","ATHENS, Greece - In an upset that was as historic as it was inevitable, the U.S. men's basketball team lost for only the third time ever in the Olympics on Sunday, 92-73 to Puerto Rico..." +"2","Roddick, Venus, Navratilova Win Openers (AP)","AP - Bothered more by the wind and her wrist wrap than her opponent, defending gold medalist Venus Williams overpowered Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-1, 6-2 in the opening match of the Athens Games' tennis tournament. Andy Roddick made his Olympic debut with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over Flavio Saretta of Brazil, swatting 12 aces and 16 service winners." +"2","American Duo Wins Opening Beach Volleyball Match"," ATHENS (Reuters) - American Misty May gave team mate Kerri Walsh an ideal 26th birthday present with an easy victory over Japan in their opening match of the Olympics beach volleyball tournament on Sunday." +"2","Puerto Rico Upsets United States Men","The United States men's basketball team lost to Puerto Rico, 92-73. The loss could put the American gold medal hopes in jeopardy." +"1","Venezuelans Throng to Polls in Chavez Referendum"," CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelans crowded polling stations on Sunday to vote on whether to recall left-wing President Hugo Chavez or back his mandate to govern the world's No. 5 oil exporter for the next two years." +"2","Schumacher Triumphs as Ferrari Seals Formula One Title"," BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Michael Schumacher cruised to a record 12th win of the season in the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday to hand his Ferrari team a sixth successive constructors' title." +"1","Pope Struggles Through Mass at Lourdes (AP)","AP - A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled and asked aides for help during the 2 1/2 hour service in sizzling heat." +"2","Nicholls State Fires Football Coach (AP)","AP - Nicholls State football coach Daryl Daye was fired Sunday over accusations of academic fraud involving players and an assistant coach. Daye was not implicated in the alleged fraud, but an investigation found he failed to ""maintain proper controls"" of the assistant, the Southland Conference school said." +"1","Florida Starts Massive Hurricane Cleanup","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Residents left homeless by Hurricane Charley's 145 mph winds dug through their ravaged homes on Sunday, sweeping up shattered glass and rescuing what they could as President Bush promised rapid delivery of disaster aid..." +"1","Nicky Hilton Marries in Vegas","LAS VEGAS - Hotel heiress Nicky Hilton married a New York money manager before dawn Sunday in an impromptu ceremony, according to court filings obtained by The Associated Press. Hilton, 20, married Todd Andrew Meister, 33, at the Las Vegas Wedding Chapel, according a Clark County marriage license..." +"1","Election-Year Rate Hike Puzzles Some","WASHINGTON - Going against conventional wisdom, the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates in an election year. And it is Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, a Republican, who is leading the charge even though an incumbent Republican in the White House is facing voter unrest about the state of the economy..." +"1","Explosions Echo Throughout Najaf","NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. tanks and troops rolled back into the center of Najaf and battled with Shiite militants Sunday, reigniting violence in the holy city just as delegates in Baghdad opened a conference meant to be a landmark in the country's movement toward democracy..." +"1","Venezuela Voters Turn Out in Huge Numbers","CARACAS, Venezuela - Summoned by bugle calls and firecrackers, millions of Venezuelans turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday to vote on whether to force leftist President Hugo Chavez from office. Lines snaked for blocks in upscale neighborhoods, where suspicion is high that the leftist leader plans a Cuba-style dictatorship, and in the slums, where support for his ""revolution for the poor"" is fervent..." +"1","Man Linked to N.J. Gov. Says He's Straight","JERUSALEM - The Israeli man at the center of New Jersey Gov. James E..." +"2","Iraq Reaches Olympic Soccer Quarterfinals"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Iraq's fairytale Olympic run continued on Sunday when they beat Costa Rica 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Athens Games." +"2","No Gold for Phelps as Relay Team Falters","South Africa won the gold medal Sunday in the men's 400-meter freestyle relay with a world-record time of 3 minutes 13.17 seconds." +"4","I Confess. I'm a Software Pirate.","\\I'm guilty. I'm a Software Pirate! Not just one or two copies of DOS but\probably hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of software.\\Growing up my parents didn't have much money. Certainly not hundred of\thousands of dollars for me to blow on software. I was curious and had a\passion for computers that I couldn't control. I simply wanted to learn and\couldn't afford to pay for software.\\Luckily I did this when I was a kid so hopefully I won't be prosecuted. I also\believe that everything I did was ethical. I didn't take any money out of the\hands of the software industry and I've already contributed WAY more to the\industry than a few hundred thousand in software sales.\\This is th ...\\" +"1","Venezuela Oil Official Predicts Stability (AP)","AP - Venezuela's oil industry will enter a new period of stability and growth after Sunday's referendum on Hugo Chavez's presidency, the president of the state-run oil company said Sunday." +"3","Funds: Are Bond Funds Hazardous?"," (Clint Willis is a freelance writer who covers mutual funds for Reuters. Any opinions in the column are solely those of Mr. Willis.)" +"2","O's Beat Blue Jays With Eight-Run Eighth (AP)","AP - David Newhan tied a career high with four hits, including a go-ahead double in Baltimore's eight-run eighth inning, and the Orioles rallied for an 11-7 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday." +"1","Italy on alert after purported Al-Qaeda ultimatum expires (AFP)","AFP - Italy was on high alert as a group linked to Al-Qaeda reportedly threatened to attack, singling out Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as a target, after the expiry of a deadline for Rome to pull its troops out of Iraq." +"1","Edwards Caps Intense Push in Iowa (AP)","AP - Capping an intense 10-day competition for Iowa's seven electoral votes, Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards accused the Bush administration on Sunday of being captured by drug and insurance interests at the expense of working families." +"1","Two visions of Iraq struggle to take hold","Fighting in Najaf threatened to undermine a conference to choose a national assembly." +"2","Giants Top Phillies 3-1 to Finish Sweep (AP)","AP - Brett Tomko allowed one run in six innings for his first win in nearly a month and helped San Francisco complete a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies with a 3-1 victory Sunday." +"2","South Africa Ends Phelps' Gold Medal Quest"," ATHENS (Reuters) - South Africa ruined Michael Phelps's dream of winning a record eight gold medals in a dramatic and controversial day of swimming at the Athens Olympics on Sunday." +"2","Johnson Helps D - Backs End Nine - Game Slide","NEW YORK (AP) -- Randy Johnson took a four-hitter into the ninth inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks end a nine-game losing streak Sunday, beating Steve Trachsel and the New York Mets 2-0." +"2","Perry Out for Season","Eagles running back Bruce Perry will miss his rookie season after dislocating a shoulder in an exhibition game against the New England Patriots." +"1","Millions Wait Hours in Venezuela to Vote in Recall Election","The unprecedented vote was sluggish as huge crowds lined up at voting booths. Results were not expected until 8 p.m., or later." +"2","Leonard Forges Two Clear with Nine to Play at PGA"," KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) - American Justin Leonard stayed on track for his second major title in the U.S. PGA Championship final round on Sunday, moving two shots clear with nine holes to play." +"1","'Alien Vs. Predator' Smacks Down Rivals","LOS ANGELES - Movie-goers were easy prey for a double dose of space invaders. The sci-fi smackdown ""Alien vs..." +"1","U.S. Men Stunned by Puerto Rico, 92-73","ATHENS, Greece - In an upset as historic as it was inevitable, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and the rest of the U.S. basketball team lost 92-73 to Puerto Rico on Sunday, only the third Olympic loss ever for America and its first since adding pros..." +"2","49ers' Beasley Could Miss Several Weeks (AP)","AP - Fullback Fred Beasley could be sidelined until the 49ers' season opener Sept. 12 against the Atlanta Falcons with a high left ankle sprain." +"2","Dodgers Rally in 8th to Defeat Cubs 8-5 (AP)","AP - Adrian Beltre and Shawn Green homered, and Steve Finley hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for an 8-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday." +"1","UN Weighs Situation in Burundi Following Massacre"," UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council met in emergency session concerning Burundi on Sunday following the massacre of more than 150 Tutsi Congolese refugees at a camp in western Burundi." +"4","Cold Winters Slow Northeast Hemlock Pest (AP)","AP - New England's bitterly cold winters may be hard on people, but they have been even harder on an Asian insect that's threatening to destroy hemlocks, one of the signature trees of the region's forests." +"2","Teen Is First Black National USTA Champion (AP)","AP - Scoville Jenkins, a 17-year-old from Atlanta, became the first black to win the 18s singles championship of the U.S. Tennis Association Boys Nationals." +"1","Rwanda Troops Start AU Mission in Darfur (Reuters)","Reuters - Rwandan troops arrived in\Darfur Sunday as the first foreign force there, mandated to\protect observers monitoring a shaky cease-fire between the\Sudanese government and rebels in the remote western region." +"1","Rwanda Troops Start AU Mission in Darfur"," EL FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - Rwandan troops arrived in Darfur Sunday as the first foreign force there, mandated to protect observers monitoring a shaky cease-fire between the Sudanese government and rebels in the remote western region." +"2","Marlins Beat Brewers 5-3 in 10 Innings (AP)","AP - Luis Castillo tied the score with a ninth-inning single, and pinch-hitter Damion Easley hit a two-run double in the 10th inning that led the Florida Marlins over the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 Sunday." +"1","U.S. Soldiers Battle Shiites in Najaf","NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. tanks and troops rolled back into the center of Najaf and battled with Shiite militants Sunday, reigniting violence in the holy city just as delegates in Baghdad opened a conference meant to be a landmark in the country's movement toward democracy..." +"2","NL Wrap: Johnson Fans 14 Mets as Arizona Snaps Slide (Reuters)","Reuters - Randy Johnson struck out 14 batters in\8 1/3 innings to help the Arizona Diamondbacks end a nine-game\losing streak with a 2-0 win over the New York Mets on Sunday." +"2","NL Wrap: Johnson Fans 14 Mets as Arizona Snaps Slide"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Randy Johnson struck out 14 batters in 8 1/3 innings to help the Arizona Diamondbacks end a nine-game losing streak with a 2-0 win over the New York Mets on Sunday." +"1","New U.N. Official Assumes Kosovo Control (AP)","AP - The new U.N. administrator for Kosovo took control Sunday of the Serbian province, which has remained deeply divided along ethnic lines since the end of a 1999 war." +"1","Venezuelans Line Up to Vote on Chavez","CARACAS, Venezuela - Summoned by bugle calls and the detonations of huge firecrackers, Venezuelans turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday to vote on whether to force leftist President Hugo Chavez from office. Some lines at polling places extended for 1.25 miles, stunning even veteran election monitors..." +"2","AL Wrap: Koskie Slugs Homer in 10th as Twins Edge Indians"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Corey Koskie clubbed a two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning to help the Minnesota Twins hold on to first place in the American League Central with a 4-2 road win over the Cleveland Indians." +"2","Whistling Straits Proves It's Major League","Whistling Straits has received magnificent reviews during the P.G.A. Championship, which is currently in a three-man playoff between Justin Leonard, Vijay Singh and Chris DiMarco." +"2","Puerto Rico Stuns U.S. in Opening Round","Puerto Rico upsets the United States, 92-73, at the men's basketball preliminaries on Sunday, the first loss at the Games for the three-time defending gold medalists since 1988." +"2","Monday Morning","The regular Monday Morning contributors will return to this page next week, as will the weekly poll." +"2","Homer Sinks Indians","Corey Koskie hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning as the Twins overcame a two-run deficit for a 4-2 win Sunday, giving them a two-game lead over the second-place Indians." +"2","Despite Setbacks, Stahl Maintains Healthy Dose of Optimism","At 23, pitcher Richard Stahl knows there's still time to impress the Baltimore Orioles' front office. He just needs to stay on the mound long enough." +"2","AL Wrap: Koskie Slugs Homer in 10th as Twins Edge Indians (Reuters)","Reuters - Corey Koskie clubbed a two-run homer\in the top of the 10th inning to help the Minnesota Twins hold\on to first place in the American League Central with a 4-2\road win over the Cleveland Indians." +"1","Venezuela Voters Crowd Polls in Chavez Referendum"," CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelans crowded polling stations on Sunday to vote on whether to recall left-wing President Hugo Chavez or back his mandate to govern the world's No. 5 oil exporter for the next two years." +"1","Device 'may aid kidney dialysis'","Scientists are developing a device which could improve the lives of kidney dialysis patients." +"3","Shippers: Venezuela Oil Unfazed by Poll"," CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Oil exports by Venezuela have not been disturbed by the referendum on the rule of President Hugo Chavez, shipping sources said late Sunday." +"2","Singh Wins PGA Championship in Playoff (AP)","AP - The only birdie Vijay Singh made all day was the only one that mattered. All but counted out of the PGA Championship with a putter that failed him, Singh took advantage of a late collapse by Justin Leonard to get into a three-way playoff Sunday at Whistling Straits, then made the only birdie over the three extra holes to win the final major of the year." +"2","Singh Snares PGA Title","Vijay Singh outlasts Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco in a three-way playoff to win the PGA Championship on Sunday at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wisconsin." +"1","U.S. Battles Shiites in Iraqi Holy City (AP)","AP - U.S. tanks and troops rolled back into the center of Najaf and battled with Shiite militants Sunday, reigniting violence in the holy city just as delegates in Baghdad opened a conference meant to be a landmark in the country's movement toward democracy." +"1","Rumsfeld Briefs Russia on Shift of Forces","WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld briefed his Russian counterpart over the weekend on U.S. plans to shift its forces stationed around the globe, in some cases potentially bringing them closer to Russia's borders..." +"1","China's Panchen Lama visits Tibet","The boy named by the Chinese authorities as the 11th Panchen Lama visits a temple in Tibet." +"2","DiMarco, Riley Play Way Into Ryder Cup (AP)","AP - Chris DiMarco and Chris Riley faced knee-knocking pressure in the last round of the PGA Championship. And what did they get for their efforts? More of the same. DiMarco and Riley played themselves into the pressure-packed Ryder Cup with their performances Sunday in the year's final major. DiMarco finished second after a three-man, three-hole playoff and Riley was fourth #151; good enough to knock Jay Haas and Steve Flesch out of the top 10 in the Ryder Cup point standings." +"1","Bomb Kills 16 During Indian Celebration","A powerful bomb killed at least 16 people, many of them schoolchildren, and wounded about 40 others as they assembled for an Independence Day parade Sunday in the northeastern state of Assam, authorities said." +"3","Shippers: Venezuela Oil Unfazed by Poll (Reuters)","Reuters - Oil exports by Venezuela\have not been disturbed by the referendum on the rule of\President Hugo Chavez, shipping sources said late Sunday." +"2","Phelps' Quest to Win 8 Gold Medals Ends (AP)","AP - Michael Phelps surely didn't bargain for this. His quest to win eight gold medals is over, doomed by America's worst showing in the 400-meter freestyle relay. Gary Hall Jr. is ticked off. And now comes the toughest race of all against Ian Thorpe. Not exactly what Phelps had in mind when he decided to challenge Mark Spitz." +"2","Nhleko Scores As Burn Beat MetroStars 1-0 (AP)","AP - Reserve forward Toni Nhleko knocked in a header one minute into stoppage time, leading the Dallas Burn to a 1-0 victory over the first-place MetroStars on Sunday." +"1","Rwandan troops arrive in Darfur as president vows force to protect civilians (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - AL-FASHER, Sudan (AP) - Dozens of Rwandan soldiers arrived in Sudan's troubled Darfur region Sunday, the first foreign armed force deployed in the area since Arab militiamen began a rampage against black African farmers, killing thousands." +"3","Dollar Falls to Fresh Low Vs Euro (Reuters)","Reuters - The dollar fell to a fresh four-week low\versus the euro on Monday after a widening of the U.S. trade\gap to record levels raised worries about capital inflows in\the United States and a possible slowdown in the economy." +"3","Nikkei Falls Over 1 Pct on Oil Worries"," TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei fell more than one percent by mid-morning on Monday as investors stepped up selling of exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp. amid growing fears of the impact of surging oil prices on the global economy." +"3","The Region's Highest-Paid Executives","Pay for the Washington area's top executives rose significantly last year, reversing the downward trend that set in with the recession in 2001." +"3","As XM Stock Recovered, Executives' Pay Modest","Thanks to the SEC, shareholders now get a long-term picture of how their stock is doing, which helps in evaluating executive pay." +"3","Lucrative Cash Package Came as Fairchild Reported \$53.2 Million Loss"," For Jeffrey J. Steiner, chairman and chief executive of Fairchild Corp., nearly \$2.5 million in salary last year was just the beginning." +"3","Board Members, Executives and Family Members Can Still Benefit"," Many of Corporate Washington's executives and board members have side deals with the companies they oversee." +"3","Survey Estimates Values of Options, Excludes Exercises","Figuring out how much executives get paid can be like predicting the weather -- an inexact science." +"3","Government Spending Up Sharply Locally"," Federal procurement spending in the Washington area rose last year at its highest rate since the 1980s, according to a study to be released today, creating tens of thousands of jobs and increasing economic growth disproportionately in Northern Virginia." +"2","Woods Comes Up Empty, but Still No. 1 (AP)","AP - Tiger Woods came up empty in a major again, but he's still the No. 1 ranked player in the world." +"2","Tennessee Tech's Worrell Extends Contract (AP)","AP - Longtime Tennessee Tech women's basketball coach Bill Worrell has agreed to a new three-year contract with the option for three more years, the school announced Sunday." +"2","Brad Ott Gets First Nationwide Victory (AP)","AP - Brad Ott shot an 8-under 64 on Sunday to win the Nationwide Tour's Price Cutter Charity Championship for his first Nationwide victory." +"1","Snow Storms Blanket Southern New Zealand (AP)","AP - Snow storms isolated New Zealand's fourth biggest city of Dunedin on Monday, closing major roads, shutting schools and factories, and freezing newborn lambs." +"1","Swimming showdown","Ian Thorpe and Michael Phelps will chase gold in the men's 200m freestyle on day three of the Olympics." +"1","Puerto Rico Stuns Dream Team, 92-73","ATHENS, Greece - In an upset as historic as it was inevitable, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and the rest of the U.S. basketball team lost 92-73 to Puerto Rico on Sunday, only the third Olympic loss ever for America and its first since adding pros..." +"2","Scrimmage Gets Ugly","Ralph Friedgen used a four-letter word to describe his Maryland team's offensive performance in Sunday's practice: blah." +"2","Schumacher Sets Mark","Michael Schumacher won the Hungarian Grand Prix Sunday in Budapest, setting yet another record by becoming the first Formula One driver with 12 victories in a season." +"2","Business Is Business","When it comes to qualifying for the main draw of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Robert Kendrick knows that survival takes precedence and friendships are put on hold." +"1","Iraqi Conference on Election Plan Sinks Into Chaos","The conference was thrown into disorder by delegates staging protests against the U.S.-led military operation in Najaf." +"1","F.B.I. Goes Knocking for Political Troublemakers","The F.B.I. has been questioning demonstrators in an effort to forestall violent protests at the Republican National Convention." +"3","Nikkei Falls Over 1 Pct on Oil Worries (Reuters)","Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei fell more than one percent\by mid-morning on Monday as investors stepped up selling of\exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp. amid growing fears of the\impact of surging oil prices on the global economy." +"2","Falcons' Kerney Sprains Knee in Practice (AP)","AP - Atlanta Falcons defensive end Patrick Kerney sprained his right knee in practice on Sunday when a lineman rolled on his leg." +"2","McGahee Helps Bills Beat Broncos 16-6 (AP)","AP - This is what everyone was waiting for from Willis McGahee. After 19 months of recuperation and countless questions about the strength of his left knee, the Buffalo Bills running back finally provided some answers. McGahee had the go-ahead score on a 1-yard run in his NFL preseason debut, helping the Bills to a 16-6 win over the Denver Broncos on Sunday." +"1","Tropical Storm Earl Hits Caribbean Isles","ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Tropical Storm Earl unleashed heavy rains and violent winds that felled trees and ripped off roofs Sunday in the eastern Caribbean, while hundreds of people sought refuge in shelters..." +"1","Report: Michael Jackson Not 'Manhandled'","LOS ANGELES - The state attorney general's office has concluded that Michael Jackson was not ""manhandled"" by sheriff's deputies who took him into custody last year on child molestation charges, CBS News reported Sunday. The findings were contained in a three-page letter Martin A..." +"1","Democrats Pressure McGreevey to Leave Soon","TRENTON, N.J. - High-level New Jersey Democrats said Sunday that pressure is building among members of Gov..." +"1","Bush Vows Rapid Aid to Hurricane Victims","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Residents left homeless by Hurricane Charley's 145 mph winds dug through their ravaged homes on Sunday, sweeping up shattered glass and rescuing what they could as President Bush promised rapid delivery of disaster aid..." +"3","Nikkei Down at Midday on Oil Worries"," TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei fell 1.66 percent by midday on Monday, extending losses into a third day as growing fears about the impact of surging oil prices on the global economy hit exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp." +"4","Dell Exits Low-End China Consumer PC Market (Reuters)","Reuters - Dell Inc. (DELL.O), the world's\largest PC maker, said on Monday it has left the low-end\consumer PC market in China and cut its overall growth target\for the country this year due to stiff competition in the\segment." +"2","Singh Wins Playoff and P.G.A. Title","Several players outplayed Vijay Singh on Sunday, but nobody outlasted him at the 86th P.G.A. Championship." +"3","Caterpillar Union Rejects Contract Offer"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Auto Workers (UAW) said its members at Caterpillar Inc on Sunday voted to reject the construction equipment maker's contract proposal, the second time this year workers have voted against a Caterpillar contract offer." +"3","NYMEX Crude Hits Record \$46.76"," SINGAPORE (Reuters) - NYMEX crude oil futures <CLc1> hit a new record of \$46.76 on Monday on worries about possible unrest and disruption to oil supply as Venezuelans voted in a referendum on whether to recall President Hugo Chavez." +"2","Singh Wins Playoff to Seize Third Major Title"," KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Fiji's Vijay Singh held his composure to win the 86th U.S. PGA Championship in a three-way playoff on Sunday, clinching the third major title of his career." +"1","South Korea Warns of Possible North Terrorism (Reuters)","Reuters - North Korea is threatening to use\terrorism against the South, Seoul's intelligence agency said\in a rare public advisory on Monday, and warned South Korean\citizens in China and Southeast Asia to be on their guard." +"1","Afghans Hail Chance for a Choice","BAZARAK, Afghanistan<br>Like virtually every adult in this Panjshir Valley village, Rahmal Beg registered to vote weeks ago. Indeed, popular enthusiasm is so high for the Oct. 9 presidential election -- the first in Afghan history -- that thousands of people in the valley have reportedly..." +"3","Caterpillar Union Rejects Contract Offer"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - The main union at Caterpillar Inc. said its members voted on Sunday to reject the construction equipment maker's contract proposal, the second time this year the workers have voted against an offer." +"3","GM's Made-In-China Cadillacs in Early '05"," SHANGHAI (Reuters) - General Motors, the world's largest automaker, will start selling its first made-in-China Cadillacs in early 2005 in a market it expects eventually to account for a fifth of global sales of the luxury brand." +"1","Gas Prices Drop, but Increase Expected","CAMARILLO, Calif. - Gas prices have dropped nearly 5 cents in the past three weeks with an increase in supply, but soaring crude oil prices could cause rates to rise again soon, an industry analyst said Sunday..." +"2","Funk Still Gets Cup Spot","Though Fred Funk had been rather morose after missing the cut by a stroke in the 86th PGA Championship on Friday, there was great joy on Sunday." +"1","Report: U.S. to Approve Sale of Aegis Ships to Taiwan (Reuters)","Reuters - The United States will announce the sale\of four Aegis missile-defense warships to Taiwan next year with\delivery likely to begin in 2011, a newspaper said on Monday." +"1","Nikkei Down, Oil Worries Hit Exporters (Reuters)","Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei fell 1.66 percent by\midday on Monday, extending losses into a third day as another\surge in oil prices deepened worries about the global economic\impact and knocked down exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp." +"1","Report: U.S. to Approve Sale of Aegis Ships to Taiwan"," TAIPEI (Reuters) - The United States will announce the sale of four Aegis missile-defense warships to Taiwan next year with delivery likely to begin in 2011, a newspaper said on Monday." +"3","Wal-Mart Tries to Shine Its Image by Supporting Public Broadcasting","Wal-Mart, stung by criticism of its business tactics, is working to improve its image by supporting public broadcasting." +"3","Muddling Through (or Not): Mid-2004 Update on the Philippines","Looks like the Philippines, despite itself, has survived the election without excessive violence, major civil unrest, or untoward People Power eruptions. GMA finally has that elusive electoral mandate, and the air of uncertainty that pervaded Manila in the weeks leading up to the election has given way to (for some) an air of cautious optimism or (for others) resignation that nothing ever changes much in the Philippines and that the strong leadership and fundamental changes needed to save the country are long shots." +"2","Unseeded Vaidisova Wins Vancouver Open (AP)","AP - Unseeded teenager Nicole Vaidisova defeated American Laura Granville 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Vancouver Open on Sunday." +"1","F.B.I. Goes Knocking for Political Troublemakers","The F.B.I. has been questioning demonstrators in an effort to forestall violent protests at the Republican convention." +"4","Sybase looks ahead to RFID","The database and mobile software company is set to reveal details on updates to its flagship products and outline RFID plans." +"4","Nanotech funding to grow to \$8.6 billion","Spending on research will more than double this year, with a growing amount coming from the private sector." +"4","Gateway lands on another retailer's shelves","Company is set to sell desktops on CompUSA's shelves, providing more competition for HP." +"2","Cardinals Ride Rolen","Scott Rolen homered twice to become the first NL player to reach 100 RBIs this season as the St. Louis Cardinals downed the Atlanta Braves, 10-4, on Sunday night." +"2","Braves Hum Along","Braves General Manager John Schuerholz shuffled his deck more than usual this past offseason so doubts were high. Such a challenge makes this season all the sweeter." +"1","Tibet's Second-Holiest Monk Makes Rare Lhasa Visit (Reuters)","Reuters - Tibet's second-holiest monk, the Panchen\Lama, has visited Lhasa on a rare trip to the Himalayan region\by the living Buddha, whose selection in 1995 was marred by\controversy after the exiled Dalai Lama chose another boy." +"1","Greek duo could miss drugs hearing","Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou may not be fit enough to attend the hearing into their missed drugs test." +"1","Package prompts US embassy alert","An unidentified substance sent to the US embassy in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur leads to a security scare. " +"4","Don't Fear Internet Anonymity Tools (Ziff Davis)","Ziff Davis - There are lots of good reasons for 'net anonymity." +"4","Time Is Now for Linux Vendors to Protect Users (Ziff Davis)","Ziff Davis - Opinion: It's time for other Linux vendors to follow Red Hat's lead and offer patent infringement protection to their customers." +"4","Self-Healing Tech Could Boost IBM's Yield (Ziff Davis)","Ziff Davis - Designed to let processors adjust themselves dynamically in response to problems or systems demands without human intervention, the chip-morphing technology could help IBM keep up with demand for good chips." +"1","Emergency defers Maldives debate","A parliamentary session due to have begun on Monday in the Maldives has been postponed indefinitely." +"1","Tigers reject Sri Lanka counter proposal to revive talks (AFP)","AFP - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said they will spurn any new government proposals to revive peace talks not giving them self-rule as peacebroker Norway was set to try to jumpstart the negotiations." +"3","In Google's Auction, It's Not Easy to Tell a Bid From a Bet","In a competition combining suspense and strategy, countless brave souls are hoping to buy a small piece of Google in an auction this week." +"1","Suspicious Powder Found at U.S. Embassy in Malaysia"," KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Suspicious white powder has been found in an envelope that arrived at the U.S. embassy in Malaysia and three staff members quarantined, an embassy official and police said on Monday. ""A letter was delivered that had a suspicious powder in it,"" said an embassy spokesman in Kuala Lumpur. ""The powder is being sent for testing.""" +"3","Nikkei Hits 3-Mth Closing Low"," TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.65 percent to a fresh three-month closing low on Monday as crude oil prices again hit record highs in Asian trading hours, clouding the outlook for the global economy." +"2","DiMarco, Riley Get on Ryder Cup Team (AP)","AP - Hal Sutton had a good idea what kind of U.S. team he would take to the Ryder Cup. All that changed in the final round of the PGA Championship." +"1","Chinese dig for villagers buried under landslides after deadly typhoon (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Villagers in an eastern province dug with farm tools Monday to search for 24 people missing in massive landslides unleashed by Typhoon Rananim, which has already been blamed for 115 deaths and is the worst such storm to hit China in seven years." +"1","Americans appear in Kabul trial","The second hearing in the trial of three Americans accused of torture and running a jail begins in Kabul." +"3","Stocks Fall as Oil Hits High"," SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Exporters led a fall in Asian shares on Monday as oil prices set new highs near \$47 and data showing the U.S. trade deficit widened to a record raised fresh concern about the health of the world's largest economy." +"3","Stocks Fall as Oil Hits High (Reuters)","Reuters - Exporters led a fall in Asian shares\on Monday as oil prices set new highs near #36;47 and data showing\the U.S. trade deficit widened to a record raised fresh concern\about the health of the world's largest economy." +"1","Israel Turns Up Heat on Palestinian Hunger Strike (Reuters)","Reuters - Israel declared psychological war on\hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners on Monday, saying it\would barbecue meat outside their cells to try to break their\will." +"1","Two Chinese salesman gunned down in Thailand's restive south (AFP)","AFP - Two Chinese travelling salesmen have been gunned down in southern Thailand as part of separatist violence which has claimed more than 275 lives since the start of the year, officials said." +"1","Israel Turns Up Heat on Palestinian Hunger Strike"," JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel declared psychological war on hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners on Monday, saying it would barbecue meat outside their cells to try to break their will." +"3","Iranian economic reform falters","The Iranian parliament votes against key parts of a reform plan aimed at opening the economy to foreign investment." +"3","Space-age sport ","GPS is invading recreational sports. Under clear skies, those signals beaming to earth from satellites can find you on a hilly running trail, in a kayak on the ocean, or on a green fairway where you're trying to fade a 230-yard drive into the wind." +"3","Eyes tired? Musical alerts ease computer user #146;s day","What was the last sound your computer made? It may have emitted a chime when e-mail arrived, or a heraldic swish when you started up Windows." +"3","As money-raisers, 2004 #146;s initial offerings fall short","When Inhibitex Inc. set the terms of its initial public offering in March, it thought it was being conservative, expecting shares to sell for \$10 to \$12 apiece." +"3","Internet publishing attracting academics","BALTIMORE -- Manuel Llinas knew his career was at stake. The young scientist had just finished work on an eye-catching paper on the genome of a parasite that causes malaria. Now he and his lab director faced a critical decision: where to submit the article for publication." +"3","Computers with multiple personalities","The jury's still out on whether a computer can ever truly be intelligent, but there's no question that it can have multiple personalities. It's just a matter of software." +"2","Paint it bleak","If the Rolling Stones were hired to write the theme song for this year's Red Sox, the group might overhaul one of their classics. Instead of quot;Satisfaction, quot; they could go with quot;Separation. quot; That's because no matter how hard they try, the Sox can't get no separation in their quest for the top spot in the wild-card race." +"2","He #146;s not short on confidence","It's a case he could have made more convincingly with something other than a half-swing tapper to the pitcher for the final out of yet another in a seemingly endless series of one-run losses for the Red Sox. But Orlando Cabrera wants fans to believe this: For all the futile swings he has made in his two-week incarnation as a ..." +"2","Pronger opts out of World Cup","Names Chris Pronger of the St. Louis Blues pulled out of the World Cup of Hockey yesterday with an undisclosed injury, and was replaced on the Canadian team by Jay Bouwmeester of the Florida Panthers. Pronger's decision comes less than a week before the Canadian team opens training camp. The team will practice for the first time Friday in Ottawa. ..." +"2","Giants finish off Phillies","Brett Tomko allowed one run in six innings for his first win in nearly a month, and the San Francisco Giants closed in on the wild-card lead with a 3-1 victory over the Phillies yesterday in Philadelphia, completing a three-game sweep." +"2","Texas goes wild","The Red Sox have company atop the wild-card standings. In Arlington, Texas, Laynce Nix homered and drove in three runs, including a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 6-2, yesterday to sweep the three-game series." +"2","49ers #146; Beasley out till opener","The cheers went up the instant Willis McGahee took the field. How's that for pressure?" +"2","At least Light #146;s sense of humor still intact","FOXBOROUGH -- Matt Light lost his appendix this summer and, as a result, quite a few pounds, but he didn't lose one ounce of his wit." +"2","Dorman #146;s been dandy of late","Revolution coach Steve Nicol is not taking credit for the emergence of Andy Dorman. But Nicol's tactical moves helped place Dorman in a position to score his first two goals as a professional, in the final seconds of a 3-0 win at Dallas Wednesday and on his first touch of Saturday night's game at D.C. United for the Revolution's second ..." +"1","Sudan refugees report new attacks","More Sudanese refugees flee across the border into Chad following reports of renewed violence in the Darfur region." +"1","Bomb at parade in India leaves 16 dead, 40 hurt","NEW DELHI -- A powerful bomb killed at least 16 people, many of them schoolchildren, and wounded about 40 others as they assembled for an Independence Day parade yesterday in the northeastern state of Assam, authorities said." +"1","Israeli speaks out on McGreevey","JERUSALEM -- The Israeli man at the center of the resignation of New Jersey's governor, James E. McGreevey, over a gay affair said in an interview published yesterday that he is straight and had no idea at first that his boss is homosexual." +"1","France remembers WWII Riviera mission","ABOARD THE CHARLES DE GAULLE -- France yesterday honored soldiers, including tens of thousands of Africans, who staged an assault on the French Riviera 60 years ago to break the Nazi grip -- one of the least-remembered military operations of World War II." +"1","Pope struggles at shrine Mass","LOURDES, France -- A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled yesterday through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled, and asked aides for help during the 2-hour service in the sizzling heat." +"1","Uncertainty as Venezuela Awaits Referendum Result"," CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Three Venezuelan government ministers said on Monday President Hugo Chavez had easily survived a referendum on whether to recall him but their comments conflicted with heavy opposition hints they had won." +"4","Watchdog attacks ID card scheme","Proposals for identity cards and a population register are opposed by Britain's information watchdog." +"4","Ebookers sees 'encouraging' signs","Internet-based holiday company Ebookers says second-quarter loses have been cut compared with the same period a year ago." +"1","Chavez Wins Venezuela Referendum-Official Results (Reuters)","Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo\Chavez has survived a referendum to recall him, according to\results released by electoral authorities on Monday with 94\percent of the vote counted." +"1","US embassy in Malaysia in 'anthrax scare' (AFP)","AFP - Malaysian emergency services rushed to the tightly-guarded US embassy in Kuala Lumpur after a powder which police said could be anthrax was found in a letter." +"4","UN creates game to tackle hunger","A forthcoming video game aims to educate children about the global fight against hunger." +"1","Chavez Wins Venezuela Referendum-Preliminary Result"," CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has survived a referendum to recall him, according to preliminary results released by the country's top electoral officer on Monday." +"3","Oil Prices Hit Record (Reuters)","Reuters - Oil prices jumped to a new record\high near #36;47 on Monday with traders on tenterhooks for the\result of Venezuela's weekend referendum and Iraq's exports\again disrupted by a Shi'ite uprising in the south." +"2","They flocked from Games","ATHENS -- During yesterday's celebration of the assumption of the Virgin Mary, the Greek orthodox clergy had a stern reminder for the organizers of the Olympic Games: No matter what the advertisements and speeches say about Greece's modern, Western orientation, this country is still the domain of its decidedly traditional, ubiquitous state-sanctioned religion. Speaking over the Byzantine chants of a ..." +"2","Ginobili gives Argentina big lift at the buzzer","Manu Ginobili's off-balance shot left his hand just a split-second before the final buzzer, dropping through the basket to give Argentina an 83-82 victory over Serbia-Montenegro yesterday on the first day of Olympic men's basketball in Athens." +"2","Stewart spoils upset bid","Sports car ace Ron Fellows nearly pulled off what arguably would have been the biggest upset in NASCAR history, finishing second after starting last yesterday at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International." +"2","US eights glide to finals in record times","The US men's and women's eights pulled off huge victories in yesterday's Olympic rowing heats, each setting world bests to advance directly to Sunday's finals." +"2","Phelps #146;s quest for 8 golds goes under","ATHENS -- The evening began on a down note for the US swimming team, and descended from there. First, world champion Jenny Thompson struggled home fifth in the 100-meter butterfly. Then world record-holder Brendan Hansen was caught by Japan's Kosuke Kitajima in the 100 breaststroke. Finally, the men's 4 x 100 freestyle relay finished third behind South Africa and the ..." +"2","Azevedo shot does trick","Tony Azevedo whizzed a last-second shot past Croatian goalkeeper Frano Vican to give the American water polo team a 7-6 victory in its tournament opener yesterday." +"2","US team kicks over this result","ATHENS -- Did Japan's Kosuke Kitajima break the rules when he beat world record-holder Brendan Hansen by 17-100ths of a second in yesterday's Olympic 100-meter breaststroke? Absolutely, insisted Hansen's US teammates, who claimed Kitajima routinely uses the illegal dolphin kick." +"2","Clout shown in rout","ATHENS -- When the Olympic softball schedule was released, Lisa Fernandez grabbed a marker and began counting down the days. quot;This game is always on my calendar, quot; she said. quot;I have a tremendous history with Australia. quot; And until yesterday, mostly a haunting one." +"2","Punching his way forward","ATHENS -- There's only room for one Cinderella in a boxing ring. That was the sad lesson Andre Berto learned last night as his long road to the Olympic Games came to an abrupt end at the Peristeri Boxing Hall in his first fight in the welterweight division. First fight, that is, unless you understand what it took for him ..." +"1","Fighting rages in South Ossetia","Heavy fighting erupts in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region, shattering a two-day ceasefire." +"4","Sprint Puts Streaming Media on Phones","PCS Vision Multimedia streams faster video plus audio channels to Samsung phone." +"2","Phelps, Thorpe Face Dutch Threat"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Michael Phelps, one gold won but one of his eight title chances now lost, takes on Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband in their long-awaited showdown in the 200 meters freestyle final on Monday." +"1","Liechtenstein royals swap power","Liechtenstein's Prince Hans-Adam hands over power to his son and invites the whole nation to a garden party." +"1","Venezuelan President Survives Recall Vote","CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez appeared to have survived a popular referendum to oust him, according to early results Monday, while Venezuela's opposition swiftly claimed fraud. Backers of the leftist populist president set off fireworks and began celebrating in the streets of the capital in the pre-dawn darkness upon hearing the news from Francisco Carrasquero, president of the National Elections Council..." +"1","Rescue Teams Aid Hurricane Charley Victims","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Urban rescue teams, insurance adjusters and National Guard troops were scattered across Florida to help residents rally from the brunt of Hurricane Charley, the worst storm to hit the state in a dozen years..." +"1","Journalist, Translator Missing in Iraq (AP)","AP - A French-American journalist has disappeared along with his Iraqi translator in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, the provincial deputy governor said Monday." +"1","Prudential drops bid for S.Korean assest managing firm (AFP)","AFP - A consortium led by British insurer Prudential PLC has dropped its bid for a major South Korean state asset managing company." +"1","Bush Plans to Withdraw Troops From Abroad (AP)","AP - President Bush's plan to call tens of thousands of U.S. troops home from Europe and Asia could gain him election-year applause from military families, but won't ease the strain on soldiers still battling violent factions in Iraq and Afghanistan." +"1","Pair tell of 'Falconio' sighting","Two witnesses tell an Australian court they saw UK backpacker Peter Falconio more than a week after he disappeared." +"4","'Virtual' repairs for Cutty Sark","Digital models of an historic ship are created as part of its restoration to test if it will survive the process." +"1","Mass. Republicans Eye Kerry's Senate Seat (AP)","AP - Massachusetts Republicans, while supportive of President Bush's re-election, are mindful of the opportunity created should John Kerry beat him in November's election: the state's first Senate vacancy in two decades and a chance to break the Democratic monopoly on its 12-member delegation in Congress." +"3","Swatch tax complaint dismissed","US officials dismiss claims of tax evasion levelled at watchmaker Swatch by two former employees." +"3","Small firms struggle as oil soars","Small manufacturers in the UK are struggling in the face of soaring oil prices and higher interest rates, the CBI says." +"3","Microsoft takes down SP2 swappers","Microsoft is stopping people getting hold of a key security update via net-based file- sharing systems." +"4","Symantec Readies Patching Tool","ON IPatch monitors, ensures networked Windows systems are current in midsize businesss." +"1","Panchen Lama Visits Tibet Capital (AP)","AP - The boy chosen by the Chinese government as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama was greeted warmly by dozens of monks when he visited Tibet's most sacred temple, state television reported, giving rare publicity to one of his appearances." +"4","BearingPoint Wins ID Project at TSA","BearingPoint Inc. of McLean won a \$12 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration to begin the third phase in the agency's program to create a standard identification card for U.S. transportation employees." +"4","Government Spending Up Sharply Locally","Federal procurement spending in the Washington area rose last year at its highest rate since the 1980s, according to a study to be released today, creating tens of thousands of jobs and increasing economic growth disproportionately in Northern Virginia." +"4","Expense Issue Draws Mixed Views From Companies","The debate over whether companies should treat stock options as an expense draws mixed reactions from Washington area businesses, some of which have a lot to lose if the accounting rule changes." +"1","Palestinian Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike","JERUSALEM - More than a thousand Palestinian prisoners went on a hunger strike to press for better conditions, but Israel responded by tightening inmate restrictions, and a Cabinet minister said he wouldn't care if they starved to death. About 1,600 prisoners struck on Sunday..." +"3","Europe and US in aircraft aid row","The European Commission and President George Bush are in a war of words over subsidies given to aircraft makers Airbus and Boeing." +"1","Ex-Chess Champion Fischer to Marry Japanese Woman"," TOKYO (Reuters) - In a bold gambit worthy of the chess champion he once was, Bobby Fischer plans to wed a four-time Japan great in the hope of avoiding deportation home to the United States, where he is wanted for breaking sanctions." +"4","Rogue proteins give yeast an edge","Rogue proteins that behave like those linked to vCJD and Alzheimer's can give yeast a survival advantage." +"2","Twins Rally to Beat Indians in 10 Innings (AP)","AP - The Minnesota Twins left Cleveland clinging to first place in the AL Central #151; and already looking ahead to their next showdown with the surprising Indians." +"2","Doping-Greek Sprint Duo's Hearing Postponed"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou won a two-day reprieve at the Athens Olympics when a disciplinary hearing investigating their missed drugs tests was adjourned until Wednesday." +"4","Why cyberscofflaws get off easy","CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why convicted virus and worm authors are more likely to do Club Fed than hard time." +"1","Pakistan still supporting Kashmiri rebels: Indian Home Ministry (AFP)","AFP - Pakistan continues to support Islamic insurgency in Kashmir and will use militant attacks to influence ongoing peace talks with rival India, India's Home Ministry said in its annual report." +"3","Lowe's Second-Quarter Profit Rises (Reuters)","Reuters - Lowe's Cos. (LOW.N), the second-largest\home improvement retailer behind Home Depot Inc. (HD.N), on\Monday said quarterly profit rose, but trailed estimates." +"3","Stocks Seen Little Changed; Oil Weighs"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks are seen opening little changed on Monday as crude prices remain high, but insurers may dip on worries about their potential liabilities after a hurricane struck Florida on Friday." +"3","Lowe's Second-Quarter Profit Rises"," ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lowe's Cos. <LOW.N>, the second-largest home improvement retailer behind Home Depot Inc. <HD.N>, on Monday said quarterly profit rose, but trailed estimates." +"3","Oil Prices Hold Near Record"," LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices simmered near fresh highs Monday even though early reports of victory for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a referendum on his rule eased fears that unrest could upset the country's oil exports." +"3","BA workers approve holiday strike","British Airways workers plan to strike for 24 hours during the August Bank Holiday weekend unless a pay row is settled, the GMB union said." +"2","Doping Probe of Greeks Staggers Toward Farce"," ATHENS (Reuters) - A doping probe that has dogged the host country's Olympic Games staggered toward farce on Monday when a hearing involving Greece's two top sprinters was postponed again." +"3","Lowe's 2Q Earnings Higher on Home Market (AP)","AP - Home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos. reported Monday that a robust housing market drove second-quarter earnings higher year-over-year, but results failed to meet Wall Street expectations." +"3","Sri Lanka hit by oil strike","Workers at Sri Lanka's main oil company end a two-day strike, held in protest at government plans to sell more of the company." +"4","Internet calls add foreign accent (USATODAY.com)","USATODAY.com - In the digital age, the next best thing to being there might be this: a French phone number." +"4","FCC mobile spam rule doesn't cover some SMS (MacCentral)","MacCentral - A rule prohibiting mobile-phone spam adopted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier this month doesn't prohibit phone-to-phone text messaging, but FCC officials believe the new rule, combined with a 13-year-old law, should protect U.S. mobile phone customers against unsolicited commercial e-mail." +"4","Ky. Professor Looks to Set Up Telescope (AP)","AP - A University of Kentucky professor is pushing to set up a telescope in Australia that students could use via the Internet." +"4","Survival of software's fittest","Darwin may work in the flat enterprise software market--mergers and acquisitions are expected to increase the clout of leading firms." +"4","Playing the convergence game","Sony and Microsoft confront consumer apathy as they attempt to turn game consoles into multipurpose entertainment gadgets." +"2","Singh Wins Playoff to Seize Third Major Title"," KOHLER, Wis. (Reuters) - Fiji's Vijay Singh held his composure to win the 86th U.S. PGA Championship in a three-way playoff on Sunday, clinching the third major title of his career." +"2","Williams Has No Problem Running with Jones"," ATHENS (Reuters) - American sprinter Lauryn Williams said on Monday she would have no problem competing on the same team as Marion Jones in the Olympic 4x100 meters relay." +"2","Moya Tames Olympic Wind and Enqvist; Dementieva Out"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Spanish third seed Carlos Moya tamed a swirling wind and dogged Swedish opponent Thomas Enqvist to reach the second round of the Olympic men's singles with a 7-6, 6-7, 9-7 victory Monday." +"1","Britain 'sleepwalking' into big-brother state, watchdog warns (AFP)","AFP - Britain is ""sleepwalking into a surveillance society"" because of government plans to introduce ID cards and a population register, the nation's information watchdog was quoted as saying." +"1","India urges Bangladesh not to kill stray elephants (Reuters)","Reuters - Authorities in northeast India urged Bangladesh on Monday not to kill about 100 wild elephants that have strayed across the border and gone on a rampage, killing 13 people and injuring dozens more." +"1","Israel Turns Up Heat on Palestinian Hunger Strike"," JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel declared psychological war on hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners Monday, saying it would barbecue meat outside their cells to try to break their will." +"3","Cost Cuts Boost Kmart Quarterly Profit (Reuters)","Reuters - Kmart Holding Corp. (KMRT.O) on Monday\reported its third consecutive quarterly profit as cost cuts\made up for slumping sales, and its cash pile grew to about\ #36;2.6 billion." +"3","Cost Cuts Boost Kmart Quarterly Profit"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kmart Holding Corp. <KMRT.O> on Monday reported its third consecutive quarterly profit as cost cuts made up for slumping sales, and its cash pile grew to about \$2.6 billion." +"3","Wall Street to Open Little Changed"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street is seen opening little changed on Monday as crude prices remain high, but insurers may dip on worries about their potential liabilities after a hurricane struck Florida on Friday." +"3","Sysco Profit Rises; Sales Have Slowed"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sysco Corp. <SYY.N>, the largest U.S. distributor of food to restaurants and hospitals, on Monday said quarterly profit rose as an extra week in the period and acquisitions helped offset the effects of higher food prices." +"3","Lowe's Profit Rises But Trails Estimates"," ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lowe's Cos. <LOW.N>, the No. 2 home improvement retailer behind Home Depot Inc., on Monday reported an 18 percent increase in second-quarter profit, but results trailed estimates as sales weakened in June." +"3","Kmart Swings to Second-Quarter Profit (AP)","AP - Discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. reported Monday that the company swung to a profit in the second quarter, but same-store sales were still in decline." +"4","Vodafone names former rival as new head of Japanese unit (AFP)","AFP - British mobile phone operator Vodafone said it has brought in an executive from Japanese rival NTT DoCoMo to head up its struggling Japanese unit, Vodafone K.K." +"4","Cheap Windows comes under fire","Microsoft's attempt to win over new users with a cut-down edition of Windows comes in for strong criticism." +"3","Wal-Mart Maintains August Sales Forecast (Reuters)","Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N) on Monday\maintained its August sales forecast and said demand was\particularly strong in the U.S. Southeast last week as people\stocked up on duct tape, rope and water in preparation for\Hurricane Charley." +"3","Cost Cuts Help Kmart Post Profit"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kmart Holding Corp. <KMRT.O> on Monday reported its third consecutive quarterly profit as cost cuts made up for slumping sales, and its cash pile grew to about \$2.6 billion." +"4","China's Red Flag Linux to focus on enterprise","The company behind China's leading Linux client distribution, Red Flag Software Co. Ltd., is shifting its main focus to its server operating system and enterprise customers, and planning to expand sales overseas, the company's acting president said in an interview on Friday." +"4","Symantec releases patching tool","Security company Symantec Corp. plans to announce the release of a patch management product on Monday that it says will enable small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to stay on top of software vulnerabilities." +"1","Chavez Claims Victory in Referendum on His Rule","Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won backing from 58 percent of voters, with 94 percent of electoral rolls counted, in a referendum on whether to recall him." +"2","U.S. Tries to Rebound From Loss in Athens (AP)","AP - Greetings from the Olympic men's basketball tournament, where America is tied for last place with Angola, Australia, New Zealand, China and the defending world champions from Serbia-Montenegro." +"1","Olympian on Briton death charge","An Olympic sailor is charged with the manslaughter of a Briton who died after being hit by a car in Athens." +"4","AccuRev touts software configuration management approach","AccuRev on Monday will release an upgrade to its SCM (software configuration management) package that the company argues offers a superior alternative to file-based SCM systems." +"4","End of the line for HP's Alpha processor","Hewlett-Packard Co. will release the final processor upgrade for its AlphaServer line of Unix servers on Monday." +"4","HP pushes parity for Itanium, PA-RISC servers","At its annual HP World user conference in Chicago this week, Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) will announce a number of enhancements to its HP-UX operating system, designed to narrow the gap between the capabilities of the company's Integrity and HP 9000 servers." +"1","Darfur Displaced Return to 'Live in Fear' of Militia (Reuters)","Reuters - Villagers returning to their\homes in Sudan's Darfur region are living in fear of the Arab\militiamen who initially drove them away, the United Nations\said in a report received by Reuters Monday." +"1","Sudan Trying to Keep Darfur Promises-U.N. (Reuters)","Reuters - Raids by Sudanese forces and Arab\militiamen have worsened a desperate situation in Darfur,\rights groups say, but the United Nations said Khartoum was\making serious efforts to keep pledges to curb the violence." +"1","Darfur Displaced Return to 'Live in Fear' of Militia"," KHARTOUM, Sudan (Reuters) - Villagers returning to their homes in Sudan's Darfur region are living in fear of the Arab militiamen who initially drove them away, the United Nations said in a report received by Reuters Monday." +"1","Ex-Chess Champion Fischer to Marry Japanese Woman"," TOKYO (Reuters) - In a bold gambit worthy of the chess champion he once was, Bobby Fischer plans to wed a four-time Japanese great in the hope of avoiding deportation home to the United States, where he is wanted for breaking sanctions." +"1","Heiress Nicky Hilton Marries in Vegas","LAS VEGAS - Nicky Hilton, the hotel heiress and socialite, has tied the knot with her beau in a late-night ceremony, according to court filings obtained by The Associated Press. Hilton, 20, married New York money manager Todd Andrew Meister, 33, at the Las Vegas Wedding Chapel early Sunday, according a Clark County marriage license..." +"1","Anarchists' Convention Debates Voting","ATHENS, Ohio - A group of anarchists is taking an unusual step to make its political voice heard - going to the polls. Anarchists generally pride themselves on their rejection of government and its authority..." +"3","Allstate Says Charley Could Hurt Results"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Allstate Corp. <ALL.N>, the No. 2 U.S. home and auto insurer, on Monday said potential losses stemming from Hurricane Charley could hurt its current results." +"3","Hungarian central bank cuts key interest rate by half percentage point (AFP)","AFP - The Hungarian central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points from 11.5 percent to 11.0 percent, the bank said in a statement posted on its website." +"3","CompUSA Stores to Sell Gateway PCs (Reuters)","Reuters - Gateway Inc. (GTW.N), the computer\maker that recently shuttered its chain of 188 stores, will\begin selling its desktops at CompUSA Inc.'s outlets later this\week, the two companies said on Monday." +"3","CompUSA Stores to Sell Gateway PCs"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gateway Inc. <GTW.N>, the computer maker that recently shuttered its chain of 188 stores, will begin selling its desktops at CompUSA Inc.'s outlets later this week, the two companies said on Monday." +"4","Lebanese shun mobile phones for a day in protest at high costs (AFP)","AFP - Lebanese mobile phone users were urged to leave their portable telephones at home or switched off in protest at what is considered one of the costliest services in the world." +"4","Forming galaxy cluster captured","The Chandra telescope has seen huge gas clouds in space in the act of merging to form a massive galaxy cluster." +"1","U.S. Embassy in Malaysia Has Anthrax Scare (AP)","AP - Authorities are testing a suspicious powder mailed to the U.S. Embassy in Malaysia to determine whether it is anthrax, officials said Monday after the second such scare at a U.S. mission in Asia within a week." +"1","Suspicious Powder Found at U.S. Embassy in Malaysia"," KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) - An envelope containing suspicious white powder and threats against Americans was delivered to the U.S. embassy in Malaysia, prompting health checks on three staff, the embassy and police said Monday." +"1","Megawati Defends Achievements Ahead of Vote"," JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, trying to maintain momentum in a tight election battle, said Monday her government had stabilized the economy and cracked down hard on militants and separatists." +"1","Syrian Rights Activist to Be Released Pending Trial"," DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A Syrian court has agreed to release on bail a prominent rights activist who faces trial on charges of tarnishing the image of the Arab state by publishing false information, one of his lawyers said Monday." +"3","Kmart Posts Profit After Cost Cuts"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kmart Holding Corp. <KMRT.O> on Monday reported its third consecutive quarterly profit despite slumping sales as it cut jobs and reduced advertising and discounts, boosting its cash pile to \$2.6 billion." +"3","LifePoint in \$1.1 Billion Province Deal"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rural hospital operator LifePoint Hospitals Inc. <LPNT.O> has agreed to acquire rival Province Healthcare Co. <PRV.N> for \$1.125 billion in cash and stock to broaden its geographic reach, the companies said on Monday." +"1","Commuter tackles bad train service by starting own railway (AFP)","AFP - Grumbling about trains is part of the way of life, but one commuter has decided to do something about it -- by starting his own railway." +"1","Israel turns up heat on prisoners","Israel launches psychological war against hundreds of Palestinian inmates on hunger strike for better conditions." +"2","Czech Coach Hlinka Dies in Car Accident (AP)","AP - Czech Republic national ice hockey team coach, and former Pittsburgh Penguins coach, Ivan Hlinka died Monday after sustaining serious injuries in a car crash, an official said." +"3","Stocks Set to Open Little Changed"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street is set to open little changed on Monday as crude prices remain near their record highs, but insurers may slip on worries about their potential liabilities after a hurricane struck Florida on Friday." +"4","Wherenet adds biz rules to RFID","The first indication that the value of RFID (radio frequency identification) will extend beyond the supply warehouse was shown last week by WhereNet, a provider of wireless location and communications technology." +"4","Oracle readies CRM updates","Oracle Corp. plans to release the latest version of its CRM (customer relationship management) applications within the next two months, as part of an ongoing update of its E-Business Suite." +"1","Grieving families cremate dead after Assam bombing (Reuters)","Reuters - Grieving relatives on Monday cremated victims, mostly women and children, of a separatist bombing in northeastern India, while hundreds of angry people rallied against the rising bloodshed." +"1","Chechnya marks 'special' birthday","The authorities in war-torn Chechnya announce cash gifts for boys born on the slain leader's birthday." +"4","Feedster Includes Kanoodle Ads in RSS Feeds","Feedster Includes Kanoodle Ads in RSS Feeds\\Feedster, Inc. today announced the launch of its RSS feed media program. The Company rsquo;s RSS search feeds will soon contain context targeted ads from Kanoodle, Inc., a leading provider of sponsored links for search results and content pages. Alternatively searchers may opt to pay ..." +"4","Google IPO Continues Despite Playboy Boob","Google IPO Continues Despite Playboy Boob\\Google's IPO ran into another problem last week with investors being allowed to start bidding on the company last Friday. Google rsquo;s founders will appear in an upcoming issue of Playboy magazine which will be on the shelves this Friday. Although the interview was apparently held ..." +"2","Greek Sprinters Given Two-Day Reprieve"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou won a two-day reprieve at the Athens Olympics Monday so they could appear in person at a disciplinary hearing into their missed drugs tests and protest their innocence." +"3","Sysco Corp.'s 4Q Profit Up 16 Percent","Sysco's fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 16 percent due to an extra week in the quarter, customer-service initiatives and operating efficiency." +"1","Chvez Is Declared the Winner in Venezuela Referendum","The president won the backing of 58 percent of voters, officials said, but the opposition said that the government had cheated." +"3","Stocks Open Near Flat as Oil Near Record"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened little changed on Monday as crude prices remain near their record highs, but early reports of victory for the Venezuelan president in a referendum on his rule eased fears about the country's oil exports." +"1","Letter, suspicious powder spark anthrax scare at U.S. Embassy in Malaysia (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Authorities are testing a suspicious powder mailed to the U.S. Embassy in Malaysia to determine whether it's anthrax, officials said Monday. It's the second such scare at a U.S. mission in Asia within a week." +"2","Patriots Sign First-Round Pick Watson (AP)","AP - The New England Patriots signed first-round draft pick Benjamin Watson on Monday, ending the tight end's lengthy holdout." +"3","Indonesia urges debt flexibility","Indonesia calls on the International Monetary Fund to help reschedule its debts, as figures reveal a slowdown in economic growth." +"3","Oil Holds Near Record Level","Oil prices fell 23 cents to \$46.35 a barrel after Venezuelan Hugo Chavez won a recall referendum, appeasing worried energy markets." +"3","Ride This Gem","Amusement park operators have produced volatile results, but this company has stood the test of time." +"4","HP Faces New Realities in a 64-Bit World (Ziff Davis)","Ziff Davis - The company this week will unveil more programs and technologies designed to ease users of its high-end servers onto its Integrity line, which uses Intel's 64-bit Itanium processor." +"4","EU Extends Microsoft-Time Warner Review (AP)","AP - European antitrust regulators said Monday they have extended their review of a deal between Microsoft Corp. and Time Warner Inc. to make anti-piracy software together." +"3","Insurers Begin Tallying Charley Losses (Reuters)","Reuters - U.S. insurers on Monday predicted that\Hurricane Charley could be the most costly U.S. storm since\Andrew in 1992, with Florida officials initially estimating\economic losses at #36;15 billion." +"4","Google Stays on Track Despite Best Efforts","It looks like Google's public stock offering will proceed, no matter how hard the company tries to shoot itself in the foot. Not only that, its unique approach to the IPO game could result in an overhaul of federal securities regulations. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font>" +"4","Microsoft lists SP2 conflicts","Software giant releases just which programs are having issues with its Service Pack 2 update for Windows XP." +"1","Chavez Declares Recall Victory; Foes Claim Fraud"," CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's left-wing President Hugo Chavez on Monday declared victory in a historic recall referendum on his rule, but his opponents vowed to challenge vote results they rejected as a ""gigantic fraud.""" +"1","Singh Wins PGA Championship in Playoff","HAVEN, Wis. - Vijay Singh shot a 4-over 76 to eke into a three-way playoff Sunday, then made his only birdie of the day on the first of three extra holes to beat Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco in the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits..." +"1","Crews Rush to Hurricane-Ravaged Florida","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Urban rescue teams, insurance adjusters and National Guard troops scattered across Florida Monday to help residents rally from the brunt of Hurricane Charley, the worst storm to hit the state in a dozen years..." +"1","Stocks Higher Despite Soaring Oil Prices","NEW YORK - Wall Street shifted higher Monday as bargain hunters shrugged off skyrocketing oil prices and bought shares following an upbeat sales report from Wal-Mart Stores and a bright outlook from Lowe's. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 84.07, or 0.9 percent, at 9,909.42, after edging 0.1 percent higher last week..." +"1","China Condemns Whistle-Blower","A Communist Party whistle-blower who created a national sensation in China by publicly accusing his superiors of tolerating official corruption has been condemned for breaking party rules and ordered to ""do a complete self-examination,"" authorities announced." +"3","KMart Posts Profit; Cash Pile Grows"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kmart Holding Corp. <KMRT.O> on Monday reported its third consecutive quarterly profit despite slumping sales as it cut jobs and reduced advertising and discounts, boosting its cash pile to \$2.6 billion." +"3","Thomson Buys Test Provider Capstar"," TORONTO (Reuters) - Electronic publisher Thomson Corp. <TOC.TO> said on Monday it will buy test provider Capstar from Educational Testing Service, the latest in a string of acquisitions designed to flesh out its product offerings." +"3","Lowe's Reports Increase in Second-Quarter Net Income","Lowe's reported a 17.9 percent increase in net income during its second quarter, but results missed Wall Street expectations." +"4","New tool identifies 'phishy' Web sites","A new software tool from WholeSecurity Inc. can spot fraudulent Web sites used in online cons known as ""phishing"" scams, according to a statement from the company." +"3","Lowe's Net Trails Views, But Shares Rise"," ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lowe's Cos. <LOW.N>, the No. 2 home improvement retailer behind Home Depot Inc., on Monday reported an 18 percent increase in second-quarter profit, but results trailed estimates as sales weakened in June." +"4","On the Beastie Boys 'virus' CD","<strong>Review</strong> Does not attempt world domination, but" +"4","Briefly: AOL kicks off free fantasy sports","roundup Plus: HP partners with 3G gear maker...AMD starts shipping 90-nanometer chips...ABC.com to air on Real's SuperPass." +"4","EC puts off decision on Microsoft, Time Warner deal","Regulators could still launch an investigation into the two titans' acquisition of ContentGuard, a digital rights company." +"4","An Olympic Selection of Search Resources","The 2004 Summer Olympics are underway in Athens and the web is home to plenty of information that makes watching the games even more interesting. " +"3","KMart Posts Profit; Cash Pile Grows (Reuters)","Reuters - Kmart Holding Corp. (KMRT.O) on Monday\reported its third consecutive quarterly profit despite\slumping sales as it cut jobs and reduced advertising and\discounts, boosting its cash pile to #36;2.6 billion." +"3","Oil Slips from Record High of \$46.30"," LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices eased from new record highs on Monday as victory for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a referendum on his rule eased fears that unrest could upset the country's oil exports." +"3","Stocks Gain as Oil Prices Ease"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained on Monday as oil prices dipped after reports of victory for the Venezuelan president in a referendum on his rule eased fears about the country's oil exports." +"4","News: Technology Already Exists to Stabilize Global Warming","Existing technologies could stop the escalation of global warming for 50 years and work on implementing them can begin immediately, according to an analysis by Princeton University scientists. (Princeton University press release)" +"4","News: Future Heat Waves: More Severe, More Frequent, and Longer Lasting","Heat waves in Chicago, Paris, and elsewhere in North America and Europe will become more intense, more frequent, and longer lasting in the 21st century, according to a new modeling study by two scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). (NCAR press release)" +"4","News: New Hypoxic Event Found Off Oregon Coast","For the second time in three years, a hypoxic ""dead zone"" has formed off the central Oregon Coast. It's killing fish, crabs and other marine life and leading researchers to believe that a fundamental change may be taking place in ocean conditions in the northern Pacific Ocean. (Oregon State University press release)" +"4","HP invokes Adaptive Enterprise mantra","Hewlett-Packard will detail enhancements to its virtualization products, the HP-UX 11i Unix operating system, and its AlphaServers this week during its HP World 2004 conference in Chicago." +"2","Haas, Cink Join Ryder Cup Team","Jay Haas became the second-oldest player to be on the Ryder Cup team, joining Stewart Cink as the two captain's picks Monday for a U.S. team that will try to regain the cup from Europe next month." +"2","American Aphrodite","Brooklyn-native Yvette Jarvis is an 'every woman' in Greece: professional basketball player, model, TV and talk show star and Athens councilwoman." +"2","Edwards Appears for Hearing","U.S. sprinter Torri Edwards appeared for a hearing on her doping case that will determine whether the reigning 100-meter world champion competes in the Athens Games." +"1","Superstar's uncivil behavior is criminal (Chicago Tribune)","Chicago Tribune - Pop stars are no strangers to bad behavior. Smashed guitars, ruined hotel rooms--such misdeeds often are chuckled over later, written up in the tabloids, perhaps listed on invoices for damage. Not so in Russia, where the public expects its performers to remember that they walk in Tchaikovsky's footsteps." +"1","Canada must help raise profile of development issues in Africa: Goodale (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Canada intends to return to the forefront on African development issues, beginning with a renewed effort at helping the troubled continent grow out of poverty, says Finance Minister Ralph Goodale." +"1","Govt likely to cut oil product duties - official (Reuters)","Reuters - The government is expected to slash customs and excise duties on petroleum products in a bid to control inflation without hurting the profitability of oil firms, an oil industry official said on Monday." +"1","National pharmacare program would reduce hospital waiting lists: McGuinty (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - A national pharmacare program funded by the federal government would indirectly result in shorter waiting lists, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday." +"1","Losses and Lessons for Bush and Kerry (Los Angeles Times)","Los Angeles Times - They lost at politics at an early age. Since then, they've rarely made the same campaign mistakes twice." +"1","Pakistan Military Plays Down 'Terror Summit' Report"," ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's military Monday played down a report in the latest edition of Time magazine describing what it called a ""summit of terrorists"" held in March in lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan." +"1","Trial on Private Prison in Afghanistan Is Underway","Jonathan Keith ""Jack"" Idema, the American accused of running a free-lance anti-terror operation and private prison in Afghanistan, testified in court Monday that he could prove U.S. and Afghan authorities were fully aware of his actions." +"1","Bush's Withdrawal Plan Could Draw Votes","WASHINGTON - President Bush's plan to call tens of thousands of U.S. troops home from Europe and Asia could gain him election-year applause from military families, but won't ease the strain on soldiers still battling violent factions in Iraq and Afghanistan..." +"1","Delegates Urge Al-Sadr to Leave Shrine","BAGHDAD, Iraq - Delegates at Iraq's National Conference called Monday for radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to abandon his uprising against U.S. and Iraqi troops and pull his fighters out of a holy shrine in Najaf..." +"1","Phelps to Take on Thorpe in Busy Night","ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps, still smarting after America's upset loss to South Africa in the 400 freestyle relay, returned to the pool Monday and qualified fastest for the Olympic 200-meter butterfly. Phelps' quest to break Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games was dashed with the Americans' bronze medal in the relay Sunday night..." +"1","Haas, Cink Selected for Ryder Cup Team","MILWAUKEE - Jay Haas became the second-oldest player to be on the Ryder Cup team, joining Stewart Cink as the two captain's picks Monday for a U.S. team that will try to regain the cup from Europe next month..." +"1","Florida Hurricane Death Toll Rises to 17","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Urban rescue teams, insurance adjusters and National Guard troops scattered across Florida Monday to dig out victims of Hurricane Charley and deliver water and other supplies to thousands of people left homeless..." +"1","Stocks Sharply Higher on Dip in Oil Prices","NEW YORK - A drop in oil prices and upbeat outlooks from Wal-Mart and Lowe's prompted new bargain-hunting on Wall Street Monday, sending stocks sharply higher. The Dow climbed more than 110 points in morning trading..." +"3","How to Hire a Financial Planner (The Motley Fool)","The Motley Fool - You've got a money question, and the guy in the next cubicle hasn't a clue how to answer. You need trustworthy information. But where to start?" +"3","Daimler Nets \$900 Mln Via Hyundai Sale"," LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler said it raised more than \$900 million by selling its 10.5 percent stake in Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd. on Monday, a remnant of its dented ambitions to build a global carmaking empire." +"4","AP: Group Discovers John the Baptist Cave (AP)","AP - Archaeologists said Monday they have found a cave where they believe John the Baptist anointed many of his disciples #151; a huge cistern with 28 steps leading to an underground pool of water." +"1","Speed Up Saddam's Trial, Allawi Tells Court (Reuters)","Reuters - Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi\urged an Iraqi court Monday to speed up proceedings against\toppled leader Saddam Hussein and his close aides." +"3","The Internet Is Calling","Web phone service is exploding. And maverick Jeffrey Citron lit the industry's fuse" +"3","A Stereo with a Brain","You can train Bose's new system to play songs you like. Is it worth the price?" +"3","The Sponsor Moves In","The Days, owned by its advertisers, may boost ABC'S bottom line. But will they control content?" +"4","South African telephone monopoly to go ahead with lay-offs despite court ban (AFP)","AFP - South African fixed line monopoly Telkom vowed to go ahead with plans to cut 4,000 jobs despite a court injunction forcing the state-run enterprise to seek agreement with the unions." +"1","China Typhoon Death Toll Rises; 40 Missing (AP)","AP - China raised its official death toll from Typhoon Rananim to at least 147 on Monday, as villagers with farm tools dug through massive landslides searching for 40 people still missing." +"1","Speed Up Saddam's Trial, Allawi Tells Court"," BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi urged an Iraqi court Monday to speed up proceedings against toppled leader Saddam Hussein and his close aides." +"1","Singer 'may move to French jail'","French rock star Bertrand Cantat could return home from Lithuania to complete his jail term for killing his lover." +"1","What is this Man Plotting?","A newly revealed summit of terrorists raises fears of a fresh plan to attack the U.S. This bombmaker and pilot could be a key player " +"3","Stocks Higher on Oil Price Relief"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained on Monday, getting a boost from lower oil prices after news the Venezuelan president survived a recall eased fears about the country's oil exports." +"4","Nanotech Research Spending Seen Reaching #36;8.6 Bln (Reuters)","Reuters - Worldwide research and\development spending in the emerging field of nanotechnology\should rise about 10 percent this year to #36;8.6 billion, a\research firm said on Monday." +"4","Kan. to Move Forward on Dinosaur Exhibit (AP)","AP - Concerns about funding and poor attendance will not stop plans to bring a dinosaur exhibit to Science City at Union Station, University of Kansas and Science City officials said." +"4","Nanotech Research Spending Seen Reaching \$8.6 Bln"," SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Worldwide research and development spending in the emerging field of nanotechnology should rise about 10 percent this year to \$8.6 billion, a research firm said on Monday." +"1","Bombs explode at Nepal luxury hotel, no casualties (Reuters)","Reuters - A man on a bicycle threw at least four bombs into the compound of a luxury hotel in Nepal's capital on Monday but the blasts caused no casualties, authorities said." +"1","AdWatch: Bush Raps Kerry on Intel Reform (AP)","AP - Details of new television ad from President Bush to begin airing Monday:" +"3","Is 4Kids 4 Investors?","4Kids Entertainment got karate-chopped last week. Can it get back up off the mat?" +"4","Google: Now Playboy's Latest Bunny (washingtonpost.com)","washingtonpost.com - Investors in the company that's trying to come off as cute as a bunny could find themselves holding a fistful of vipers if the founders of Google Inc. continue to chart their erratic course." +"4","Security expert warns computer hackers keeping up with technology (AFP)","AFP - Computer hackers are keeping up with the times and are putting an increasingly technology-dependent world at risk, the chairman of leading US-based IT security firm McAfee said." +"4","E.U. Extends Review of Anti-Piracy Software Deal","European antitrust regulators said Monday they have extended their review of a deal between Microsoft Corp. and Time Warner Inc. to make anti-piracy software together." +"1","Bicycle Bomber Attacks Nepal Hotel"," KATHMANDU, Nepal (Reuters) - A man on a bicycle threw at least four bombs into the compound of a luxury hotel in Nepal's capital Monday but the blasts caused no casualties, authorities said." +"3","Charley Sends Mobile Home Stocks Soaring"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of mobile home manufacturers soared on Monday on hopes of increased business after the destruction Hurricane Charley wreaked in Florida over the weekend, an analyst said." +"4","Windows update causes headaches","Games and security programs are on a long list of software that does not work well with the Windows SP2 update." +"4","Nanotech Research Spending Seen Reaching \$8.6B","Worldwide research and\development spending in the emerging field of nanotechnology\should rise about 10 percent this year to \$8.6 billion, a\research firm said on Monday." +"1","Donkey cart beats out Porsche in Portuguese road race (AFP)","AFP - A donkey cart beat a Porsche in a race held in a northern Portuguese city over the weekend to see which mode of transportation could best handle car congestion." +"1","Sudan army voices opposition to upgrading of African Union mission (AFP)","AFP - The Sudanese army expressed opposition to the upgrading of an African Union protection mission newly arrived in the wartorn western region of Darfur into a full-blown peacekeeping force." +"3","Stocks Higher on Oil Price Relief (Reuters)","Reuters - U.S. stocks gained on Monday, getting\a boost from lower oil prices after news the Venezuelan\president survived a recall eased fears about the country's oil\exports." +"3","Intelsat to Be Bought for #36;5 Billion (Reuters)","Reuters - Intelsat Ltd., the world's\second-largest satellite operator, said on Monday it agreed to\be bought by a consortium of four private equity firms for #36;5\billion, including assumption of #36;2 billion of debt." +"3","Intelsat to Be Bought for \$5 Billion"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Intelsat Ltd., the world's second-largest satellite operator, said on Monday it agreed to be bought by a consortium of four private equity firms for \$5 billion, including assumption of \$2 billion of debt." +"3","Stamps.com Asks You to Picture This","The online postage service offers a chance to put personal pictures on official stamps." +"3","Will Schwab Reward Patience?","The company saw an improvement in its trades, but will this market be kind to the brokerages?" +"4","Bacteria Give Coral Its Orange Glow, Study Finds (Reuters)","Reuters - The soft orange glow of a common\Caribbean coral comes not from the coral itself but from\bacteria that live inside it, U.S. scientists said on Thursday." +"4","HP unveils Unix roadmaps","<strong>HP World</strong> Free Alpha upgrades to stem defections" +"4","McAfee grabs Foundstone","The former plans to team up its intrusion prevention technology with the latter's vulnerability management software." +"1","U.N. Official Urges Political Independence (AP)","AP - The United Nations should find ways to demonstrate political independence, regain the neutrality it lost after the Sept. 11 attacks and better communicate with the world's 1 billion Muslims, a top U.N. official said Monday." +"1","Jackson Squares Off With Attorney","SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Dozens of Michael Jackson's fans pressed against a chain-link fence outside court Monday, staking out viewing spots hours before the pop star was to arrive to face off against the prosecutor who has pursued him for years on child molestation charges..." +"1","AP: Group Discovers John the Baptist Cave","KIBBUTZ TZUBA, Israel - Archaeologists said Monday they have found a cave where they believe John the Baptist anointed many of his disciples - a huge cistern with 28 steps leading to an underground pool of water. During an exclusive tour of the cave by The Associated Press, archaeologists presented wall carvings they said tell the story of the fiery New Testament preacher, as well as a stone they believe was used for ceremonial foot washing..." +"1","Delegates Urge Al-Sadr to Leave Shrine","NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. tanks rolled into the Old City of Najaf toward a holy Shiite shrine where militants were hiding Monday as participants at a national conference voted to send a delegation here to try to negotiate an end to the fighting..." +"1","Bush Announces Plan for Troop Realignment","WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday announced plans to shift 60,000 to 70,000 U.S. troops who are now stationed in Europe and Asia in one of the largest troop realignments since the end of the Cold War..." +"4","'SP2' a Must For XP Users (washingtonpost.com)","washingtonpost.com - To get an idea of how Windows got to be such a mess, think of it as a house that was built on an island in the middle of a lake, deep in the countryside." +"4","Rough patches for Microsoft's SP2","Windows update doesn't play well with all applications, even Redmond's. Also: CNET Reviews on security work still to be done." +"2","Bryant Defense Wins Ruling","In another setback to the prosecution in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case, the court maintains ruling that allows information about the accuser's sex life into court." +"3","Stocks Up, Oil Price Ease Gives Relief"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks climbed on Monday, getting a boost from lower oil prices after Venezuela's president declared he had survived a recall referendum, easing fears about the country's oil exports." +"3","KMart Posts Profit; Cash Hits \$2.6 Bln"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kmart Holdings Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KMRT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">KMRT.O</A> on Monday reported its third consecutive quarterly profit and boosted its cash pile to \$2.6 billion as it cut spending on advertising and discounts, sending its stock up 14 percent." +"4","Personal Tech: Cybersecurity","Fast Forward columnist Rob Pegoraro will be online to talk about The Washington Post's special cybersecurity report." +"4","PivX hardens Windows with Qwik-Fix Pro","PivX Solutions, Inc. of Newport Beach, California, on Monday announced the availability of Qwik-Fix Pro, an intrusion prevention software product for Windows machines that disables or modifies features of Microsoft Corp. Windows and the Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser that are frequent targets of malicious computer hackers and virus writers." +"3","No Respite for Microsoft","European antitrust regulators extend their review of Microsoft-Time Warner deal. Also: Gateway plans to sell desktops at CompUSA hellip;. Vodafone's Japanese unit headhunts an executive from rival NTT DoCoMo hellip;. and more." +"3","Overland Bullish on Tech","Investors are dumping tech stocks with abandon. As for Overland Storage, it is a buyer." +"4","Plurality of Worlds in the Universe","Did the same Greek philosophers who declared the first truce for Olympic competition have the foresight to imagine a universe not just where many countries could coexist, but also a universe occupied by many such habitable worlds?" +"4","CompUSA Agrees to Sell Gateway PCs (PC World)","PC World - Desktop systems will be available in 226 stores across the U.S." +"3","Lowe's Reports 18 Pct. Hike in Profits"," ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lowe's Cos. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=LOW.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">LOW.N</A>, the world's No. 2 home improvement retailer, on Monday reported an 18 percent increase in second-quarter profit and said earnings for the rest of the year would top current estimates." +"3","Toymakers' Stocks Hit Lows on Downgrade"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of top toy maker Mattel Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MAT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">MAT.N</A> and rival Hasbro Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HAS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HAS.N</A> fell to their lowest levels at least 14 months on Monday after a downgrade by Lehman Brothers, which cited deteriorating industry conditions." +"4","Microsoft ships updated Works","Version 8 of the low-priced productivity package includes a stand-alone dictionary and a PowerPoint add-on." +"4","Briefly: FaceTime pulls in \$16 million","roundup Plus: Bladed desktop pioneer gets \$25 million...AOL kicks off free fantasy sports...HP partners with 3G gear maker." +"4","Microsoft, Time Warner DRM buy on EU review shelf","Regulators could still launch an investigation into the two titans' acquisition of ContentGuard this month." +"4","Ex-Polaroid exec takes top finance job at 3Com","Donald Halsted, one target of a class-action suit alleging financial improprieties at bankrupt Polaroid, officially becomes CFO." +"4","Intel delays first TV chip","In another setback, the chipmaker says a processor for large-screen projection TVs won't come out this year." +"4","Sybase upgrades PowerBuilder, plots RFID move","Sybase Inc. released a new version of its application development tool on Monday, called PowerBuilder 10, and outlined plans for an upgrade to its database software, Adaptive Server Enterprise, which will go into beta at the end of this month and is due for release next year." +"4","Infocus: Detecting Worms and Abnormal Activities with NetFlow, Part 1","This paper discusses the use of NetFlow, a traffic profile monitoring technology available on many routers, for use in the early detection of worms, spammers, and other abnormal network activity in large enterprise networks and service providers." +"2","Escobedo Keeps U.S. Unbeaten in Boxing (AP)","AP - They washed cars, put up posters and sold T-shirts to raise the money to be here. When it was finally time for Vicente Escobedo to fight, his family and friends welcomed him into the arena by waving his picture and chanting ""Chente, Chente.""" +"2","Chronology of Key Events in Kobe Bryant (AP)","AP - Timeline of the sexual assault case against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant:" +"2","Blackhawks Re-Sign Defenseman Berard"," Chicago, Ill. (Sports Network) - The Chicago Blackhawks Monday agreed to terms on a one-year contract with defenseman Bryan Berard. As per team policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed." +"1","India makes elephants appeal","Indian asks Bangladesh to spare the lives of around 100 elephants which have strayed across the border." +"1","Murder search police make arrest","Police investigating the murder of newlywed Chanel Taylor make an arrest." +"1","Bush Announces Plan to Realign Thousands of Troops","President Bush today announced plans to shift 60,000 to 70,000 U.S. troops who are now stationed in Europe and Asia." +"1","Bush Announces Plan for Troop Realignment","CINCINNATI - President Bush on Monday announced plans to shift as many as 70,000 U.S. troops who are now stationed in Western Europe and Asia in one of the largest realignments since the end of the Cold War..." +"1","Jackson Squares Off With Attorney","SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Fans of Michael Jackson erupted in cheers Monday as the pop star emerged from a double-decker tour bus and went into court for a showdown with the prosecutor who has pursued him for years on child molestation charges..." +"4","Does That Web Site Look Phishy? 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(MSFT) technology and relies on it exclusively to transmit, protect and display the movies it rents to customers..." diff --git a/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/train.py b/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/train.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3abf222c --- /dev/null +++ b/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/train.py @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +import os +import sys +import time +import six +import numpy as np +import math +import argparse +import paddle +import paddle.fluid as fluid +import paddle.fluid.layers.nn as nn +import paddle.fluid.layers.tensor as tensor +import paddle.fluid.layers.control_flow as cf +import paddle.fluid.layers.io as io +import time +import utils + +SEED = 102 + +def parse_args(): + parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("TagSpace benchmark.") + parser.add_argument('train_file') + parser.add_argument('test_file') + parser.add_argument('--use_cuda', help='whether use gpu') + args = parser.parse_args() + return args + +def network(vocab_text_size, vocab_tag_size, emb_dim=10, hid_dim=1000, win_size=5, margin=0.1): + """ network definition """ + text = io.data(name="text", shape=[1], lod_level=1, dtype='int64') + pos_tag = io.data(name="pos_tag", shape=[1], lod_level=1, dtype='int64') + neg_tag = io.data(name="neg_tag", shape=[1], lod_level=1, dtype='int64') + + text_emb = nn.embedding( + input=text, size=[vocab_text_size, emb_dim], param_attr="text_emb") + pos_tag_emb = nn.embedding( + input=pos_tag, size=[vocab_tag_size, emb_dim], param_attr="tag_emb") + neg_tag_emb = nn.embedding( + input=neg_tag, size=[vocab_tag_size, emb_dim], param_attr="tag_emb") + + conv_1d = fluid.nets.sequence_conv_pool( + input=text_emb, + num_filters=hid_dim, + filter_size=win_size, + act="tanh", + pool_type="max", + param_attr="cnn") + + text_hid = fluid.layers.fc(input=conv_1d, size=emb_dim, param_attr="text_hid") + + cos_pos = nn.cos_sim(pos_tag_emb, text_hid) + cos_neg = nn.cos_sim(neg_tag_emb, text_hid) + + loss_part1 = nn.elementwise_sub( + tensor.fill_constant_batch_size_like( + input=cos_pos, + shape=[-1, 1], + value=margin, + dtype='float32'), + cos_pos) + loss_part2 = nn.elementwise_add(loss_part1, cos_neg) + loss_part3 = nn.elementwise_max( + tensor.fill_constant_batch_size_like( + input=loss_part2, shape=[-1, 1], value=0.0, dtype='float32'), + loss_part2) + avg_cost = nn.mean(loss_part3) + + less = tensor.cast(cf.less_than(cos_neg, cos_pos), dtype='float32') + correct = nn.reduce_sum(less) + return text, pos_tag, neg_tag, avg_cost, correct, cos_pos + +def train(train_reader, vocab_text, vocab_tag, base_lr, batch_size, + pass_num, use_cuda, model_dir): + """ train network """ + + args = parse_args() + vocab_text_size = len(vocab_text) + vocab_tag_size = len(vocab_tag) + + place = fluid.CUDAPlace(0) if use_cuda else fluid.CPUPlace() + # Train program + text, pos_tag, neg_tag, avg_cost, correct, pos_cos = network(vocab_text_size, vocab_tag_size) + + # Optimization to minimize lost + sgd_optimizer = fluid.optimizer.Adagrad(learning_rate=base_lr) + sgd_optimizer.minimize(avg_cost) + + # Initialize executor + startup_program = fluid.default_startup_program() + loop_program = fluid.default_main_program() + + exe = fluid.Executor(place) + exe.run(startup_program) + + total_time = 0.0 + for pass_idx in range(pass_num): + epoch_idx = pass_idx + 1 + print("epoch_%d start" % epoch_idx) + t0 = time.time() + for batch_id, data in enumerate(train_reader()): + lod_text_seq = utils.to_lodtensor([dat[0] for dat in data], place) + lod_pos_tag = utils.to_lodtensor([dat[1] for dat in data], place) + lod_neg_tag = utils.to_lodtensor([dat[2] for dat in data], place) + loss_val, correct_val = exe.run( + loop_program, + feed={ + "text": lod_text_seq, + "pos_tag": lod_pos_tag, + "neg_tag": lod_neg_tag}, + fetch_list=[avg_cost, correct]) + if batch_id % 10 == 0: + print("TRAIN --> pass: {} batch_id: {} avg_cost: {}, acc: {}" + .format(pass_idx, batch_id, loss_val, + float(correct_val) / batch_size)) + t1 = time.time() + total_time += t1 - t0 + print("epoch:%d num_steps:%d time_cost(s):%f" % + (epoch_idx, batch_id, total_time / epoch_idx)) + save_dir = "%s/epoch_%d" % (model_dir, epoch_idx) + feed_var_names = ["text", "pos_tag"] + fetch_vars = [pos_cos] + fluid.io.save_inference_model(save_dir ,feed_var_names, fetch_vars, exe) + print("finish training") + +def train_net(): + """ do training """ + args = parse_args() + train_file = args.train_file + test_file = args.test_file + use_cuda = True if args.use_cuda else False + batch_size = 100 + vocab_text, vocab_tag, train_reader, test_reader = utils.prepare_data( + train_file, test_file, batch_size=batch_size, buffer_size=batch_size*100, word_freq_threshold=0) + train( + train_reader=train_reader, + vocab_text=vocab_text, + vocab_tag=vocab_tag, + base_lr=0.01, + batch_size=batch_size, + pass_num=10, + use_cuda=use_cuda, + model_dir="model_dim10_2") + + +if __name__ == "__main__": + train_net() diff --git a/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/utils.py b/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/utils.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e1644c3a --- /dev/null +++ b/fluid/PaddleRec/TagSpace/utils.py @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@ +import re +import sys +import collections +import six +import time +import numpy as np +import paddle.fluid as fluid +import paddle +import csv + +def to_lodtensor(data, place): + """ convert to LODtensor """ + seq_lens = [len(seq) for seq in data] + cur_len = 0 + lod = [cur_len] + for l in seq_lens: + cur_len += l + lod.append(cur_len) + flattened_data = np.concatenate(data, axis=0).astype("int64") + flattened_data = flattened_data.reshape([len(flattened_data), 1]) + res = fluid.LoDTensor() + res.set(flattened_data, place) + res.set_lod([lod]) + return res + +def prepare_data(train_filename, + test_filename, + batch_size, + neg_size=1, + buffer_size=1000, + word_freq_threshold=0, + enable_ce=False): + """ prepare the AG's News Topic Classification data """ + print("start constuct word dict") + vocab_text = build_dict(2, word_freq_threshold, train_filename, test_filename) + vocab_tag = build_dict(0, word_freq_threshold, train_filename, test_filename) + print("construct word dict done\n") + train_reader = sort_batch( + paddle.reader.shuffle( + train( + train_filename, vocab_text, vocab_tag, buffer_size, data_type=DataType.SEQ), + buf_size=buffer_size), + batch_size, batch_size * 20) + test_reader = sort_batch( + test( + test_filename, vocab_text, vocab_tag, buffer_size, data_type=DataType.SEQ), + batch_size, batch_size * 20) + return vocab_text, vocab_tag, train_reader, test_reader + +def sort_batch(reader, batch_size, sort_group_size, drop_last=False): + """ + Create a batched reader. + :param reader: the data reader to read from. + :type reader: callable + :param batch_size: size of each mini-batch + :type batch_size: int + :param sort_group_size: size of partial sorted batch + :type sort_group_size: int + :param drop_last: drop the last batch, if the size of last batch is not equal to batch_size. + :type drop_last: bool + :return: the batched reader. + :rtype: callable + """ + + def batch_reader(): + r = reader() + b = [] + for instance in r: + b.append(instance) + if len(b) == sort_group_size: + sortl = sorted(b, key=lambda x: len(x[0]), reverse=True) + b = [] + c = [] + for sort_i in sortl: + c.append(sort_i) + if (len(c) == batch_size): + yield c + c = [] + if drop_last == False and len(b) != 0: + sortl = sorted(b, key=lambda x: len(x[0]), reverse=True) + c = [] + for sort_i in sortl: + c.append(sort_i) + if (len(c) == batch_size): + yield c + c = [] + + # Batch size check + batch_size = int(batch_size) + if batch_size <= 0: + raise ValueError("batch_size should be a positive integeral value, " + "but got batch_size={}".format(batch_size)) + return batch_reader + + +class DataType(object): + SEQ = 2 + +def word_count(column_num, input_file, word_freq=None): + """ + compute word count from corpus + """ + if word_freq is None: + word_freq = collections.defaultdict(int) + data_file = csv.reader(input_file) + for row in data_file: + for w in re.split(r'\W+',row[column_num].strip()): + word_freq[w]+= 1 + return word_freq + +def build_dict(column_num=2, min_word_freq=50, train_filename="", test_filename=""): + """ + Build a word dictionary from the corpus, Keys of the dictionary are words, + and values are zero-based IDs of these words. + """ + with open(train_filename) as trainf: + with open(test_filename) as testf: + word_freq = word_count(column_num, testf, word_count(column_num, trainf)) + + word_freq = [x for x in six.iteritems(word_freq) if x[1] > min_word_freq] + word_freq_sorted = sorted(word_freq, key=lambda x: (-x[1], x[0])) + words, _ = list(zip(*word_freq_sorted)) + word_idx = dict(list(zip(words, six.moves.range(len(words))))) + return word_idx + +def reader_creator(filename, text_idx, tag_idx, n, data_type): + def reader(): + with open(filename) as input_file: + data_file = csv.reader(input_file) + for row in data_file: + text_raw = re.split(r'\W+', row[2].strip()) + text = [text_idx.get(w) for w in text_raw] + tag_raw = re.split(r'\W+', row[0].strip()) + pos_index = tag_idx.get(tag_raw[0]) + pos_tag=[] + pos_tag.append(pos_index) + neg_tag=[] + max_iter = 100 + now_iter = 0 + sum_n = 0 + while(sum_n < 1) : + now_iter += 1 + if now_iter > max_iter: + print("error : only one class") + sys.exit(0) + rand_i = np.random.randint(0, len(tag_idx)) + if rand_i != pos_index: + neg_index=rand_i + neg_tag.append(neg_index) + sum_n += 1 + if n > 0 and len(text) > n: continue + yield text, pos_tag, neg_tag + return reader + +def train(filename, text_idx, tag_idx, n, data_type=DataType.SEQ): + return reader_creator(filename, text_idx, tag_idx, n, data_type) + +def test(filename, text_idx, tag_idx, n, data_type=DataType.SEQ): + return reader_creator(filename, text_idx, tag_idx, n, data_type) -- GitLab