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Ivan begins lashing Jamaica Waves two-stories high and torrential rains flooded eastern Jamaica and punishing winds knocked down trees and power lines as Hurricane Ivan slammed coastal areas | 0 |
US Open champ tops Els, Appleby by 6 SUN CITY, South Africa -- South Africa #39;s Retief Goosen claimed his first Sun City Golf Challenge title Sunday at the Gary Player Country Club. | 1 |
Bryant Hot, But Magic Hotter in Win The Magic couldn #39;t stop Kobe Bryant in the fourth quarter Friday night, but they discovered something many NBA teams may be learning this season -- they didn #39;t have to. | 1 |
Astros Beat Braves 8-5, Take 2-1 Series Lead HOUSTON (Reuters) - Brandon Backe pitched six strong innings and Morgan Ensberg drove in three runs to secure the Houston Astros an 8-5 divisional playoff victory over the Atlanta Braves Saturday. | 1 |
Forecasters See No Repeat of 80s Oil Bust (Reuters) Reuters - A team of market forecasters that\correctly predicted the oil bust of the 1980s thinks history\will not repeat itself, at least for now. | 2 |
Venezuela's Chavez Wins Recall Referendum (Reuters) Reuters - Venezuela's left-wing\President Hugo Chavez won a recall referendum on his divisive\rule in a vote backed on Monday by international observers who\found no "element of fraud." | 2 |
US urged to negotiate with N. Korea, improve image in Asia <b>...</b> Time is running out for a peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue and the United States must negotiate directly with Pyongyang if it truly wants a solution, Asian experts warned on Monday. | 0 |
Philadelphia visits surprising Lions in game featuring two <b>...</b> They beat the Minnesota Vikings in the 13th game of the 2001 season, guaranteeing the Lions would not be the NFL #39;s first 0-16 team. | 1 |
Thai king in southern peace plea The king of Thailand appeals for the military and police to work together to restore peace in Thailand's south. | 0 |
Suspect admits al-Qaida membership A man accused of being the chief propagandist for Osama bin Laden admitted yesterday at a military trial that he was a member of the al-Qaida terrorist | 0 |
Yanks Rout BoSox 11-1, Extending AL Lead NEW YORK - Gary Sheffield and the New York Yankees battered Pedro Martinez, opening some breathing room in the AL East. Sheffield, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada homered off an ineffective Martinez, and Mike Mussina gave the Yankees another excellent outing Sunday in New York's 11... | 0 |
Kazaa Offers Unlimited Free Internet Phone Calls LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sharman Networks Ltd., distributor of the Kazaa file-sharing software, on Monday launched its latest version which enables users to make free online calls anywhere in the world. | 3 |
Whither Microsoft? With Microsoft Corp. shareholders on the verge of collectively receiving \$32 billion in cash from the software maker's special \$3 dividend, investors are wondering what's ahead for one of Wall Street's most popular stocks. | 2 |
Furl Search Client Acquired By LookSmart Furl Search Client Acquired By LookSmart\\LookSmart, an Internet search company, today announced the acquisition of Furl.net, an innovative service that enables users to save a full-text copy of any page on the Web, then search and share that data. Terms of the acquisition were... | 3 |
US insurers hit by probe threat US health insurance stocks fall amid concerns that New York attorney general Elliot Spitzer will widen a probe into price rigging. | 2 |
#39;Takeover bid #39; for Sainsbury #39;s AILING supermarket chain Sainsbury #39;s is the target of a 5bn takeover bid being prepared by an ex-treasurer of the Conservative Party, it was reported yesterday. | 2 |
Philippines military slam "Mafia" tag amid corruption scandal (AFP) AFP - The Philippines military has angrily rejected a legislator's suggestions that its top brass was like a quot;Mafia quot; crime family amid a widening probe into a corruption scandal in the armed forces. | 0 |
35 children killed in Baghdad blasts BAGHDAD In one of the most horrific attacks here since the fall of Saddam Hussein, a pair of car bombs tore through a street celebration Thursday at the opening of a government-built sewer plant, killing 41 Iraqi civilians, at least 34 of them children | 0 |
Ad claimed Linux 10 times more expensive than Windows LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - A Microsoft advertisement claiming that the Linux operating system is much more expensive to operate than its own Windows was found to be misleading by the a UK regulator on Wednesday. | 3 |
Brother of UK hostage urges Blair to plead for hostage release Paul Bigley, brother of Kenneth Bigley who is being held hostage by militants in Iraq, called on British Prime Minister Tony Blair Monday to step up efforts to win the release | 0 |
European Commission restarts clock on Oracle-Peoplesoft BRUSSELS -- The European Commission has restarted its investigation into Oracle Corp.'s hostile bid to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. and will issue its judgement by early November at the latest, it said on Thursday. | 3 |
China criticizes Bush ahead of election On the eve of the US presidential election, China accused President Bush of trying to quot;rule over the whole world, quot; saying the invasion of Iraq destroyed the global anti-terrorism | 0 |
Nintendo DS Sales Get Good Start in US, Japan Nintendo has played down the threat from Sony, saying that Nintendo #39;s strength lies in software and the ability to make games that are easy and fun. | 3 |
Review: New #39;Hawk #39; game most thorough ever There #39;s only one thing better than riding a halfpipe ramp in quot;Tony Hawk #39;s Underground 2 quot; - doing it in real life. | 1 |
Bush Says Kerry Doesn't Understand Terror War (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush charged on\Wednesday that Democrat John Kerry has a "fundamental\misunderstanding" of the war on terrorism because a leader in\the Iraqi insurgency, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has sworn\allegiance to al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. | 0 |
Good tennis is latest fashion Serena Williams was all about show at the beginning of this US Open. Dress in what some would consider an outrageous manner. Tweak the tennis establishment. | 1 |
Francis, Magic Rally Past Lakers 122-113 (AP) AP - Steve Francis scored a season-high 32 points, and Grant Hill added 27 points and 12 rebounds to rally the Orlando Magic to a 122-113 comeback victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. | 1 |
Tracy wins pole at Surfers Paradise Canada #39;s Paul Tracy overcame a damaged nosecone in practice to claim the pole position for the Lexmark Indy 300 on Friday, breaking up a battle between teammates Sebastien Bourdais and Bruno Junqueira. | 1 |
Malibu maker sees profits climb Rising sales of core spirit brands have helped drinks giant Allied Domecq report a rise in annual profits. The owner of Courvoisier cognac and Beefeater gin said full-year pre-tax profits before exceptional items rose 6 to 521m (\$942. | 2 |
Phillies Notes Phillies join hunt for Pavano The Yankees and Red <b>...</b> Even with signs pointing toward the Carl Pavano sweepstakes coming down to a bidding war between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, the Phillies have jumped into the mix. | 1 |
Antarctic Glacier-Melt Increasing Dramatically As early as the 1970s, several theorists and climate modelers predicted that global warming would cause ice shelves in the oceans around Antarctica to melt and release glaciers. | 3 |
Dutch filmmaker who criticized Islam is slain in Amsterdam <b>...</b> A Dutch filmmaker who got death threats after his movie sharply criticized how women are treated under Islam was stabbed and shot to death Tuesday on an Amsterdam street. | 0 |
Salina chosen as launch site for around-the-world solo flight SALINA - An unprecedented attempt at a solo, around-the-world, nonstop, unrefueled flight will have a distinct Kansas flavor. The around-the-world flight of the GlobalFlyer will begin and, if things go right, finish at the Salina Municipal Airport. | 3 |
'Unknowns' stirring Palestinian race Some say Mustafa Barghouthi's campaign may lead to the creation of a viable secular opposition in Palestinian politics. | 0 |
Rescue attempt underway for ill-fated transatlantic rower from Germany (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - HALIFAX (CP) - Floating in the Atlantic Ocean, his life raft deflated, a man who has failed in his bid to row from the United States to England was counting on a Canadian search-and-rescue helicopter to pluck him fr... | 0 |
Investor Profile: Asensio Ponders Long Bet As a dedicated short-seller for nearly eight years, Manuel Asensio became known as one of the most ruthless investors in the business. | 2 |
Next step: Anti-porn filters Although the Phoenix City Council banned the downloading of Internet pornography Wednesday, officials aren #39;t sure when filters would be installed on library computers. | 3 |
One Value-Priced Biotechnology Giant As investors waited anxiously for Amgen #39;s (Nasdaq: AMGN) earnings report, the United Kingdom #39;s high court snuck in with a stinker. | 2 |
Andre gone with the wind He was finally out of the wicked wind tunnel known as Arthur Ashe Stadium, out of the gale that combined with Roger Federer to blow him from the quarterfinals of the US Open. | 1 |
Pollution May Be Reducing Calif. Rainfall (AP) AP - Urban air pollution may be reducing rainfall in the Central Valley and along the heavily populated southern California coast, while trimming mountain snowfall that supplies much of the state's drinking and irrigation water and hydroelectric power, a Stanford Universit... | 3 |
Virginia Gets New Tech Chief After nearly three years as deputy secretary of technology for the commonwealth of Virginia, Eugene Huang next week will step up to be Gov. | 3 |
Marsh to Make Payments More Transparent One day after ousting its chief executive, the nation's largest insurance broker said it will tell clients exactly how much they are paying for services and renounce back-door payments from carriers. | 2 |
Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within is Now Available! Ubisoft has announced that Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within is now out for all platforms, including the Nintendo GameCube. Developed by Ubisofts Montreal studio, the same that brought you Prince of | 3 |
Yanks, Mets make a deal The Yankees have spent the last two years trying to find a left-handed reliever to take the place of Mike Stanton. Now they have one: Mike Stanton. | 1 |
Mods for Doom III out and aboot THE WRAPPER IS only just off Activision #39;s Doom III and there are already a list of mods and cheats for the game. The mods are already top hits at Gamespot, including one which makes it possible to shine a | 3 |
Red Bull drop A1-Ring expansion plans Red Bull Racing has dropped plans for a 700-million euro (\$940 million) revamp of Austria #39;s A1-Ring grand prix track because of environmental concerns, team owner Dietrich Mateschitz said. | 1 |
Nikkei Opens Firmer on Exporters TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average rose 0.24 percent at the open on Thursday as a recovery in the dollar helped exporters, though trade was slow as investors awaited key domestic economic data and earnings reports from companies such as Rohm Co. | 2 |
Nokia Adds RFID to Latest Handsets Nokia #39;s RFID system offers consumers access to browsing and text message services by touching tags that contain service shortcuts. | 3 |
Tiger Takes A Stand On Ryder Cup Politics Tiger is upset that his buddy Mark O #39;Meara got passed over as 2006 Ryder Cup captain. Instead, PGA America picked Tom Lehman. Woods says that Lehman is a good choice but would be a good choice four years from | 1 |
Intel Corp. Makes Marketing Push for Centrino Chip SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=INTC.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">INTC.O</A> on Monday launched a global advertising campaign for its Centrino notebook computer chips, aiming... | 3 |
UN Marks Anniversary of Bombing of Baghdad Mission The United Nations is marking the first anniversary of the bombing of UN headquarters in Baghdad that killed 22 people, including the world body #39;s top envoy to Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello. | 0 |
Mourinho Keeps Close Tabs on Players Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes vigilance is the key to knowing whether a player has developed problems outside of his footballing life. | 1 |
CIOs expect moderate hiring, study says Chief information officers in the United States are still taking a quot;measured approach to hiring, quot; according to a report released Thursday by staffing company Robert Half Technology. | 3 |
Calif. Seeks to Create More Solar Homes (AP) AP - California could have 1 million buildings producing solar energy by 2018, with half of all new homes powered by the sun, administration officials said as they outlined ways to meet one of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's more ambitious campaign promises. | 3 |
HK Paper Adds Fuel to Speculation China #39;s Jiang Out Secrecy shrouded a meeting of China #39;s Communist Party for a third day Saturday, but a Hong Kong newspaper added to speculation that military chief Jiang Zemin would | 0 |
Thousands mourn elusive bandit at Indian funeral Thousands of people in the south Indian city of Chennai have turned out for the funeral of the country #39;s most wanted bandit, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan. | 0 |
NFL: Seattle-St. Louis UNDER 43 With a posted total of 42 or higher a the home team is off of a home win the road team scored 24 or more points their last game and the road team played a close gameeither lost by five or less or won by 10 or less, its gone under 27-5. | 1 |
Intel expands Centrino line with new Pentium M chip Intel Corp. gave its Centrino laptop package a speed boost Wednesday with the release of a new, faster Pentium M processor. The Centrino package includes a Pentium M processor, a PC chipset and a WLAN (wireless LAN) chipset. | 3 |
Yes, Options Really Are an Expense FASB stares down the tech lobby and mandates that employee stock options must be expensed. | 2 |
3 DeLay Workers Indicted in Texas (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - AUSTIN, Sept. 21 -- Three top political aides to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) were indicted Tuesday on charges of illegally raising political funds from corporations in 2002, much of which was funneled into the Republican takeover o... | 0 |
GE to sell 60 percent of Indian BPO operation BANGALORE, INDIA -- General Electric Co. (GE) is selling a 60 percent stake in GE Capital International Services (GECIS), its business process outsourcing (BPO) subsidiary in India, for about \$500 million, the company said Monday. | 2 |
Israeli faults rabbis' urgings on settlements JERUSALEM -- Israel's army chief of staff yesterday condemned a call from scores of rabbis on observant soldiers to refuse to obey orders to evacuate Jewish settlements under next year's planned Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip. | 0 |
Arafat #39;s security chief escapes blast A Palestinian security chief related to Yasser Arafat escaped a suspected assassination attempt late on Tuesday when a car bomb blew up outside his headquarters in Gaza City, witnesses said. | 0 |
A Nokia Smartphone With An Edge NEW YORK - It #39;s a little early to tell which camera phone features will resonate with US users in the long term. Americans may never embrace picture and video messaging to the same degree that consumers in South Korea and Japan have. | 3 |
Los Angeles Clippers LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Clippers are picking up the victories you have to secure if you want to contend for a postseason berth in the Western Conference. | 1 |
Entrepreneurship emerges as the new song of India In early October, two dozen Boston-area venture capitalists paid \$3,500 each to take a weeklong excursion to India. They saw three cities in seven days, met with entrepreneurs and chief executives, and had a private sitting with the president of India. | 2 |
Eagles open to rave reviews Owens, Westbrook and McNabb have <b>...</b> PHILADELPHIA For the Philadelphia Eagles, it was a case of in with the new, and also in with some of the old. For the New York Giants, it was more of what has become the same stale story. | 1 |
Ukraine appears set for new poll It looks likely that Ukraine will hold a new election as it awaits a supreme court verdict on electoral fraud. | 0 |
IRS Announces Thousands In Unclaimed Refunds FORT SMITH, Ark. -- Many Arkansans and Oklahomans could have money coming and not know it, federal officials said Tuesday. The Internal Revenue Service announced that more than 1,500 residents in both states have unclaimed tax refunds. | 2 |
Cancun to hold Formula One race in 2006 Formula One has signed a five-year agreement to hold a race in Cancun starting in 2006, joining NASCAR in heading south of the border. | 1 |
Report: China Firm Plans 3,000 Net Cafes (AP) AP - China's second-largest mobile phone company plans to open 3,000 Internet cafes by the end of the year, exerting stronger state control over a sector once dominated by private enterprise, state-run radio reported Tuesday. | 3 |
Justice Dept. and S.E.C. Investigating Merck Drug Federal prosecutors and the S.E.C. are investigating Merck in connection with its recalled pain reliever, Vioxx. | 0 |
Blog Search Engines Blog Search Engines\\When searching for blogs or marketing your own blog, one must always take blog search engines and directories into account. Some blog search engines search databases of thousands of blogs, while some search through their own directory listings. If you own a blog, you're going to... | 3 |
Judge Approves a WorldCom Settlement A federal judge in New York has approved a \$2.6 billion settlement of a class-action lawsuit on behalf of more than 170,000 WorldCom investors who claimed they were defrauded by Citigroup. | 2 |
Nuggets 76, Hornets 67 Earl Boykins scored 22 points to help the Denver Nuggets overcome the absence of Carmelo Anthony and defeat the New Orleans Hornets 76-67 on Monday night. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-China premier wants stable economy for yuan reform Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signalled the country was in no rush to reform the yuan, and questioned why more hadn #39;t been done to stop the dollar #39;s slide, the strongest | 2 |
DNA Project May Reunite Adoptees with their Parents By MITCH STACY SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- Linda Hammer has helped thousands of adoptees find birth families through her people-finding Web site, weekly radio show and newspaper column... | 3 |
Intel Cancels Plan to Enter Digital TV Chip Market (Reuters) Reuters - Intel Corp. on Thursday\said it has canceled its plan to enter the digital television\chip business, marking a major retreat from an initiative that\was intended to broaden the computer chip maker's market focus. | 3 |
US single-family starts down 8.2; permits higher WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- US homebuilders slowed their pace of new construction in September, with housing starts coming in 6 percent lower to put the seasonally adjusted, annual rate at 1.898 million units, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. | 2 |
Soccer: Adriano paces Inter Milan The Brazilian striker Adriano scored two goals Sunday as Inter Milan beat Udinese, 3-1, in Serie A. An Andrea Pirlo strike gave AC Milan a 1-0 victory at Cagliari, moving Milan three points behind first-place Juventus. | 1 |
Apple Profits Surge on iPod, Laptop Sales Apple Computer Inc.'s fourth quarter earnings soared on strong sales of laptop computers and its popular iPod music players, helping the company notch its highest revenue for the quarter in nine years. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666... | 3 |
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. | 1 |
German recovery already running out of steam: research institutes (AFP) AFP - The German economy, which grew strongly in the first half of this year on the back of robust exports, will see a slowdown next year as a result of the braking effects of runaway oil prices and a tailing off of foreign demand for German-made g... | 2 |
British retail sales see fastest growth in Sept. Retail sales in Britain saw the fastest growth in September since January, casting doubts on the view that the economy is slowing down, according to official figures released Thursday. | 2 |
Tories accuse Labour of dirty tricks in cyberspace (AFP) AFP - The ruling Labour Party was accused of planning dirty tricks by registering three Internet domain names which use the name of the leader of the main opposition Conservatives. | 0 |
Manny hits two round-trippers in 10-7 victory even if you were behind home plate, with Curt Schilling #39;s unblinking gaze boring in at you for the better part of 2 1/2 hours | 1 |
Photo 2 of 5: Gadgets galore in old Tokyo CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos travels to Tokyo to find out what may soon be on U.S. shelves. | 3 |
U.S. Stocks End Higher NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday as Internet and semiconductor companies led technology shares higher and crude oil retreated from record high prices. | 2 |
Salvation Army bell ringers hushed Maybe you #39;ve noticed already this holiday season - Salvation Army bell ringers are not standing in front of as many stores as they did last year. | 2 |
Microsoft Expands Software Indemnification Program Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is expanding its indemnification program for Windows and other software products in order to shield users from legal claims and patent | 3 |
AOL Service Adds Secure Authentication A keychain-sized device that generates and displays a unique six-digit numeric code every 60 seconds creates a second layer of protection for AOL members using the new authentication service. | 3 |
U.S. Troops Urge Civilians to Leave Iraqi Rebel City FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. forces warned residents of Falluja through loudspeakers and leaflets on Friday that they would detain any man under 45 trying to enter or leave the rebel-held Iraqi city. | 0 |
Costantino leads R.I. to win SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Chris Costantino struck out Jacob Maxwell with the bases loaded to end the game as Lincoln, R.I., held on to beat Davenport, Iowa, 3-2, last night in Little League World Series action. Costantino finished with 15 strikeouts and allowed just four hits in picking up... | 1 |
J J: Arthritis Drug May Hike Cancer Risk NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson Johnson is warning doctors that patients taking its rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade may have a higher risk of lymphoma, a blood cancer, the company said on Friday. | 2 |
Tony Hawk gave up violin for skateboarding Skateboarding icon Tony Hawk reportedly gave up a budding career as a violinist to pursue his freewheeling boarding passion. Hawk, a professional skateboarder who has become a household name thanks to successful | 3 |
This Genome Is Fowl Researchers have sequenced the genome of the red jungle fowl, an early version of what we know today as the chicken, giving scientists new insight to many human diseases and possibly avian flu. | 3 |
Governor Wants Fines for Selling Violent Games to Kids Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich wants tougher penalties aimed at keeping violent and sexually explicit video games out of the hands of kids. | 3 |
Russians finish dominant #39;04 with Federation Cup victory Russia won its first Fed Cup title yesterday by edging defending champion France 3-2 when Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva beat Marion Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the deciding doubles match. | 1 |
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. | 3 |
Apple #39;s New iMac Is All Display Apple Computer (Quote, Chart) took the wraps off its new iMac family with a design that puts the entire computer into the flat-panel display. | 3 |
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