nlp-arch-lab/data/ag_news_csv/train.csv

"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. Thursday.<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p><p><img src=""http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.ifw.general/ibmpseries;sz=1x1;ord=200301151450?"" width=""1"" height=""1"" border=""0""/><a href=""http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;9824455;9690404;u?http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;9473681;9688522;d?http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/campaigns/boardroom/index.html?ca=pSeries met=boardroom me=E P_Creative=P_InfoW_RSS"">Introducing IBM eServer p5 systems.</a><br/>Powered by IBMs most advanced 64-bit microprocessor (POWER5(tm)), p5 systems can run UNIX and Linux simultaneously. 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? (PC World)","PC World - WholeSecurity's new software claims to identify fraudulent sites."
"4","Product Review: Nokia 6820 Wireless Messaging Handset (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - The Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 6820 is an ergonomically pleasing handheld device that integrates short text, multimedia and \instant messaging capabilities with all of the features and functions that one normally would expect to find in a dedicated GSM/GPRS cellular phone."
"4","Sprint Broadens Its Vision (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - Sprint (NYSE: FON) is taking its mobile-data services to the next level, targeting both consumers and business customers, as the carrier rolls out the Sprint TV multimedia service and adds the popular \BlackBerry e-mail application to its portfolio."
"4","Microsoft Lists XP SP2 Problems (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - With automatic download of Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) enormous SP2 security patch to the Windows XP operating system set to begin, the industry still waits to understand its ramifications. Home users that have their preferences set to receive operating-system updates as they are made available by Microsoft may be surprised to learn that some of the software they already run on their systems could be disabled by SP2 or may run very differently."
"1","2 More Turkish Men Taken Hostage in Iraq (AP)","AP - Armed assailants attacked a convoy of Turkish trucks delivering supplies to U.S. forces in Iraq and took two Turkish drivers hostage, their company said Monday."
"4","Group to Talk Coal-Bed Methane Drilling (AP)","AP - Dozens of scientists plan to converge at the University of Wyoming to talk about West Nile virus, water pollution and other issues related to coal-bed methane drilling."
"4","FDA Approves New Device to Clear Blood Clots","By DIEDTRA HENDERSON    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first device to remove blood clots from the brains of people suffering strokes - a new treatment option that could save lives and shave the \$53 billion annual bill to treat strokes, has been approved by the government.    In 80 percent of strokes, a blood vessel in the brain becomes clogged by a blood clot, increasing the chance of severe disability or death..."
"4","Briefly: Sprint to bake in BlackBerry","roundup Plus: Microsoft ships updated Works...FaceTime pulls in \$16 million...Bladed desktop pioneer gets \$25 million."
"4","Former 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","Sprint to bake in BlackBerry for businesses","Research In Motion's BlackBerry e-mail and data services will be carried on Sprint's networks."
"3","U.S. Stocks Rebound as Oil Prices Ease"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rebounded on Monday as oil  prices retreated from their highs, while upbeat earnings  announcements from retailers fueled the improved sentiment."
"3","Dollar Rises Vs Euro After Asset Data"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar gained 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."
"4","Bikes Bring Internet to Indian Villagers (AP)","AP - For 12-year-old Anju Sharma, hope for a better life arrives in her poor farming village three days a week on a bicycle rickshaw that carries a computer with a high-speed, wireless Internet connection."
"4","Celebrity Chefs Are Everywhere in Vegas","By ADAM GOLDMAN    LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The waiter appears tableside in the cozy dining room laden with oil paintings, stained glass and hints of cherry and oak. Before reciting the day's special menu items, he recounts the restaurant's devotion to farm-fresh produce and tosses out a morsel about its namesake, chef Bradley Ogden..."
"4","Entertainment World Wary of Microsoft Technology","By GARY GENTILE    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- CinemaNow Inc., the Internet-based movie service, is a rarity in Hollywood - a company that eagerly embraces Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) technology and relies on it exclusively to transmit, protect and display the movies it rents to customers..."
"4","European Union Extends Microsoft-Time Warner Review","BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- European antitrust regulators said Monday they have extended their review of a deal between Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Time Warner Inc..."
"2","Patriots Sign Top Pick Watson (Reuters)","Reuters - The New England Patriots\Monday announced the signing of first-round draft pick Benjamin\Watson. As per team policy, terms of the tight end's deal were\not released."
"2","Olympics: Thorpe Beats Phelps as U.S. Fights Gold Gap"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter freestyle on  Monday as the United States pursued China, Australia and Japan  in the medals table on day three of the Olympic Games."
"1","U.S. Awaits Judgment on Venezuela Voting (AP)","AP - There was no evident pattern of fraud in Venezuela's balloting that left President Hugo Chavez in office but a final judgment depends on what observers report, the State Department said Monday."
"1","Bush, Kerry Press for Women's Votes (AP)","AP - Elizabeth Burnosky is a registered Democrat who voted for President Bush in 2000, opposes his policy on Iraq and calls Sen. John Kerry ""a little wussy boy."" Call her conflicted."
"1","Insurers face massive storm bill","Insurers are counting the cost of Hurricane Charley in Florida, with early damage estimates reaching as high as \$14bn (7.6; 11bn euros)."
"1","Fischer Appeals to Powell to Help Him Renounce U.S. Citizenship","Former chess champion Bobby Fischer announced plans Monday to marry a leading Japanese chess official and appealed to Secretary of State Colin Powell to help him renounce U.S. citizenship, the latest in a series of moves as he seeks to block attempts to deport him to the United States."
"3","Venezuela's Chavez Wins Recall Referendum"," CARACAS, Venezuela (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."""
"3","Halliburton Says Army Suspends Withhold Threat"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Halliburton said on Monday the U.S.  Army had decided to give the company more time to resolve a  billing dispute before withholding payment of up to 15 percent  of the company's bills in Iraq and Kuwait."
"3","Belo Takes Charge for Advertising Refunds"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media company Belo Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BLC.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">BLC.N</A> on  Monday said it would refund \$23 million to advertisers because  of a circulation scandal at its Dallas Morning News newspaper,  resulting in a charge against earnings in the current quarter."
"3","LifePoint to Buy Rival for \$1 Bln"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rural hospital operator LifePoint  Hospitals Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=LPNT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">LPNT.O</A> agreed to buy rival Province Healthcare  Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PRV.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">PRV.N</A> for \$1.03 billion in cash and stock to broaden its  geographic reach, the companies said on Monday."
"4","Satellite TV Gains in Race Against Cable","Thousands of Americans have defected to satellite TV as the providers have reported hefty gains while the cable industry has declined. Consumers likely will see aggressive marketing promotions in the next six months as companies jockey for customers, analysts say."
"4","Columnists: Big Brother's Last Mile","The FCC's new ruling on broadband wiretaps will force customers to pay for the privilege of making  the Internet less secure.\"
"1","US to withdraw up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia: Bush (AFP)","AFP - The United States will withdraw up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia over the next decade, President George W. Bush said, in a move aimed at increasing the capability to fight the ""war on terror"" and meet other new threats."
"1","Thorpedo Sinks Phelps' Shot at Record","ATHENS, Greece - The kid couldn't catch the Thorpedo - and he won't be catching Mark Spitz, either. Michael Phelps' quest for seven gold medals ended after just three events, doomed by another bronze Monday night in the most anticipated race at the Olympic pool - the head-to-head showdown with Australia's Ian Thorpe in the 200-meter freestyle..."
"1","AP: Group Finds Cave Linked to Baptist","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..."
"3","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."""
"3","Private Firms to Buy Intelsat for \$3 Bln"," PARIS (Reuters) - Four private equity firms plan to buy  Bermuda-based Intelsat for about \$3 billion, the world's  second-largest satellite operator said on Monday."
"4","Biometric ID System Said to Delay Venezuela Recall","By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER     CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The high-tech thumbprint devices were meant to keep people from voting more than once in the recall ballot against President Hugo Chavez. Instead, they often wound up working fitfully - even when Chavez himself voted - contributing to huge delays in Sunday's historic referendum..."
"1","Hurricane Emergency Aid Set Up in Florida (AP)","AP - More than 76,000 meals and snacks have been served to hurricane-ravaged counties in Florida, with thousands more available from federal, local and private agencies, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday."
"3","Taco Bell's Blue Dew","Pepsi pushes a blue version of Mountain Dew only at Taco Bell. Is this a winning strategy?"
"4","Playlist magazine announced; first issue this month (MacCentral)","MacCentral - Mac Publishing LLC, the publishers of Macworld magazine on Monday announced Playlist, a new digital music magazine for Mac and Windows users. The new magazine, which will be newsstand-only, will be available on August 24, 2004."
"4","Traders Bet on Oracle's PeopleSoft Bid (Reuters)","Reuters - Options traders have been\building bullish positions in PeopleSoft Inc.  (PSFT.O) as\investors bet a federal judge will approve Oracle Corp.'s\hostile takeover bid of the business software maker, traders\said on Monday."
"2","Olympics: Thorpe Beats Phelps as U.S. Suffers Gold Gap"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter freestyle on  Monday as the United States trailed China, Australia and Japan  in the medals table on day three of the Olympic Games."
"1","Iran Calls for U.N. Intervention in Iraq (AP)","AP - Iran and Saudi Arabia called Monday for the United Nations to intervene in Iraq to stop the fighting between U.S. forces and Shhite militants hiding in the holy city of Najaf."
"1","Congolese Massacre Victims in Burundi Mourned"," GATUMBA, Burundi (Reuters) - Mourners covered their faces  to block the smell of disinfectant and death Monday as they  buried more than 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees burned, hacked  and shot in an attack on their camp in western Burundi."
"3","Executive Compensation","Post staff writer David Hilzenrath and editor Mike Flagg discuss which local executives have the sweetest deals."
"3","Kmart: Retail or Real Estate?","Lately, the company's retail operation has been lagging behind sales of its locations."
"4","RSS gets down to business","Calendar application is one of the first non-blogging uses of the standard."
"4","Motorola and HP in Linux tie-up","Motorola plans first use of the open-source software in the core of next-generation cell phone networks."
"2","Singh Growing Hall of Fame Credentials (AP)","AP - An official from the World Golf Hall of Fame joined a casual conversation last year about players on the verge of election, and someone mentioned Vijay Singh."
"1","Reality TV under fire in Portugal following 'Big Brother' suicide bid (AFP)","AFP - Reality television programs were under renewed fire in Portugal after the winner of the nation's first edition of the popular ""Big Brother"" series threatened to throw himself from a bridge over the weekend."
"1","2 Kidnapped in Iraq, 2 Others Freed (AP)","AP - Armed assailants attacked a convoy of Turkish trucks delivering supplies to U.S. forces in Iraq and took two Turkish drivers hostage, their company said Monday."
"1","Iraq Conference in Najaf Peace Bid; Oil Well Ablaze"," BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops and Shi'ite militiamen  battled in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf Monday, just hours  after political and religious leaders in Baghdad agreed to make  a last-ditch appeal for peace."
"3","Equity Firms to Buy Intelsat for \$3.1 Bln"," PARIS (Reuters) - Intelsat is to be sold to four private  equity firms for \$3.1 billion, the world's second-largest  satellite operator said on Monday."
"3","Halliburton: Army  to Give Company More Time to Resolve Billing Dispute","Halliburton said Monday the U.S. Army had decided to give the company more time to resolve a billing dispute before withholding payment of up to 15 percent of the company's bills in Iraq and Kuwait."
"4","Md. Field Dig May Reach Back 16,000 Years (AP)","AP - Robert D. Wall is too careful a scientist to say he's on the verge of a sensational discovery."
"2","Former Super Flyweight Champion Quiroga Found Dead"," SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Former International Boxing  Federation (IBF) super flyweight champion Robert Quiroga was  killed early Monday, police said."
"2","Olympics: Thorpe Wins 'Race of the Century'"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Australia's Ian Thorpe won the gold  medal in the men's 200 meters freestyle, dubbed the ""race of  the century,"" at the Athens Olympics on Monday."
"3","Sysco Profit Rises; Sales Volume Flat"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sysco Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SYY.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">SYY.N</A>, 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  cost control measures helped offset the higher food prices that  were slowing demand."
"4","Microsoft details XP SP2 conflicts","Microsoft Corp. has published a list of nearly 50 applications and games that may not work correctly after installing Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP."
"2","Kobe Bryant Rape Trial Looks Set to Go Ahead (Reuters)","Reuters - The trial in the Kobe Bryant rape\case looked set to go ahead later this month after the state's\highest court ruled against prosecutors on Monday over a key\piece of evidence in the high-profile case."
"2","White Sox Manager Suspended Two Games (AP)","AP - Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was suspended Monday for two games and fined an undisclosed amount for arguing with umpires during an Aug. 9 game against Cleveland."
"2","Kobe Bryant Rape Trial Looks Set to Go Ahead"," EAGLE, Colo. (Reuters) - The trial in the Kobe Bryant rape  case looked set to go ahead later this month after the state's  highest court ruled against prosecutors on Monday over a key  piece of evidence in the high-profile case."
"1","Lufthansa to levy 'temporary' fuel surcharge (AFP)","AFP - German carrier Lufthansa said it would levy a temporary fuel surcharge on tickets from August 24, in response to the rise in the price of oil."
"1","Iraq's Al-Yawer Vows Kurd Rebel Crackdown (AP)","AP - Iraq's interim president promised on Monday to prevent Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq from launching attacking into Turkey, apparently hoping to avoid a Turkish military response."
"1","Japanese Power Company Missed Inspections (AP)","AP - The operator of a nuclear power plant where a long-neglected cooling pipe burst and killed four workers last week said Monday that four other pipes at its reactors also went unchecked for years."
"1","Bush Announces Plan for Troop Realignment","WASHINGTON - Two Army divisions will return to the United States from Germany as part of a global military restructuring that President Bush says will bring up to 70,000 American troops home in the next decade.    Pentagon officials said Monday the 1st Armored Division and 1st Infantry Division probably won't start leaving their bases in Germany until 2006 at the earliest..."
"4","Intel to Delay Product for High-Definition TVs"," SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - 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."
"4","Dust Clears, Mars Bright, Spirit Good","One hundred twenty scientists have published their current running tally of results from the Spirit rover. No lakebed evidence has been found yet, but scientists are impressed with the equipment's diagnostic capabilities so far..."
"2","Despondent Brown: 'I Feel Like a Failure' (AP)","AP - Larry Brown was despondent, the head of the U.S. selection committee was defensive, and Allen Iverson was hanging up on callers who asked what went wrong. A day after their first Olympic loss in 16 years, the Americans were experiencing varying degrees of distress."
"2","Beach Volleyball: Cook Propels Australia to Win"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Twice Olympic beach volleyball medallist  Natalie Cook helped new team mate Nicole Sanderson battle  nerves to propel Australia to a 21-19, 17-21, 17-15 win against  China Monday."
"1","Ex-Spymasters Want Power for Intel Czar (AP)","AP - Three former spymasters told senators Monday that creating a new national intelligence director would be worthless without giving that person authority over the budgets of the nation's spy agencies."
"4","Intel to Delay Product for High-Definition TVs (Reuters)","Reuters - 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."
"4","Most Japanese Women Shun Birth Control Pill","By AIKO HAYASHI    TOKYO (AP) -- Five years ago Japanese women's rights advocates won their battle to legalize the birth control pill. Now they are waging an even tougher fight - getting women to use it..."
"4","Oracle updates CRM sales tools","Software maker promises that the sales force automation revamp will help sales processes by pulling in more data."
"1","Germans Wary of U.S. Troop Withdrawal (AP)","AP - German officials voiced concern Monday that their country has the most to lose with President Bush's announcement that tens of thousands of troops will return to the United States over the next decade."
"4","Scientists Work on Cure for Mysterious Nerve Disease","By LAURAN NEERGAARD    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dr. Douglas Kerr painstakingly collected spinal fluid from hundreds of patients with a mysterious disease that can paralyze within hours of attacking - and thinks he may have found a way to fight back..."
"2","Reds' Griffey Jr. Has Hamstring Surgery (AP)","AP - All-Star outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. had surgery Monday to repair his torn right hamstring and is expected to return for spring training."
"2","Lightning Reacquire Prospal From Ducks (AP)","AP - Vaclav Prospal is returning to the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning and will likely take the spot of forward Cory Stillman, who replaced him a year ago."
"3","Treasuries Fall as Oil Retreats (Reuters)","Reuters - U.S. Treasury debt prices fell on\Monday as investors focused on a pullback in oil prices from\record highs and largely shrugged off dismal results from a\regional manufacturing survey."
"3","Product Previews, 8/16/2004","Novell brings updated kernel to enterprise LinuxTimed to coincide with this years linuxworld expo, Novell has announced SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9. Though Novells SuSE division has marketed a commercial Linux distribution based on the v2.6 kernel, this is the first to be granted the more stringently qualified enterprise designation. Besides kernel-level improvements and the usual collection of updated software packages, this release offers improved fail-over, clustering, and resource management and comes bundled with Novells ZENworks configuration management software for Linux. The company claims that its AutoBuild system allows it to offer identical configurations for a variety of platforms, including x86 (both 32- and 64-bit), Itanium, IBM POWER, and IBM mainframes. Free evaluation downloads are available now and support subscriptions start at \$349 per dual-CPU server.SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, Novell/SuSE"
"4","HP's Software Woe Has Bigger Industry Implication (Reuters)","Reuters - When Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N)\warned of a profit shortfall last week, it blamed problems it\had combining two SAP systems, something that the computer\maker believed would be relatively simple when they were\putting together a deal to buy Compaq two years ago."
"4","Mini Could Get Mighty with Speakers (Ziff Davis)","Ziff Davis - iPod mini users might want to consider ditching their earphones if Altec Lansing's iMmini speaker system lives up to its promise. Based on the same technology and engineering as the original inMotion system, the iMmini can be folded into a convenient carrying shape."
"4","HP's Software Woe Has Bigger Industry Implication"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Hewlett-Packard Co. <A HREF=""http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=HPQ.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news"">HPQ.N</A>  warned of a profit shortfall last week, it blamed problems it  had combining two SAP systems, something that the computer  maker believed would be relatively simple when they were  putting together a deal to buy Compaq two years ago."
"4","Exercise -- the Real Fountain of Youth","Want to age gracefully? Keep moving. Regular exercise can reduce the risk of chronic disease -- such as heart trouble, diabetes, even cancer -- and keep you feeling and looking younger as you age."
"4","Apple's colorful computer plans detailed","U.S. Patent and Trademark Office publishes Apple patent for ""chameleon"" cases that change their look."
"2","Favre Not Sure He Can Throw Fewer Picks (AP)","AP - Brett Favre would love to throw fewer interceptions this season. He's just not sure he can. ""It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks, and that's never more true than with me,"" said Favre, who was picked off 21 times last season, one less than NFL co-leaders Joey Harrington and Marc Bulger. ""When I roll out to pass, I feel like there's a touchdown waiting."
"2","V. Williams, Rubin Lose","Venus Williams and Chanda Rubin lose to Li Ting and Sun Tian Tian of China in the first round of the doubles tournament."
"1","Veterans Set for Republican Convention (AP)","AP - Americans who served in the military will be well represented at the upcoming Republican convention, more so than at last month's Democratic convention or in the U.S. population overall, according to the GOP."
"1","Congolese Massacre Victims in Burundi Mourned"," GATUMBA, Burundi (Reuters) - Mourners covered their faces  to block the smell of disinfectant and death on Monday as they  buried more than 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees burned, hacked  and shot in an attack on their camp in western Burundi."
"1","Americans in Afghan Trial Ask FBI for Documents"," KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Three Americans standing  trial in Afghanistan Monday for imprisoning and torturing  Afghans were given a week to provide evidence, which they say  was withheld by U.S. authorities, proving that they had  official clearance."
"3","Insurers: Charley Claims at About \$7 Bln"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Insurers are braced to pay out about  \$7 billion in claims for devastation caused by Hurricane  Charley, making the storm the second most costly after  Hurricane Andrew, industry and government officials said on  Monday."
"4","Officials say Linux not a price ploy in Microsoft deal","Local government in UK says it didn't use the open-source OS as a bargaining chip; Microsoft was simply best option."
"2","High Expectations a New Feeling at Cal (AP)","AP - A short walk around the California campus this summer was all Geoff McArthur needed as proof of how much Golden Bears football has changed since his freshman year. A program that won only one game in 2001 and has the longest Rose Bowl drought of any Big Ten or Pac-10 team is finally getting noticed at a school more known for its protests than its passing."
"1","GM to Begin Making Cadillacs in China (AP)","AP - General Motors said Monday it will start making Cadillacs in China this year, joining a race by foreign luxury car brands to sell to the country's newly rich elite."
"1","Champion boxer stabbed to death","Former super flyweight boxing champion Robert Quiroga has been stabbed to death in San Antonio, Texas."
"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 some bargain-hunting on Wall Street, sending stocks sharply higher Monday, with the swing exaggerated by thin late summer trading. The Dow Jones industrials surged more than 120 points higher in late trading..."
"1","Income Gap Up Over Two Decades, Data Show","WASHINGTON - Over two decades, the income gap has steadily increased between the richest Americans, who own homes and stocks and got big tax breaks, and those at the middle and bottom of the pay scale, whose paychecks buy less.    The growing disparity is even more pronounced in this recovering economy..."
"1","Trial Set for Courtney Love in Drug Case","BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - A trial date has been set for Sept..."
"1","Carter Endorses Chavez Win in Venezuela","CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez survived a referendum to oust him, according to results Monday, and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and other election observers urged the opposition to accept the vote, deflating claims of fraud..."
"4","HP's Livermore opts for 'content free' content","<strong>HP World</strong> Booth intro steals show"
"2","Cubs Pitcher Kerry Wood Loses Appeal (AP)","AP - Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood's appeal was rejected Monday and he will begin serving his five-game suspension Tuesday."
"1","Suspected Militants Kidnap Iraqi Officer-Jazeera (Reuters)","Reuters - Suspected militants have kidnapped an\Iraqi intelligence officer in response to the fighting in the\holy city of Najaf, Al Jazeera television reported on Tuesday."
"1","Suspected Militants Kidnap Iraqi Officer-Jazeera"," DUBAI (Reuters) - Suspected militants have kidnapped an  Iraqi intelligence officer in response to the fighting in the  holy city of Najaf, Al Jazeera television reported on Tuesday."
"4","Cassini finds new Saturn moons","The Cassini-Huygens mission in orbit around Saturn discovers two new moons around the ringed planet."
"4","Oracle v. DOJ: Traders bet on Oracle","special coverage Assuming Oracle will win its antitrust suit, traders are scooping up PeopleSoft options."
"4","Open source on the line","roundup \Linux shapes up as a software standard for cell phone networks. Also: California sees security in open source."
"2","Defense Could Dominate in the Big Ten (AP)","AP - Following a mass exodus of offensive stars and starting quarterbacks, defense could dominate the Big Ten this season."
"2","Chinese End Venus's Doubles Bid"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Venus Williams's bid for a second  successive Olympic doubles tennis gold ended on Monday when she  and stand-in partner Chanda Rubin lost 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 to Chinese  eighth seeds Li Ting and Sun Tian Tian in the first round."
"3","Stocks Bounce Back as Oil Retreats"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rebounded on Monday as  worry about oil prices crunching corporate profits eased when  crude retreated from record highs."
"3","Google Could Make Its Market Debut Wed."," NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. appeared set  to start trading on Nasdaq on Wednesday, after the Web's No. 1  search engine asked regulators on Monday for final approval to  price its closely watched initial public offering."
"4","Cassini Finds Two New Saturnian Moons","Jet Propulsion Lab -- With eyes sharper than any that have peered at Saturn before, the Cassini spacecraft has uncovered two moons, which may be the smallest bodies so far seen around the ringed planet.     The moons are approximately 3 kilometers (2 miles) and 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) across -- smaller than the city of Boulder, Colorado..."
"2","Olympics: Japan Sneak Through to Win Men's Team Gold"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and United  States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the first time  in 28 years Monday."
"1","Hundreds feared trapped as floods wreak havoc in southwest England (AFP)","AFP - Hundreds of people were feared trapped in southwest England after flash floods left a popular coastal tourist village under water and swept dozens of cars and caravans into the sea."
"1","Donsanjh still nixing pharmacare, but premiers plan meeting to refine program (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - In his first public address as federal health minister, Ujjal Dosanjh carefully toed the government line on Monday, saying Ottawa is prepared to invest more money in medicare to reduce waiting times, but not by sponsoring a national pharmacare program demanded by the provinces. But even as he was speaking, Saskatchewan's premier said in Regina that provincial premiers will meet one more time to flesh out the details of the proposed pharmacare program before taking their idea to Prime Minister Paul Martin."
"1","Gebrselassie 'may pull out'","Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie could miss the Olympic 10,000m because of an Achilles injury."
"4","Google Stock Offering Remains on Track (AP)","AP - Google Inc.'s stock market debut appeared to be on track for later this week after the Internet search company asked regulators to give final approval of the paperwork required for the sale."
"4","Apple hints at colorful computer plans","Will the company's next PC look like a Christmas tree? A patent filing sheds some light."
"4","CA buys PestPatrol antispyware developer","Computer Associates has acquired PestPatrol, a company that markets antispyware software, for an undisclosed sum and plans to incorporate PestPatrol's products into its eTrust Threat Management software suite."
"4","Microsoft details conflicts in new XP update","Microsoft has published a list of nearly 50 applications -- including developer and backup tools, antivirus software and an FTP client -- that may not work correctly after installing Service Pack 2 for Windows XP."
"4","Sybase upgrades PowerBuilder, plots RFID move","At its annual user conference in Orlando, Sybase Inc. released a new version of its application development tool, outlined plans for an upgrade to its database software and planned to preview a system for tracking RFID data."
"4","McAfee to buy Foundstone for \$86M","McAfee Inc.'s purchase of Foundstone follows several moves in the past year to focus its product offerings and bolster its standing in the intrusion detection and prevention market."
"4","IBM plans fewer U.S. layoffs to compensate for offshoring","After internal documents revealed plans to send nearly 5,000 jobs to developing countries over two years, IBM became an easy target for critics of outsourcing. Will limiting layoffs take the sting out of moving these jobs abroad?"
"4","Confidential Oracle sales data likely to be released","U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker said sales documents detailing highly confidential information, such as which companies receive discounts on Oracle products and the size of the discounts, are likely to be made public."
"4","Sidebar: The nuts and bolts of COM -- Objects, Interfaces and GUIDs","A quick course in how some of the most esoteric aspects of COM work."
"4","Editor's Picks: The Best of our Web Services Coverage","A guide to Computerworld's recent coverage of Web services and service-oriented architectures, including user applications, security issues and predictions."
"4","Fun With Web services!","Forget those pesky business functions. To learn how Web services work and what you can do with them, check out these useful utilities that tell you who uttered that famous Shakespeare line, for example, or even convert Sao Tome dobras to Malawi kwacha."
"4","Yahoo Messenger Patches Security Hole","Yahoo Messenger Patches Security Hole\\If you logged into Yahoo Messenger today and was taken a back by an automatic security download - don't be scared, it's no virus. Yahoo was only patching up a few holes.\\Yahoo has posted a security patch for a flaw in its instant messaging software that ..."
"2","Overlooked U.S. Men's Gymnasts Take Silver (AP)","AP - Twenty years later, the boys are back on the medal stand. The American men's gymnastics program, long overlooked and often unappreciated, won Olympic silver Monday, capping a four-year rebuilding project to take home a medal for the first time since the boycotted 1984 Games."
"2","Phelps Upbeat Despite End of Seven-Gold Dream"," ATHENS (Reuters) - The dream of emulating Mark Spitz's  seven Olympic gold medals is over for Michael Phelps but the  American refused to be disappointed after finishing third in  the most eagerly-awaited race of the Athens Games Monday."
"2","Gold at Last for U.S. Swimmer Coughlin"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Natalie Coughlin's run of bad luck  finally took a turn for the better when she won the gold medal  in the women's 100 meters backstroke at the Athens Olympics  Monday."
"3","Google Could Make Its Market Debut Wed. (Reuters)","Reuters - Google Inc. appeared set\to start trading on Nasdaq on Wednesday, after the Web's No. 1\search engine asked regulators on Monday for final approval to\price its closely watched initial public offering."
"1","Husky Energy signs seventh contract with China National Offshore Oil Corp. (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - CALGARY (CP) - Husky Energy Inc. has further strengthened its relationship with one of China's major oil companies by signing a new exploration agreement in the South China Sea."
"1","Venezuelans Vote to Keep Chavez in Office","CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelans overwhelmingly voted to keep President Hugo Chavez in office, dealing a crushing defeat to a splintered opposition and allowing the leftist leader to convert one of the biggest challenges of his presidency into an even broader mandate to carry on his ""revolution for the poor.""   Stunned opposition leaders, who have fought for years to oust Chavez, claimed fraud after results announced Monday by election officials showed nearly 60 percent of voters had said ""no"" to the question of whether he should leave office immediately.    But former President Jimmy Carter and the Organization of American States endorsed the results of Sunday's vote, which saw one of the biggest turnouts in Venezuela's history, and urged everybody to accept the outcome..."
"1","Dow Closes Up 129 As Oil Prices Drop","NEW YORK - A drop in oil prices and upbeat outlooks from Wal-Mart and Lowe's helped send stocks sharply higher Monday on Wall Street, with the swing exaggerated by thin late summer trading. The Dow Jones industrials surged nearly 130 points..."
"3","Lowe's Net Income Up 18 Percent"," 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 second  largest home improvement retailer, on Monday reported an 18  percent increase in second-quarter net income and said earnings  for the rest of the year would top analysts' estimates."
"4","Heat Waves to Worsen Across America, Europe - Study (Reuters)","Reuters - Heat waves like those that have hit\Paris and Chicago in recent years are likely to get worse,\roasting more and more cities with ever-higher temperatures,\climate researchers predicted on Thursday."
"2","Thorpe Wins Men's 200 Freestyle","Australia's Ian Thorpe soared past Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands to win the most anticipated race of the Olympics. Michael Phelps finished third."
"2","Outfielder Shane Spencer Rejoins Yankees","Recently released outfielder Shane Spencer rejoined the Yankees on Monday, signing a minor league contract after working out at their spring training complex."
"2","U.S. Ryder Cup Team Roster Set","Going with experience, Hal Sutton named Jay Haas and Stewart Cink as captain's selections for this year's United States Ryder Cup team."
"1","Haitian Rebel Leader Appears for Trial (AP)","AP - Jury selection began Monday for a Haitian paramilitary leader convicted in absentia of killing a businessman and ordering a massacre in the early 1990s but is facing the charges again after returning to lead a revolt against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide."
"1","For US team, the night of decision","The women gymnasts are favored to make history and win gold Tuesday - a Wheaties box moment waiting to happen."
"1","Ch #225;vez declares referendum victory, but is battle over?","With record turnout, Venezuela's president survives a recall vote, but opponents claim fraud."
"1","Aid agencies rethink strategy","A new report urges humanitarian groups to maintain a local presence in disaster-prone areas."
"1","Even Greek grandmas root for the home team","In 2000, Greece brought home 13 medals. The Greek Olympic Committee hopes to double that number."
"4","IBM seeks dismissal in second part of SCO case","SAN FRANCISCO - IBM Corp. is seeking dismissal of a second major component of the lawsuit filed against it last year by Unix vendor The SCO Group Inc., according to court documents filed Friday by IBM. The documents, filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, argue that SCO's breach of contract allegations should be dismissed from the lawsuit."
"4","Microsoft delays automatic XP SP2 delivery","SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. has pushed back automatic distribution of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) to allow business users more time to instruct their machines to skip the update."
"4","CA buys PestPatrol antispyware developer","WASHINGTON - Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) said Monday it acquired PestPatrol Inc., a firm marketing antispyware software to enterprises, small businesses and individual consumers."
"4","Gartner revises PC market forecast, warns of downside","The PC market won't grow as fast in 2004 as originally predicted by Gartner Inc. analysts, as concerns about the overall health of the U.S. economy weigh on the market, the market research company said Monday."
"1","UN tries to keep up dialogue after Khartoum irked by Darfur criticism (AFP)","AFP - The UN envoy to Sudan has tried to ease the pressure on Khartoum after a flurry of indictments of the government's failure to end the crisis in Darfur drew irate reactions from President Omar al-Beshir."
"3","Traders Bet Oracle Wins in Antitrust Case"," CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Options traders have been  building bullish positions in PeopleSoft Inc.  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">PSFT.O</A> as  investors bet a federal judge will approve Oracle Corp.'s  hostile takeover bid of the business software maker, traders  said on Monday."
"4","Is Mercury the Incredible Shrinking Planet? MESSENGER Spacecraft May Find Out (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - With a new spacecraft bound for Mercury, that tiny planet nbsp;near the heart of the solar system, researchers are hoping to solve a slew of riddles about the small world."
"4","Canadian Ansari X Prize Entrant Takes the Plunge in Test (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - A Canadian team of rocketeers has moved one step closer to\launching its own manned spacecraft with the successful parachute drop test of a\crew capsule today.\\ nbsp;\\The backers of Canadian Arrow, a rocket entry in the  #36;10 million\Ansari X Prize competition, watched happily as their crew compartment drifted\down into Lake Ontario.\\ nbsp;\\Today totally proves our Canadian Arrow design, said\Geoff Sheerin, leader of the London, Ontario-based Arrows bid for the X Prize.\It went really well and everything worked as it should. ..."
"2","Only Three Golds - U.S. Misfires in Early Days in Athens"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Told to avoid inflaming anti-American  sentiment, U.S. athletes may have toned down the bravado too  much in the early days of the Athens Games."
"3","Krispy Kreme COO Leaves for New Job"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KKD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">KKD.N</A>  said on Monday that its chief operating officer is leaving the  company for another job, the latest setback for a company that  is trying to recover from sluggish sales and an accounting  probe."
"3","Google IPO statement ready to go","Google's planned flotation moves another step closer after the company and its underwriters ask the SEC to declare its registration effective."
"3","Oil Prices Retreat From a Record High After Chvez Victory","Crude oil for delivery next month settled at \$46.05 a barrel, down 53 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange after briefly trading at a new high of \$46.91 early in the day."
"4","IBM strikes at SCO claims","SCO Group's faltering attack on Linux faces another threat as Big Blue files motion seeking dismissal of contract claims."
"4","iSCSI gets some respect","Having received a renewed boost from those who see it moving out of niche markets, iSCSI (Internet SCSI) may finally be getting some much-needed respect."
"2","Beach Volleyball: Australia in with a Shout"," ATHENS (Reuters) - To prepare for the Olympics, Kerri  Pottharst practiced serving with her team mate screaming in her  ear."
"1","Flash floods force big rescue operation in tourist area of England (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - Heavy rain caused flash floods in seaside communities in southwestern England on Monday, and dozens of people were rescued from cars, trees and rooftops by emergency helicopters and lifeboats, officials said."
"1","Harkin Calls Cheney Comments 'Cowardly' (AP)","AP - Sen. Tom Harkin pushed the name-calling in the presidential race to a new level, calling Vice President Dick Cheney a coward for not serving in Vietnam and cowardly for his criticism of John Kerry."
"2","Players Union Challenges Carter's Release (AP)","AP - The NFL Players Association has gotten involved in Quincy Carter's release by the Dallas Cowboys."
"1","Deadline Looms for Suspects in UK Anti-Terrorism Raids"," LONDON (Reuters) - British police must charge or release on  Tuesday nine men arrested earlier this month in anti-terrorism  raids that followed a tipoff from an al Qaeda suspect in  Pakistan and security alerts in the United States."
"1","Rwanda issues genocide warning","Rwanda warns it will intervene to prevent genocide, as more than 150 Tutsi  refugees are buried in Burundi."
"4","Shell-Led Russia Venture Vows to Protect Rare Whales (Reuters)","Reuters - A Royal Dutch/Shell -led group\developing oil and gas fields in the Russian far east moved to\assure worried ecologists on Friday it is doing all it can to\protect rare gray whales living in the coastal waters."
"1","Hurricane Victims Wait for Food and Water","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Driven from splintered trailers, roofless condos and powerless suburban homes, Hurricane Charley's hungry victims sweated through long lines Monday to find food, showers and drinking water three days after the storm left their lives in shambles..."
"1","Players Union Challenges Carter's Release","The NFL Players Association has gotten involved in Quincy Carter's release by the Dallas Cowboys. The union filed a grievance over the release Aug..."
"2","League-Leading Galaxy Fires Coach (AP)","AP - The Los Angeles Galaxy fired coach Sigi Schmid on Monday despite leading Major League Soccer with 34 points."
"4","Alcatel hopes security will get users to switch","European telecom equipment maker looks to push into corporate switching, a market long dominated by Cisco."
"3","Google Could Make Market Debut Wednesday"," NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. appeared set  to start trading on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, after the Web's  No. 1 search engine asked regulators for final approval to  price its closely watched initial public offering."
"4","China Mobile Suspends Sohu for Spamming Customers (Reuters)","Reuters - Chinese Internet company Sohu.com\(SOHU.O) on Friday said China Mobile (CHL.N) had suspended Sohu\as a supplier of mobile phone picture services for one year for\unsolicited marketing to some customers."
"4","Group to Propose New High-Speed Wireless Format"," LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group of technology companies  including Texas Instruments Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=TXN.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news"">TXN.N</A>, STMicroelectronics  <A HREF=""http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=STM.PA qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news"">STM.PA</A> and Broadcom Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=BRCM.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news"">BRCM.O</A>, on Thursday said they  will propose a new wireless networking standard up to 10 times  the speed of the current generation."
"2","Thorpe Reigns Supreme in Athens Pool, Phelps Grabs Bronze"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Ian Thorpe became Australia's greatest  Olympian and staked a claim to being the best swimmer of his  generation when he won ""the race of the century"" at Athens on  Monday."
"4","Probe into rising ocean acidity","The Royal Society launches a scientific investigation into the rising acidity of the Earth's oceans."
"4","New bird spotted in Philippines","A bird species new to science has been found by researchers on a remote island in the northern Philippines."
"4","WholeSecurity program targets fraud sites","Tool that identifies Web sites pretending to be connected to banks, eBay, etc., could help leave phishing scammers dead in the water."
"4"," #147;Generic Superheroes #148;","Scripted, produced, cast, costumed, shot, edited and vigorously promoted by Darren Brandl,  #147;Generic Superheroes, #148; a 35-minute comedic-action-adventure parody, makes full use of both Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack.  #147;Every costume, #148; says the recent high school graduate proudly,  #147;was made of 100 percent spandex  #133; as any superhero costume should be. #148; Aug 16"
"2","Celtics Still Waiting to Hear From Payton (AP)","AP - Ten days after trading for Gary Payton, the Boston Celtics still have no idea if the nine-time All-Star will ever wear a Celtics' uniform."
"4","Russian Supply Craft Docks with Space Station (Reuters)","Reuters - A Russian supply ship docked with the\International Space Station on Saturday, delivering food and\fuel to the two astronauts living there, mission control said."
"1","A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq (AP)","AP - As of Monday, Aug. 16, 935 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 697 died as a result of hostile action and 238 died of non-hostile causes."
"1","New bird spotted in Philippines","A bird species new to science is found by researchers on a remote island in the Philippines."
"2","NFL Players Association Files Grievance Over Carter Release (Reuters)","Reuters - The NFL Players Association\Monday filed a grievance with the Dallas Cowboys over the\recent release of quarterback Quincy Carter, claiming the\organization was in violation of the league's collective\bargaining agreement."
"2","NFL Players Association Files Grievance Over Carter Release"," WASHINGTON (Sports Network) - The NFL Players Association  Monday filed a grievance with the Dallas Cowboys over the  recent release of quarterback Quincy Carter, claiming the  organization was in violation of the league's collective  bargaining agreement."
"1","Chavez Survives Recall, Vows to Deepen Revolution"," CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's left-wing  President Hugo Chavez easily won a referendum on his rule and  on Monday offered to open a dialogue with opponents while also  vowing to intensify the reforms at the heart of the nation's  political conflict."
"4","3Com partners with wireless switch start-up","3Com enters into the wireless switch market through a partnership with start-up Trapeze Networks."
"4","SEC Opens Inquiry Into Google Stock Issue (AP)","AP - In another twist to Google Inc.'s public stock offering, the Internet search company said federal regulators have opened an informal inquiry into its failure to register millions of shares."
"4","NASA Identifies Foam Flaw That Killed Astronauts (Reuters)","Reuters - The foam that struck the space\shuttle Columbia after liftoff and led to the deaths of all\seven astronauts on board was defective, NASA said on Friday."
"4","Catching 'phishers' a WholeSecurity sport","Tool that identifies sites pretending to be connected to banks, eBay and more could help leave ""phishing"" scammers dead in the water."
"2","Lankford Accepts Minor League Assignment (AP)","AP - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Ray Lankford accepted a minor league assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Monday, nine days after leaving the team to consider his career options."
"1","FBI Tracks Potential GOP Protesters (AP)","AP - With the Republican National Convention less than two weeks away, federal agents and city police are keeping tabs on activists and others they believe might try to cause trouble. They are making unannounced visits to people's homes, conducting interviews and monitoring Web sites and meetings."
"1","Bush Announces Plan for Troop Realignment (AP)","AP - President Bush's plan to restructure U.S. military forces abroad includes bringing two Army divisions home from Cold War-era bases in Germany, and increasing the U.S. presence at bases in countries like Poland, Romania and Uzbekistan, Pentagon officials said Monday."
"4","Interior Will Delay Some Energy Projects (AP)","AP - The Interior Department said Monday it will begin delaying some new oil and gas drilling projects until the effects on wildlife are studied more thoroughly."
"4","Second hat in ring for faster Wi-Fi standard","A second consortium puts in a bid for the faster 802.11n spec. But don't expect a battle over formats."
"4","3Com partners with wireless-switch upstart","3Com enters into the wireless-switch market through a partnership with start-up Trapeze Networks."
"4","Interwoven scoops up records management company","ECM (enterprise content management) company Interwoven on Monday announced the acquisition of Software Intelligence, a maker of records management technology, for \$2 million in cash and stock."
"1","Thorpedo Sinks Phelps' Shot at Spitz Mark","ATHENS, Greece - The kid couldn't catch the Thorpedo - and he won't be catching Mark Spitz, either. Michael Phelps' quest for seven gold medals ended after just three events, doomed by another bronze Monday night in the most anticipated race at the Olympic pool - the head-to-head showdown with Australia's Ian Thorpe in the 200-meter freestyle..."
"1","SEC Opens Inquiry Into Google Stock Issue","SAN FRANCISCO - In another twist to Google Inc.'s public stock offering, the Internet search company said federal regulators have opened an informal inquiry into its failure to register millions of shares.    In a regulatory filing Monday, Google said it ""understands"" the inquiry was opened by the Securities and Exchange Commission..."
"3","Nortel Says Canada Plans Accounting Probe"," SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp.  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">NT.N</A>  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NT.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">NT.TO</A> said on Monday the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told  the company it will begin a criminal investigation into  Nortel's financial accounting."
"3","Brazil Starts to Crack Down on Counterfeit Goods","Brazil stands to lose billions of dollars in trade benefits from the United States if it does not prove by the end of September that it is making progress in combating copyright piracy."
"4","AP: Israel Cave Linked to John the Baptist (AP)","AP - Archaeologists think they've found a cave where John the Baptist baptized many of his followers  #151; basing their theory on thousands of shards from ritual jugs, a stone used for foot cleansing and wall carvings telling the story of the biblical preacher."
"4","Blind Students to Launch NASA Rocket (AP)","AP - A dozen blind students from across the United States are at a summer camp this week working on a project most don't associate with the visually impaired  #151; launching a NASA rocket."
"2","NFL Players Union Files Carter Grievance (AP)","AP - The NFL Players Association filed a grievance Monday against the Dallas Cowboys on behalf of Quincy Carter, claiming the quarterback was released by the team for reasons not permitted in the NFL collective bargaining agreement."
"2","Mientkiewicz Starts at Second for BoSox (AP)","AP - Former Gold Glove first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz got a rough introduction in his first career start at second base."
"2","Thorpedo Sinks Phelps' Shot at Spitz Mark (AP)","AP - The kid couldn't catch the Thorpedo  #151; and he won't be catching Mark Spitz, either. Michael Phelps' quest for seven gold medals ended after just three events, doomed by another bronze Monday night in the most anticipated race at the Olympic pool  #151; the head-to-head showdown with Australia's Ian Thorpe in the 200-meter freestyle."
"1","Venezuelans Vote to Keep Chavez in Office (AP)","AP - Venezuelans overwhelmingly voted to keep President Hugo Chavez in office, dealing a crushing defeat to a splintered opposition and allowing the leftist leader to convert one of the biggest challenges of his presidency into an even broader mandate to carry on his ""revolution for the poor."""
"1","Edwards Vows Economic Aid for Heartland (AP)","AP - Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards promised Monday to deliver high-speed Internet access and more money for people to start businesses in rural areas."
"1","Chavez Survives Recall, Vows to Deepen Revolution (Reuters)","Reuters - Venezuela's left-wing\President, Hugo Chavez, easily won a referendum on his rule and\on Monday offered to open a dialogue with opponents, while\vowing to intensify the reforms at the heart of the nation's\political conflict."
"4","Many engineers lack even a four-year degree","About 40 percent of U.S. workers in computer and math science have just a high school diploma or associate degree, according to a new report."
"1","British researchers trace John Kerry's family back to European royalty (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - Senator John Kerry has blue blood from all the royal houses of Europe, with even more titled relations than President George W. Bush, Burke's Peerage said Monday."
"1","Chavez's Victory Garners Int'l Approval (AP)","AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won international approval from supporters and detractors alike Monday on his decisive referendum victory over opponents trying to oust him."
"2","Giants' Nen Still Hoping to Pitch in 2005 (AP)","AP - It's approaching two years since Robb Nen last pitched in the majors, but he still believes he can do it again  #151; despite his troublesome right shoulder."
"2","Haas and Cink Named as U.S. Ryder Cup Wildcards"," MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (Reuters) - U.S. Ryder Cup captain Hal  Sutton, opting for form and experience, selected Jay Haas and  Stewart Cink as his wildcard picks for next month's match  against Europe."
"1","Venezuela Votes by Large Margin to Retain Chvez","An opposition movement refused to accept the results, raising prospects for more turmoil in the world's fifth-largest oil exporter."
"3","Airline Looks to Delay Its Pension Payments","In an effort to conserve cash, financially ailing US Airways Group Inc. said Monday that it plans to ask the Internal Revenue Service for permission to delay payments into the pension plans of two of its employee groups."
"3","McDonald's Goes for Gold","For a four-year investment estimated at \$65 million, McDonald's has been designated the Official Restaurant of the 2004 Olympic Games."
"4","Auction for Shares In Google's IPO May End Today (washingtonpost.com)","washingtonpost.com - Google Inc.'s initial public offering took a major step forward as the company notified investors that today may be their last chance to submit, withdraw or change bids in the unusual  #36;3 billion electronic auction for stock in the Internet giant."
"4","Four Firms Buy Intelsat","Intelsat Ltd., the pioneering commercial satellite company that connected the world through global television and telephone communications, announced Monday its sale to a group of private investors for \$3 billion in cash. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"
"4","Auction for Shares in Google's IPO May End","Google Inc.'s initial public offering took a major step forward as the company notified investors that Tuesday may be their last chance to submit, withdraw or change bids in the unusual \$3 billion electronic auction for stock in the Internet giant. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"
"4","BioVeris Files Delayed Annual Report","BioVeris Corp. filed its delayed annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission Monday, only days before a scheduled hearing by the Nasdaq Stock Market on whether to delist the Gaithersburg biotechnology company for failing to report earnings. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"
"4","Background Investigation Shortfall Sends ManTech to a Loss","Despite an increase in revenue, ManTech International Corp. swung to a loss during its second quarter when a contract to conduct background investigations for the Department of Defense turned out to be far less lucrative than previously expected."
"2","Athletics Win to Hang on to AL West Lead (AP)","AP - Mark Redman pitched eight innings of six-hit ball, and the Oakland Athletics used a three-run fifth inning to beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 on Monday night."
"3","Nikkei Higher by Midday"," TOKYO (Reuters) - Gains in banks and exporters helped lift  Tokyo's Nikkei 0.84 percent by midday on Tuesday as a fall in  crude oil prices and a rebound in U.S. stocks led buyers to  pick up shares hit by the index's recent sharp losses."
"2","Hewitt, Sluiter, Muller Win at Legg Mason (AP)","AP - Lleyton Hewitt breezed to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Kenneth Carlsen Monday night in the first round of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic."
"2","Ivan Hlinka, 54, Czech Coach of Gold Medal Hockey Team, Dies","Ivan Hlinka coached the Czech Republic to the hockey gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics and became the coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins two years later."
"1","The Geisha Stylist Who Let His Hair Down","Here in the Gion geisha district of Japan's ancient capital, even one bad hair day can cost a girl her career. So it is no wonder that Tetsuo Ishihara is the man with the most popular hands in town."
"1","Hard-Hit Havana Still Short of Water","City workers distributed water in tank trucks Monday and urged about 1.4 million residents of the Cuban capital who had no running water to remain calm, four days after Hurricane Charley roared through the area."
"1","Syrian Court Releases Rights Activist on Bail","A Syrian court has released on bail a human rights activist charged with tarnishing the country's image but considered by advocacy groups to be a prisoner of conscience, one of his attorneys said Monday."
"1","Iraqi peace team to go to Najaf","An Iraqi delegation is going to Najaf to try to end  a stand-off between US-led forces and Shia militants."
"2","Seahawks Defeat Packers 21-3 in Preseason (AP)","AP - Fourth-string quarterback Seneca Wallace led Seattle on two touchdown drives and the Seahawks took advantage of Tim Couch's dismal debut for Green Bay in a 21-3 exhibition victory over the Packers on Monday night."
"1","China Tests New Guided Missile Amid Taiwan Tensions"," BEIJING (Reuters) - China has successfully tested a new  guided missile it says is highly accurate, state media said on  Tuesday amid rising tensions with arch-rival Taiwan."
"1","New York City Lowering Its Sights for a Convention Boom","With the Republican National Convention just two weeks away, signs are pointing to a modest economic boost for few businesses."
"2","Streaking Rangers Hold Off Indians 5-2 (AP)","AP - Brian Jordan hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning and the Texas Rangers extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night."
"1","Suspect Admits Jewish Graves Desecration (AP)","AP - An unemployed man was arrested Monday in connection with the desecration of a Jewish cemetery earlier this month and an attack on a Muslim, judicial officials said."
"1","Hospitalised woman in Vietnam tests positive for bird flu (AFP)","AFP - A 19-year-old woman hospitalised in Vietnam has tested positive for the lethal strain of bird flu that has killed 27 people across Asia this year, including 19 in the communist nation, officials said."
"3","Nikkei Rises by Midday"," TOKYO (Reuters) - Gains in banks and exporters helped lift  Tokyo's Nikkei average 0.84 percent by midday on Tuesday as a  fall in crude oil prices and a rebound in U.S. stocks led  buyers to pick up shares hit by the index's recent sharp  losses."
"2","Braves' Chipper Jones Hits 300th Homer (AP)","AP - Chipper Jones hit his 300th career home run on Monday night, connecting in the Atlanta Braves' game at San Diego."
"1","Nikkei Rises by Midday (Reuters)","Reuters - Gains in banks and exporters helped lift\Tokyo's Nikkei average 0.84 percent by midday on Tuesday as a\fall in crude oil prices and a rebound in U.S. stocks led\buyers to pick up shares hit by the index's recent sharp\losses."
"3","A Texan's Race for the House That Could Lead to the F.C.C.","A Republican running for Congress has received heavy donations from industry because of expectations over posts she may receive if she loses and President Bush wins."
"3","A New Campaign for Viagra","Viagra, which has long taken a staid marketing approach, will join its fast-growing competitors in taking a sly, devil-may-care tack."
"3","Halliburton Has More Time to Verify Costs","The U.S. Army had granted Halliburton a third extension to substantiate its costs in Iraq and Kuwait."
"4","Microsoft Delays Automatic Win XP Updates","Business users can postpone SP2 installation to complete testing its effect on other programs."
"2","A's Quiet Orioles","The streaking O's lose for only the third time in 14 games as A's starting pitcher Mark Redman pitches eight strong innings to tame the Orioles, 3-1, on Monday night."
"2","Harris Takes the Field","Cornerback Walt Harris suits up for his first full practice as a Redskin on Monday after missing minicamp and the first two weeks of training camp."
"2","QBs Grab Spotlight","Chris Simms, the Buccaneers second-year pro competing for Tampa Bay's No. 2 job, completed 12 of 15 passes for 110 yards to help the Bucs to a 20-6 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday."
"2","Seahawks Stuff Packers","Fourth-string quarterback Seneca Wallace led Seattle on two touchdown drives as the Seahawks defeated the Packers, 21-3, on Monday night."
"2","Full Disclosure Ordered","The NFL told its coaches Monday that they must be more specific in reporting injuries to players, saying the current wording of the policy ""invites action that runs counter to our intent."""
"3","A Texan's Race Could Lead to the F.C.C.","A Republican running for Congress has received heavy donations from industry because of expectations over posts she may receive if she loses and President Bush wins."
"3","Stocks End Sharply Higher as Oil Prices Drop","A pull back in oil prices and upbeat outlooks from Wal-Mart and Lowe's prompted new bargain-hunting on Wall Street today."
"3","LifePoint to Buy Rival for \$1 Bln","LifePoint Hospitals has agreed to acquire rival Province Healthcare for \$1.125 billion in cash and stock to broaden its geographic reach."
"2","This Date in Baseball - Aug. 17 (AP)","AP - 1904  #151; Jesse Tannehill of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter, beating the Chicago White Sox 6-0."
"1","Nation's Charter Schools Lagging Behind, U.S. Test Scores Reveal","The findings dealt a blow to supporters of the charter school movement, including the Bush administration."
"3","BA set to hold key strike talks","British Airways is due to hold important talks with union bosses in a bid to avoid industrial action."
"4","Yahoo to Sell Domain Names (AP)","AP - Yahoo Inc. plans to start selling Internet domain names Tuesday as part of its expanding services for small businesses."
"4","Rival Targets Apple's ITunes Customers (AP)","AP - For more than a year, Apple Computers Inc. enjoyed singular success selling songs exclusively to users of its iPod portable music player. Now, it's got rival RealNetworks Inc. trying to lure iTunes customers away."
"4","Linux clusters gear up for simulated combat","Linux Network scores two military-related deals for Linux clusters."
"4","IBM to round out iSeries Power5 server family","Big Blue is set to debut the eServer i5 550, an iSeries machine it created to serve midsize businesses."
"2","Sides Still Far Apart","With two fruitless negotiating sessions behind them and only one month left before an NHL lockout, the league and the players association will return to the bargaining table on Tuesday."
"1","Hezbollah Re-Elects Sheik Hassan Nasrallah (AP)","AP - Hezbollah's executive has re-elected Sheik Hassan Nasrallah as leader of the militant Shiite Muslim movement, according to a statement Monday by the party that the United States brands as terrorist."
"1","Clashes persist in South Ossetia","Heavy fighting is reported in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region after the deaths of two soldiers."
"4","Briefly: Linux clusters gear up for simulated combat","roundup Plus: Sprint to bake in BlackBerry for businesses...Microsoft ships updated Works...FaceTime pulls in \$16 million."
"4","Search Engines and Competitive Research","Search engines can tell you a lot about your competition, if you know what to look for. A panel of experts offers tips on profiling your competition."
"4","Real launches 'Freedom of Choice Campaign' (MacCentral)","MacCentral - RealNetworks will tout its new Windows-only Harmony technology, which allows files from its music store to be played on Apple's iPod, in a series of print, radio and online advertising, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. In addition, Real will hold what it calls the biggest music sale in history selling songs for US #36;0.49 and albums for  #36;4.99."
"2","Marlins Defeat Dodgers 4-2 (AP)","AP - Miguel Cabrera homered and Mike Lowell singled home the go-ahead run, helping the Florida Marlins beat the Dodgers 4-2 on Monday night in Paul Lo Duca's return to Los Angeles."
"3","Google Says It's Set to End Stock Auction","Google might close the bidding in its auction-style initial public offering late Tuesday, moving it one step away from becoming a publicly traded company."
"3","Safety Gap Grows Wider Between S.U.V.'s and Cars","People driving or riding in a sport utility vehicle in 2003 were nearly 11 percent more likely to die in an accident than people in cars."
"1","China Typhoon Death Toll Rises to 164 (Reuters)","Reuters - The worst typhoon to hit China in seven\years killed at least 164 people and another 24 were listed as\missing, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday."
"3","Coke's Heyer to Go, May Join Starwood"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co.'s president and chief  operating officer, Steven Heyer, will leave the company on  Sept. 1 after missing out on the top job in May, the Wall  Street Journal said on Tuesday, citing an internal memo."
"3","Dollar Struggles to Extend Gains"," TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar struggled to extend gains  against the euro in rangebound trade on Tuesday after  recovering from multi-week lows on bigger-than-expected capital  inflows into the United States."
"2","AL Wrap: Redman Helps Athletics Maintain AL West Lead"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark Redman pitched eight strong  innings as the Oakland Athletics clung on to first place in the  American League West with a 3-1 road win over the Baltimore  Orioles on Monday."
"1","Australian opposition pulls ahead in close election race, polls show (AFP)","AFP - Australia's opposition has clawed back a potentially election-winning lead, boosted by its insistence on extra protection for cheap prescription medicines, two new polls showed."
"1","Iraqi Delegation Set for Najaf Peace Bid (Reuters)","Reuters - Iraqi political and religious leaders\prepared to go to the holy city of Najaf on Tuesday in a\last-ditch bid to persuade a radical Shi'ite cleric to end a\rebellion that has killed hundreds and rattled oil markets."
"1","Indonesia Reduces Jail Sentences of Militants (Reuters)","Reuters - Six convicted Indonesian militants\linked to the deadly blasts in Bali in 2002 have received a two\month reduction of their jail sentences by President Megawati\Sukarnoputri, a prison warden said on Tuesday."
"1","Iraqi Delegation Set for Najaf Peace Bid"," BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi political and religious leaders  prepared to go to the holy city of Najaf on Tuesday in a  last-ditch bid to persuade a radical Shi'ite cleric to end a  rebellion that has killed hundreds and rattled oil markets."
"2","NL Wrap: Pujols Drives in Five Runs as Cardinals Rout Reds (Reuters)","Reuters - Albert Pujols homered for the fifth\time in the last four games and drove in five runs as the St\Louis Cardinals routed the Cincinnati Reds 10-5 in National\League play at Busch Stadium on Monday."
"2","NL Wrap: Pujols Drives in Five Runs as Cardinals Rout Reds"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Albert Pujols homered for the fifth  time in the last four games and drove in five runs as the St  Louis Cardinals routed the Cincinnati Reds 10-5 in National  League play at Busch Stadium on Monday."
"3","Oil Prices Slip Below \$46; Risks Abound"," SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell \$1 below record highs  on Tuesday as fears over supply disruptions in Venezuela eased  after President Hugo Chavez won a vote on his rule."
"3","Dollar Stalls Despite Capital Flows"," TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar barely moved on Tuesday,  struggling to sustain a modest bounce from multi-week lows  against the euro made on bigger-than-expected capital inflows  to the United States."
"4","Global Warming Menaces California Wine Industry (Reuters)","Reuters - California will become hotter and\drier by the end of the century, menacing the valuable wine and\dairy industries, even if dramatic steps are taken to curb\global warming, researchers said on Monday."
"1","New intelligence reform bill may pit US Congress against White House (AFP)","AFP - The powerful chairman of the US Senate intelligence committee promised to introduce this week a new intelligence reorganization bill likely to set Congress on a collision course with the White House, which favors an intelligence ""czar"" with vaguely defined powers."
"3","Oil Prices Slip Below  #36;46; Risks Abound (Reuters)","Reuters - Oil prices fell  #36;1 below record highs\on Tuesday as fears over supply disruptions in Venezuela eased\after President Hugo Chavez won a vote on his rule."
"1","Sprinters' coach confident","Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou's coach believes they will be cleared by the IOC."
"1","Professor devises climate-based model to predict football sackings (AFP)","AFP - The life of a football manager in the English Premiership is frantic, pressured and apt to end in sometimes arbitrary dismissal. But now under-fire bosses can predict when they might face the sack -- using the weather."
"3","Tokyo Shares Rise But Oil Worries Weigh"," SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese shares rebounded from  three-month lows on Tuesday but stubbornly high oil prices and  concern over their impact on corporate earnings capped gains."
"2","Celtics Sign Gugliotta, Wait on Payton (AP)","AP - Ten days after trading for Gary Payton, the Boston Celtics still have no idea if the nine-time All-Star will ever wear a Celtics' uniform."
"2","Giants Clobber Expos 8-5 (AP)","AP - Pinch-hitter Ricky Ledee hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants took over the NL wild-card lead with their fifth straight victory, 8-5 over the Montreal Expos on Monday night."
"4","Study: Global Warming Could Change Calif. (AP)","AP - Global warming could cause dramatically hotter summers and a depleted snow pack in California, leading to a sharp increase in heat-related deaths and jeopardizing the water supply, according to a study released Monday."
"1","EU nations slam Tiger rebels as fresh killings dim Sri Lanka peace hopes (AFP)","AFP - European Union nations criticised Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels for killing rivals and recruiting child soldiers, appealing to the guerrillas not to undermine the Island's Norwegian-led peace bid."
"4","Storage Services Market Heading To  #36;30 Billion (TechWeb)","TechWeb - The growth comes as more vendors offer more software to offset the plunge in storage hardware prices."
"4","Oracle Releases New CRM Software (TechWeb)","TechWeb - Integration of sales and marketing is key to new release."
"4","Researchers Find New Species of Bird (AP)","AP - Filipino and British wildlife researchers say they've stumbled upon what appears to be a new species of flightless bird found only on the tiny forested island of Calayan in the northern Philippines."
"1","Israeli Soldiers Kill Two Gaza Militants (Reuters)","Reuters - Israeli soldiers shot and killed two\Palestinian militants near a Jewish settlement in the Gaza\Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said."
"1","Sharon Approves 1,000 Settlement Homes in W.Bank"," JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  has approved building tenders for 1,000 homes in Jewish  settlements in the West Bank frozen earlier to avoid upsetting  the United States, political sources said on Tuesday."
"3","Mass. still a no-go for Geic","Geico Corp., the nation's fifth-largest auto insurer, started selling policies in New Jersey yesterday for the first time in 28 years, leaving Massachusetts as the lone state where the company won't do business."
"3","Bank of America signs in","They served up a giant Bank of America sheet cake, festooned the bank branch with balloons, and dispatched smiling greeters to welcome customers in upstate New York yesterday, as the first FleetBoston Financial Corp. branches formally switched to Bank of America."
"3","Stakes high for Windows upgrade","Microsoft Corp. has put the finishing touches on one of its biggest software overhauls ever after conceding that its Windows XP operating system -- which runs as many as 300 million computers worldwide -- is susceptible to security breaches."
"3","For the record","Correction: Because of a reporting error, an article in yesterday's Nation pages incorrectly described a Bush campaign ad's accusation about John Kerry's role on the Senate Intelligence Committee in the 1990s. The ad accuses Kerry of having missed three-quarters of the committee's public hearings."
"3","Citizens gets US OK for Charter One buy","Federal regulators granted Citizens Financial Group approval for its biggest acquisition to date, Charter One Financial Inc. of Ohio. The Federal Reserve Board said the pending merger likely would have a minimal impact on competition even in markets where the two banks overlap. When the \$10.5 billion acquisition is complete, Citizens will be the 11th-biggest bank in the nation ranked ..."
"3","Stocks surge amid upbeat outlooks","NEW YORK -- A drop in oil prices and upbeat outlooks from Wal-Mart and Lowe's helped send stocks sharply higher yesterday, with the swing exaggerated by thin late summer trading. The Dow Jones industrials surged nearly 130 points."
"3","Krispy Kreme operating chief quits","WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.'s John Tate quit as chief operating officer amid a government probe of the chain's accounting and earnings forecasts."
"3","FDA adopts 'lighter touch' on drug imports","WASHINGTON -- Federal drug regulators are using a  quot;lighter touch quot; in their efforts to stop a growing number of cities and states from importing prescription drugs from Canada, and the City of Boston is taking advantage of that new posture."
"3","Power line's cost could grow 40","NEW YORK -- Northeast Utilities , UIL Holdings Corp. , and New England's grid operator have proposed changes to a planned power line in Southwest Connecticut that would increase costs by more than 40 percent."
"3","January trial is set for former HealthSouth CEO","BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A federal judge has scheduled jury selection in the fraud trial of fired HealthSouth Corp. chief executive Richard Scrushy to begin Jan. 5."
"2","Taking a crash course","For Doug Mientkiewicz, the hardest part of playing second turned out not to be the double play pivot, fielding ground balls, or applying the tag on a steal. No, it came when he was hit by a 6-foot-3-inch, 230-pound train."
"2","Blue Jays hope to go places with Gibbons","From Montana to Maine, Puerto Rico to Canada, John Gibbons tagged along wherever the military deemed his father should live. The constant travel gave him a taste of the nomadic life of a baseball manager, his future profession. It also gave him an accent all his own, a Texas twang inflected with tinges of New England."
"2","Sox and bonds","There are games in which players renew their vows as teammates, and last night's 8-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays was one of them. It may not have been as clear as it was in the Yankee-Red Sox brawl game back in late July, which produced an obvious bond."
"2","Ainge is waitin' for Payton","During a press conference yesterday, Celtics director of basketball operations Danny Ainge answered his cell phone, turned to the audience of reporters, and said,  quot;Hold on, it's Gary Payton. quot; It was an obvious joke, but also wishful thinking."
"1","American says US backed his jail","KABUL, Afghanistan -- Jonathan Keith Idema, an American accused of running a freelance antiterror operation and private prison in Afghanistan, testified in court yesterday that he could prove US and Afghan authorities were fully aware of his actions, and he accused the FBI of confiscating evidence that would support his contention."
"1","Communists condemn whistle-blower","BEIJING -- A Communist Party whistle-blower who publicly accused his superiors of tolerating official corruption has been condemned for breaking party rules and ordered to  quot;do a complete self-examination, quot; authorities announced."
"3","Business economists say terror the biggest risk in US (AFP)","AFP - Terrorism poses the biggest short-term threat to the US economy, a panel of top business economists said in a survey."
"4","Google market debut draws near","Google's market flotation draws a step closer as the firm asks regulators to approve the paperwork."
"4","New Ernie machine to make debut","The new version of Ernie - the number cruncher which selects premium bond prizes - is to be unveiled on Tuesday."
"4","EasyMobile faces Orange showdown","Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou faces a potential clash with Orange over plans for a mobile phone service."
"1","Saudis Use 9-11 Report in U.S Ad Campaign (AP)","AP - Stung by criticism about its role in fighting terrorism, Saudi Arabia has launched a radio advertising campaign in 19 U.S. cities citing the Sept. 11 commission report as proof that it has been a loyal ally in the fight against al-Qaida."
"1","Mexican Migrant Seeks U.S. Work Visa (AP)","AP - Omar Garcia Escobedo's family thought their 25-year-old son had, like so many other migrants seeking work in the United States, drowned trying to cross the treacherous, fast flowing Rio Grande River."
"1","Stressed, Depressed Japan Princess May Visit Brunei (Reuters)","Reuters - Japan's Crown Princess Masako, who\officials say is suffering from a mental disorder caused by the\stress of adapting to royal life, may emerge from months of\seclusion in September to attend a wedding in the tiny\southeast Asian nation of Brunei, a court official said on\Tuesday."
"1","Nepal Army on Alert, Hotel Shut After Bombs"," KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal put its security forces on  alert on Tuesday to counter a threat by Maoist guerrillas to  blockade the capital, as tourists moved out of a luxury hotel  after a bomb blast blamed on the rebels."
"3","Motorola Expects Strong Sales Growth"," SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Motorola Inc., the world's  second-largest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it expects  to sustain strong sales growth in the second half of 2004  thanks to new handsets with innovative designs and features."
"1","Fighting in Western Afghanistan Kills 3 (AP)","AP - Fighting between rival factions in western Afghanistan killed three militiamen and injured another seven, officials said Tuesday, despite the presence of government and U.S. troops."
"2","Phelps's chase of Spitz mark? It's history","This was the event Michael Phelps didn't really need to compete in if his goal was to win eight golds. He probably would have had a better chance somewhere else."
"2","US dominance an impossible dream","It has come to this: Good thing we're in the easy bracket. The United States men's basketball team is in Pool B, along with Greece, Australia, Lithuania, Angola, and, of course, Puerto Rico, the feisty little brother who enjoyed a pretty big laugh at the expense of Uncle Sam's boys Sunday night. Most of the serious teams are ..."
"2","Rangers remain in step","Brian Jordan hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning and the Texas Rangers extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Cleveland Indians last night."
"2","Watson holdout ends","After an 18-day holdout during which he parted ways with his second agent (IMG's Tom Condon , who replaced Darrell Wills , formerly of IMG but now decertified) and hired a third ( Pat Dye Jr. ), first-round pick Benjamin Watson signed a six-year contract and reported to training camp yesterday."
"2","A bit of a head-scratcher","In many professional leagues recently, the defending champion has had a smooth start to the season. Mexico proved to be an exception, though, as UNAM Pumas fell to Tecos, 1-0, losing two players and coach Hugo Sanchez to ejections Sunday."
"2","Czech hockey coach Hlinka dies after car crash","Ivan Hlinka, a former Pittsburgh Penguins coach who led the Czech Republic to a gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, died yesterday after being injured in a car crash. He was 54."
"2","Bronze is golden to Methuen's Pedro","Standing in the snow at a medal celebration at the 2002 Winter Games at Salt Lake City, Jimmy Pedro had a sudden inspiration. He took out his cellphone and called his wife, Marie, back in Methuen, Mass."
"2","Greeks get surprise gold in synchronized diving","It was a glorious surprise, igniting a party complete with song and dance: The Greeks won the first gold medal of their hometown Olympics with an unexpected victory last night in synchronized diving."
"2","McCool not getting off the mat","The US women's gymnastics team, which wlll go after Olympic gold tonight, will be doing it without Courtney McCool , whom the coaching staff left off the roster after she had a rough night in Sunday's prelims."
"2","Red Sox and Patriots ceremoniously beaten","Boston sports fans have a track record. Predictably, we watch the Red Sox, Patriots, and big events. So it gets interesting when they go head to head, as they did Friday night. A look at the ratings confirms that the Olympics qualify as an extremely big event."
"2","Today's schedule","Pro baseball: Red Sox vs. Toronto at Fenway Park, 7 p.m.; Atlantic League -- Nashua vs. Camden at Holman Stadium, Nashua, 6:30 p.m.; International League -- Pawtucket vs. Buffalo at McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket, R.I., 7 p.m.; Eastern League: Portland vs. New Britain at Hadlock Field, Portland, Maine, 7 p.m.; Northeast League -- Brockton vs. New Haven at Campanelli Stadium, Brockton, ..."
"1","Israel to Build New Housing Units (AP)","AP - The Israeli government on Tuesday invited construction bids for 1,001 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, an official said, in direct violation of a U.S.-backed peace plan calling for a settlement freeze."
"1","Sharon 'backs settlement homes'","Reports say Israeli PM Ariel Sharon has given the green light to new homes in West Bank settlements."
"1","Oprah to sit on murder trial jury","US television host Oprah Winfrey is picked to sit on the jury for a murder trial in her home city of Chicago."
"4","Motorola Expects Strong Sales Growth (Reuters)","Reuters - Motorola Inc., the world's\second-largest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it expects\to sustain strong sales growth in the second half of 2004\thanks to new handsets with innovative designs and features."
"1","U.S. Handling of Helicopter Crash Irks Okinawa (Reuters)","Reuters - Cities in Okinawa expressed outrage at\the U.S. military on Tuesday for refusing to allow Japanese\police investigate the wreckage of a Marine helicopter that\crashed in the grounds of a university there last week."
"1","Testimony Opens in 9/11 Retrial Case (AP)","AP - A witness who knew the Hamburg-based Sept. 11 hijackers outlined the group's hatred of Israel and said its members believed suicide attacks were legitimate as testimony opened Tuesday in the retrial of a Moroccan accused of helping the pilots."
"4","Home PCs to get key Windows fix","PC owners will be able to download a major security update for Windows XP as from Wednesday."
"4","Science creates 'own mavericks'","Britain's scientific community fuels controversies by shunning colleagues with rebel ideas, research suggests."
"2","Ward, Pujols, Jones Put Up Big Numbers (AP)","AP - Daryle Ward, Albert Pujols and Chipper Jones had big nights at the plate at the expense of National League pitchers."
"2","Olympics: Greeks Dive for Joy, More Gold for Thorpe"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece was plunged in national  self-satisfaction on Tuesday after its synchronized divers won  the host nation's first gold medal of the Athens Olympics."
"1","India agree contracts","India players agree central contracts for the first time, with top stars netting a basic salary of 59,000."
"1","Mortar Attack in Central Baghdad Kills 5","BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents fired a mortar on a busy street in central Baghdad on Tuesday, killing five people and wounding 30, the Interior Ministry and hospital officials said.    Iraqi officials had earlier reported the explosion was a car bomb, but later corrected that account..."
"3","Oil Slips Below \$46 on Venezuela, Russia"," LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices eased on Tuesday as fears of  supply disruptions in Venezuela and Russia receded following a  convincing referendum victory for Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez and after Russia's YUKOS said it had received an  assurance on September exports."
"4","Crack Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux","<strong>Site Offer</strong> Save 30 at The Reg Bookshop"
"1","Burundi Army Says Might Enter Congo After Massacre (Reuters)","Reuters - The Burundian army said on Tuesday it\might cross into neighboring Congo to pursue rebels and militia\it blames for massacring 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees at a camp\in western Burundi."
"4","New Flightless Bird Species Found Off Philippines (Reuters)","Reuters - Scientists have discovered a new\species of flightless bird on a remote island in the\Philippines, the conservation group BirdLife International said\on Tuesday."
"4","Macromedia to bolster video on the Web","Macromedia on Tuesday is announcing a video kit to enable users of its authoring tools suite, Macromedia Studio MX 2004 with Flash Professional, to more easily add video to their Web sites."
"2","Olympics: China Halfway to Completing Medals Plan"," ATHENS (Reuters) - China led the Olympic medal race going  into the fourth day of competition on Tuesday with 10 golds."
"1","NY Seen Steady; Eyes on AMAT, Motorola (Reuters)","Reuters - Wall Street was set for a steady start\on Tuesday as crude oil prices eased, with results from chip\group Applied Materials (AMAT.O) and inflation data a focus,\while shares in a bullish Motorola (MOT.N) may rise."
"1","Burundi Army Says Might Enter Congo After Massacre"," BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - The Burundi army said on Tuesday it  might cross into neighboring Congo to pursue rebels and militia  it blames for massacring 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees at a camp  in western Burundi."
"3","Home Depot Quarterly Profit Rises (Reuters)","Reuters - Home Depot Inc. (HD.N), the world's\largest home improvement retailer, on Tuesday said quarterly\profit rose, topping estimates, as technology upgrades and\other store improvements helped boost sales."
"3","Home Depot Quarterly Profit Rises"," ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HD.N</A>, the world's  largest home improvement retailer, on Tuesday said quarterly  profit rose, topping estimates, as technology upgrades and  other store improvements helped boost sales."
"3","Dollar Mired Near Lows Before U.S. Data"," LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near a one-month low  against the euro on Tuesday as investors awaited U.S. inflation  data later in the day for clues on the future path of interest  rates."
"1","American Allies Embrace U.S. Military Plan (AP)","AP - American allies Japan and Australia embraced a new U.S. plan to restructure its forces abroad, while Russia said it was not concerned by the proposal. But Germany, home to 70,000 U.S. soldiers, said any withdrawal from the former Cold War frontier may hurt its economy."
"1","Taiwan Offers Compromise on Direct China Links"," TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian proposed  on Tuesday to define direct transport links with rival China as  cross-Strait routes, in a bid to bypass a longstanding  political dispute, but Beijing is likely to ignore him."
"1","Baghdad Blast Kills Seven, Najaf Fighting Rages"," BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A shell killed seven people in a busy  Baghdad street on Tuesday and U.S. forces fought pitched  battles with Shi'ite militia in the holy city of Najaf."
"3","Oil giant Yukos in plea for time","Russian oil giant Yukos is to ask a Moscow court for more time to pay its tax bill."
"3","Finance workers in union merger","A total of 140,000 members at union Unifi are absorbed into Amicus to create a 'super-union' for UK finance workers."
"4","IT managers prescribe holistic security","<strong>Reg Reader Studies</strong> But don't swallow own medicine"
"4","UK gamers rush to snap up Doom 3","The eagerly anticipated Doom 3 has stormed to the top of the UK games charts."
"1","Wanted: Sleeping Space for Protesters. Hot Water Optional.","The protesters coming to New York are receiving an outpouring of hospitality from scores of people who are opening their homes as temporary, free shelter."
"3","Dollar Mired Near Lows Before U.S. Data (Reuters)","Reuters - The dollar hovered near a one-month low\against the euro on Tuesday as investors awaited U.S. inflation\data later in the day for clues on the future path of interest\rates."
"3","Home Depot Profit Tops Estimates on Sales"," ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HD.N</A> on Tuesday  reported a 19 percent rise in second-quarter profit, topping  estimates, as technology upgrades and other store improvements  helped boost sales."
"4","Warming threatens California wine","California is to get hotter and drier by the end of the century, threatening its valuable wine industry."
"1","North Korea Talks Still On, China Tells Downer"," BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's refusal to take part in  working-level talks on the nuclear crisis prompted a diplomatic  flurry on Tuesday with China, the host of the talks, at the  heart of efforts to keep the process on track."
"1","Israel Invites Bids in Construction Plan (AP)","AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved bids for construction of 1,000 homes in Jewish West Bank settlements after freezing them earlier this month, amid growing friction with the United States over continued settlement expansion."
"1","Higher oil prices to trim China's 2004 GDP growth (AFP)","AFP - Surging oil prices could moderate China's economy this year as rising costs push inflation higher, hitting corporate profits and consumer pocket books, analysts and state press said."
"4","Motorola Expects Strong Sales Growth","Motorola Inc., the world's\second-largest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it expects\to sustain strong sales growth in the second half of 2004\thanks to new handsets with innovative designs and features."
"4","Soldering Surprise","There's nothing routine about working in space, as astronaut Mike Fincke found out recently when he did some soldering onboard the International Space Station."
"2","U.S. Gymnasts End Rebuilding With Silver (AP)","AP - Twenty years later, the boys are back on the medal stand."
"1","Three Members of Bhutto's Party Killed (AP)","AP - Unidentified gunmen opened fire on supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's party ahead of a key by-election, killing three people, police said Tuesday."
"1","Sharon Allows 1,000 More Settler Homes in West Bank"," JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has  approved building tenders for 1,000 more Israeli settlement  homes in the occupied West Bank frozen earlier to avoid  upsetting the United States, political sources said on Tuesday."
"3","Staples Posts Sharply Higher Profit (Reuters)","Reuters - Staples Inc. (SPLS.O), the top U.S.\office products retailer, on Tuesday reported a 39 percent jump\in quarterly profit as a weaker dollar boosted results abroad\and initial back-to-school demand drove sales."
"4","Vote now to name BSA's antipiracy weasel","<strong>Poll</strong> The Mother of all Mustelid polls"
"1","Russian Court Rejects Researchers' Appeal (AP)","AP - The Russian Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from an arms control researcher who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for treason in what rights advocates have called a politically motivated case."
"4","Blu-ray burns for interactive content","Flashy features could tempt consumers--and that tempts Hollywood, which could help Blu-ray beat out a rival technology."
"4","Standards battle could shoot both sides in foot","Tussle over next-generation DVD format could alienate consumers.\"
"1","Revealing Hospital Gowns Redesigned","PORTLAND, Maine - Whether its blue or spotted or stripped, the standard issue hospital gown is drafty and revealing. It's embarrassing for just about anyone who's spent a night in a medical center..."
"1","Stocks to Be in a Cautious Mood at Open","NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are seen in a cautious mood at the open Tuesday as investors weigh up the merits of Monday's oil-inspired rally..."
"1","Hostile Takeover","The battle moves to the political arena as Taipei and Beijing wrap up their wargames"
"1","Giving Back Hope","A controversial procedure for injured spines has turned a Beijing hospital into a medical mecca\"
"3","Home Depot Rises Before the Bell"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares in Home Depot Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HD.N</A> rose  before the opening bell on Tuesday after the world's largest  home improvement retailer reported a 19 percent rise in  second-quarter profit."
"4","BOFH takes a hit from Cupid's arrow","<strong>Episode 26</strong> Shall I compare thee to an OS2-free Intel box?"
"4","Nortel Says Canada Plans Accounting Probe","Nortel Networks Corp. said on Monday the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told\the company it will begin a criminal investigation into"
"4","Two Plead Not Guilty in Hacking Case","Two men accused of aiding a Romanian man charged with hacking into the online ordering system of the world's largest computer equipment distributor pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud."
"4","Rival Targets Apple's ITunes Customers","For more than a year, Apple Computers Inc. enjoyed singular success selling songs exclusively to users of its iPod portable music player. Now, it's got rival RealNetworks Inc. trying to lure iTunes customers away."
"4","Free-Speech for Online Gambling Ads Sought","The operator of a gambling news site on the Internet has asked a federal judge to declare that advertisements in U.S. media for foreign online casinos and sports betting outlets are protected by free-speech rights."
"1","US hurricane victims face turmoil","Many victims of Florida's worst hurricane for years are still homeless, with no electricity or telephone services."
"3","Google seeks OK to sell shares","Google has signaled that its share auction is nearly complete, asking the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval to begin selling 25.7 million shares of stock starting late this afternoon."
"3","\$1.1b deal to join hospital chains","BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- LifePoint Hospitals Inc. , an operator of acute care facilities in rural areas, outlined a deal yesterday to buy rival Province Healthcare Co. for about \$1.1 billion in cash and stock."
"3","J.C. Penney Posts Second-Quarter Profit (Reuters)","Reuters - Department store operator J.C. Penney\Co. Inc. (JCP.N) on Tuesday posted a second-quarter profit,\reversing a year-earlier loss, helped by inventory controls and\strong department store sales."
"3","German investor confidents slides on high oil prices (AFP)","AFP - Investor confidence in Germany has declined more sharply than anticipated, a major economic think tank said, as high oil prices put a damper on hopes of a continuation of the nascent recovery."
"3","J.C. Penney Posts Second-Quarter Profit"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Department store operator J.C. Penney  Co. Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=JCP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">JCP.N</A> on Tuesday posted a second-quarter profit,  reversing a year-earlier loss, helped by inventory controls and  strong department store sales."
"3","Staples Profit Up Sharply, to Enter China"," 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."
"3","Estee Lauder Quarterly Profit Climbs"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cosmetics manufacturer Estee Lauder  Cos. Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=EL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">EL.N</A> on Tuesday posted a bigger quarterly profit,  bolstered by sales in Europe and an improving U.S. retail  market."
"3","BJ's Profit Rises; Food, Gas Sales Strong"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BJ.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">BJ.N</A> on  Tuesday posted higher quarterly profit as soaring gasoline  prices and strong demand for food boosted sales."
"4","PalmOne Unveils SD Wi-Fi Card (PC World)","PC World - Tiny 802.11b adapter will work with Zire 72, Tungsten T3 handhelds."
"2","Americans Miss Cut","In a stunning blow to the U.S., Americans Ian Crocker and Jason Lezak miss the cut in the 100-meter freestyle preliminaries."
"1","Twins of the world unite in France (AFP)","AFP - A tiny French village in Brittany -- the self proclaimed capital of twin-dom -- has played host to an international gathering of thousands of identical twins, triplets and quadruplets."
"1","Developing states to seek voice in fighting terror (Reuters)","Reuters - Developing nations launched their annual diplomatic summit on Tuesday with a plea to the United States and other powerful countries to consult them on tackling terror and resolving the Middle East conflict"
"4","Symantec Upgrades Norton Security Products","Revamped Norton AntiVirus, Personal Firewall, and AntiSpam tools fight pests and dangers online."
"1","Afghan president gains backing of militia commanders ahead of polls (AFP)","AFP - A lieutenant of powerful northern warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostam pledged to back incumbent Hamid Karzai in the upcoming presidential vote and said 149 other military commanders would join him."
"1","Iraqi Delegation Flies to Najaf in Peace Bid"," BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A delegation of Iraqi political and  religious leaders flew out of Baghdad on U.S. military  helicopters Tuesday, heading for Najaf in a bid to end a bloody  Shi'ite uprising, delegates said."
"1","U.S. to Give Cuba  #36;50,000 Hurricane Aid (AP)","AP - Cubans hit hard by hurricane Charley will receive  #36;50,000 in U.S. assistance, the State Department said Friday."
"3","Euro industrial production slows","Industrial production in the eurozone \falls by 0.4 in June from May, with Germany registering the biggest fall."
"3","German welfare rallies escalate","Eastern Germany sees more mass protests over welfare cuts, with smaller rallies in western cities."
"4","Ice yields ancient 'plant matter'","Scientists drilling ice cores in Greenland have recovered what appear to be plant remains from nearly 3km (two miles) below the surface."
"4","Many engineers lack a four-year degree","The news comes as some observers warn that the United States needs to focus more on training scientists and engineers."
"4","AMD begins shipments of Oakville mobile chips","Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has begun shipping commercial versions of its Athlon 64 processors made using a 90-nanometer process, marking another step forward in the company's transition to the more advanced manufacturing technology."
"4","Google seeks to end auction Tuesday","Google Inc. wants to conclude its share auction Tuesday, setting the stage for its stock to go public Wednesday, according to a statement on its IPO (initial public offering) Web site."
"1","Germany Shaken by U.S. Plans to Withdraw Troops"," BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government said on Tuesday  U.S. plans to pull out 30,000 troops were a sign of Europe's  divisions being healed, but communities hit by the decision  warned they were headed for economic disaster."
"1","Americans Miss Cut in 100-Meter Freestyle","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..."
"1","790,000 Still Have No Power in Florida","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - About 790,000 people remain without power in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley, and officials estimate it could take weeks to get electricity fully restored..."
"1","'Boots' Takes Gold at the Ferret Olympics","SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - While world-class athletes were grunting and groaning on the other side of the Atlantic Sunday, ""Boots"" went for the gold here in his own way..."
"3","Saks Posts Wider Second-Quarter Loss (Reuters)","Reuters - Saks Inc. (SKS.N) on Tuesday posted a\wider quarterly loss as poor sales at its lower-priced\department stores outweighed a strong performance at its Saks\Fifth Avenue luxury chain."
"3","July Consumer Prices Drop, Energy Tumbles"," 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 on Tuesday in a report  showing underlying inflation pressures largely in check."
"3","Housing Starts Rebound Sharply in July"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing starts rebounded sharply in  July, making up almost all the ground lost in a June slump by  posting their largest monthly percentage gain since September  2002, a report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday showed."
"3","Home Depot, Motorola Rise Before Bell"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Home Depot Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HD.N</A> rose  before the opening bell on Tuesday after the world's largest  home improvement retailer reported a 19 percent rise in  second-quarter profit."
"4","Researchers Develop Method to Find Algae (AP)","AP - Marine researchers are hoping to prevent tides of destructive algae from killing fish and fouling beaches through early detection of the microscopic organisms."
"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.  ""Our expectation is that the agreement that has been made will  be honored,"" said ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, adding that the  cease-fire was due to take effect at 4 p.m."
"1","Football: Liverpool sign Nunez","Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez seals the signing of Antonio Nunez from Real Madrid."
"3","July Consumer Prices Drop, Energy Tumbles (Reuters)","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 on Tuesday in a report\showing underlying inflation pressures largely in check."
"3","Housing Starts Rebound Sharply in July (Reuters)","Reuters - Housing starts rebounded sharply in\July, making up almost all the ground lost in a June slump by\posting their largest monthly percentage gain since September\2002, a report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday showed."
"3","Consumer Prices Dip in July","Consumer prices, which have been buffeted this year by soaring energy costs, fell by 0.1 percent in July as gasoline costs posted their biggest decline in eight months, the government reported Tuesday."
"4","Groups: Ill. Butterfly Population Falling (AP)","AP - The number of butterflies fluttering around the Chicago area has dropped dramatically this summer, experts and enthusiasts say."
"1","Rescue workers comb storm-hit Cornish village after flash flood horror (AFP)","AFP - Rescue workers combed a coastal village in north Cornwall for missing persons after a flash flood sent a wall of water tearing through the picturesque tourist spot the day before."
"1","Vietnam Hosts Investment Conference (AP)","AP - Hoping to boost business ties with Singapore, Vietnam's prime minister opened a forum here Tuesday with promises of economic reform and continued growth."
"3","Auto Retailer CarMax Cuts Profit Outlook (Reuters)","Reuters - Auto retailer CarMax Inc. (KMX.N) on\Tuesday said it was cutting its second-quarter earnings\forecast due to slower-than-expected used-car sales."
"3","Stocks Set to Open Up After Reports"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were set to open higher on  Tuesday after an economic report showed U.S. consumer prices  dropped in July for the first time in eight months and another  report said U.S. housing starts rebounded sharply in July."
"3","Treasuries Edge Ahead on Inflation Relief"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury debt prices firmed on Tuesday  after a key reading of U.S. inflation proved  softer-than-expected, a relief to investors in fixed-income  debt."
"3","Chain Store Sales Growth Slows"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricanes Bonnie and Charley slowed  U.S. chain store sales growth in the latest week, a report said  on Tuesday."
"4","Cool Weather Killed Gypsy Moths in Wis. (AP)","AP - Wisconsin's annual battle against a leaf-eating insect got some help from this spring's nasty weather, which resulted in a huge decline in tree defoliation, a state forestry expert said Monday."
"4","Broadband offers magical journey","A 'magic carpet' to take children around the world is one of the projects that has won a community net award."
"1","BHP Billiton year to June profit seen up sharply on higher prices, demand (AFP)","AFP - Australian resources firm BHP Billiton is expected to post sharply higher earnings in the year to June aided by rising commodities prices, high production levels and continued strong demand from China, analysts said."
"3","Profits Up for Farm Equipment Maker Deere"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Deere   Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=DE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">DE.N</A>, one of the world's  largest farm equipment makers, on Tuesday said quarterly  earnings jumped sharply, driven in part by strength in its  agricultural and construction equipment businesses."
"3","Oil Eases on Venezuela, Russia Optimism"," LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices eased on Tuesday as fears of  supply disruptions receded following a convincing referendum  victory in Venezuela for President Hugo Chavez and after  Russia's YUKOS said it had received a government assurance on  September exports."
"3","Consumer Prices Fell Modestly in July","Consumer prices fell by 0.1 percent in July as gasoline costs posted their biggest decline in eight months, the government reported today."
"3","Home Depot Reports 19 Percent Rise in Profits","Home Depot reported a jump in second-quarter profit on record sales as it benefited from strong performance in stores open at least a year."
"4","Microsoft delays SP2 auto update","Slowdown will give big companies more time to hunt down compatibility problems, the company says."
"4","Google set to list as soon as Wednesday (AFP)","AFP - Google Inc.'s hotly anticipated share listing appears set to launch as early as Wednesday."
"4","IBM rolls out midrange eServer i5","IBM is filling in the center of its Power 5-based eServer i5 lineup on Tuesday, unwrapping a four-way system aimed at midsize companies looking to consolidate a variety of business applications."
"2","NBA Olympians feel urgency after stunning loss (AFP)","AFP - Telephone calls from flabergasted friends back home have helped install a sense of urgency in the United States Olympic basketball team in the wake of their stunning loss to Puerto Rico."
"1","Court to Consider Yukos' Plea on Tax Bill (AP)","AP - A Russian court on Tuesday was to consider the beleaguered Yukos oil company's appeal to suspend government efforts to collect  #36;3.4 billion in back taxes  #151; a massive bill that has put Russia's largest oil producer on the verge of ruin."
"1","Iraq Peace Mission in Najaf; Baghdad Blast Kills 7"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi political and religious  leaders trying to end a radical Shi'ite uprising flew into  Najaf Tuesday, where U.S. troops and militia fought pitched  battles near the country's holiest Islamic sites."
"1","Ugandan Army Says Nine LRA Rebels Killed"," KAMPALA, Uganda (Reuters) - Ugandan troops killed nine  Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels after a devastating raid on  the group's headquarters in southern Sudan scattered its main  force, the army said Tuesday."
"3","Consumer Prices Drop, Housing Starts Soar (Reuters)","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 on Tuesday in a report\showing inflation pressures largely in check."
"3","Profits Up for Farm Equipment Maker Deere (Reuters)","Reuters - Deere   Co. (DE.N), one of the world's\largest farm equipment makers, on Tuesday said quarterly\earnings jumped sharply, driven in part by strength in its\agricultural and construction equipment businesses."
"3","BJ's Wholesale Reports  #36;28M 2Q Profit (AP)","AP - BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. said Tuesday that sales growth boosted second-quarter earnings 25 percent, and the bulk retailer disclosed it faces  #36;16 million in claims over the theft of some of its customers' credit and debit card information."
"3","Last Call for Investors to Bid on Google"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time is running out for prospective  investors to submit their offers to buy shares of Google Inc,  the Web's No. 1 search company."
"4","HP's Unix base offered Opteron carrot","<strong>HP World</strong> Come for a stroll in the Sun"
"4","Exploring Venus: The Hothouse Planet","Before spaceprobes could photograph Venus up close, the second planet from the Sun was often compared to a sister world, much like the Earth. Planetary scientist, David Grinspoon, discusses with Astrobiology Magazine how that view evolved to consider the extremes encountered on the Venusian surface."
"4","Yahoo Offering Cheaper Domain Names and Hosting","Yahoo Offering Cheaper Domain Names and Hosting\\Yahoo has changed their small business targeting approach by offering domain names for \$9.95 as part of an aggressive move to expand its presence in domains and small business web hosting. Yahoo is also beefing up its shared hosting accounts, offering 2 gigabytes of ..."
"1","Moldovan summertime 'Love Under a Lime Tree' sets European hips swinging (AFP)","AFP - Europe's youth has been singing in Romanian this summer thanks to a Moldovan boys band that has swept to the top of the charts across the continent."
"1","Americans Falter in 100M Freestyle Prelims","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..."
"1","Consumer Prices Fall As Gas Costs Drop","WASHINGTON - Consumer prices, which have been buffeted this year by soaring energy costs, fell by 0.1 percent in July as gasoline costs posted their biggest decline in eight months, the government reported Tuesday.    The Labor Department said the decline in its closely watched Consumer Price Index was the first decrease since a 0.2 percent drop last November, a decline which also reflected a decline in energy costs..."
"3","U.S. July Output Up; Factories Run Faster"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. industrial output advanced in  July, as American factories operated at their highest capacity  in more than three years, a Federal Reserve report on Tuesday  showed."
"4","Google IPO Auction to End Tonight","Google IPO Auction to End Tonight\\Google has requested that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) declare the Google IPO registration statement effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, according to the Google IPO page: www.ipo.google.com. After an IPO registration statement is declared effective, the stock can be ..."
"1","U.S. Brokers Cease-fire in Western Afghanistan (Reuters)","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."
"1","Warming threatens California wine","California will become hotter and drier by the end of the century, threatening its valuable wine and dairy industries, US experts say."
"1","Phaithful Phlock to the Phinish as the 21-Year Jam Ends in Tears","Phish made its farewell in Vermont this past weekend in true Phish style: playing its own musical marathon, swarmed by adoring fans and isolated from the rest of the world."
"3","Stocks Open Higher on Housing, CPI Data"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday  after two separate reports showed inflationary pressure was  held in check in July and U.S. housing starts rebounded sharply  in the same month."
"1","Iraqi Peace Mission in Najaf; Baghdad Blast Kills 7"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi political and religious  leaders trying to end a radical Shi'ite uprising flew into  Najaf Tuesday, where U.S. troops and militia fought pitched  battles near the country's holiest Islamic sites."
"3","U.S. July Output Up; Factories Run Faster (Reuters)","Reuters - U.S. industrial output advanced in\July, as American factories operated at their highest capacity\in more than three years, a Federal Reserve report on Tuesday\showed."
"3","Last Call for Investors to Bid on Google (Reuters)","Reuters - Time is running out for prospective\investors to submit their offers to buy shares of Google Inc,\the Web's No. 1 search company."
"4","Intel Delays Digital TV Chips (PC World)","PC World - Chip maker postpones yet another product launch."
"2","Greek Athletes Shocked by Accusations"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's top two athletes, facing a  state prosecutor's investigation over missed drug tests and a  motorbike crash, left hospital Tuesday declaring they were  innocent and should be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games."
"1","Fish Dumped at Landmark in Pollution Protest (Reuters)","Reuters - Environment activists piled thousands of\dead fish at the foot of Berlin's biggest tourist attraction,\the Brandenburg Gate, Tuesday in a demonstration against\over-fishing and pollution in the North Sea."
"3","Auto Retailer CarMax Trims Outlook"," DETROIT (Reuters) - Auto retailer CarMax Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KMX.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">KMX.N</A> on  Tuesday cut its second-quarter earnings forecast due to  slower-than-expected used-car sales, sparking a 3.7 percent  drop in its shares."
"3","Home Depot Sees 2Q Profit Jump","The Home Depot Inc. reported a nearly 19 percent jump in second-quarter profit on record sales as it benefited from strong performance in stores open at least a year. It also raised its earnings outlook for the year."
"4","Final frontier: 'Star Wars Trilogy' on DVD (USATODAY.com)","USATODAY.com - Fans and retailers alike are preparing for the assault of the most anticipated DVD of them all: the Star Wars Trilogy."
"4","Stock lawsuit possible in telecom merger plan (USATODAY.com)","USATODAY.com - Former MediaOne Group executives are exploring a class-action lawsuit over Cingular's insistence that AT amp;T Wireless stock options, issued by the millions to employees and former employees of MediaOne, AT amp;T and AT amp;T Wireless, be exercised as soon as the merger closes, people involved in the effort say."
"4","Autodesk: Piracy in India Costs Us  #36;367M (AP)","AP - American design software developer Autodesk Inc. said Tuesday it is losing  #36;367 million in potential revenues each year because of software piracy in India."
"4","IBM Adds New Power5  iSeries Server (Ziff Davis)","Ziff Davis - The company introduces a new midrange server and expands management and support across the i5 server line."
"4","Blind Students to Help Launch NASA Rocket","By ALEX DOMINGUEZ    BALTIMORE (AP) -- A dozen blind students from across the United States are at a summer camp this week working on a project most don't associate with the visually impaired - launching a NASA rocket.    The students are designing and preparing the rocket's payload at the National Federation of the Blind's Jernigan Institute in Baltimore..."
"4","Scientist Advocates for Embryonic Stem Cell Research","By KATHARINE WEBSTER     MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- A Nobel laureate in medicine says the Bush administration's limits on funding for embryonic stem cell research have stopped the clock on American scientists' efforts to develop treatments for a host of chronic, debilitating diseases..."
"4","The Playboy Google Interview","The Google Playboy Interview In Its Entirety\\The infamous Playboy Interview of Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the Google Guys, is now not only available on newsstands all over the country, but also on the Security Exchange Commission's website because of a possible SEC violation. Now, it will be more difficult ..."
"1","Text Message Leads Police to Killers (AP)","AP - A Belgian teenager fired off a mobile phone text message to her father that his live-in girlfriend was trying to kill her in a plea for help just before she died, authorities said."
"3","Deere Earnings Jump, Raises 2004 Forecast"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Deere   Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=DE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">DE.N</A>, one of the world's  largest farm equipment makers, on Tuesday said quarterly  earnings jumped sharply, driven in part by strength in its  agricultural and construction equipment businesses."
"4","Real is playing for keeps in music price war (USATODAY.com)","USATODAY.com - RealNetworks today is slashing the price of a digital download to 49 cents a song from 99 cents - a bold move in the war over digital music."
"4","RealNetworks Tries to Core Apple","RealNetworks launched round two in its heavyweight digital music match against Apple Computer, slashing the cost of its music downloads to take business away from Apple's iTunes download service. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>"
"4","Rival Targets Apple's ITunes Music Customers","By ALEX VEIGA    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- For more than a year, Apple Computers Inc. enjoyed singular success selling songs exclusively to users of its iPod portable music player..."
"4","Intel Delays Launch of New Projection TV Chip","By MATTHEW FORDAHL    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In another product postponement, semiconductor giant Intel Corp. (INTC) said it won't be offering a chip for projection TVs by the end of 2004 as it had announced earlier this year..."
"4","Bikes Bring Internet to Indian Villagers","By S. SRINIVASAN    BITHOOR, India (AP) -- For 12-year-old Anju Sharma, hope for a better life arrives in her poor farming village three days a week on a bicycle rickshaw that carries a computer with a high-speed, wireless Internet connection..."
"4","MSN Closes Search Engine Technology Preview","MSN Closes Search Engine Technology Preview\\Microsoft's MSN has closed down the preview/beta page of MSN Search Engine Technology ResearchBuzz reports. \\Trying to access it now gets you this page which includes the text ""Once we are ready, we will release another preview of our new algorithmic search engine."" I'm glad ..."
"2","NHL Labor Negotiations Set to Resume (AP)","AP - With two fruitless negotiating sessions behind them and only one month left before an NHL lockout, the league and the players association will return to the bargaining table Tuesday."
"3","Dollar Gains on Euro After Muted U.S. CPI"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar posted gains against the  euro on Tuesday, digesting a slew of U.S. economic data that  failed to substantially alter expectations for Federal Reserve  interest rate hikes."
"3","High oil prices hit China growth","Rising oil prices are expected to hit China's growth rate this year."
"3","US prices in surprise July slide","US consumer prices  fell by 0.1 in July, the first fall this year, reducing the chances of a September interest rate rise."
"4","RealNetworks Tries to Core Apple (washingtonpost.com)","washingtonpost.com - RealNetworks really knows how to pick a fight. First, the Seattle-based company landed a sucker punch on Apple Computer last month with its new Harmony technology that allows songs sold from Real's online music store to play on Apple's iPod digital music player."
"4","Google IPO Awaits Final Approval","In a sign that Google Inc. (GOOG)'s initial public offering is imminent, the Internet search company has asked federal regulators to give final approval to the paperwork required for its stock sale."
"1","Charges laid against eight British terror suspects (AFP)","AFP - Eight men arrested in an anti-terror swoop in London and other parts of England two weeks ago were charged with conspiracy to murder and other terrorist-related activities."
"1","Father of Pakistan Al Qaeda Suspect Files Petition"," ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The father of a computer engineer  detained in Pakistan last month for suspected links with al  Qaeda filed a petition Tuesday calling for his son to be  produced in court and urging authorities not to extradite him."
"1","Eight men face terror charges","Police in the UK charge eight men with terror offences, including conspiracy to murder."
"1","Protester sparks security review","Olympics organisers order tighter security after a man leaps into the pool during a synchronised diving final."
"1","Man charged with killing ex-miner","A 42-year-old man is charged with killing a former miner who was found on his Nottinghamshire doorstep."
"1","Iraqis on Mission to End Najaf Insurgency","BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's national conference sent a delegation bearing a peace proposal to Najaf on Tuesday, hoping to end the standoff with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, which has marred the gathering meant to be a landmark step toward democracy.    As the National Conference in Baghdad put together the mission, a mortar round exploded several miles from the gathering's venue, killing seven people and wounding wounding 35, according to the Health Ministry..."
"1","Sharon Resumes West Bank Construction","JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved bids for construction of 1,000 homes in Jewish West Bank settlements after freezing them earlier this month, amid growing friction with the United States over continued settlement expansion.    The planned construction violates the internationally backed ""road map"" plan, accepted by Israel, which calls for a construction freeze..."
"1","Stocks Rise on Drop in Consumer Prices","NEW YORK - Stocks rose for a second straight session Tuesday as a drop in consumer prices and a decline in crude oil futures Tuesday allowed investors to put aside worries about inflation, at least for the short term. The Dow Jones industrial average pushed past the 10,000 mark for the first time in nearly two weeks..."
"1","Sharon Resumes West Bank Construction","Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved bids for construction of 1,000 homes in Jewish West Bank settlements after freezing them earlier this month, amid growing friction with the United States over continued settlement expansion."
"3","Estee Lauder Profit Up, Shares Down (Reuters)","Reuters - Cosmetics manufacturer Estee Lauder\Cos. Inc. (EL.N) on Tuesday said quarterly net income jumped 51\percent, bolstered by new product sales and an improving U.S.\retail market."
"3","Treasuries Up, Rate Hike Still in Offing (Reuters)","Reuters - U.S. Treasury debt made moderate gains\on Tuesday after a key reading of U.S. inflation proved softer\than expected, a relief to investors in fixed-income debt."
"3","US industrial production rises 0.4 percent in July (AFP)","AFP - American industry lifted output moderately in July, the Federal Reserve said, a sign the economy may be finding its feet after a mid-summer slip."
"3","Stocks Up, Data Shows Inflation in Check"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday after  two separate economic reports showed inflationary pressure was  held in check in July and U.S. housing starts rebounded sharply  in the same month."
"2","Kenteris protests innocence","Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris insists he is not a drug cheat as he leaves hospital."
"2","British eventers slip back","Great Britain slip down to third after the cross-country round of the three-day eventing."
"4","Drug Shows Promise for Alcoholism","Topiramate reduced cravings in small study    HealthDayNews -- A drug called topiramate shows promise as a potential new treatment for alcoholism, according to a study in the August issue of Alcoholism: Clinical   Experimental Research.    This early-stage study of 150 people with alcohol dependence found that topiramate can reduce self-reported drinking and may reduce self-reported craving for alcohol..."
"1","UAE wins first Olympic gold","Ahmed al-Maktoum becomes the first Olympic medallist from the UAE with gold in the men's double shooting trap."
"3","Last Call for Investors to Bid on Google","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time is running out for prospective investors to submit their offers to buy shares of Google Inc, the Web #39;s No. 1 search company. "
"3","Oil Falls on Reduced Concern About Venezuelan, Russian Supply","Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil futures fell for a second day after a Russian state railway official said shipments of Yukos Oil Co. oil would continue and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won a recall vote. "
"3","Can Glaser, Jobs find harmony?","RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser has survived longer than most in the Internet business, largely by pulling rabbits out of his hat when the competition least expects it. "
"3","PCI: Charley not as devastating as Andrew","The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), the group from which member companies write about a third of Florida homeowners insurance, said initial reports from claims adjusters indicate damage from Hurricane Charley, while extensive, was ..."
"3","Stocks Rise on Drop in Consumer Prices","A drop in consumer prices and a decline in crude oil futures Tuesday allowed investors to put aside worries about inflation, at least for the short term, and they sent stocks modestly higher. "
"3","Apax and Permira finalise \$5bn acquisition of moon-landing firm","The company that broadcast the moon landings in 1969 and kept the  quot;Hotline quot; open between the White House and the Kremlin during the Seventies has been sold for \$5bn (2.7bn), including \$2bn of debt, to a private equity ..."
"3","US Air to Seek 5-Year Extension for Pension Fund Payments","S Airways, facing a cash shortage as it tries to avoid another bankruptcy filing, said yesterday that it would seek government permission to stretch out \$67.5 million in contributions it owes to the pensions of its mechanics and ..."
"3","Housing Starts Rebound Sharply in July","WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing starts rebounded sharply in July, making up almost all the ground lost in a June slump by posting their largest monthly percentage gain since September 2002, a report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday showed. "
"3","Mills to pay GM unit \$1 bln for stakes in 9 malls","NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Mills Corp. (MLS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a real estate investment trust, on Tuesday said it agreed to buy a 50 percent managing stake in nine regional malls from General Motors Corp. #39;s (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) ..."
"3","OFT invites comment on Telegraph deal","The Office of Fair Trading has set the clock ticking on the process that could see the Barclay brothers #39; deal to buy the Daily Telegraph reviewed by competition watchdogs. "
"3","Cantor Fitzgerald spinning off unit","NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Institutional broker Cantor Fitzgerald said Tuesday it #39;s spinning off its fixed-income voice brokerage operations into a new partnership, and will focus on expansion of its remaining institutional fixed-income and equity business. "
"3","Around Asia #39;s Markets: Shopping your way to better returns","Singapore real estate investment trusts such as CapitaMall Trust may outperform the market this year as acquisitions of shopping malls and industrial buildings bolster rental income. "
"4","Microsoft delays SP2 auto update","Microsoft is delaying distribution of Windows XP Service Pack 2 via its Automatic Update service by at least nine days in order to give corporate customers more time to temporarily block automatic downloading of SP2 by their employees. "
"4","New moons for Saturn","Two small moons have been discovered orbiting Saturn by NASA #39;s Cassini-Huygens probe. The find, which was announced yesterday, raises Saturn #39;s satellite count to 33. "
"4","Intel Delays LCOS chips for HDTV","LCOS technology sandwiches a layer of liquid crystal between a cover glass and a highly reflective, mirror-like surface patterned with pixels that sits on top of a silicon chip. These layers form a microdisplay that can be used in projection displays such ..."
"4","Intel delays delivery of chip for projection TVs - report","BEIJING (AFX-ASIA) - Intel Corp said it is delaying the delivery of its first chip for projection television sets, while rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc is moving on schedule to an advanced manufacturing process, the Wall Street Journal reported. "
"4","CA moves to tackle spyware","In a move to round out its computer security offerings, Computer Associates International Inc. yesterday said it acquired Pest Patrol Inc., a Carlisle, Pa., company that specializes in software to detect and eradicate malicious spyware. "
"4","Hunters are poised as some whales thrive","CAP DE BON DSIR, Quebec A few miles from this spit along the pink granite coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, there is a sheltered cove that has witnessed the full span of the human relationship with whales. <br><a href=""/url?ntc=04SG1 q=http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/science/0804/17whales.html"">Save the whales! Then what?</a> <font class=f>Atlanta nbsp;Journal nbsp;Constitution nbsp;(subscription)</font>"
"4","PalmOne Unveils Wi-Fi SD Card","If you own a Zire 72 or Tungsten T3 and have been longing for better wireless connectivity than their built-in Bluetooth, help is on the way: PalmOne has announced a Wi-Fi SD card for those handhelds. "
"4","IBM seeks dismissal of breach of contract claims in SCO case","IBM has filed court documents seeking a dismissal of a second major component of the lawsuit filed against it last year by Unix supplier SCO. "
"4","Many engineers lack a four-year degree","More than one-fifth of US science and engineering workers do not have a bachelor #39;s degree, according to a new report from the National Science Foundation. "
"4","HP releases  quot;carrier quot; grade Linux for pigeons","HP, THE SELLER OF tin and fag-free utopian ideals is flogging commodity, standards-based hardware and software, including Carrier Grade Linux, to telephone company Motorola. "
"4","Police officer arrested in Internet sex sting","WHITE PLAINS, NY (AP) _ A city police officer was arrested at what he thought would be a sexual rendezvous with a teenage boy, six months after he was caught calling himself a  quot;boy hunter quot; in an Internet chat profile, officials said. "
"4","Researchers Develop Method to Find Algae","HOUSTON - Marine researchers are hoping to prevent tides of destructive algae from killing fish and fouling beaches through early detection of the microscopic organisms. "
"4","Indian researcher designs revolutionary low cost PC for the poor","Professor Raj Reddy, an Indian researcher in artificial intelligence and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University.Has designed a wirelessly networked personal computer worth just 250 US dollars intended for the four billion people around the world who ..."
"4","3Com partners with wireless switch start-up","3Com is the latest networking company to partner with a wireless LAN switching start-up. 3Com said Monday it will begin reselling a version of the Mobility Exchange Switch and management software from Trapeze Networks under the 3Com brand later this year. "
"4","Coral gets its color from bacteria","The soft orange glow of a common Caribbean coral comes not from the coral itself but from bacteria that live inside it, US scientists said last week. And the bacteria not only give the coral a little night light, but they also break down seawater to help ..."
"4","2004 Global nanotech spending report","Lux Research Inc., a New York-based nanotechnology firm has released a detailed report that suggests global spending on research and capital investment in nanotechnology will reach \$8.6 this year. More than half that figure, \$4.6 billion, will come in the ..."
"4","WholeSecurity takes phish-blocking to browser","WholeSecurity Inc has released technology that the firm says can be used to block web users from inadvertently accessing phishing web sites. The company has signed eBay Inc as a flagship customer, and has the software on millions of desktops. "
"4","MyDoom worm still causing problems","The experts claim hackers have compromised these sites by exploiting scripting vulnerabilities in their guestbooks. "
"2","Hall-of-Fame credentials","HAVEN, Wis. -- An official from the World Golf Hall of Fame joined a casual conversation last year about players on the verge of election and someone mentioned Vijay Singh.  quot;He wouldn #39;t get my vote, quot; the official said. "
"2","Plenty of Room at the Inns of Athens","Description: In the weeks leading up to the Olympic games in Athens, hotels were expecting huge crowds to flood the city. Lagging ticket sales at Olympic venues seem to have trickled into the hotel business as well, as crowds have failed to show up as ..."
"2","Pratt advances to third round","Australia #39;s Nicole Pratt has advanced to the third round of the tennis event at the Athens Olympics with a three-set win over Italian Tathiana Garbin. "
"2","West Indies thrashed by England","JUST yesterday, it looked as though West Indies had a chance to finally win their first match in 2004 against England. How quickly that faded away! Simply put, West Indies lost the plot. England, behind on first innings, did just enough to ..."
"2","Yao #39;s 39 carries China past New Zealand","ATHENS, Greece - Yao Ming bounced back from a rough opening game with 39 points and 13 rebounds to lead China to a 69-62 victory over New Zealand in the men #39;s basketball Group A tournament Tuesday. "
"2","Olympics-Henin rust-free but Ferrero falters","ATHENS, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Any hint of rust after a 12-week lay-off was long gone by the time Justine Henin-Hardenne took to the Olympic tennis court on Tuesday, a fact drummed mercilessly home to Venezuela #39;s Maria Vento-Kabchi. "
"2","Rugby-South Africa opt for Venter #39;s physical edge","DURBAN, Aug 17 (Reuters) - South Africa hope AJ Venter will add a physical edge to their play in the loose in the deciding Tri-Nations test against Australia in Durban on Saturday. "
"1","Vatican Says It #39;s Willing #39; to Help End Najaf (Correct)","Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Vatican is willing #39; #39; to help end fighting between militiamen loyal to Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and Iraqi and US forces in Iraq #39;s holy city of Najaf, according to a statement on the Holy See #39;s Web ..."
"1","UK village wrecked by flash floods","Boscastle - Emergency services searched the wreckage of a picturesque English fishing village on Tuesday for 15 people unaccounted for after flash floods created a wall of water which tore through the valley. "
"1","China #39;s Appeal to North Korea: Attend Nuclear Working Talks","China has asked that North Korea attend working-level meetings ahead of the next round of six-party nuclear talks in Beijing. "
"1","Chess legend wedding bid  #39;genuine #39;","TOKYO, Japan -- The Japanese woman who plans to marry former world chess champion Bobby Fischer says their feelings are genuine. "
"1","Al Qaeda operative said to visit Pakistan","ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A senior Al Qaeda operative captured in Britain this month had traveled in March to a militant hideout near the Pakistan-Afghan border and met with other terror suspects, ..."
"1","German welfare rallies escalate","Thousands of people have marched through cities across Germany in renewed protests against welfare cuts. "
"1","Migrants #39; ordeal ugly side of paradise","Pleasant visions of fun in the sun in the Dominican Republic are being shattered by sad images of residents being smuggled away on wooden boats, only to perish at sea. "
"1","Tamil Tigers are unlikely to change their stripes (NEWS ANALYSIS) :","India News  gt; New Delhi, Aug 17 : For the first time since Sri Lanka #39;s peace process got under way in February 2002, Tamil Tiger guerrillas have come under flak from the West amid growing signs of a revival of the armed conflict. "
"1","Deaths in Nigerian cult clashes","At least 18 students have been killed in clashes between rival student gangs in south-eastern Nigeria. "
"3","Motorola Expects Strong Sales in 2nd Half"," SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Motorola Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MOT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">MOT.N</A>, the  second-largest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it expects  to sustain strong sales growth in the second half of 2004 on  new handsets, sparking a 4.7 percent jump in its shares."
"4","Work Works for Women","Women who work are healthier than women who don't have jobs, suggests a study presented Aug. 16 at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in San Francisco. The University of Pennsylvania study concluded the health benefits that women derive from working aren't diminished by longer work hours or combining longer work hours with those of a spouse."
"4","Symantec to reinforce data protection","Company's upgrades will put a particular focus on protecting personal information from online thieves."
"3","Google IPO Set to Trade this Week","On Monday, Google requested final approval from federal regulators to begin trading their stock. Google has asked that the SEC declare its registration statement effective as of 1 pm pacific time today. Google ..."
"3","European/US private equity consortium buys Intelsat in deal valued at \$5bn","An unusual alliance of US and European private equity firms has won the auction to buy Bermuda-based satellite business Intelsat. Europeans Apax and Permira and US firms Apollo Management and Madison Dearborn will pay \$3bn for the business and assume \$2bn ..."
"4","Windows Update","Operating systems just ain #39;t what they used to be. For a while, Microsoft released a new version of Windows every two or three yearseach creating a ripple effect on how we all used and thought about technology. But now, there #39;s a ..."
"4","New bird survives hungry Filipinos","Manila - A new species of flightless bird has been discovered living on a tiny island in the northern Philippines where the inhabitants formerly ate them, scientists and birdwatchers said on Tuesday. "
"4","Intel Delays Digital TV Chips","Intel #39;s LCOS (liquid crystal on silicon) high-definition television chips first unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in January will not be released in time for next year #39;s show, as scheduled. "
"4","CA buys PestPatrol anti-spyware developer","Computer Associates said Monday it acquired PestPatrol, a firm marketing anti-spyware software to enterprises, small businesses and individual consumers. "
"4","KDE 3.3 Linux desktop closes in on Windows","The final release of KDE 3.3, an open-source Linux desktop environment, is due in a few days and will give users greatly improved email facilities. "
"2","Bill Simmons","I #39;m starting to wonder if  quot;Puerto Rico 92, USA 73 quot; was one of those life-altering upsets, along the lines of  quot;USA 4, USSR 3 quot; and  quot;Cadwallader 99, Nevada State 98. quot; It #39;s not that we lost. I knew that was going to happen. Even predicted it. It was the way ..."
"2","Nunez officially joins Liverpool","Liverpool, England (Sports Network) - Antonio Nunez arrived at Liverpool Tuesday as part of the deal that sent Michael Owen to Spanish giant Real Madrid. "
"2","Iranian judo scandal","Iran #39;s Judo champion, a favourite at the Athens Games, has disqualified himself rather than face an Israeli opponent, apparently on the instruction of Iran #39;s Olympic Committee. So far the International Olympic Committee has been silent. What #39;s your view? ..."
"2","The Boks Must Give Lame Kicks the Boot","THE Springboks will need to reduce the amount of possession they give away through errant kicking sharply if they are to limit Australia #39;s lethal counterattacking power in Saturday #39;s tri-nations clash in Durban. "
"2","Basketball: China #39;s Yao Takes Anger Out on New Zealand","ATHENS (Reuters) - An angry Yao Ming took his frustrations out on New Zealand at the Olympic men #39;s basketball tournament on Tuesday, pouring in 39 points as China beat the Kiwis 69-62. "
"2","Lara #39;s captaincy on the line at Oval","West Indies captain Brian Lara tips his helmet to the fans after becoming one of only four players to reach ten thousand runs in Test matches. Picture:AP ..."
"2","Americans lose second beach volleyball match","ATHENS, Greece (Ticker) -- The dream of a second consecutive beach volleyball gold medal has become all but impossible for American Dain Blanton. "
"1","Massacre Threatens to Derail Congolese Peace Process","The bodies of about 160 Congolese Tutsis killed in Burundi during the weekend were buried on Monday, but the impact of the massacre is just beginning to be felt. A former rebel group now in the transitional government in the Democratic Republic of Congo ..."
"1","Sharon Allows 1,000 More Settler Homes in West Bank","JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved tenders to build 1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the occupied West Bank, plans that were shelved earlier to avoid discord with Washington, political sources said Tuesday. "
"1","Kidnap accused says he worked for US","A former American soldier accused of kidnapping and torturing terror suspects in Afghanistan has told a Kabul court that the FBI is withholding hundreds of documents showing that he was working for the US Government. "
"1","The New Woman in Schrder #39;s Life","Gerhard Schrder is no stranger to sharing his life with members of the opposite sex. On Monday, it was revealed that there was a new young lady on the scene: his freshly adopted three-year old daughter, Viktoria. "
"1","Sri Lankan navy detects Tamil rebels smuggling weapons","COLOMBO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan navy on Tuesday detected a trawler of the Tamil Tiger rebels suspected of smuggling weapons in seas close to Mullaitivu in northeast of the country, the Defense Ministry said. "
"1","HK government set to petition release of democrat jailed in China","HONG KONG : The Hong Kong government is interceding with the mainland authorities for the release of a legislator who was arrested and jailed in Guangdong. "
"1","Latham urges PM to remove public service gag","MARK COLVIN: The Opposition leader, Mark Latham, has challenged the Prime Minister to remove the gag that #39;s prevented senior government advisers, including those in the PM #39;s office, from talking about what happened in the  #39;children overboard #39; affair. "
"4","TeliaSonera acquires 100 pct of Lithuanian mobile company Omnitel (AFP)","AFP - The Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera said it had bought the remaining 10 percent stake in Lithuania's major mobile company Omnitel that it did not already own for 63.5 million dollars (51.4 million euros)."
"4","Matter of Time Before Tibet Lake Bursts -Official (Reuters)","Reuters - A Tibetan lake formed by a Himalayan\landslide is steadily rising and will sooner or later burst its\banks and flood a valley in neighboring India, a Chinese\official said on Tuesday."
"4","Astronomers give Milky Way an age","Astronomers have estimated the age of our galaxy at about 13,600 million years old."
"4","Livermore: No need for HP-UX on x86","CHICAGO -- This cannot be an easy time for Ann Livermore. When Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) missed Wall Street's earnings expectations late last week, the blame was placed squarely on the shoulders of the Enterprise Servers and Storage Group, one of the divisions she manages. ""Unacceptable"" problems within the group cost HP \$400 million in revenue and \$275 million in operating profit, said HP Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Carly Fiorina just hours before HP announced the sacking of three senior executives within the division."
"2","Greek Athletes Shocked by Accusations"," ATHENS, Greece (Reuters) - Greece's top two athletes,  facing a state prosecutor's investigation over missed drug  tests and a motorbike crash, left a hospital Tuesday declaring  they were innocent and should be allowed to compete in the  Olympic Games."
"2","Fish Knocks Off Ferrero","Mardy Fish turns things around for the biggest victory of his career, a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 comeback against former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero."
"2","Iverson Breaks Thumb","Allen Iverson breaks his right thumb but plans to play anyway Tuesday for the U.S. men's basketball team, which is coming off a loss to Puerto Rico."
"1","Britain Charges Suspects in U.S.-Linked Terror Case (Reuters)","Reuters - Britain charged eight men on Tuesday\with conspiracy to murder and other terrorism charges, some\relating to plans for U.S. buildings such as the New York Stock\Exchange that were the subject of terrorism alerts this month."
"1","Bollywood megastar Bachchan meets Pakistani students to boost ties (AFP)","AFP - Bollywood mega star Amitabh Bachchan met with a group of Pakistani students as part of a wider initiative to deepen cultural ties between India and Pakistan."
"1","Britain Charges Suspects in U.S.-Linked Terror Case"," LONDON (Reuters) - Britain charged eight men on Tuesday  with conspiracy to murder and other terrorism charges, some  relating to plans for U.S. buildings such as the New York Stock  Exchange that were the subject of terrorism alerts this month."
"1","Sharon Allows 1,000 More Settler Homes in West Bank"," JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved  tenders to build 1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the  occupied West Bank, plans that were shelved earlier to avoid  discord with Washington, political sources said Tuesday."
"1","Germany Shaken by U.S. Plans to Withdraw Troops"," BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany said Tuesday U.S. plans to pull  out 30,000 troops were a sign Europe's divisions had healed,  but communities hit by the decision warned they were headed for  economic disaster."
"3","Home Depot Raises Outlook, Tops Estimates"," ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HD.N</A> on Tuesday  reported a 19 percent rise in second-quarter profit, topping  estimates, as store renovations and efforts to improve service  drove higher average sales in every category."
"3","Home Depot Writes Big Tickets","Shoppers spend more, giving the company yet another quarter of sales growth and even better earnings."
"3","Pay Up for Growth","Legg Mason's Mary Chris Gay knows when to pay for growth and when to sell a stock."
"4","Mounties open Nortel's books","The Royal Canadian Mounted Police formally launch a criminal investigation into company's accounting practices."
"1","India makes Olympic breakthrough","Kashmir veteran Rajyavardhan Rathore wins India's first ever individual silver medal at the Olympic Games."
"1","Israel Ends West Bank Construction Freeze","JERUSALEM - The Israeli government issued bids Tuesday for 1,000 new homes in Jewish West Bank settlements, insisting the construction has Washington's tacit approval even though it violates a U.S.-backed peace plan.    U.S..."
"1","Iverson Has Broken Thumb, but Will Play","ATHENS, Greece - Allen Iverson broke his right thumb but plans to play anyway Tuesday night for the U.S. Olympic basketball team, which is coming off an embarrassing loss to Puerto Rico in its opener..."
"1","Najaf Fighting Resumes Amid Peace Mission","BAGHDAD, Iraq - A pared-down delegation of Iraqis arrived in Najaf by helicopter Tuesday to present radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr with a peace proposal aimed at ending the violent insurgency wracking the holy city.    Despite the delegation's presence there, fighting intensified in Najaf, with at least one U.S..."
"1","Stocks Climb on Drop in Consumer Prices","NEW YORK - Stocks rose for a second straight session Tuesday as a drop in consumer prices Tuesday 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..."
"3","US consumer prices post first decline in eight months","WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- US consumer prices declined marginally in July, posting the first fall since last November, the Labor Department said in a report released Tuesday. "
"3","Lojack makes Canada move with Boomerang buy","The Westwood company is spending \$48 million to acquire Boomerang Tracking Inc., a Montreal company that operates a stolen car recovery system in Canada. "
"3","US July Output Up; Factories Run Faster","WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US industrial output advanced in July, as American factories operated at their highest capacity in more than three years, a Federal Reserve report on Tuesday showed. "
"4","Researchers Find New Species of Bird","MANILA, Philippines - Filipino and British wildlife researchers say they #39;ve stumbled upon what appears to be a new species of flightless bird found only on the tiny forested island of Calayan in the northern ..."
"4","AMD ships 90nm chips","Sunnyvale-based computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., says it #39;s shipped its first low-power Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processors made with its new 90 nanometer (nm) manufacturing process. "
"4","Livermore: No need for HP-UX on x86","CHICAGO -- This cannot be an easy time for Ann Livermore. When Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) missed Wall Street #39;s earnings expectations late last week, the blame was placed squarely on the shoulders of ..."
"4","Astronomers give Milky Way an age","A team working with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile report that our galaxy is 13,600 million years old, give or take 800 million years. "
"2","I #39;m innocent, says Greek Olympic champion Kenteris","Olympic champion Kostas Kenteris, who is likely to be expelled from the Olympics for missing a doping test, said Tuesday that he is not a drugs cheat. "
"2","Life in Athens: From songs about Dutch swimmers to watching wedgies","You #39;ve heard of swimmer #39;s ear, but what about swimmer #39;s wave? It #39;s the odd way in which Olympic swimmers -- and many gymnasts -- acknowledge applause: By raising their arms to the sky, palms upward, then moving their hands about as if they #39;re changing ..."
"1","Sharon OKs 1,000 new settlement homes","JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved tenders to build 1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the occupied West Bank, plans that had been shelved earlier to avoid discord with Washington, political sources say. "
"1","Ex-colleague backs Scrafton on PM #39;s call","A FORMER senior Defence Department bureaucrat last night backed her former colleague Michael Scrafton #39;s version of a phone call with John Howard over the children overboard affair. "
"3","Stocks Up on Earnings, Oil, Economic Data"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, getting a  boost from some strong retail earnings, lower oil prices and  two separate economic reports that showed inflationary pressure  was held in check and U.S. housing starts rebounded sharply in  July."
"4","IBM expands into Danish IT services market","Continuing its assault on the European IT outsourcing market, IBM Corp. has signed agreements to buy two Danish IT services companies and another to provide IT services to one of the country's largest banks."
"2","Medical Examiner Finds No Injuries on Thanou-Source"," ATHENS (Reuters) - A medical examiner has found that Greek  sprinter Katerina Thanou, who was in hospital with fellow  athlete Costas Kenteris, had no injuries, a judicial source  said on Tuesday."
"3","Yukos Can Ship Oil Amid Tax Dispute, Russia Rail Says (Update5)","Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Russia #39;s state-owned railway, the shipper of a fourth of OAO Yukos Oil Co. #39;s crude oil, said it will guarantee exports, the clearest sign yet President Vladimir Putin wants to ensure supplies to world markets. "
"3","Construction driving solid product demand","SURGING demand in heavy construction should outweigh any downturn in new home building, according to OneSteel and Boral. "
"4","Real slashes song prices in online music battle","In a move likely to step up the digital music dispute between RealNetworks Inc. and Apple Computer Inc., Real slashed prices at its online music store on Tuesday, offering songs and albums for a limited time at nearly half of what Apple charges at its ..."
"4","Discovery of Rail points to fragile biodiversity: Birdlife Intl","The Calayan Rail, Gallirallus calayaensis, discovered by scientists in the northern tip of Babuyan islands in the Philippines archipelago. Photo: Des Allen/AP. "
"4","Symantec Upgrades Norton Security Products","Symantec has unveiled new versions of its Norton security products--beefing up some of the real-time and automated features--and will release them in the next few weeks. "
"2","Pranab Mukherjee congratulates Rathore","Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday congratulated double trap shooter Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on becoming the first Indian to win a silver medal in an individual event at the Olympics. "
"2","Iliadis Takes Greece #39;s Second Gold with Judo Win","ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek teenager Ilias Iliadis swept up the Olympic host country #39;s second gold medal on Tuesday, winning the men #39;s judo under 81kg category. "
"2","Bell set for Test debut","Ian Bell is almost certain to make his England Test debut on Thursday in the final match against West Indies. "
"2","Forwards providing platform: Young","LOOSEHEAD prop Bill Young believes a change in attitude by the forwards has played a key role in taking the Wallabies to the threshold of winning the Tri-Nations trophy. "
"1","Schroeder  quot;adopts Russian girl quot;","BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife, Doris, have adopted a 3-year-old Russian girl, German newspapers have reported. "
"3","Hurricane Charley Tears Into Outback (Reuters)","Reuters - Outback Steakhouse Inc. (OSI.N) on\Tuesday said it lost about 130 operating days and up to  #36;2\million in revenue because it had to close some restaurants in\the South due to Hurricane Charley."
"3","Hurricane Charley Tears Into Outback"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Outback Steakhouse Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=OSI.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">OSI.N</A> on  Tuesday said it lost about 130 operating days and up to \$2  million in revenue because it had to close some restaurants in  the South due to Hurricane Charley."
"4","Business Objects to bundle IBM tools","The analytics and reporting software maker will begin selling IBM's mainframe access software."
"4","N.Y. Atty General Announces Drug-Price Web Site (Reuters)","Reuters - New York Attorney General Eliot\Spitzer on Tuesday said his office has created an interactive\Web site to help New Yorkers comparison shop for prescription\drugs, following a statewide survey showing widely varying\prices at pharmacies."
"1","Swiss slashes first-half net loss but fuel costs hamper turnaround (AFP)","AFP - The airline Swiss said it had managed to cut its first-half net loss by about 90 percent but warned that spiralling fuel costs were hampering a turnaround despite increasing passenger travel."
"3","Google IPO Under Threat Due to Shortage of Bids","Google has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to make its registration statement effective at 4 pm Eastern time on Tuesday. If the company follows the usual IPO pattern, the share price would be set and the offering ..."
"3","Halliburton Says Army Can Withold Payments","Halliburton Co. on Tuesday blamed politics for a US Army decision to not grant the company more time to resolve a billing dispute in which the Pentagon contends the company did not adequately account for some \$1.8 billion of work done in the Middle East. "
"3","Cantor Fitzgerald spinning off business","Manhattan-based financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald said Tuesday it is spinning off its inter-dealer voice brokerage business and will concentrate on sales and trading, investment banking, asset management and other institutional services. "
"3","Housing starts jump 8.3 percent","Washington, DC, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The US Commerce Department said Tuesday a dip in mortgage rates helped boost home-building activity in July 8.3 percent after falling 7.7 percent in June. "
"3","Trial date set for ex-HealthSouth CEO Scrushy","BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Fired HealthSouth chief executive Richard Scrushy will go on trial January 5th. "
"4","WWiSE group proposes 540 Mbps Wi-Fi","A consortium of companies is pushing a new proposal to the IEEE for 802.11n. 135 Mbps in standard mode, 540 Mbps maximum throughput. Fast enough? ..."
"4","PalmOne unveils Wi-Fi SD Card","It appears the rumours of Palm creating a Wi-Fi card are true, however before you rush to your local electronics store take note that it won #39;t work on any PDA you can find. "
"4","IBM seeks dismissal of SCO claims","IBM has filed a 100-page motion with a US district court in an attempt to have some of the claims made against it by The SCO Group dismissed. "
"4","The  #39;i #39; in  #39;Internet #39;","It #39;s not exactly an earth-shaking development but I expect that Wired News #39; very public announcement that it would no longer capitalize  quot;Internet, quot;  quot;Web quot; or  quot;Net quot; will provoke some discussion and debate in online publishing circles. "
"2","Medical Examiner Finds No Injuries on Thanou-Source","ATHENS (Reuters) - A medical examiner has found that Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou, who was in hospital with fellow athlete Costas Kenteris, had no injuries, a judicial source said on Tuesday. "
"2","Athens ticket sales  #39;improving #39;","ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Olympic organizers announced that more than half of available tickets (3.1 million) to the Games have been sold, almost reaching the budget for purchases. "
"2","Greek wins gold in judo","Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Ilias Iliadis captured Greece #39;s second gold medal of the 2004 Olympics with a thrilling victory over Roman Gontyuk of the Ukraine in the men #39;s under 81kg category in judo on Tuesday. "
"2","Boston Red Sox Team Report - August 17","(Sports Network) - Pedro Martinez will try to win his fourth consecutive decision, as he takes the hill for the Boston Red Sox in the middle test of a three-game series against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays. "
"2","Venter back for Boks","ABRASIVE Springbok flanker AJ Venter returns to the field on Saturday for South Africa #39;s crunch encounter against Australia, the only change to the team announced by coach Jake White today. "
"3","Stocks Up on Earnings, Data; Oil Weighs"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were higher on Tuesday,  boosted by strong earnings from Home Depot Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HD.N</A> and two  separate economic reports that showed inflationary pressure was  held in check and U.S. housing starts rebounded sharply in  July."
"4","Briefly: Business Objects to bundle IBM tools","roundup Plus: Linux clusters gear up for simulated combat...Sprint to bake in BlackBerry for businesses...Microsoft ships updated Works...FaceTime pulls in \$16 million."
"1","New Cooperation and New Tensions in Terrorist Hunt","The apprehension of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan was wrapped up with almost no notice, but it would have enormous global repercussions."
"1","Front-Porch Chat: Birth of a Kerry Campaign Tactic","John Kerry has held 10 ""front porch visit"" events  an actual front porch is optional  where perhaps 100 people ask questions in a low-key campaigning style."
"2","Beach Volleyball: Brazilians Aim for Podium Again"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Brazil have had two women's teams on the  beach volleyball podium at the last two Olympics and moved a  step closer to a hat-trick Tuesday."
"1","Welsh to ban strippers in limousines (Reuters)","Reuters - Strippers and pole dancers should be banned from performing in stretch limousines, according to a\British report."
"3","Google shares could start trading Wednesday","MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. - Google?s initial public offering could hit the Nasdaq Stock Market as early as Wednesday if US securities regulators let the Internet search engine close its auction on Tuesday. "
"3","US consumer prices decline unexpectedly in July","NEW YORK, August 17 (New Ratings)  The US consumer prices declined for the first time in the past eight months in July this year, driven by the reduced gasoline, clothing and transportation costs during the month. "
"3","US industrial production rebounds in July","WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Output at US factories, mines and utilities rose by 0.4 percent in July, nearly recovering from a 0.5 percent plunge in June, the Federal Reserve said on Tuesday. "
"3","Building permits increase 5.7, reversing June downturn","WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Construction of new homes recovered in July, as US homebuilders started homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.978 million, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. "
"4","Real to Apple: It #39;s On","An old-fashioned price war is gearing up in the digital music download business, with RealNetworks (Quote, Chart) on the offensive. With rival Apple in its crosshairs, RealNetworks has slashed the price on songs sold from its RealPlayer store by 50 ..."
"4","IBM announces eServer i5 550","The eServer i5 550 comes with a feature called the  quot;Solution Edition, quot; which is apparently available with certain Independent Software Vendors. The eServer i5, allegedly, has new ways to handle and optimise multiple operating system sthrough the ..."
"2","Molik joins Pratt in last 16","ALICIA Molik joined fellow Australian Nicole Pratt in the last 16 of the Olympic tennis competition overnight with a 7-5 6-4 second round win over Slovenia #39;s Katarina Srebotnik. "
"2","Voices: Iranian Judo scandal","Iran #39;s Judo champion, a favourite at the Athens Games, has disqualified himself rather than face an Israeli opponent, apparently on the instruction of Iran #39;s Olympic Committee. So far the International Olympic Committee has been silent. What #39;s your view? ..."
"1","Fighting Continues In South Ossetia","Prague, 17 August 2004 (RFE/RL) -- Fresh fighting and further casualties were reported overnight in Georgia #39;s separatist republic of South Ossetia. The violence erupted hours after Georgia and South Ossetia reached an agreement under which all armed units ..."
"3","Oil Up on Rosy U.S. Economic Data"," LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday on cheery  economic data showing that inflationary pressure was held in  check in July and ahead of weekly inventory due out on  Wednesday forecast to show a draw in crude stocks"
"3","Illinois Helps Residents Import Drugs"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois residents will soon gain  access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United  Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections  to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday."
"3","Rebels force Nepal firms to close","One of Nepal's top hotels and a number of other companies close for business after threats from Maoist rebels."
"4","U.S. Broadband Growth Slows - Analyst (Reuters)","Reuters - U.S. telephone and cable companies\saw the growth of high-speed Internet services slow in the\second quarter to the lowest rate in a year, an industry\research firm said on Tuesday."
"4","Real Slashes Online Song Prices (PC World)","PC World - Digital music battle continues, as Real undercuts ITunes' prices."
"4","U.S. Broadband Growth Slows - Analyst"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. telephone and cable companies  saw the growth of high-speed Internet services slow in the  second quarter to the lowest rate in a year, an industry  research firm said on Tuesday."
"4","Briefly: Majoras steps into FTC chairman role","roundup Plus: Business Objects to bundle IBM tools...Linux clusters gear up for simulated combat...Sprint to bake in BlackBerry for businesses."
"1","Illinois Helps Residents Import Drugs (Reuters)","Reuters - Illinois residents will soon gain\access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United\Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections\to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday."
"3","Court Rejects Yukos' Plea on Tax Bill","A Russian court today rejected the beleaguered oil company's appeal to suspend government efforts to collect \$3.4 billion in back taxes."
"3","Army to Withhold Some Payments From Halliburton","The U.S. Army plans to withhold payment on 15 percent of future invoices of Halliburton's logistics deal in Iraq due to an ongoing billing dispute."
"1","Chavez lambasts fraud allegations","Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez rounds on opponents for alleging fraud in a referendum he seems to have won."
"3","Google #39;s auction wrapping up","NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Google #39;s long-awaited kickoff as the largest Internet IPO of all time is likely to take place as early as Wednesday after the controversial Dutch auction process wraps up after the bell. "
"3","Russian Arbitration Court Rejects Yukos Plea","The giant Russian oil firm Yukos has failed to convince a Moscow arbitration court to suspend the sale by bailiffs of its Siberian subsidiary to satisfy a \$3.4 billion tax debt. "
"3","US consumer prices dip 0.1 in July; industrial output and home starts rise","WASHINGTON (AP) - US consumer prices eased down by 0.1 per cent in July as gasoline prices dropped, while factory output rose and home construction rebounded, offering hope the economy has escaped its early-summer  quot;soft patch. quot; ..."
"3","JC Penney Posts Operating Profit","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Department store operator JC Penney Co. Inc. (JCP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday posted a quarterly operating profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, on inventory controls and strong sales of jeans, home furnishings and career ..."
"3","Nortel shares down following news of RCMP probe","TORONTO - Shares of Nortel Networks dipped on the TSX in the wake of news the RCMP has launched an investigation into accounting practices at the telecommunications company. "
"3","Mills buys stakes in 9 GM-owned malls","Virginia-based REIT will pay \$1B, before transaction costs, for a 50 stake in the properties. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Real estate investment trust Mills Corp. said Tuesday it will buy a 50 percent managing stake in nine regional malls from a General Motors ..."
"3","Stocks in Motion: Motorola","Shares of Motorola (MOT:NYSE - news - research) rose Tuesday after Geoffrey Frost, senior vice president of Motorola #39;s mobile phone division, told Reuters that the company feels  quot;very good quot; about sales growth during the second half of the year. "
"3","Update 1: Swiss Air Lines Posts 1st Quarterly Profit","Switzerland #39;s struggling national airline reported a second-quarter profit of 45 million Swiss francs (\$35.6 million) Tuesday, although its figures were boosted by a legal settlement in France. "
"3","IMF says Czech economic outlook  #39;favorable #39;","WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday the near-term economic outlook for the Czech Republic, a European Union newcomer, was favorable with growth expected to strengthen. "
"4","Newest discoveries puts known number of satellites at 33","A camera aboard the Cassini spacecraft flying in orbit around Saturn has discovered two of the tiniest moons in the solar system -- one barely 2 miles in diameter and the other only a half-mile larger, astronomers reported Monday. "
"4","IBM adds midrange server to eServer lineup","AUGUST 17, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - IBM today launched a new one-to-four-way midrange Power5 server that features higher performance and several configurations to meet a wide range of user needs. "
"4","Q amp;A: HP #39;s Livermore sees no need for HP-UX on x86","AUGUST 17, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - This can #39;t be an easy time for Ann Livermore. When Hewlett-Packard Co. missed Wall Street #39;s earnings expectations late last week, the blame was placed squarely on the shoulders of the Enterprise Servers and Storage Group, ..."
"4","Indian researcher designs revolutionary low cost PC for the poor","Aug 17 - Professor Raj Reddy, an Indian researcher in artificial intelligence and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Has designed a wirelessly networked personal computer worth just 250 US dollars intended for the four billion people around the ..."
"4","That Special Underwater Glow","any coral colonies have a nice healthy glow about them, courtesy of fluorescent proteins produced by the coral animals themselves. "
"2","Al-Maktoum wins men #39;s double trap shooting gold","ATHENS : Sheikh Ahmed Al-Maktoum #39;s six-year quest for Olympic glory ended with a historic first ever gold for the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday after he clinched the men #39;s double trap shooting event. "
"2","E-mail from Athens","ATHENS, Greece  For people willing to devote an unfathomable \$1.5 billion to  quot;security quot; for the Olympic Games, the Greeks sure are careless. As in, they couldn #39;t care less. "
"2","US takes early lead over Australia","THESSALONIKI, Greece - With Abby Wambach out with a suspension after receiving two yellow cards Sunday against Brazil, the US soccer team came together and grabbed the lead early in their game against Australia on Tuesday afternoon. "
"3","Oil Up on Rosy U.S. Economic Data"," LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose close to a record high  on Tuesday on U.S. economic data showing that inflationary  pressure was held in check in July and ahead of weekly  inventory due out on Wednesday and forecast to show a draw in  crude stocks."
"3","Ford Sued in Defective Door Latch Claim"," DETROIT (Reuters) - A Canadian law firm on Tuesday said it  had filed a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=F.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">F.N</A> over what it  claims are defective door latches on about 400,000 of the  automaker's popular pickup trucks and SUVs."
"3","Mittal steel firm in Bosnia deal","LNM Group, the steel giant headed by Indian tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, snaps up a Bosnian steelmaker in a \$280m deal."
"3","Google IPO Imminent","The company asks federal regulators to approve the paperwork required for its stock sale. Also: Yahoo starts selling domain names   hellip;. Canadian officials investigate Nortel Networks   hellip;. and more."
"4","PluggedIn: Multifunction Devices Draw Back-To-School Crowd (Reuters)","Reuters - The consumer electronics gizmo\that offers many functions in a small package is what's\compelling back-to-school shoppers to open their wallets."
"4","PluggedIn: Multifunction Devices Draw Back-To-School Crowd"," SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The consumer electronics gizmo  that offers many functions in a small package is what's  compelling back-to-school shoppers to open their wallets."
"4","Briefly: Kinko's debuts Web-based print options","roundup Plus: Majoras takes charge of FTC...Business Objects to bundle IBM tools...Linux clusters gear up for simulated combat."
"4","Wireless vendors pledge hurricane relief","Cingular and Nextel step in to aid those recovering from Hurricane Charley in Florida."
"4","Microsoft readies Host Integration Server 2004","In a continued effort to compete with IBM Corp. and its WebSphere offerings, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced imminent availability of Host Integration Server 2004."
"3","WR Berkley Sees Hurricane Losses","Insurance holding company WR Berkley Corp. said Tuesday that it does not expect its losses from damage caused by Hurricane Charley last week to exceed \$5 million. "
"4","RealNetwork #39;s 49 cent downloads rile Apple","Seattle, WA, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- RealNetworks Inc., is taking on Apple Computer #39;s wildly successful iTunes Music Store with a half-price sale offering music downloads for 49 cents a song. "
"4","Microsoft Delays Windows XP SP2 for Home Users","Microsoft has delayed the rollout of XP Service Pack Two (SP2) for home users, and some customers will not be able to download it until the end of the month. The new code was supposed to go out on Microsoft #39;s Automatic Update service on ..."
"2","Olympics-Shooting-loving Rathore promotes Olympic sports","ATHENS, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore loves cricket as much as any Indian, even if the national obsession with ball and bat can make it hard for the country #39;s Olympic athletes to get a look in. "
"2","Phelps Wins Second Gold Medal, in 200 Fly (AP)","AP - American Michael Phelps won the gold medal Tuesday in the 200-meter butterfly with an Olympic-record time of 1:54.04."
"2","Redskins Cut Strong Safety Ohalete (AP)","AP - Strong safety Ifeanyi Ohalete was cut by the Washington Redskins on Tuesday after starting 15 games for the team last season."
"2","Wood's Suspension Upheld (Reuters)","Reuters - Major League Baseball\Monday announced a decision on the appeal filed by Chicago Cubs\pitcher Kerry Wood regarding a suspension stemming from an\incident earlier this season."
"2","Parry wins butterfly bronze","Stephen Parry comes a brilliant third behind Michael Phelps in the men's 200m butterfly."
"3","Google IPO Imminent","In a sign that Google #39;s initial public offering is imminent, the company has asked federal regulators to give final approval to the paperwork required for its stock sale. "
"3","Banks want BJ #39;s to pay for credit card fraud","CHICAGO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - BJ #39;s Wholesale Club Inc. (BJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said credit card issuers want the retailer to reimburse them for up to \$16 million in fraudulent credit card charges and other costs stemming from a possible ..."
"3","Negative sentiment towards US stock market rises","NEW YORK, August 17 (New Ratings)  Analysts at Merrill Lynch say that a recent survey of global fund managers demonstrates continuously increasing negative sentiments towards the US stock market trends. "
"4","IBM Seeks Another SCO Dismissal","The current motion is in addition to the request for a summary judgment IBM has been seeking since early July. If the initial request is granted, it could bring the case to a close without trial. Although summary judgment arguments ..."
"4","Microsoft readies Host Integration Server 2004","In a continued effort to compete with IBM Corp. and its WebSphere offerings, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced imminent availability of Host Integration Server 2004. "
"4","VARs, Vendors Seize Patch Management Opportunity","The delayed arrival of Windows Update Services is giving VARs and patch management vendors a chance to cash in. "
"1","Iraq peace mission arrives in Najaf","NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - An Iraqi peace delegation has urged a radical Shi #39;ite cleric to call off his uprising in the city of Najaf, where US troops have been pounding militia positions near the country #39;s holiest Islamic sites. "
"1","Downer to begin nuclear talks","FOREIGN Minister Alexander Downer will today begin talks with North Korean officials to try to convince the communist state to drop its nuclear weapons program. "
"1","Southern Africa countries pledge enhanced trade ties with China, India"," PORT LOUIS, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Southern African countries Tuesday pledged better trade and investment relations with China as well as India in the final communique released at the end of their two-day summit. "
"3","Chiron Wins Bird Flu Vaccine Deal"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chiron Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CHIR.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">CHIR.O</A> has won a  contract to develop a human vaccine against a strain of bird  flu that can infect people and ""has the potential to trigger a  modern-day pandemic,"" the U.S. government said on Tuesday."
"4","RealNetworks Halves Music Prices, Sees Wider Loss (Reuters)","Reuters - RealNetworks Inc. on Tuesday halved\prices for songs downloaded from its online music store to win\customers for new technology that has rankled rival Apple\Computer Inc."
"4","Benefits Seen in Earth Observation Data (AP)","AP - Better weather forecasts to prepare for storms and planning for energy needs months in advance are among the benefits expected from a planned Earth Observation System."
"2","Michael Phelps Wins Second Gold Medal (AP)","AP - Michael Phelps, denied in his bid to win seven gold medals, picked up his second victory of the Athens Games by winning the 200-meter butterfly Tuesday night in Olympic-record time. Phelps fell just short of his own world record, holding off Takashi Yamamoto to win in 1 minute, 54.01 seconds. The hard-charging Japanese swimmer took silver in 1:54.56, while Great Britain's Stephen Parry won bronze in 1:55.22."
"2","Aussies Battle Americans to 1-1 Tie (AP)","AP - After 17 years, the Matildas finally caught up to the U.S. women's soccer team. Joanne Peters' 12-yard header in the 82nd minute gave Australia a 1-1 tie Tuesday with the United States, breaking a 15-game Aussie losing streak that dates to the teams' first meeting in 1987."
"2","Australia Ties U.S.","Joanne Peters' 12-yard header in the 82nd minute gives Australia a 1-1 tie with the United States, while the Americans already clinched a spot in the quarterfinals."
"1","India boosted as Rathore grabs historic silver (Reuters)","Reuters - India erupted with joy as shooter Rajyavardhan Rathore clinched their first medal at the Athens Olympics on Tuesday and their first ever individual silver."
"1","Ill. Congressman's Son to Be on Ballot (AP)","AP - Democratic Party officials picked U.S. Rep. William Lipinski's son Tuesday to replace his father on the November ballot, a decision engineered by Lipinski after he announced his retirement and withdrew from the race four days earlier."
"1","Najaf Fighting Intensifies Amid Peace Push","BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. warplane bombed near Najaf's vast cemetery as fighting with Shiite militants intensified Tuesday..."
"1","Michael Phelps Wins Second Gold Medal","ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps, denied in his bid to win seven gold medals, picked up his second victory of the Athens Games by winning the 200-meter butterfly Tuesday night in Olympic-record time. Phelps fell just short of his own world record, holding off Takashi Yamamoto to win in 1 minute, 54.01 seconds..."
"1","Top-Seeded Federer Upset in Second Round","ATHENS, Greece - Top-seeded Roger Federer crashed out in the second round of the Olympic tournament Tuesday night, losing 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. Federer, who won Wimbledon the past two years and replaced Andy Roddick atop the rankings in February, was undone by poor serving and a string of unforced errors..."
"3","TJX Cos. Earnings Fall 4 Percent","TJX Cos. Inc. #39;s second-quarter earnings fell 4 percent, reflecting higher markdowns on merchandise due to softer sales trends. "
"3","US Airways seeks to delay pension payments","Dulles, VA, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- US Airways is seeking permission to delay pension contributions of \$67.5 million, so it can keep operating. "
"3","Cantor Fitzgerald to Split Off Voice-Broking Unit (Update5)","Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Cantor Fitzgerald LP, one of the two largest Treasury bond brokers, will split off its original business of person-to-person sales to focus on more profitable activities such as institutional equity sales and trading. "
"4","Cassini Spacecraft Discovers 2 New Moons Around Saturn","The US Space Agency #39;s Cassini spacecraft has discovered two new moons around Saturn - bringing the planet #39;s count to 33. NASA said Monday the images of the two, small moons were taken June 1. "
"4","Intellisync in Danger","Intellisync #39;s synchronization software will soon be available on Danger Hiptop devices, through select carriers, allowing wireless synchronization to Outlook on the desktop. "
"2","Eriksson aims to stick by core of Euro 2004 side","SLALEY, England, Aug 17 (Reuters) - England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson says he is prepared to put his faith in the nucleus of the squad that flopped at Euro 2004 as he tries to plot a successful challenge for the World Cup. "
"2","Court Throws Out Challenge to Blimp"," The United States is on the verge of winning its first fencing medal in twenty years.  Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou are out of the hospital but not out of the woods. "
"2","History beckons for England","It used only to be Australians who suffered from dead-rubber syndrome  that most infuriating of conditions whereby a dominant side could write off a failure to complete a clean-sweep by claiming that the match never mattered anyway. Now, however, it is ..."
"2","Redskins cut former starter Ohalete","ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- He was demoted to third string a couple weeks ago, didn #39;t do exactly what the coaches wanted and was coming off a bad game. Ifeanyi Ohalete knew what was coming next. "
"2","Pittsburgh vs. Arizona","PHOENIX (Ticker) -- Jack Wilson lofted a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a wild 8-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. In the 10th, Jose Castillo drew leadoff walk against Greg Aquino (0-1) and stole ..."
"1","Bounty-hunter plays to gallery in Kabul","KABUL - A bounty hunter accused of running a private torture chamber has gone on trial in Kabul claiming he could not get a fair hearing because the FBI had confiscated vital evidence and locked it in the American Embassy. "
"1","Demonstrators protest benefit cuts in Berlin","Thousands of demonstrators brought protests against benefit cuts to the German capital yesterday, but the Government insisted it would make no further change to measures it sees as key to a more competitive economy. "
"3","Deere Earnings Up, Raises 2004 Forecast"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Deere   Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=DE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">DE.N</A>, one of the world's  largest farm equipment makers,  said on Tuesday that quarterly  earnings jumped 62 percent, driven by strength in its  agricultural and construction equipment businesses."
"4","Analysts fear longer than expected G5 delays (MacCentral)","MacCentral - Analysts from Prudential Equity Group and UBS have warned over the past two days that longer than expected G5 delays from IBM Corp. is the near-term ""key risk"" for Apple Computer Inc. Both firms are concerned the delays could be longer than originally expected."
"2","Federer's Games Dream Shattered"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Top seed Roger Federer was bundled out  of the Olympic tennis tournament on Tuesday by unheralded Czech  Tomas Berdych."
"2","Edwards Out of Games","U.S. sprinter Torri Edwards is knocked out of the Olympics for good Tuesday when an arbitration panel upholds her two-year drug suspension."
"1","Son Running for Ill. Rep.'s House Seat (AP)","AP - Democratic Party officials picked U.S. Rep. William Lipinski's son Tuesday to replace his father on the November ballot, a decision engineered by Lipinski after he announced his retirement and withdrew from the race four days earlier."
"4","Interactive Web Sites Provide New Approach to Election Coverage (Editor and Publisher)","Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK While most newspapers are utilizing their Web sites to supplement coverage of the presidential race, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times have taken the frenzy over electoral votes and undecided states to the next level with some unusual interactive options."
"3","Google set to start trading","SAN FRANCISCO - Google looks set to start trading on the Nasdaq today after the web #39;s No 1 search engine asked regulators for final approval to price its closely watched initial public offering. "
"3","Florida #39;s fiscal shape helps cushion Charley #39;s hit","WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Hurricane Charley may have caused up to \$15 billion in damage in Florida, but that is not seen immediately hurting the state #39;s credit picture thanks to strong finances and funds in reserve, analysts said ..."
"3","Oil Prices Rebound Towards Record Highs","Oil prices moved back towards record highs tonight amid continued concerns over soaring demand and tight supplies. "
"3","Army Withholding Halliburton Payments","Halliburton (HAL:NYSE - news - research) sank Tuesday after the Army chose not to extend a deadline for the company to explain its billing in Iraq. "
"3","Air Canada gets green light from creditors","After more than 16 months of restructuring, Air Canada #39;s creditors overwhelming endorsed the airline #39;s new business plan during a meeting at a Montreal hotel Tuesday. "
"4","RealNetworks launches music-download price war","Seattle online media company RealNetworks Inc. on Tuesday said a new campaign to attract subscribers to its music download service will add about a penny per share to its third-quarter net loss. "
"4","Second Wi-Fi standards group steps forward","A new battle of technologies may be in the offing in the 802.11n arena as 12 key companies have developed a key proposal to counter another one announced last week that is backed by a group of top wireless players. "
"4","DOD labs get Linux clusters","Linux Networx Inc. delivered two more systems to the Defense Department as part of the military #39;s Technology Insertion 2004 initiative to improve defense laboratories #39; high-performance computing. "
"1","Livni: Settlement blocs will be strengthened","The Housing and Construction Ministry on Tuesday published tenders for about 1,001 new housing units in West Bank settlements. "
"1","Israeli soldiers kill boy in Nablus","A 10-year-old Palestinian boy has been shot dead by Israeli occupation soldiers during an incursion into the centre of the West Bank city of Nablus, according to Palestinian medical sources. "
"3","Don't Marry Until March","Plan a big, fat cheap wedding, and start your coupling with extra cash, not debt."
"2","Klochkova Wins 200 IM, Beard Takes Silver (AP)","AP - Yana Klochkova of Ukraine completed an Olympic sweep of the individual medleys, winning gold in the 200-meter IM Tuesday night. Amanda Beard of Irvine, Calif., made a dramatic move from fifth to second on the breaststroke portion and earned the silver in 2:11.70  #151; her fifth career Olympic medal."
"1","Rumsfeld Warns Against Fixing Intelligence in 'Single Stroke'","The secretary of defense signaled he favors a slower, more cautious approach to revamping U.S. intelligence than the Sept. 11 commission does."
"3","Hurricane Charley hits Outback","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Outback Steakhouse Inc. said Tuesday it lost about 130 operating days and up to \$2 million in revenue because it had to close some restaurants in the South due to Hurricane Charley. "
"4","Intel TV Chip Is Delayed","Intel said it will delay its highly anticipated television chips, based on Liquid Crystal on Silicon, or LCOS, technology, which promises to deliver large screen TVs at a price point half of what they cost today. The chipmaker said the ..."
"2","Federer #39;s Games Dream Shattered","ATHENS (Reuters) - Roger Federer was bundled out of the Olympic tennis tournament Tuesday by unheralded Czech Tomas Berdych. "
"2","Ruling bars Edwards from Athens competition","ATHENS, Greece -- US sprinter Torri Edwards #39; suspension was upheld by a panel of three international arbitrators Tuesday, leaving the reigning 100-meter world champion unable to compete at the Olympics. "
"1","US soldier killed in eastern Baghdad-military","BAGHDAD, Iraq  One US soldier was killed and several others were wounded in clashes with Iraqi Shi #39;ite militiamen in a Baghdad suburb Monday, the US military said Tuesday. "
"3","Army Won't Pay 15 Pct of Halliburton Bill"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army will withhold payment  on 15 percent of future invoices of Halliburton Co.'s <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HAL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HAL.N</A>  logistics deal in Iraq due to a billing dispute that could cost  the company \$60 million a month, the military said on Tuesday."
"2","Phelps, U.S. Win Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Michael Phelps led the United States to  a narrow victory in the men's 4x200 meters freestyle relay at  the Athens Olympics Tuesday to collect his third gold medal in  four days."
"2","World 100m Champion Torri Edwards Banned from Games"," ATHENS (Reuters) - World 100 meters champion Torri Edwards  will miss the Athens Olympics after her appeal against a  two-year drugs ban was dismissed Tuesday."
"1","US-led coalition denies airstrikes in western Afghanistan (AFP)","AFP - The US military denied reports that the coalition in Afghanistan had launched air strikes to quell fighting in the west of the country."
"3","Wal-Mart's Taxing Comps","Wal-Mart sees August same-store revenues up 2 to 4. How should investors view this statistical range?"
"4","Last Call for Investors to Bid on Google (Reuters)","Reuters - Time is running out for prospective\investors to submit their offers to buy shares of Google Inc.\(GOOG.O), the Web's No. 1 search company."
"4","GameStop Earnings Up on Software Sales (AP)","AP - Video-game chain GameStop Corp.'s second-quarter earnings rose on strong sales."
"4","IBM adds four-way 550 server to new i5 product line","IBM Corp. bolstered the new eServer i5 server lineup with the i5 550, a new system based on the Power 5 chip that can run multiple operating systems."
"1","Papua New Guinea, the world's next AIDS frontier (AFP)","AFP - The old man lay unattended in the shack which served as a morgue for the General Hospital in Mount Hagen, a busy town in the restive highlands of central Papua New Guinea."
"1","Kerry admits to soft spot for Oscar winner Theron (AFP)","AFP - Democratic presidential contender John Kerry has a soft spot for South African actress Charlize Theron but is adamant that second wife Teresa Heinz-Kerry changed his life, he has told GQ magazine."
"1","Phelps Wins Second Gold Medal","ATHENS, Greece - His quest to surpass Mark Spitz out of the way, Michael Phelps got back to winning gold. The 19-year-old from Baltimore claimed his second gold medal of the Athens Games in the 200-meter butterfly Tuesday night, though he was a bit disappointed at failing to break his own world record..."
"3","US Army to withhold portion of Halliburton payments","The billing dispute between the US Army and Houston-based Halliburton Co. continues as the Army on Tuesday said it would withhold paying 15 percent of future invoices from Halliburton. "
"4","Microsoft Delays SP2 Auto Update For Enterprises","Although Monday was to be the day when Microsoft began pushing Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) to enterprises, it changed its mind at the last minute and delayed the automatic updating for more than a week. "
"4","IBM adds four-way 550 server to new i5 product line","IBM Corp. bolstered the new eServer i5 server lineup with the i5 550, a new system based on the Power 5 chip that can run multiple operating systems. "
"4"," #39;One in 12 Emails Infected with Virus #39;","The number of attempted attacks by computer viruses rocketed in the first half of the year, according to a report published today. "
"4","Detective Caught in Internet Sting Over Child Sex","HITE PLAINS, Aug. 16 - A 16-year veteran of the New York Police Department, who supposedly called himself a  quot;boy hunter #39; #39; in an online profile, was arrested on Monday after the Westchester district attorney, Jeanine Pirro, said he tried to ..."
"2","For Wednesday AMs","AP Olympic Digest for Wednesday AMs. The supervisor is Aaron Watson. The phone number for the New York sports desk is (212) 621-1630. Reruns of stories and agate available from http://yourap.org, from the Service Desk (800-838-4616) or your local AP ..."
"2","Redskins release Ohalete","Ashburn, VA (Sports Network) - The Washington Redskins have released safety Ifeanyi Ohalete, a starter for 15 games last season. "
"1","Eight to Face Court on Terror Murder Plot Charges","Eight men will appear in court tomorrow accused of plotting terrorist outrages in Britain and the United States. "
"4","Microsoft Delays SP2 Auto Update For Enterprises","Although Monday was supposed to be the day when Microsoft began pushing Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) to enterprises, it changed its mind at the last minute and delayed the automatic updating for more than a ..."
"2","Aftershock: Brown rips team #39;s lack of effort","ATHENS, Greece -- Larry Brown was despondent, the head of the US selection committee was defensive and an irritated Allen Iverson was hanging up on callers who asked what went wrong. "
"2","Greece grabs first gold","HOST nation Greece grabbed its first gold medal of the Athens Olympics this morning when Nikolaos Siranidis and Thomas Bimis won the men #39;s three-metre synchronised diving after China #39;s favourites suffered a no-dive. "
"2","Were the judges by any chance French?","Kosuke Kitajima #39;s technique may get a sharper eye from officials today in the 200-meter breaststroke race. "
"2","Iran #39;s Olympic snub","Iran #39;s transparent decision to boycott head-to-head competitions against Israeli athletes is an assault on the Olympic ideal. It needs to be dealt with swiftly and sternly. Instead, the International Judo Federation could not find enough executive members ..."
"2","They built it, but no one comes"," quot;It #39;s sad, quot; the British visitor to Athens said, shaking her head.  quot;It #39;s sad that nobody is here, buying tickets to the Olympics. People should be out there telling people that Athens is great. It #39;s a great experience. quot; ..."
"2","I #39;ll be No.1 - Owen","Michael Owen is confident that he will be a success at Real Madrid following his 8m move from Liverpool. "
"2","Owen gives Sven backing","Michael Owen today insisted that Sven-Goran Eriksson has the full backing of the England squad and warned that the coach should not be underestimated. "
"2","Hewitt in sharp form in Washington","WASHINGTON -- Lleyton Hewitt launched his ATP Washington Classic campaign with a 6-1 6-2 first round win over Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark. "
"2","Kobe win on sex life of accuser","Prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant case suffered yet another setback yesterday when a court shot down their last-ditch attempt to keep the accuser #39;s sex life out of the looming trial. "
"2","Los Angeles loves Lo Duca","LOS ANGELES -- Everywhere you looked before Monday night #39;s game at Dodger Stadium, there he was. Paul Lo Duca, the thirtysomething mother of two. Paul Lo Duca, the dude with the thick beard and the backward Dodgers cap. Paul Lo Duca, the guy with the beer ..."
"2","Packers-Seahawks scoring summary","FIRST QUARTER: K Ryan Longwell 47-yard field goal at 9:03. Key plays: QB Brett Favre opened the drive with a 7-yard pass to WR Donald Driver to GB 39. RB Ahman Green 3-yard run, plus 5-yard facemask penalty on Seattle moved ball to GB 47. Favre 11-yard ..."
"3","Halliburton Now Says It Will Not Get Extension From Army","The company said today that the United States Army had decided not to grant it additional time to substantiate its costs in Iraq and Kuwait."
"4","Google prepares to wrap up share auction (AFP)","AFP - Google Inc prepared to wrap up an extraordinary share auction, meaning a final price in the multi-billion-dollar listing will be announced within days."
"4","Gateway: hang onto your hard drive","New service plan lets customers keep old drives after replacement to protect data."
"4","RealNetworks Goes After iPod With Price War","RealNetworks Goes After iPod With Price War\\RealNetworks on Tuesday halved the prices for downloaded songs to \$0.49  to win customers away from Apple Computer's iPod craze. RealNetworks has recently launched its ""Harmony"" technology which makes its song downloads compatible with Apple's iPod technology. Apple currently has a firm grasp ..."
"4","Netscape Browser 7.2 Released by AOL","Netscape Browser 7.2 Released by AOL\\America Online has just released Netscape 7.2. Based on Mozilla 1.7, this latest version features better popup blocking, vCard support, an improved junk mail algorithm, better standards support, performance enhancements and several hundred other bug fixes. It also includes patches for recent security vulnerabilities according ..."
"2","Jury Rejects Thomas Family's GM Claims (AP)","AP - The family of former Kansas City Chiefs star Derrick Thomas is not entitled to any money from General Motors Corp. for the Jan. 2000 crash that killed the nine-time Pro Bowl linebacker, a jury ruled Tuesday."
"3","Last Call for Investors to Bid on Google","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time is running out for prospective investors to submit their offers to buy shares of Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the Web #39;s No. 1 search company. "
"3","Oil prices climb again tonight","Oil prices moved back towards record highs tonight amid continued concerns over soaring demand and tight supplies. "
"3","Toyota is outbid for land But state says developer won #39;t necessarily get site","Toyota has been outbid by a land developer for state-owned property in York Township, but officials say this is one deal that will be decided by more than money. "
"2","Edwards banned from Games","ATHENS (Reuters) - World 100 metres champion Torri Edwards will miss the Athens Olympics after her appeal against a two-year drugs ban was dismissed. "
"2","Major Rathore is a perfectionist to the core","A man of words, commitment and warmth. Rajyvardhan Singh Rathore combines all these qualities. And he, of course, is one of the most talented shooters of recent times. "
"1","Burundi authorizes UN camp for Congolese refugees","GENEVA, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The government of Burundi has authorized the United Nations to set up a camp for newly-arrived Congolese refugees following the horrific attack on the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi last Friday, UN officials said here ..."
"1","Germany #39;s Schroeder adopts three-year-old Russian girl","BERLIN: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife have adopted a daughter, an official with Schroeder #39;s party said Tuesday. Schroeder and his wife, Doris Schroeder-Koepf, picked up the 3-year-old Russian girl named Victoria several weeks ago from a ..."
"1","Sudan: Foreign Troops Run Gauntlet of Government Displeasure","Television footage aired over the weekend showed a group of Rwandan soldiers dancing and clapping their hands. With AK-47 assault rifles firmly strapped across their shoulders, the 150 troops sported green berets adorned with African Union badges as they ..."
"1","Cardinal hears farewell in John Paul #39;s remarks","BRUSSELS One of 15 cardinals with Pope John Paul II during a weekend visit to a French shrine was quoted in Belgian news media on Monday as saying the ailing pontiff may have been making his farewells. "
"3","Can GameStop Be Stopped?","GameStop's lack of a competitive advantage leaves investors with many questions."
"4","Advertisers Go Digital to Track Ads"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top marketers are going digital to  track the delivery of commercials into U.S. homes with a system  some advocates say will revolutionize advertising the way  product codes changed the selling of sliced bread."
"4","U.S. Advertisers Go Digital to Track Ads"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top marketers are going digital to  track the delivery of commercials into U.S. homes with a system  some advocates say will revolutionize advertising the way  product codes changed the selling of sliced bread."
"4","Briefly: Gateway says, hold on to your hard drive","roundup Plus: Kinko's debuts Web-based print options...Majoras takes charge of FTC...Business Objects to bundle IBM tools."
"2","Coyotes Re-Sign Right Wing Mike Johnson (AP)","AP - The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed right wing Mike Johnson on Tuesday to a three-year contract."
"1","Holiday Pals Berlusconi, Blair Cement Ties (AP)","AP - With a bandanna on his head and a grin on his cheeks, Italy's flamboyant Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been playing vacation host to Britain's Tony Blair in Sardinia, an unlikely holiday coupling that highlights an Italian-British alliance bolstered by the Iraq war."
"3","Mobile Boohoo for Sohu","Chinese net stock Sohu.com (Nasdaq: SOHU) dropped by 10 on Friday after the company announced that its multimedia messaging services with China Mobile Communication had been temporarily suspended for a year. The sanctions were ..."
"4","AOL releases Netscape update","Netscape Communications upgraded its namesake browser on Tuesday to version 7.2, a rare sign of life at America Online #39;s moribund browser division. "
"2","Many similarities, differences between #39;04 US basketball and #39;80 Soviet hockey teams","This was no miracle, but you could not tell by the amount of elation surrounding the Dream Team #39;s trip to the woodshed Sunday. "
"2","Top-seeded Federer upset in second round","ATHENS, Greece (AP)  Top-seeded Roger Federer was eliminated in the second round of the Olympics Tuesday night, losing 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. Federer, who won Wimbledon the past two years and replaced Andy Roddick atop ..."
"1","UN rights chief deeply concerned about refugee camp massacre in Burundi","GENEVA, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The United Nations human rights chief expressed her deep concern over the massacre in the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi last Friday, a UN official said here Tuesday. "
"1","Public servant backs Scrafton","PRIME Minister John Howard said he would not be swayed by more public servants coming forward in relation to the children overboard scandal. "
"1","US troops move gets muted response","BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- Germany #39;s defense minister expressed regret Tuesday about US plans to restructure its forces abroad -- changes expected to hit Germany the hardest with the pullout of two heavy divisions. Japan and Australia embraced the changes. "
"3","Stocks Higher on Economic Data, Earnings"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks traded higher on Tuesday,  despite oil prices hitting a new high before falling back, as  U.S. economic reports showed an easing of inflationary pressure  and a sharp rebound in the housing market."
"1","U.S. Public Now Evenly Split on Iraq War (AP)","AP - Nine months of chaos and casualties in Iraq since Saddam Hussein's capture have taken a heavy toll on American opinion of President Bush's decision to go to war. Last December, when Saddam was caught, public support for Bush was 2-to-1 in favor. Now the public is evenly divided on whether the war was the right thing to do or whether it was a mistake."
"1","Rumsfeld warns on spy shake-up","US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urges caution on US intelligence reform, saying it could create new barriers."
"3","Stocks up on positive consumer price report","NEW YORK (AP) - A drop in consumer prices and a decline in crude oil futures Tuesday allowed investors to put aside worries about inflation, at least for the short term, and they sent stocks modestly higher. "
"4","RealNetworks Slashes Music-Downloading Prices","With competition heating up in the online music business, RealNetworks Inc. slashed prices Tuesday for downloading music. "
"4","New bird species discovered","LONDON - A new species of flightless bird has been discovered on a remote island in the northern Philippines, Filipino and British researchers announced Tuesday. "
"4","Symantec Updates SOHO Gear To Battle Against Worms, Phishing","Symantec on Tuesday introduced versions of its consumer and small business security software with updates that protect against network-scanning worms such as Sasser, and keep phishing attacks at bay. "
"2","Packers #39; rookie punter struggling","GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Tim Couch #39;s troubles grasping the West Coast offense gave rookie punter BJ Sander plenty of opportunities to make a good first impression with the Green Bay Packers. "
"1","Holiday Pals Berlusconi, Blair Cement Ties","With a bandanna on his head and a grin on his cheeks, Italy #39;s flamboyant Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been playing vacation host to Britain #39;s Tony Blair in Sardinia, an unlikely holiday coupling that highlights an Italian-British alliance ..."
"3","Illinois Helps Residents Import Prescription Drugs"," CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois residents will soon be able to  buy lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United  Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections  to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday."
"2","Giants to Start Manning Against Carolina (AP)","AP - Eli Manning is going to get a chance to open the season as the New York Giants' starting quarterback."
"2","World 100m Champion Edwards Banned"," 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."
"1","India to surpass China as world's most populous country in 2050: study (AFP)","AFP - India is projected to outpace China and become the world's most populous country by 2050, growing by 50 percent in the next 46 years to reach more than 1.6 billion people, a US research institute said."
"1","Odumbe handed five-year ban","Former Kenya captain Maurice Odumbe receives a five-year ban for receiving money to fix a match."
"1","Consumer Prices Decline, Housing Rebounds","WASHINGTON - Consumer prices fell by 0.1 percent in July as gasoline prices dropped while output at factories and housing construction posted healthy rebounds, offering hope the economy has escaped this summer's ""soft patch.""   The Labor Department said Tuesday that the decline in its closely watched Consumer Price Index was the first decrease since a 0.2 percent drop last November. The CPI had been up 0.3 percent in June and an even sharper 0.6 percent in May, reflecting big jumps in energy costs..."
"1","Stocks Climb on Drop in Consumer Prices","NEW YORK - Another jump in oil prices pre-empted a rally on Wall Street Tuesday, though stocks managed to post modest gains on the strength of the latest consumer price report, which put many investors' inflation fears to rest for the near term.    Stocks started the session strong after the government's Consumer Price Index registered a small drop in July, giving consumers a respite from soaring energy prices..."
"3","Treasuries Gain After Tame Inflation"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury debt prices rose on Tuesday  after July inflation figures proved subdued and soaring oil  prices pointed to slower U.S. consumer spending down the line."
"4","New PC Is Created Just for Teenagers (AP)","AP - This isn't your typical, humdrum, slate-colored computer. Not only is the PC known as the hip-e almost all white, but its screen and keyboard are framed in fuzzy pink fur. Or a leopard skin design. Or a graffiti-themed pattern."
"3","Home Depot raises view as profit tops estimates","ATLANTA, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc. (HD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday reported a 19 percent rise in second-quarter profit, handily topping estimates, as store renovations and efforts to improve service drove higher ..."
"3","Applied Materials Takes on Metron","Applied Materials (Quote, Chart) said it filled a major gap in its services portfolio with its acquisition of Metron Technology (Quote, Chart). "
"4","Two new, tiny moons found around Saturn","Paris, France, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has detected two tiny, previously-unknown moons orbiting Saturn between Mimas and Enceladus, mission scientists said Tuesday. "
"4","PalmOne Announces SD WiFi Card","palmOne today announces that it is to provide a second level of wireless connectivity for Tungsten T3 and Zire 72 handheld users with the introduction of its first Wi-Fi card. Developed specifically for handheld owners who want to complement the ..."
"4","Cell phone carriers to get Linux option","CHICAGO - Motorola Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday said they agreed to an expanded deal to help mobile telephone service providers use Linux-based computers to run their core network systems. "
"2","Coyotes re-sign RW Johnson to three-year deal","----------------------------------------------- GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) - Mike Johnson missed most of last season after undergoing shoulder surgery, but that didn #39;t stop the Phoenix Coyotes from giving him the veteran right wing a three-year contract ..."
"2","Roddick escapes, Federer doesn #39;t at Olympics","Andy Roddick and Roger Federer both found themselves mired in three-set struggles Tuesday night at the Olympics. "
"2","Giants will give Eli first start Thursday","No. 1 draft pick Eli Manning will make his first start at quarterback for the New York Giants in their exhibition game Thursday against the Carolina Panthers, coach Tom Coughlin announced Thursday, according to ESPN. "
"1","Eight terror suspects charged in Britain"," LONDON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- British police on Tuesday charged eight terrorism suspects with conspiracy to murder. "
"3","Consumer Prices Drop, 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  gasoline costs reversed, the government said on Tuesday in a  report suggesting the U.S. Federal Reserve can stick to a plan  of gradual interest-rate rises."
"3","Women Employees Sue Costco","Women employees of Costco Wholesale Corp. filed a sex discrimination class action suit today, alleging that the giant retailer imposes a glass ceiling that prevents women from reaching the top and keeps them in lower paid positions."
"4","Advertisers Go Digital to Track Ads (Reuters)","Reuters - Top marketers are going digital to\track the delivery of commercials into U.S. homes with a system\some advocates say will revolutionize advertising the way\product codes changed the selling of sliced bread."
"4","Study: Unpatched PCs compromised in 20 minutes","The average ""survival time"" is not even long enough to download patches that would protect a computer from Net threats."
"2","Olympics-Fencing-U.S. and Swiss End Gold Drought"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Mariel Zagunis won the first fencing  gold for the United States for 100 years when she beat Xue Tan  of China 15-9 in the inaugural Olympic women's sabre final on  Tuesday."
"1","Slaves' descendants should get tax exemption: US Senate hopeful (AFP)","AFP - American descendants of African slaves should be exempted from US federal taxes for a generation or two to compensate them for the state-sanctioned exploitation of their ancestors, an aspiring US Senate hopeful declared."
"1","Britain Charges 8 in Terror Plot Tied to U.S. Alert"," LONDON (Reuters) - Britain charged eight terrorism suspects  Tuesday and said one had plans which could be used in terror  attacks on U.S. financial targets in New York, New Jersey and  Washington."
"4","Apple #39;s Real Rivalry","If you go by the headlines alone, it sounds like RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) is about to embark on a heady money-losing venture as it halves prices for its music download service Harmony, looking to take a bite out of Apple ..."
"2","Olympics: Federer crashes but Roddick survives Olympic scare","ATHENS : World No 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland crashed out of the Olympic tennis tournament when he lost to unseeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. "
"2","CU #39;s Bloom Denied Request","University of Colorado wide receiver Jeremy Bloom has lost his bid to continue playing college football while accepting endorsements to support his professional skiing career. "
"2","Men #39;s Singles : Interview with JUAN CARLOS FERRERO (ESP)","Q. It #39;s a slow road back, isn #39;t it? You #39;ve had the illness and injury problems earlier in this year. Did you lose confidence or what? ..."
"1","Australia envoy in N Korea talks","Australia #39;s foreign minister is in North Korea, urging the Stalinist state to renounce nuclear weapons. "
"4","IBM Takes New Tack in SCO Legal Battle (Ziff Davis)","Ziff Davis - In its ongoing war with SCO over Linux and Unix IP, IBM is trying a new tactic: declaring that SCO has no rights over its ""homegrown"" Unix code."
"4","Today Inca Trail, Tomorrow Inca Road","A consortium of nonprofits aim to restore sections of the Inca Road, the 500-year-old route that linked the Inca Empire from present-day Colombia to central Chile."
"4","Birding Column: Moments of Photographic Rapture","Birdman of Belair Mathew Tekulsky waxes on the serendipitous moments when birds and timing alight together for memorable photographs."
"4","Could Australia's Deadly Snakes Put Bite on Cancer?","Eighty percent of Australia's snake species are venomous, making the continent a paradise for researchers seeking the next generation of miracle drugs for human diseases."
"4","Africa's Penguins Still Reeling From ""Guano Craze""","Faced with the lingering effects of a 19th-century trade in seabird excrement and more modern pressures, jackass penguins are struggling to recover, conservationists say."
"4","Spider-Venom Profits to Be Funneled Into Conservation","Pharmaceutical companies have profited from medicines derived from spiders. Now a group called Venom Venture is making sure some of that money goes toward conserving the spiders themselves."
"4","Paradoxically, African Railroad Keeps Habitat Intact","Normally, transportation routes through wilderness are frowned on by conservationists. But a newly restored railroad in Madagascar is persuading locals not to slash and burn the surrounding landscape."
"4","Insect Vibrations Tell of Good Times and Bad","Thornbugs communicate by vibrating the branches they live on. Now scientists are discovering just what the bugs are ""saying."""
"4","Friday the 13th Phobia Rooted in Ancient History","Fear of Friday the 13th has roots in a Viking myth, ancient Rome, and even the Last Supper."
"1","U.S. Studying Israeli West Bank Home Plan (AP)","AP - The United States withheld judgment Tuesday on whether Israel's plans to build 1,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank violate the U.S-led Middle East peace plan."
"1","Sharon Allows 1,000 More Settler Homes in West Bank"," JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, facing a  party mutiny over his plan to quit the Gaza Strip, has approved  1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the West Bank in a move  that drew a cautious response on Tuesday from Washington."
"1","Iraq's Sadr Snubs Peace Delegation in Najaf"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's radical cleric Moqtada  al-Sadr refused on Tuesday to meet a delegation of Iraqi  political and religious leaders seeking to end a rebellion in  the holy city of Najaf and other parts of the country."
"3","Costco Target of Sex Bias Lawsuit (Reuters)","Reuters - Lawyers leading a record-setting\sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart Stores said on Tuesday\they filed a lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST.O),\claiming the company kept women out of top store management\posts."
"3","Stocks End Higher, Lifted by Data"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended higher on Tuesday,  even as oil prices hit another record, as investors  were  encouraged by data showing an easing of inflationary pressure  and a sharp rebound in the housing market."
"3","Oil Up on Rosy U.S. Economic Data"," LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose to another record high  on Tuesday on U.S. economic data showing inflationary pressure  was held in check in July and ahead of weekly inventory data on  Wednesday expected to show a decline in crude stocks."
"4","HP's order system chaos to continue throughout August","<strong>HP World</strong> SAP hell lingers"
"4","Feature: A New IDEA in Air Quality Monitoring","Combining the assets of NASA and the EPA with NOAA's weather information is at the heart of a new NASA project called IDEA:\ Infusing Satellite Data into Environmental Air Quality Applications. IDEA will improve forecasters' ability to track regional pollution and make air quality forecasts."
"4","Soldering Surprise on the Space Station","There's nothing routine about working in space, as astronaut Mike Fincke found out recently when he did some soldering onboard the International Space Station.    ScienceNASA -- Richard Grugel, a materials scientist at the Marshall Space Flight Center, watched his video monitor in disbelief..."
"4","Taking the Pulse of Planet Earth","Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet -- and more -- in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be abundant."
"4","AMD Ships New Mobile Athlon 64, 90-nm Processors","Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said it has begun shipping a 3700 mobile Athlon 64 processor. The chip maker also confirmed it has started shipping processors on its 90-nanometer manufacturing process for revenue. "
"4","Symantec Updates Home And Small-Office Security Products","The updates are designed to protect against network-scanning worms and keep phishing attacks at bay. "
"4","Kinko #39;s Software Connects Windows Apps to Print Centers","Fedex Kinko #39;s Tuesday rolled out free software that connects Windows users to the firm #39;s print centers for ordering printing, binding, and shipping services. "
"2","Olympics-Fencing-US and Swiss End Gold Drought","ATHENS (Reuters) - Mariel Zagunis won the first fencing gold for the United States for 100 years when she beat Xue Tan of China 15-9 in the inaugural Olympic women #39;s sabre final on Tuesday. "
"1","Sharon Allows 1,000 More Settler Homes in West Bank","JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, facing a party mutiny over his plan to quit the Gaza Strip, has approved 1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the West Bank in a move that drew a cautious response on Tuesday from ..."
"3","Applied Materials Returns to Profit"," SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Applied Materials Inc.  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AMAT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">AMAT.O</A>,  the largest maker of chip-making tools, on Tuesday said healthy  spending on new semiconductor factories more than doubled  revenue and returned it to a quarterly profit."
"4","AMD enters the 90-nanometer zone","Chipmaker becomes the last of several well-known chip companies to begin making 90-nanometer processors."
"4","Cops Test Handheld Fingerprint Readers","EAGAN, Minn. (AP) -- 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..."
"1","wheat (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Field trials of genetically modified wheat are still being conducted in Canada by multinational biotech giant Monsanto despite a pledge earlier this year that the testing would be abandoned, critics said Tuesday."
"1","Sharon Allows 1,000 More Settler Homes in West Bank"," JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, facing a  party mutiny over his plan to quit the Gaza Strip, has approved  1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the West Bank in a move  that drew a cautious response Tuesday from Washington."
"1","Americans Settle for 1-1 Tie With Aussies","THESSALONIKI, Greece - The U.S. women's soccer team needed only a tie Tuesday and that's all it got - settling for a draw against a team it had always beaten..."
"1","Ill. Plans Online Network to Import Drugs","CHICAGO - Ignoring a federal ban on prescription drug imports, Illinois' governor announced Tuesday that the state would have an online clearinghouse running within a month to help residents purchase drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.    The state won't import the drugs itself, but plans to contract with a Canadian company to connect state residents with foreign pharmacies that have been approved by state health inspectors..."
"1","Britain Charges 8 Terrorist Suspects","LONDON - British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday of conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause ""fear or injury"" in a case involving an alleged top al-Qaida operative at the center of a U.S. terror alert this month..."
"4","Mobile Boohoo for Sohu (The Motley Fool)","The Motley Fool - Chinese net stock Sohu.com (Nasdaq: SOHU - News) dropped by 10 on Friday after the company announced that its multimedia messaging services with China Mobile Communication had been temporarily suspended for a year. The sanctions were imposed after Sohu sent solicitations for phone messaging services without China Mobile's approval. Sohu is now down 25 after its high-flying start to this calendar year."
"4","McAfee Finds Security in Foundstone (The Motley Fool)","The Motley Fool - Shortly after we came back from our big vacation overseas in May, my Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) PowerBook was hit with a computer virus. I can't tell you which one, but it was enough to cripple my Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) Office for the Mac software. Symantec's (Nasdaq: SYMC - News) Norton Anti-Virus found the bug, and then eradicated it by exterminating my entire in-box. (Thanks, guys.)"
"2","Fencing: U.S. and Swiss End Gold Drought"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Mariel Zagunis won the first fencing  gold for the United States for 100 years when she beat Xue Tan  of China 15-9 in the inaugural Olympic women's sabre final on  Tuesday."
"1","Iraq's Sadr Declines to Meet Najaf Peace Delegation"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's radical cleric Moqtada  al-Sadr refused on Tuesday to meet a delegation of Iraqi  political and religious leaders who want him to call off his  uprising in the holy city of Najaf and other areas."
"3","Court Rejects Yukos #39; Appeals About Tax Claim","Yukos suffered a double blow Tuesday when the Moscow Arbitration Court rejected attempts by the oil major to cover part of a \$3.4 billion bill in back taxes and postpone collection of the claim. "
"3","Costco Target of Sex Bias Lawsuit","SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lawyers leading a record-setting sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart Stores said on Tuesday they filed a lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , claiming the company kept women out of top ..."
"3","Investors: Nortel may axe 5,000 jobs","OTTAWA (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp. investors predicted Tuesday the telecom equipment giant will again slash jobs when it reports long-overdue results this week, and shrugged off news of another criminal probe into its high-profile accounting woes. "
"3","Stocks End Higher, Lifted by Data","NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks ended higher on Tuesday, even as oil prices hit another record, as investors were encouraged by data showing an easing of inflationary pressure and a sharp rebound in the housing market. "
"3","Air Canada Creditors Clear Carrier #39;s Bankruptcy Plan (Update2)","Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Air Canada creditors including a General Electric Co. unit and Deutsche Bank AG cleared a plan that gives them most of the company #39;s equity when the carrier emerges from bankruptcy protection at the end of September. "
"4","AMD enters the 90-nanometer zone","Advanced Micro Devices says it has reached a chip manufacturing milestone that will lead to improvements across its range of processor offerings for PCs and servers. "
"4","Flash Video Takes a Front Seat","Macromedia announced a new kit that simplifies the way professional developers add video to their Web sites. "
"4","Microsoft Integration Server on Deck","Microsoft (Quote, Chart) is ready to ship Host Integration Server 2004, offering a Windows interface to mainframes and legacy applications. "
"2","Phelps Pushes Gold-Medal Haul to Three","ATHENS, Greece - With the quest to surpass Mark Spitz out of the way, Michael Phelps could savor one of the greatest races in swimming history. Phelps claimed his second and third gold medals of the Athens Games on Tuesday, winning the ..."
"2","Canadian poolcrasher prompts tighter security","ATHENS - Olympic organizers have increased security inside all sports venues today after a Canadian, whose body was emblazoned with the name of an Internet casino, climbed out of the stands and jumped off one of the boards into the pool. "
"2","Americans Settle for 1-1 Tie With Aussies","THESSALONIKI, Greece - The US women #39;s soccer team only needed a tie Tuesday, and that #39;s all it got - settling for a draw against a team it had always beaten. The Americans tied Australia 1-1, ending a perfect record against the Matildas ..."
"1","Southern African Development Community Agrees on New Election Guidelines","Southern African leaders have agreed to a set of rules aimed at enhancing the transparency of elections and democratic rule in the region. "
"3","Army: May Not Withhold Halliburton Money"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army on Tuesday appeared to  reverse a decision to stop paying a portion of Halliburton  Co.'s <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HAL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HAL.N</A> bills in Iraq and gave the company more time to  resolve a billing dispute."
"2","Lions' Porcher Accepting Diminished Role (AP)","AP - Robert Porcher knows his NFL career is heading toward the end."
"2","Romania Wins Women's Gymnastics Gold, U.S. Takes Silver"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Romania underlined their superiority  over the rest of the field by storming to the women's  gymnastics team gold at the Olympic Games Tuesday."
"2","Japan Powers Past Cuba in Baseball"," ATHENS (Reuters) - In a baseball battle of gold-medal  contenders, Japan banged three home runs to defeat Cuba 6-3  Tuesday, as starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched into the ninth."
"3","Stocks Up on Data, Despite Oil's Rise"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended higher for a third  successive day on Tuesday, even as oil prices rose to another  record, after investors were encouraged by data showing an  easing of inflationary pressure and a sharp rebound in the  housing market."
"3","Restoration Hardware Names Tate COO","Tate, who will also become executive vice president of the Corte Madera-based home furnishings chain, was most recently the operating chief at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. "
"4","Can RealNetworks Play Losses For Gain?","NEW YORK - This is how serious the competition for digital music customers has become: RealNetworks will widen its losses in the hope of upgrading users to its premium subscription service. "
"4","CA Strengthens Security Investment","CA (Quote, Chart) has taken a renewed interest this week in network security with two additions to its eTrust portfolio. The company acquired spyware killer PestPatrol and launched a consulting practice to assist partners with Vulnerability Manager ..."
"4","New Wi-Fi Spec Pushes for 100 Mbps","A consortium of companies collaborating under the moniker  quot;WWiSE quot; today announced their intended submission of a complete joint proposal to the IEEE 802.11 Task Group N (TGn), which is chartered with developing a next-generation ..."
"4","DOD Chooses Linux Clusters","Linux Networx has announced that two Department of Defense centers will be using Linux cluster supercomputers from the company to conduct battlefield simulations. The clusters are part of an initiative to modernize the DOD #39;s ..."
"2","RVS Rathore: The silver lining","Waiting for the bus to the Markopoulos shooting range this afternoon, a question from a Chinese journalist rattled me.  quot;From India? How many medals have you won? quot; ..."
"2","Overrated NBA athletes losing to better teams","For the purist, watching basketball played at the Olympic level is a nice break from what #39;s become of the game in this country. "
"2","Olympics-Federer #39;s Games dream shattered","ATHENS, Aug 17 (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer was bundled out of the Olympic tennis tournament on Tuesday by unheralded Czech Tomas Berdych. "
"2","Montreal at San Francisco, 7:05 PM","SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- The San Francisco Giants will look for their sixth straight win Tuesday when they continue a four-game series against the Montreal Expos at SBC Park. "
"1","Arrested Qaida terrorist an India-born","WASHINGTON: Abu Musa al-Hindi, one of the principle terror suspects charged with plotting to attack US financial institutions, has been identified as India-born Dhiren Barot. British police on Tuesday charged Barot, 32, of gathering surveillance plans of ..."
"4","Media giant BSkyB sues EDS over troubled CRM system","London-based media giant British Sky Broadcasting Group has filed a legal claim against Electronic Data Services over a problematic CRM system designed to support the media company's customer support call centers."
"4","Microsoft readies Host Integration Server 2004","The newest edition of Host Integration Server, which replaces the 2000 version, is designed to make it easier for users to link Windows systems with IBM mainframes and midrange iSeries servers."
"4","Q A: HP's Livermore sees no need for HP-UX on x86","Ann Livermore, executive vice president of HP's Technology Solutions Group, discussed the company's recent earnings report and talked about its hardware plans."
"4","Pentagon turns to Linux for high-end battlefield simulations","As part of its technology update program, the Defense Department has turned to two 256-processor Linux Networx Evolocity cluster supercomputers to improve complex computerized battlefield simulations."
"4","Gartner revises PC market forecast, warns of downside","Although the PC market won't grow as fast this year as originally envisioned by Gartner analysts, the industry is still expected to sell 12.6 more units this year than in 2003."
"4","IBM seeks dismissal in second part of SCO case","In documents filed Friday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, IBM sought the dismissal of a major component of the lawsuit filed against it last year by The SCO Group."
"4","Analysts concerned about longer-than-expected G5 delays","Analysts from Prudential Equity Group and UBS are warning that delayed shipments of G5 chips from IBM could affect Apple Computer's bottom line"
"4","Making Slideshows","Comparing photo slideshow computer applications, Thomas E. Weber writes for the Wall Street Journal,  #147;Those using an Apple computer won #146;t need to agonize over which slideshow program to choose. Apple #146;s excellent iLife package (\$49; included with new Macs) is all they #146;ll need. Users can construct slideshows in the package #146;s easy-to-use iDVD program or move slideshows from iPhoto into iDVD for burning onto a disc. For more effects, the iMovie video-editing software can add panning and zooming motion. #148; Aug 17"
"2","New Europe Coaches Make Mark in World Cup (AP)","AP - It didn't take long for the new coaches of three soccer powers to make their marks."
"2","U.S. Rebounds with Narrow Basketball Win Over Greece"," ATHENS (Reuters) - The United States rebounded from a shock  opening game loss to narrowly beat Greece 77-71 at the men's  Olympic basketball tournament on Tuesday."
"3","Google IPO imminent","SAN JOSE, Calif. -- After months of unprecedented hype, Google took a final step toward its long-awaited public stock sale, asking regulators to finalize paperwork that could start trading as early as Wednesday. "
"3","Woman claims Costco discriminates against female managers","SAN FRANCISCO An assistant store manager at Costco filed a federal civil rights suit today in San Francisco. Shirley  quot;Rae quot; Ellis alleges she was passed over for a promotion because the retail chain #39;s policies discriminate against women. "
"3","Ford, Magna face class-action suit","TORONTO (CP) -- Up to 400,000 Canadians might be driving Ford vehicles with faulty door latches that could lead to serious injury or death, according to a \$527-million class-action lawsuit commenced Tuesday against Ford Motor Co., Magna ..."
"3","Air Canada gets lease on life","Creditors approve plan, get 10 cents on the dollar and allow airline to emerge from bankruptcy. MONTREAL (Reuters) - Air Canada creditors approved a recapitalization plan Tuesday that will allow the world #39;s 11th largest airline to emerge from bankruptcy ..."
"4","RealNetworks Slashes Prices For Music Downloads","For three weeks, it will sell songs for 49 cents and albums for \$4.99--a move that could spark a price war. "
"2","Shot-Put Returns to Ancient Stadium","THENS, Aug. 17  American shot-putter John Godina walked into the ancient Olympic stadium at Olympia when he arrived there earlier this week and the history he had studied in college came to life before his eyes. "
"1","No deaths  #39;miraculous #39; in English flash flooding","LONDON  British police said today they believed no one had died in flash flooding that struck seaside communities in southwest England, but rescue operations were continuing. "
"3","Home Depot Profit Tops Estimates on Sales"," ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc. on Tuesday reported a  19 percent rise in second-quarter profit, handily topping  estimates, as store renovations and efforts to improve service  drove higher average sales in every category."
"3","Dollar Up Slightly Vs. Euro"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar eked out marginal gains  against the euro on Tuesday as the market digested a  slew of  U.S. economic data that failed to substantially alter the  outlook for gradual increases in U.S. interest rates."
"4","Violence Tackled at Online Gaming Parlors (AP)","AP - Six days a week, teens crowd the Blue Screen Gaming cybercafe to hunt each other down with assault rifles inside virtual computer worlds. In these video game halls, nobody gets hurt. But real-life violence has flared around some of these businesses, prompting municipal crackdowns."
"4","HP's Fiorina stood up by Argentina's President","<strong>HP World</strong> Belly bands and three-legged stools"
"4","News: TRMM Sees Rain from Hurricanes Fall Around the World","Since rain and freshwater flooding are the number one causes of death from hurricanes in the United States over the last 30 years, better understanding of these storms is vital for insuring public safety."
"1","Desert hospitality, honor, and the war outside the door","One Najaf family's shifting view of the fierce fighting that surrounds them."
"1","Marked men with no place to hide","The Honduran government's crackdown on street gangs has been swift, severe, and apparently successful."
"1","Greek baseball team, made in the USA","Success at the Games could boost the popularity of a sport unfamiliar to Greeks."
"1","Tired of post-9/11 hassles, Arab tourists head east","Saudi visitors to Malaysia were up 53 percent in 2004."
"1","Sun-shy female commuters fuel an Asian fad","Part hat, part mask, part visor, it's a new piece of bicycle headgear."
"1","Nepal braced for rebel 'blockade'","Nepalese forces are on alert ahead a deadline set by rebels, who have threatened to blockade the capital."
"3","J.C. Penney Posts Profit, Sales Strong"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Department store operator J.C. Penney  Co. Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=JCP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">JCP.N</A> on Tuesday posted a quarterly operating  profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, on inventory controls  and strong sales of jeans, home furnishings and career clothes."
"3","Treasuries, Oil Up, Inflation in Check"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury debt prices rallied on  Tuesday, dragging yields to four-month lows as July inflation  figures proved subdued and soaring oil prices pointed to slower  U.S. consumer spending down the line."
"4","Windows XP Security Update Delayed (AP)","AP - Microsoft Corp. has delayed automated distribution of a major security upgrade to its Windows XP Professional operating system, citing a desire to give companies more time to test it."
"4","Network Solutions is Pathetic","\\We have a few domains hosted on Network Solutions.  For one reason or another we\were in a hurry and just used NetSol as our registrar.  BIG mistake!\\They are one *pathetic* organization!\\They are a DNS company.  That's what they DO!  Their DNS admin only allows 10\IPs. Of course they don't tell you this when you signup.  You only find out that\the UI doesn't allow for additional IPs until try to add them.\\To add insult to injury when you try to move AWAY from NetSol by changing your\primary and secondary they drop your IP configuration immediately.  You're just\out of luck if there are clients which have cached your primary and secondary\DNS servers.\"
"2","Eagles Defensive End Kalu Out for Year (AP)","AP - Defensive end N.D. Kalu will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during in Tuesday's practice."
"2","US NBA stars pushed to the brink before edging Greece (AFP)","AFP - Allen Iverson scored 17 points despite a fractured right thumb and the reeling United States team was pushed to the brink before beating Greece 77-71 in an Olympic preliminary round basketball game."
"2","A Big Perk for 84 Lumber Golfers (AP)","AP - David Toms was going through his PGA Tour schedule for the remainder of the year when he mentioned the 84 Lumber Classic, which is squeezed between the Ryder Cup and a World Golf Championship in Ireland."
"1","Blast in Gaza House Kills at Least Two (AP)","AP - An explosion in a house in Gaza City early Wednesday killed at least two people, Palestinian witnesses said. It was not immediately known what caused the blast."
"1","Blast in Gaza Home of Hamas Man Kills 4 - Medics"," GAZA (Reuters) - An explosion tore through the home of a  senior Hamas militant in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least  four people and wounding him and about a dozen other  Palestinians, medics said."
"1","Sudan Says More Police to Shield Darfur Refugees"," ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Sudan plans to double the number  of police in Darfur to 20,000, the country's foreign minister  said on Tuesday in the face of fresh reports that marauding  Arab militiamen were still preying on stricken refugees."
"1","Report: Japan, Russia to Lose Population","WASHINGTON - Japan, Germany and many other large industrialized countries face long-term population slowdowns or declines as more young adults have fewer children or delay child-rearing, demographers say.    While the world's population is expected to increase by almost 50 percent by 2050, Japan could lose 20 percent of its population over the next half-century, according to data released Tuesday by the private Population Reference Bureau..."
"1","Thrilling Relay Win Gets Phelps Third Gold","ATHENS, Greece - Now this was a duel in the pool. With Michael Phelps leading off Tuesday night, the United States bested its rival from Down Under in the most thrilling race of the Athens Games..."
"4","Microsoft Updates Its IBM Connectivity Server","On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled the 2004 version of its Host Integration Server (HIS) product, which is designed to integrate IBM mainframes and servers with Windows systems. "
"1","Official backs Scrafton #39;s version","A former federal official has backed Mike Scrafton #39;s story that he told John Howard three days before the 2001 election that the children overboard story was wrong. "
"2","Japan Turns to 'Dream Team' to Restore Baseball Pride"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Japan's own baseball ""Dream Team""  hammered arch-rivals Cuba 6-3 and set themselves up as  favorites for gold in the Athens Olympics Tuesday."
"3","After the Bell-Applied Materials rises after earnings","NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Shares of Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest maker of chip-making tools, rose after the bell on Tuesday after the company said healthy spending on new semiconductor factories more than ..."
"3","Alcoa closing Ohio plant, cutting 140 jobs","Alcoa Inc. will close an automotive components factory in Ohio and lay off its staff in a bid to cut excess capacity, the Pittsburgh-based company said Tuesday. "
"3","Berkshire Takes Stake in Pier 1","Fellow Fool Alyce Lomax and I need to debate Pier 1 Imports (NYSE: PIR). Between Alyce covering the company warnings and me advising not to jump off the pier, there has been little good news to report. Is Pier 1 ready to get ..."
"4","Microsoft delays security update for Windows XP Professional","REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft has delayed distribution of a security update for users of its Windows XP Professional operating system to give some companies more time to test it, the software company said Tuesday. "
"4","Microsoft Updates Its IBM Connectivity Server","Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled the 2004 version of its Host Integration Server (HIS) product, which is designed to integrate IBM mainframes and servers with Windows systems. "
"4","Motorola rolls out database management software","AUGUST 17, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Motorola Inc. announced today it has completed the second phase of a four-phase rollout of information life-cycle management (ILM) software that cut its production database size by as much as 50 in some business ..."
"2","Greek Soccer Out of Olympic Running","The recently crowned European Champions are out of the running for a medal in men #39;s soccer. In the group rounds, Greece lost to Mexico 2:3 and watched as its favorite sons had to give up a chance for a gold to teams like Mali, South Korea, Iraq and ..."
"2","Kalu out for the year with torn ACL","Defensive end ND Kalu will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during in Tuesday #39;s practice. "
"3","Google IPO Paper Not Declared Effective (Reuters)","Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange\Commission did not declare effective Google Inc.'s registration\statement for its multibillion-dollar initial public offering\by the close of the agency's business day on Tuesday, an SEC\official said."
"4","SEC Delays Google Stock Offering","Google Inc.'s long-awaited initial stock sale, which appeared imminent Tuesday, has been delayed while the company awaits final approval of its paperwork by the Securities and Exchange Commission. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-Associated Press</B></FONT>"
"1","Britain scratching about for medals (AFP)","AFP - Britain were neck and neck with Olympic minnows Slovakia and Zimbabwe and desperately hoping for an elusive gold medal later in the week."
"3","Mobile Homes a Danger in Hurricane Zones, Owners Say","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (Reuters) - Rita Weston survived Hurricane Charley huddled under a mattress with her husband and mother in a mobile home she bought 35 years ago. But before the storm passed, the home was reduced to scrap wood and metal. "
"3","Alcoa to Close Ohio Plant, Cut 140 Jobs","Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. said Tuesday it is closing its Northwood, Ohio, automotive components factory by year-end to trim excess capacity, which will impact about 140 employees. "
"3","Cendant breaks off mortgage unit talks","The real estate and travel company says it will continue to look for a buyer of its mortgage business. "
"4","Windows XP Security Update Delayed","Microsoft Corp. has delayed automated distribution of a major security upgrade to its Windows XP operating system, citing a desire to give companies more time to test it. "
"4","New bird species discovered in Babuyan Island","A NEW bird species, which is believed to be found nowhere else in the world, has been discovered on the remote island of Calayan, 70 km north of Luzon. "
"4","IBM Unwraps Middle Tier i5 Server","IBM on Tuesday unveiled the eServer i5 550, a new addition to its Power 5-based lineup that it #39;s aiming at mid-sized business. "
"4","AOL Releases Netscape 7.2","Also included with 7.2 is an improved pop-up blocker which now stops more pop-ups than any previous version of Netscape, something only just apparent in some more widely used browsers, Netscape will even block mouse over pop-ups. "
"4","Analysts concerned about longer-than-expected G5 delays","AUGUST 17, 2004 (MACCENTRAL) - Analysts from Prudential Equity Group and UBS have warned over the past two days that longer than expected G5 delays from IBM Corp. is the near-term  quot;key risk quot; for Apple Computer Inc. "
"2","Japan lifts men #39;s gymnastics team gold (updated)","ATHENS, Aug. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- World championships third-placers Japan took a sweet revenge on Monday to claim the men #39;s gymnasticsteam title at the Athens Olympics with a total score of 173.821 points. "
"2","Geogia woman wins medal in fencing","ATHENS - The United States won its first fencing medals in 20 years Tuesday, a bronze by an Atlanta-area competitor and a gold by Mariel Zagunis in the saber competition. "
"1","Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Rebel Cleric Sadr","NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of  quot;American aggression quot; as US troops pounded militia positions in Najaf near the country #39;s holiest Islamic sites. "
"1","Israel invites bids for construction of 1,000 more homes in West Bank","JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli government on Tuesday issued bids for 1,000 new homes in Jewish West Bank settlements, in a violation of an internationally backed peace plan, but insisted the construction has the tacit approval of one of the backers, the US ..."
"1","Blast in Gaza Home of Hamas Man Kills 4 - Medics","GAZA (Reuters) - An explosion tore through the home of a senior Hamas militant in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding him and about a dozen other Palestinians, medics said. "
"3","US to withhold Halliburton money","The Pentagon is to withhold a proportion of payments to US firm Halliburton which supplies meals to US troops in Iraq."
"4","Product Review: HP d530 Business Desktop (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - I.T. managers will appreciate the versatility of the HP (NYSE: HPQ) d530 Business Desktop, equipped with a 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 with hyperthreading technology. The small form-factor desktop targets business consumers seeking a reasonably priced, high-end PC. HP has produced a business machine that will fulfill any office task without draining your entire PC budget."
"4","Aberdeen: CRM To Lead SMB Enterprise Software Spending (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) still view cost-cutting as their primary reason for making enterprise software purchases. But customer acquisition and retention ranks second, and for that reason they will spend more on CRM functionality than any other enterprise software area this year, according to data gathered by Aberdeen Research."
"4","Group Urges EPA for More Pollution Cuts (AP)","AP - If the government required deeper cuts in air pollution from power plants, at least 3,000 lives would be saved and 140,000 children would avoid asthma and other respiratory ailments, an environmental group said Tuesday."
"4","N.Y. Orders Power Plants to Cut Emissions (AP)","AP - Citing what they called a public health emergency, New York officials on Tuesday ordered power plants to reduce emissions blamed for acid rain."
"4","Crypto researchers abuzz over flaws","Presenters at the Crypto 2004 conference identify faster ways to forge digital signatures with common security algorithms."
"4","HP WORLD - HP: ProLiant delays to continue through August","CHICAGO - Hewlett-Packard Co. customers will continue to have difficulties ordering custom configurations of HP's ProLiant servers though the end of August, company executives told attendees at the HP World conference in Chicago Tuesday. The problems are due to continuing problems with an SAP AG order processing and supply-chain deployment rolled out last month, they said."
"1","Venezuelan Officials Agree to Audit Sample (AP)","AP - Venezuelan election officials agreed Tuesday to conduct a partial audit of the results of a recall referendum won by President Hugo Chavez, amid opposition charges of election fraud, officials told The Associated Press."
"1","Explosion in Hamas Man's Home in Gaza Kills 4"," GAZA (Reuters) - An explosion tore through the home of a  senior Hamas leader in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least four  people and wounding him and about a dozen other Palestinians,  medics said."
"1","7 Texas Kids Found in Nigeria Orphanage","HOUSTON - Seven Texas children were discovered abandoned at a Nigerian orphanage, suffering from disease and malnutrition, and have been brought back to the United States.    Child Protective Services, which received emergency custody of the children Monday, is investigating accusations that the children's adoptive mother abandoned them in Nigeria in October and later went to work in Iraq as a private contractor..."
"1","U.S. Bounces Back to Beat Greece 77-71","ATHENS, Greece - Lamar Odom made a key defensive play on Greece's Dimitris Pipanikoulaou, preventing him from getting a clean layup attempt that could have cut the United States' lead to two points, and the Americans won 77-71 Tuesday night in the second round of the Olympic men's basketball tournament.    In a much closer game than expected, the Americans bounced back from their embarrassing loss to Puerto Rico in their opener and avoided dropping to 0-2, which would have matched their loss total from the previous 68 years..."
"1","Thrilling Relay Win Gets Phelps Third Gold","ATHENS, Greece - Now this was a duel in the pool. With Michael Phelps leading off Tuesday night, the United States bested its top rival in the most thrilling race of the Athens Games..."
"3","ING Withdrawing  #36;5 Billion From Janus (AP)","AP - Janus Capital Group Inc. on Tuesday identified ING US Financial Services as the client planning to withdraw  #36;5 billion from the Denver-based mutual funds giant."
"3","SEC Leaves Google Waiting on IPO Go Ahead"," NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators  on Tuesday did not give Google Inc. the green light it needs to  price its initial public offering, extending the wait for its  highly anticipated market debut."
"2","Hoops Team Rebounds","The Americans survive a poor shooting night to beat Greece 77-71 at the men's Olympic basketball tournament on Tuesday."
"3","Google IPO document not declared","WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission has not declared effective Google #39;s registration statement for its multibillion-dollar initial public offering by the close of the agency #39;s business day on Tuesday, an SEC official says. "
"3","Yukos woes flare up again, offsetting Venezuela vote","SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Crude futures headed higher Tuesday to close at a new historic level near \$47 a barrel, following news that a Russian court has rejected a plea from oil giant Yukos to suspend government efforts to collect a \$3.4 billion tax ..."
"3","Borders 2Q Profits Soar 89 Percent","Borders Group Inc. #39;s second-quarter profits rose 89 percent on stronger-than-anticipated book sales and topped Wall Street #39;s estimates. The company also increased its full-year earnings outlook. "
"3","FTC Seeks to Delay Arch-Triton Merger","Antitrust regulators have asked a federal appeals court to temporarily block Arch Coal Inc. #39;s \$364 million acquisition of Triton Coal Co. Ltd., pending court appeal. "
"4","Another dodo? Flightless bird found in Philippines","SCIENTISTS have discovered a new species of flightless bird on a remote island in the Philippines, the conservation group BirdLife International said yesterday. "
"4","AOL Releases Netscape Browser Update","America Online Inc. on Tuesday opened the curtain on its update to the Netscape Web browser. Netscape 7.2 became available for download from the Netscape site. As previously reported, AOL had planned to unveil its first browser update in a year by the ..."
"4","Gloom amid the boom","BANGALORE - The success of India #39;s high-tech and outsourcing industry was built on Bangalore but the southern city where the boom began has now become a victim of its own success. "
"2","Unobstructed Views: Olympic-sized fools","For all their troubles, the Olympic Games remain the greatest unifying force in the world. Every four years, they draw a diverse international audience, bridging cultural gaps, transcending ethnic divisions, and uniting us all in a single, harmonious ..."
"2","US Wins First Fencing Gold Since 1904","THENS, Aug. 17  As the American fencer Mariel Zagunis yelled in triumph, her teammates rushed her and hurled her into the air. What made their celebratory gesture especially notable was that Zagunis was still holding, and waving, her ..."
"2","Colombian golfer leads US Amateur qualifying","MAMARONECK, NY (AP)  Oscar Alvarez of Colombia shot a 3-under-par 67 for the first-round lead at the US Amateur on Monday. Alvarez, a junior at BYU, had five birdies and two bogeys on the 6,775-yard East course at Winged Foot Golf Club, and was the ..."
"1","North Korea  #39;won #39;t pull out of 6-way talks #39;","BEIJING - China said yesterday that its close ally North Korea will not be pulling out of six-party talks, despite Pyongyang hinting that Washington #39;s hardline policy made the negotiations unworkable. "
"1","Annan urges Myanmar to free Suu Kyi","NEW YORK  UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday raised doubts about Myanmar #39;s resolve to implement a road map for democracy and urged the nation #39;s military leaders to immediately release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. "
"3","Borders Profits Rise, Raises Outlook"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BGP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">BGP.N</A>, the No. 2  U.S. bookseller, on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose,  beating estimates by the company and Wall Street, largely  because of stronger-than-expected book sales."
"3","Army May Not Withhold Halliburton Money"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army reversed a decision  late Tuesday to withhold payment on 15 percent of future  invoices of Halliburton Co.'s <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HAL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HAL.N</A> logistics deal in Iraq  and gave the company more time to resolve a billing dispute."
"4","Google Interview Is Draw for Latest Playboy Issue (Reuters)","Reuters - The new issue of Playboy magazine\isn't drawing attention in some circles for its trademark\centerfold but for an interview with the founders of Web search\engine Google Inc. that raised regulatory eyebrows."
"2","Williamson Gets Third Opinion on Elbow (AP)","AP - Red Sox reliever Scott Williamson sought a third opinion on his ailing right elbow Tuesday before deciding whether to have major reconstructive surgery."
"1","Iran Threatens Israel on Nuclear Reactor (AP)","AP - Accompanied by a warning that its missiles have the range, Iran on Tuesday said it would destroy Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor if the Jewish state were to attack Iran's nuclear facilities."
"1","Grim funeral service held for Burundi massacre victims (AFP)","AFP - Thousands of grieving people and top politicians attended a grim funeral service held to bury some 160 Congolese Tutsis slaughtered in a refugee camp in Burundi."
"3","Borders Profits Rise, Raises Outlook","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc. (BGP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US bookseller, on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose, beating estimates by the company and Wall Street, largely because of stronger-than-expected book sales. "
"3","Applied Materials Reports Profit in 3Q","Applied Materials Inc., the world #39;s largest supplier of machines that make computer chips, Tuesday said surging sales in its latest quarter surpassed its own and Wall Street estimates. "
"3","NZ PRESS: NGC Seeks LPG, Network Businesses To Grow","WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--NGC Holdings (NGC.NZ), a New Zealand-based gas distribution and metering concern, is seeking liquified petroleum gas and electricity network businesses in its quest for growth, the Dominion Post reported on its Web site Wednesday. "
"4","New bird species discovered in Philippines","Cambridge, England, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- British and Filipino researchers have found a new bird species on a remote island in the northern Philippines, which is a relative to the familiar Moorhen. "
"4","AOL adopts Girafa #39;s thumbnail search technology","Girafa.com, which develops and providers data visualization solutions and services, announced yesterday that CompuServe, Netscape, AIM and ICQ - properties of America Online (AOL) - have signed an agreement with Girafa to use its thumbnail ..."
"4","HHS spends \$228M on IT programs","A preliminary accounting of efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services shows that the agency has about 19 major health information technology initiatives, totaling about \$228 million. "
"4","Palm adds an SD Wi-Fi card","PalmOne has at long last released an SD Wi-Fi card, enabling PDA users to connect to both office WLANs and public hotspots. However, difficulties with implementing wireless Ethernet on PalmOS mean that the US\$129 card will only work on the Tungsten T3 and ..."
"2","UAE, India hit Olympic firsts","ATHENS  The United Arab Emirates and India scored Olympic firsts on day four of the Athens Games on Tuesday and there was good news also for host Greece, which landed its second gold of the competition. "
"2","Olympics: US NBA stars pushed to the brink before edging Greece","ATHENS : Allen Iverson scored 17 points despite a fractured right thumb and the reeling United States team was pushed to the brink before beating Greece 77-71 in an Olympic preliminary round basketball game. "
"2","Matildas #39;salvage late draw with US","ATHENS: Australia #39;s Matildas salvaged a 1-1 draw against the United States at the Athens Olympics on Tuesday to join the Americans in the last eight of the women #39;s soccer tournament. "
"2","Olympics-Federer #39;s Olympic dream shattered twice over","ATHENS, Aug 17 (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer #39;s top target for the year -- an Olympic tennis gold medal -- was taken away from him in a  quot;terrible day quot; on Tuesday. "
"1","Karzai likely to visit Pakistan next week","KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is likely to visit Pakistan from August 23 (Monday), sources said on Tuesday. "
"1","Candidate for Democratic Party Arrested in China","ONG KONG, Aug. 17  An already heated election campaign for the legislature here took an unexpected turn today with an announcement by the Democratic Party that one of its candidates had been arrested in mainland China on charges of ..."
"3","Borders Profits Up, Outlook Raised"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BGP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">BGP.N</A>, the No. 2  U.S. bookseller, on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose,  beating estimates by the company and Wall Street, as a looming  presidential election whetted appetites for political books and  led to higher-than-expected sales."
"2","Australia Salvages Late Draw with U.S. Women in Soccer"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Australia's ""Matildas"" salvaged a 1-1  draw against the United States at the Athens Olympics on  Tuesday to join the Americans in the last eight of the women's  soccer tournament."
"2","Manning Gets Chance to Start","Giants Coach Tom Coughlin announced that rookie quarterback Eli Manning will start ahead of two-time M.V.P. Kurt Warner in Thursday's preseason game against Carolina."
"2","Ruling Likely Ends Bloom's College Football Career","The N.C.A.A. has denied Jeremy Bloom's request to play football at Colorado while accepting endorsements to support his skiing career."
"3","IMF gives Jamaica thumbs up","The International Monetary Fund has praised the Jamaican government for stabilizing the country's economy."
"2","Outspoken Winslow Makes Impression at Camp (AP)","AP - Hot-tempered and outspoken, Kellen Winslow Jr. isn't toning it down just because he's a rookie."
"2","US NBA stars pushed to the brink before edging Greece (AFP)","AFP - Sick, injured and reeling from a humiliating loss, the United States basketball team struggled past Greece 77-71 in an Olympic preliminary-round game that signaled more difficulties to come."
"1","Israel Kills 5 in Attempt to Assassinate Hamas Man"," GAZA (Reuters) - A senior Hamas leader survived an Israeli  assassination attempt on Wednesday but at least five other  Palestinians were killed in the night-time explosion that tore  through his Gaza home."
"4","Carl Reiner: Comedy as a Life #39;s Work","Description: Actor Carl Reiner found his life #39;s calling in the third grade, making his classmates laugh by walking on his hands. The actor, comedian and director joins NPR #39;s Neal Conan and takes calls. "
"3","Google Stock Sale Delayed as SEC Doesn #39;t Act on IPO (Update1)","Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. #39;s plan to sell shares today in an initial public offering was delayed because the US Securities and Exchange Commission didn #39;t act on the company #39;s request to approve its stock registration. "
"3","US withholds some Halliburton payments for Iraq services","Halliburton said Tuesday that the US Army had decided not to grant it additional time to substantiate its costs for feeding and housing American troops in Iraq and Kuwait, a decision that could cost the company 15 percent of its payment. "
"3","Mounties initiate Nortel investigation","The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have launched a criminal investigation into the financial accounting practices of network gear maker Nortel Networks just days before the company is set to release some of its restated financial results. "
"2","Phelps #39;s dreams meet not-so-bad realities","ATHENS Imagine, just for the length of a breezy, sun-kissed summer evening in Athens, that you had not heard a word about Michael Phelps before these Olympics began. That you knew nothing about his childhood in Baltimore; the failed Olympic dreams of his ..."
"2","Federer eliminated by the 74th-ranked Berdych","ATHENS Top-seeded Roger Federer was eliminated in the second round of the Olympic tennis tournament Tuesday, losing to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. "
"1","Georgian Leader Seeks Ossetia Conference","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 a war. "
"1","Australia #39;s Labor Leader Latham Hospitalized With Pancreatitis","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The leader of Australia #39;s main opposition Labor Party, Mark Latham, has been hospitalized with pancreatitis, according to a statement released by his party. "
"3","Google market debut delayed","Google's estimated \$3bn flotation has been delayed by at least a day as the firm awaits regulatory approval."
"3","Financial Firms Hasten Their Move to Outsourcing","A myriad of financial institutions including banks, mutual funds, insurance companies, investment firms and credit-card companies are sending work to overseas locations."
"4","Berlin Zoo Separates Baby Rhino from Clumsy Mother (Reuters)","Reuters - Vets at a Berlin zoo have been forced to\separate a baby rhino from his mother for fear she may\accidentally trample him to death, zoo officials said on\Tuesday."
"4","Novell bundles JBoss app server","Novell Inc. earlier this month bundled the open-source, J2EE-compliant JBoss Application Server with its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, giving application developers a built-in deployment option."
"2","Stricken Washington Guard to Return (AP)","AP - Twenty months after her teammates helped save her life when her heart stopped, Kayla Burt said Tuesday she plans to again play basketball for Washington in the 2004-05 season."
"3","Borders Profits Up, Outlook Raised","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc. (BGP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US bookseller, on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose, beating estimates by the company and Wall Street, as a looming presidential election ..."
"3","Update 1: Louisiana-Pacific Names Frost CEO","Louisiana-Pacific Corp. named executive vice president Richard W. Frost the lumber company #39;s next chief executive, company officials announced Tuesday. "
"3","Wall Street closes higher, but record oil prices cap day #39;s gains","NEW YORK : Wall Street shares closed higher on Tuesday, but record oil prices capped the day #39;s gains amid concerns over a multi-billion-dollar tax bill facing Russian oil giant Yukos. "
"3","Confidence drops in Germany","Investor confidence in Germany, Europe #39;s biggest economy, dropped in August to the lowest level in more than a year, according to data released on Tuesday, amid concern that record oil prices would crimp global growth and impede a recovery in consumer ..."
"3","IBM to buy Danish firms","International Business Machines said Tuesday it would buy two Danish competitors to add consulting services for shipping and logistics companies. "
"4","XP security update delayed","MICROSOFT has delayed automated distribution of a major security upgrade to its Windows XP Professional operating system, citing a desire to give companies more time to test it. "
"2","Greeks leave hospital to face music","Kostas Kederis and Ekaterini Thanou, the Greek sprinters who, it is alleged, deliberately evaded four drugs tests, left hospital yesterday with Kederis having been treated for scratches and Thanou with no visible injuries. "
"2","White Sox manager sent to hospital","White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, set to start a two-game suspension Tuesday night, went to a hospital before the game against Detroit because of pain in his back and side. "
"2","Hollywood awaits Termite from Texas and Iraqi fly","What an inspirational story: former world title contender becomes used car salesman in Texas, becomes rattlesnake killer, becomes pest exterminator in Baghdad, becomes boxing coach of Iraq and self-proclaimed  quot;saviour quot; of that troubled nation. It is ..."
"1","Flash flood in Cornwall leaves villagers missing","BOSCASTLE, England Rescue workers searched this coastal village in north Cornwall on Tuesday for missing persons after a flash flood sent a wall of water tearing through the picturesque tourist spot the day before. "
"4","Calif. Assembly Backs E-Mail Monitoring Disclosure (Reuters)","Reuters - California's Assembly on Tuesday\voted to require the state's employers to inform their workers\in writing if e-mail and other Internet activity is monitored\at work."
"4","Health Highlights: Aug. 17, 2004","Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    -----     Arizona Leads Nation in West Nile Cases      Thousands of abandoned swimming pools, along with irrigation canals and other prime breeding sites for mosquitoes in Phoenix, have made Arizona the state hardest hit by West Nile virus this year.      Arizona has accounted for at least 290 of more than 500 reported cases of West Nile virus in the United States so far in 2004..."
"4","Illinois Plans Online Network to Import Cheaper Drugs","By DON BABWIN    CHICAGO (AP) -- Ignoring a federal ban on prescription drug imports, Illinois' governor announced Tuesday that the state would have an online clearinghouse running within a month to help residents purchase drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.    The state won't import the drugs itself, but plans to contract with a Canadian company to connect state residents with foreign pharmacies that have been approved by state health inspectors..."
"4","Free-Speech Protection Sought for Internet Casino Ads","By Alan Sayre    NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The operator of a gambling news site on the Internet has asked a federal judge to declare that advertisements in U.S. media for foreign online casinos and sports betting outlets are protected by free-speech rights..."
"1","President OKs More Colombia Assistance (AP)","AP - President Bush said Tuesday the U.S. government will continue to assist Colombia in interdicting aircraft suspected of drug trafficking."
"1","N.Y. Welcomes Protesters With Discounts (AP)","AP - Discounted hotels and Broadway show tickets for convention protesters?"
"1","A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq (AP)","AP - As of Tuesday, Aug. 17, 943 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 703 died as a result of hostile action and 240 died of non-hostile causes."
"1","India and Pakistan notch up first hockey wins (Reuters)","Reuters - Former hockey powerhouses Pakistan and India notched up their first wins of the Athens Olympics on Tuesday, charming crowds with their trademark running games."
"3","US CREDIT-Halliburton jostled by Army audit back-and-forth","NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - In an otherwise listless credit market, Halliburton has created some drama with its ongoing saga with the Army over its accounting for \$1.8 billion of work in Iraq and Kuwait. "
"3","After the Bell-Applied Materials, Network Appliances rise","NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Shares of data storage equipment maker Network Appliance Inc. (NTAP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) rose after the bell on Tuesday after the company posted a quarterly profit that rose 73 percent on strong sales in Asia and ..."
"3","(Recasts first paragraph, adds transaction details, CEO interview, stock price and byline)","NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Mills Corp. (MLS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , adeveloper of theme shopping and entertainment malls, on Tuesday said it would pay a General Motors unit about \$1.033 billion to buy a 50 percent managing stake ..."
"3","Argentina rejects IMF intervention","In the face of sharp disagreements between Argentina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on August 8 the Argentine government decided to temporarily suspend negotiations with ..."
"2","Phelps gets that golden feeling again","ATHENS, Greece  Take Mark Spitz off his back, and this Phelps kid is pretty fast.  quot;It is, quot; Michael Phelps conceded,  quot;a little bit easier to get up on the (starting) block. quot; ..."
"2","Olympics: Phelps in Gold Rush, Doping Scandals Rumble On","ATHENS (Reuters) - US teenager Michael Phelps powered his way to two more golds in the Olympic swimming pool on Tuesday, setting a new Games record in the 200 meters butterfly and leading a 4 x 200 freestyle cliffhanger. "
"2","Faulds folds as Al Maktoum triumphs","The family name alone, Al Maktoum, offered more than a scintilla of suspicion that we could expect something special. Never mind that victory normally materialises in the form of blue-blooded bloodstock rather from the barrel of ..."
"2","Stricken Washington guard announces return to court","Twenty months after her teammates helped save her life when her heart stopped, Kayla Burt said Tuesday she plans to again play basketball for Washington in the 2004-05 season. "
"1","UN claims lack of military observers in Darfur region","KHARTOUM, Aug 18, 2004 (Financial Times) -- The number of military observers deployed in the Darfur region of Sudan is not sufficient to monitor whether the Sudanese government fulfils its pledges to the United Nations, a senior UN ..."
"1","Germany #39;s Chancellor Schroder and his wife adopt Russian girl","Germany #39;s Chancellor Gerhard Schroder and his wife Doris have adopted a three-year-old Russian girl who has been living with them for over a fortnight, Germany #39;s mass circulation Bild newspaper revealed yesterday. "
"1","PM  #39;a trustworthy invidual #39;","PRIME Minister John Howard was a trustworthy individual and most Australians knew it, Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson said. "
"3","Consumer Prices Drop as Industry Output Is Up","Consumer prices dropped in July for the first time in eight months as a sharp run up in gasoline costs reversed, the government said."
"4","Hiking With Dogs Has Health Benefits","People who love to hike find taking along a four-legged companion can have physical benefits for both ends of the leash. Studies show people are more successful at losing weight when they do it with a friend. What better friend than a dog to provide company and keep a person on track."
"4","Netscape browser update released","SAN FRANCISCO - After being written off by industry observers last year, America Online Inc.'s browser unit showed signs of life Tuesday as it released an update to its Netscape Web browser."
"2","Simms Impressive in Bucs' Preseason Debut (AP)","AP - Jon Gruden can understand why Tampa Bay fans are talking about Chris Simms."
"1","Vatican Gives Schedule of Pope's Next Trip (AP)","AP - Two days after a grueling papal pilgrimage which left some wondering if Pope John Paul II could still travel, the Vatican on Tuesday announced details of the ailing pontiff's next trip."
"4","New Computer Is Created Just for Teenagers","This isn't your typical, humdrum, slate-colored computer. Not only is the PC known as the hip-e almost all white, but its screen and keyboard are framed in fuzzy pink fur. Or a leopard skin design. Or a graffiti-themed pattern."
"4","Violence Tackled at Internet Gaming Parlors","By ALEX VEIGA     LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Six days a week, teens crowd the Blue Screen Gaming cybercafe to hunt each other down with assault rifles inside virtual computer worlds. In these video game halls, nobody gets hurt..."
"3","Google Stock Sale Delayed as SEC Doesn #39;t Act on IPO (Update1)","Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. #39;s plan to sell shares today in a \$3.47 billion initial public offering was delayed because the US Securities and Exchange Commission didn #39;t act on the company #39;s request to approve its stock registration. "
"3","Costco employee claims retailer discriminates against women","SAN FRANCISCO - An assistant manager at a Costco store filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the retailer of not promoting her because she #39;s a woman. "
"4","Netscape browser update released","SAN FRANCISCO - After being written off by industry observers last year, America Online Inc. #39;s browser unit showed signs of life Tuesday as it released an update to its Netscape Web browser. "
"4","Study: Spammers, Virus Writers Getting Chummy","A new MessageLabs report says more than 86 of the E-mail it sampled in June was spam--and nearly one in 10 contained a virus. "
"4","Faster Wireless Networking Protocol Proposed","The WWiSE proposal builds on the existing and globally adopted 20MHz channel format of the tens of millions of Wi-Fi devices already in use. Its proposal is a second, competing standard that seeks to speed up wireless networks with ..."
"1","Powell calls Russian FM over Georgian conflict","WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- US Secretary of State Colin Powell has called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the conflict in Georgia #39;s breakaway region of South Ossetia, State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said on Tuesday. "
"1","Sudan deploys additional 2,000 policemen in Darfur","KHARTOUM, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The Sudanese government said on Tuesday that it has deployed another 2,000 policemen in Darfur to secure the situation in the area under an agreement with the United Nations. "
"4","HP Execs: Supply Chain, Order Processing Hurt U.S. Q3 Results (Investor's Business Daily)","Investor's Business Daily - A week after shaking up its enterprise hardware business following a poor showing last quarter, Hewlett-Packard put its best face forward before more than 7,000 customers and partners at the HP World conference in Chicago."
"4","Vindigo sold to Japanese content company","Japan's For-Side.com pays \$36.5 million for provider of maps, news and other material for mobile devices."
"1","Britain Charges Eight Terrorist Suspects","LONDON - British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday with conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause ""fear or injury"" in a case involving an alleged top al-Qaida operative at the center of a U.S. terror alert this month..."
"3","Google Offering Is Delayed","Google's long-awaited initial stock sale, which appeared imminent today, has been delayed while the company awaits final approval of its paperwork by the S.E.C."
"4","Benefits Seen in Earth Observation Data (AP)","AP - Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet  #151; and more  #151; in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be abundant."
"4","Maryland Dig May Reach Back 16,000 Years (AP)","AP - Robert D. Wall is too careful a scientist to say he's on the verge of a sensational discovery. But the soybean field where the Towson University anthropologist has been digging for more than a decade is yielding hints that someone camped there, on the banks of the Potomac River, as early as 14,000 B.C."
"4","Expedition to Peru Finds Five New Sites (AP)","AP - An American-led expedition discovered five new districts in what its leader described as an ancient jungle metropolis on the slopes of the Peruvian Andes."
"3","SEC Leaves Google Waiting on IPO Go Ahead","NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US regulators on Tuesday did not give Google Inc. the green light it needs to price its initial public offering, extending the wait for the Web search giant #39;s eagerly anticipated market ..."
"3","SEC Is Seen Banning Mutual Fund Practice","The Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to curb fund companies from steering stock trades to brokerage firms that agree to sell their funds. "
"2","New Vodafone contract puts Beckham in picture","Despite his disappointing performance in Portugal during the World Cup, England captain and Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham has at least one loyal supporter in the shape of Vodafone. "
"1","Israeli Attack in Gaza Kills Five Palestinians, Haaretz Says","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli soldiers were behind an explosion at a house used by Hamas gunmen in Gaza City that killed five Palestinians, the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz said, citing an unidentified Israel Defense Forces official. "
"4","Briefly: Maxtor ships multimedia-friendly drive","roundup Plus: Gateway says, hold on to your hard drive...Kinko's debuts Web-based print options...Majoras takes charge of FTC."
"4","Maxtor ships multimedia-friendly drive","The new DiamondMax 10 drives are designed to help people run multiple applications, such as games and music, without overwhelming their PC system."
"4","Gadget price declines slow for summer","Consumer electronics prices still drop, mostly, but not so much."
"4","Yahoo Unveils Budget Domains Deal","Domain hosting and parking services drop in price, rise in capacity to lure small businesses."
"4","Netscape Updates Browser","Mozilla-based Netscape 7.2 improves printing and integrates instant messaging."
"3","Crude Oil Trades Near Record on US Economic Growth Report","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil futures in New York traded near a record \$46.95 a barrel as strengthening US economic figures boosted concern that production capacity may not be adequate to meet global demand. "
"1","Tokyo Stocks Mixed; Dollar Down Vs. Yen (AP)","AP - Tokyo stocks were mixed early Wednesday as concerns about high oil prices vied for buying prompted by Wall Street's strength. The dollar was trading lower against the Japanese yen."
"4","Netscape Updates Browser (PC World)","PC World - Mozilla-based Netscape 7.2 improves printing and integrates instant messaging."
"4","Security Firms Bulk Up (PC World)","PC World - CA buys antispyware vendor PestPatrol while McAfee snaps up Foundstone."
"2","Moore Takes Stroke Honors at U.S. Amateur (AP)","AP - Ryan Moore took medalist honors in stroke-qualifying play at the U.S. Amateur on Tuesday, shooting and even-par 70 for a two-round total of 139."
"4","Real music takes bite out of Apple","A price war in the online music market began yesterday when RealNetworks began an aggressive campaign to challenge industry leader Apple. "
"4","New to science, island bird that never flies nest","A new species of flightless bird has been discovered on Calayan, a remote island in the Philippines, by an Anglo Filipino expedition. "
"4","Another Product Delay at Intel","Intel originally announced it had developed chip technology for high-definition big-screen televisions at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in January. It originally expected that it would ship the TV chip by the end of the year, but ..."
"4","Game execs predict mergers, price cuts","LOS ANGELES - Video game executives believe consolidation will be crucial to their future, but they also want further cuts to hardware prices to boost short-term growth, according to a report set for release this week. "
"2","It #39;s a big injustice, protests Greek sprinter","The Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris left hospital yesterday protesting his innocence ahead of today #39;s International Olympic Committee disciplinary hearing that looks certain to land him with a ban. "
"2","US NBA stars edge Greece","Sick, injured and reeling from a humiliating loss, the United States basketball team struggled past Greece 77-71 in an Olympic preliminary-round game that signalled more difficulties to come. "
"1","Iraqi delegation flies to Najaf for peace talks","An eight-member team of Iraqi political and religious leaders flew to Najaf to talk with Sadr on Tuesday.(Xinhua/AFP) ..."
"1","UK charges 8 in terror plot linked to US alert","LONDON: Britain has charged eight terrorism suspects and said one had plans which could be used in terror attacks on US financial targets in New York, New Jersey and Washington. "
"1","China says hopes N.Korea nuclear talks to continue","BEIJING, Aug 18 (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday it hoped all six parties taking part in talks on the North Korea nuclear crisis would keep calm, remain flexible and continue negotiations despite inevitable difficulties. "
"1","British soldier killed in Basra","A British soldier was believed to have been killed and another seriously injured last night after clashes with Shia fighters in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. "
"1","Dominicans send juiced message","Dominican New Yorkers had a message yesterday for the newly elected president of their homeland: Let there be light. "
"3","SEC seeks to update stock sale rules","BEIJING, Aug.18 (Xinhuanet) -- The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may revise its rules on initial stock offerings to modernize 1930s-era guidelines, agency commissioners and staff said. "
"3","AMP #39;s H1 profit beats expectation","Insurer and fund manager AMP Ltd. , on Wednesday posted a better-than-expected first-half profit on higher investment returns and improved margins, and targeted a stronger performance for the remainder of the year. "
"3","Yahoo Unveils Budget Domains Deal","Domain hosting and parking services drop in price, rise in capacity to lure small businesses. Trying to attract more small business customers, Yahoo has introduced a new domain name registration service and significantly increased the storage space and ..."
"3","Fall Season Looks Solid for Retailers, But Holidays Could Be Another Story","Against a background of lackluster retail sales in June and July, analysts and merchants still predict a decent, possibly strong, fall selling season for clothes, accessories and home furnishings."
"3","Mutual Funds Opt to Liquidate","Some of the nations more than 8,000 mutual funds are shutting their doors, as their manag- ers confront a lackluster stock market, great- er regulatory scrutiny and higher costs."
"4","Charley Shows Progress, Pitfalls in Forecasting (Reuters)","Reuters - A few decades ago, the earliest warning\Floridians would have had of a hurricane would have been black\clouds on the horizon. Now people are complaining after\Hurricane Charley hit shore at a point just 60 miles off from\the track projected by meteorologists."
"2","Bears' Tucker Out With Dislocated Elbow (AP)","AP - Chicago Bears left guard Rex Tucker will miss eight to 10 weeks of the regular season because of a dislocated left elbow."
"4","Researchers Try to Breed Rare Sea Ducks (AP)","AP - Researchers at the Alaska Sealife Center are poking into the private lives of Steller's eiders  #151; a rare sea duck that is disappearing from its nesting grounds in Alaska."
"3","Google #39;s IPO delayed","Google Inc. #39;s initial public offering has been delayed while the company awaits final approval of its paperwork by the Securities and Exchange Commission. "
"3","AMP Turns to 1st-Half Profit After It Cut Debt, Costs (Update4)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- AMP Ltd., Australia #39;s largest life insurer, posted its first half of profit in four after Chief Executive Andrew Mohl reduced debt, cut costs and sold more equity investment products. The stock fell as much as 3.7 percent. "
"4","Cassini Spacecraft Discovers 2 More Moons Around Saturn","The planet with the second largest number of moons now has two more. The US Cassini spacecraft discovered them around Saturn, bringing the giant ringed planet #39;s known total to 33. "
"2","US no-show: Teamwork","When the NBA began sending its players to the Olympics in 1992, one of the league #39;s goals was to spread basketball around the globe. Clearly, the idea worked. "
"2","Athletes Return to Olympia, Home of Games, After 1,611 Years","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Olympia, home of the Olympics for more than 12 centuries, will host competition for the first time in 1,611 years when the shot put competition of the Athens Games is contested at Greece #39;s most sacred sporting site. "
"2","Are England fans are changing their Toon?","IN a desperate attempt to spark some public interest in an England team that appears to be quickly losing its appeal, Sven-Gran Eriksson announced his starting line-up for the friendly against Ukraine at St James #39; Park a day earlier than expected. "
"2","China halfway to complete medals goal","BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- China is already halfway to its stated goal of 20 gold medals at the Athens Olympics after going into the fourth day of the 16-day competition, CRIENGLISH.com said Wednesday. "
"1","China says hopes N.Korea nuclear talks to continue","BEIJING, Aug 18 (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday it hoped all six parties taking part in talks on the North Korea nuclear crisis keep calm, remain flexible and continue negotiations despite inevitable difficulties. "
"1","Senate probe needed: Faulkner","A SENATE inquiry was needed into claims that the Prime Minister misled the Australian public over the children overboard affair, Labor Senate Leader John Faulkner said. "
"2","Athletics' Homers Crush Orioles 11-0 (AP)","AP - Tim Hudson pitched a five-hitter to earn his first victory since June 11, and Scott Hatteberg's second grand slam of the season highlighted a four-homer attack that carried the Oakland Athletics past the Baltimore Orioles 11-0 Tuesday night."
"2","Dodging Another Upset, U.S. Holds Off Greece","Nobody heard the American players exhale when the buzzer sounded to end a 77-71 victory, because 12,000 delirious fans saluted Greece, the home team that had come close."
"2","Humes Sits One Out","With a showdown against preseason No. 1 USC on the horizon, tailback Cedric Humes rested his sore ankle and sat out Tuesday's scrimmage."
"2","Sox's Guillen Hospitalized","Chicago White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen entered a Chicago hospital on Tuesday with symptoms that suggest kidney stones."
"1","Effort by Bush on Education Hits Obstacles","Since President Bush signed No Child Left Behind, the law has imposed undeniable changes on public education, but it has also faced a backlash."
"1","Cleric in Najaf Refuses to Meet Iraqi Mediators","The delegation hoped to convince Moktada al- Sadr to disarm his militia, to leave the shrine and to join the political process."
"1","Who's Behind the Gold Medalist's Mask? Gosh, an American!","Mariel Zagunis crushed Tan Xue of China, 15-9, in the final of the women's saber Tuesday, earning the first American gold in a recognized fencing event."
"4","Windows XP SP2 update delayed","BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Microsoft Corp. has delayed automatic update of Windows XP Service Pack 2 to American company users until Aug. 25. "
"4","Cassini found two little Saturn moons","BEIJING, Aug.18(Xinhuanet) -- NASA #39;s Cassini spacecraft has spied two new moons around the satellite-rich Saturn. "
"4","It can #39;t fly and sounds like a trumpet, but new bird delights ornithologists","The mystery bird was certainly distinctive: dark brown, red bill, red legs, call like a trumpet, pretty hopeless at flying. You couldn #39;t miss it if you knew it was there. "
"2","Accused pair to tell their side of story","This morning as Britain awakes, Kostas Kenteris and his training partner, Katerina Thanou, will be asked three questions by the disciplinary commission of the International Olympic Committee. These will determine whether they deliberately ..."
"2","Edwards #39; appeal against two-year ban fails","Torri Edwards, the American sprinter, was shown no mercy here last night when the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld her two-year doping ban. "
"1","Terror charges","London, Aug. 17 (Reuters): Britain charged eight men today with conspiracy to murder and other terrorism charges, some of them relating to plans of US buildings that could have been used to organise attacks. "
"1","Senior Hamas leader wounded","An explosion tore through the home of a senior Hamas leader in Gaza yesterday, killing at least five people and wounding him and about a dozen other Palestinians, medics said. "
"1","US Hopes Influence Can Quell Russian - Georgian Tensions","WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (AFP) - The United States is eyeing tensions between Georgia and separatists in Abkhazia and South Ossetia while hoping US influence with Georgia #39;s new president can halt broader armed conflict in the Caucasus. "
"1","Seven dead in Baghdad blast","Interior Ministry officials had earlier said the blast on Tuesday was caused by a car bomb. At least five cars were ..."
"3","Japan Stocks Turn Lower on Oil Worries"," TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average turned lower by  late morning on Wednesday as concern over surging oil prices  and their possible impact on the global economy hit exporters  such as Toyota Motor Corp."
"1","Paes-Bhupathi overcome Federer-Allegro (Reuters)","Reuters - World number one Roger Federer's top target for the year -- an Olympic tennis gold medal -- was taken away from him in a ""terrible day"" on Tuesday."
"1","Najaf Fighting Continues Amid Peace Push","BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi delegates delivered a peace proposal to aides of Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf on Tuesday, but the militant cleric refused to meet with them as explosions, gunfire and a U.S. bombing run persisted in the holy city..."
"1","Cabrera Leads Red Sox Past Blue Jays 5-4","BOSTON - 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.    Pinch-hitter Dave Roberts drew a leadoff walk in the ninth and was forced out at second base on Johnny Damon's grounder off Kevin Frederick (0-2)..."
"3","Google flotation still dogged by last minute complications","Google #39;s public share offering is expected to go ahead as early as today following a request for final regulatory approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. "
"3","Alcoa to shutter Ohio automotive components plant","PITTSBURGH Alcoa said today it will take a seven (m) million dollar charge to close an automotive components plant in Ohio due to overcapacity. "
"4","The latest on SP2","The long-awaited Service Pack 2 for the Windows XP Home Edition is expected to start rolling out to PC users Wednesday via Microsoft #39;s Automatic Update service. The company says it is also planning to make the update available for order on a CD, for ..."
"2","The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","ATHENS, Greece -- It began with Allen Iverson -- The Answer, the captain, the leader of Team USA -- forgetting about the fractured bone in his right thumb and courageously hitting the floor against Greece in full regalia. "
"2","Ancient Site a Throwback for Select Few Athletes","THENS, Aug. 17 - Earlier this week, John Godina, a shot-putter from the United States, walked into the ancient stadium at Olympia, about 200 miles southwest of Athens, and the history he had studied in college came to life. "
"1","Flash floods force huge rescue bid","LONDON: Rescue workers combed an English coastal village in north Cornwall yesterday for people missing after a flash flood caused by torrential rain hit Britain #39;s southwestern Atlantic coast. "
"1","Parliamentarians Not To Compromise Governance For Personal Gains: Musharraf","ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Aug 18 (PID) - President General Pervez Musharraf Tuesday urged the Parliamentarians not to compromise governance for personal gains and work selflessly to serve the people and earn a rightful place for the country in the comity of ..."
"4","Google Offering Waits For SEC Approval","Google Inc.'s initial public offering of stock remained on hold Tuesday after the Securities and Exchange Commission delayed final approval of the company's prospectus. The  delay did not appear to involve any major new issues, and the company continued to maintain  that its IPO is on track. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"
"4","Dot-Coms Anxious to Get Back in IPO Game","The successful bidders for Google shares won't be the only ones watching eagerly to see how much the IPO excites the stock market. Dozens of dot-com companies are hoping that Google's initial public offering marks a reawakening of all things Internet. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"
"4","Antiwar Protesters Told  Shop Till You Drop, Too","New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided that if antiwar protesters are to descend on his city by the hundreds of thousands for the Republican Convention, he may as well turn them into shoppers. <BR><FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"
"4","Fairfax Tempts Foreign Firms to Branch Out","Fairfax County is hoping to counter the exodus of U.S. jobs to other countries by persuading overseas companies to open branches in Fairfax, where they can hire Americans."
"2","Manning Gets Early Go-Ahead to Start","Eli Manning, the No. 1 pick in this year's N.F.L. draft, will make his first professional start on Thursday when the Giants take on the Carolina Panthers."
"2","Sheffield Should Be Able to Play On","The Yankees' Gary Sheffield has a pulled muscle and bursitis in his troublesome left shoulder, but can continue to play."
"2","Hudson Handcuffs O's","Jermaine Dye began the fireworks in the sixth with a two-run home run and Tim Hudson baffled the Orioles as Oakland rolled, 11-0, Tuesday."
"2","Cust Slogs Through Season","With less than three weeks left in the Class AAA Ottawa Lynx's season, Jack Cust is counting down the days until his two-year stay with the Baltimore Orioles organization ends."
"2","Caps' Witt Wins Arbitration","Washington Capitals defenseman Brendan Witt was awarded \$2.2 million for the 2004-05 season in his arbitration hearing on Tuesday."
"2","Bailey Tries WR","Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey practiced with the offense at wide reciever during the Denver Broncos' practice on Tuesday."
"4","Dot-Coms Get Back in IPO Game (washingtonpost.com)","washingtonpost.com - The successful bidders for Google shares won't be the only ones watching eagerly to see how much the IPO excites the stock market. Dozens of dot-com companies are hoping that Google's initial public offering marks a reawakening of all things Internet."
"3","Production Grew, Prices Fell in July","The nation's factories cranked out more products in July, miners dug more minerals and builders broke ground on more homes, the government said yesterday in three reports that showed some rebound in economic activity last month."
"3","Mills Buys Into Lakeforest Mall","Mills Corp., the Arlington-based retail developer, said yesterday it plans to buy half of Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg and eight other malls around the country in a billion-dollar deal that gives it a new portfolio of shopping centers to redevelop in the years ahead."
"3","Airlines Agree to Cuts at O'Hare","Airlines operating at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have agreed to cut flights  to reduce delays that ripple across the country, sources familiar with the talks said yesterday."
"1","U.S. Brokers Halt to Afghan Infighting (AP)","AP - The U.S. ambassador helped broker a cease-fire Tuesday to halt the latest bloody infighting in Afghanistan, persuading a warlord to pull away from a provincial capital as U.S. warplanes circled overhead."
"1","GOP Rep. Cubin Wins Wyoming Primary (AP)","AP - U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin fended off four Republican challengers in Tuesday's primary election, securing a shot at a sixth term in this fall's general election."
"3","Crude rises on Iraq troubles","SEPTEMBER oil prices rose yesterday on US economic data showing that inflationary pressure was held in check in July. However, continued disruption in Iraqi supplies and strong world fuel demand and ongoing trouble at Russian oil giant Yukos underpinned ..."
"3","Bankruptcy fears as Yukos #39; half-year loss hits \$2.65bn","YUKOS has reported a net loss of US\$2.65 billion (1.45bn) for the first half of 2004, a period of record oil prices, prompting speculation that the Russian oil firm is on the verge of declaring bankruptcy. "
"3","Halliburton hit","THE US army will withhold payment on 15 per cent of future invoices from Halliburton, the logistics support group which is feeding and housing its troops in Iraq and Kuwait. "
"3","Wall Street takes heart from positive economic reports","A NEW record high for oil took some of the shine off Wall Street trade yesterday. An upbeat picture of inflation and good housing data boosted the mood early on and strong earnings from several retailers, led by Home Depot, also helped to keep the major ..."
"4","E-Mail Viruses Getting Smarter, Report Says","SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Computer viruses spread by e-mail are growing more sophisticated as virus writers and  quot;spammers quot; are thought to be joining forces in an effort to make smarter bugs, a computer security group said on Tuesday. "
"4","Games Business Needs Mergers, Price Cuts-Report","LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Video game executives believe consolidation will be crucial to their future, but they also want further cuts to hardware prices to boost short-term growth, according to a report set for release this week. "
"2","Event of the Day -- Men #39;s and women #39;s shot put","Why you should watch: Given the longstanding American hegemony in the shot put, it #39;s plausible that the three-man US delegation could sweep the competition. But the most compelling reason to watch is the unparalleled setting. "
"2","Fellow Jets Are Getting to Know No. 89","EMPSTEAD, NY, Aug. 17 - It has become a recurring part of the practice-field banter at Jets training camp. Jerricho Cotchery, the rookie wide receiver, hauls in another bomb on a post route or makes another touchdown catch, and ..."
"1","LOOKING BACK 8-Day Battle for Najaf: From Attack to Stalemate","AJAF, Iraq, Aug. 16 - Just five days after they arrived here to take over from Army units that had encircled Najaf since an earlier confrontation in the spring, new Marine commanders decided to smash guerrillas loyal to the rebel Shiite ..."
"1","Soldier dies as British troops clash with Sadr #39;s Basra army","A BRITISH soldier was killed and at least one other injured during a fierce firefight with militia fighters in the southern Iraqi city of Basra yesterday. "
"1","Outgoing Ambassador Of Qatar Meets Musharraf","ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Aug 18 (PID) - The outgoing Ambassador of Qatar, Mr. Abdullah Falah A. Al-Dosari paid a courtesy called on the President General Pervez Musharraf here on Tuesday. "
"2","Raiders' Gallery Misses Camp With Injury (AP)","AP - Left tackle Robert Gallery, the second player taken in the NFL draft, didn't practice Tuesday morning with the Oakland Raiders because of an elbow injury, leaving his status uncertain for Saturday's preseason game against Dallas."
"2","Rockies Pitcher Frets Health, Not Baseball (AP)","AP - The blood clots that went from Aaron Cook's shoulder to his lungs might threaten his career."
"2","Still No Movement in N.H.L. labor Talks","The N.H.L. and the players association moved no closer to a collective bargaining agreement during a five-hour meeting Tuesday."
"1","What Next for Venezuela?","President Hugo Chavez is riding high after his overwhelming victory in a recall vote this week, but analysts say his triumph may have limited impact on the deep economic and political problems threatening this major oil-producing country."
"3","Google Offering Waits for Approval","Google Inc. #39;s initial public offering of stock remained on hold yesterday after the Securities and Exchange Commission delayed final approval of the company #39;s prospectus. "
"3","AMP Returns to Profit After Spinoff","Australian financial services group AMP Ltd. on Wednesday reported a return to profit in the first half of the year after cutting loose its loss-making British insurance operations. "
"3","Japan Stocks Fall on Oil Worries","TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo #39;s Nikkei average fell 0.59 percent by midday on Wednesday, erasing initial gains, as exporters like Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. declined on concern over the possible impact on the global economy of surging oil prices. "
"4","TGn Sync Coalition Outlines Proposal for 802.11n","TGn Sync, a coalition of more than a dozen vendors, will submit a joint proposal to the IEEE 802.11 Task Group N (TGn) for the next generation 802.11n standard. "
"2","Hamstring latest setback for Kupets","There are favorites and there are expectations, but to compete in the Olympics is to hazard the risk of being outfought, outscored, out-happied. "
"2","Veteran hurler Beck released by Padres","San Diego, CA (Sports Network) - The San Diego Padres requested unconditional release waivers for righthanded reliever Rod Beck on Tuesday, ending the 36- year-old #39;s run in Southern California. "
"2","Sheffield Should Be Able to Play On","INNEAPOLIS, Aug. 17 - The Yankees #39; Gary Sheffield has a pulled muscle and bursitis in his troublesome left shoulder, but can continue to play, according to a diagnosis provided on Tuesday by Dr. Frank Jobe, the noted orthopedic surgeon who ..."
"2","NFL ROUNDUP Eagles #39; Kalu Will Be Out for the Year","Philadelphia Eagles defensive end ND Kalu will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee at yesterday #39;s practice. "
"2","AL Capsules","Orlando Cabrera hit a run-scoring double off the Green Monster in the ninth inning on reliever Justin Speier #39;s second pitch of the game, giving the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night. "
"1","China Battles to Keep N.Korea Nuclear Talks Alive","BEIJING (Reuters) - China battled on Wednesday to keep alive six-way talks on dismantling North Korea #39;s nuclear programs, saying it hoped all parties would stay calm and flexible and resume negotiations despite inevitable problems. "
"1","McKenry doesn #39;t back Scrafton: PM","Prime Minister John Howard said a former public servant had not backed the claims by former adviser Mike Scrafton about the children overboard affair. "
"2","Twins Collect Rare Victory Over Yankees (AP)","AP - Brad Radke pitched seven solid innings, Corey Koskie drove in three runs and the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees in the regular season for the first time since 2001 with an 8-2 victory Tuesday night."
"1","China tries to shut down phone sex lines in anti-porn campaign (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China has ordered severe punishment for phone sex operators as part of a sweeping crackdown on electronic pornography, Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday."
"3","Dollar Stuck After CPI Fails to Inspire"," TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar idled on Wednesday after the  latest round of U.S. inflation data failed to substantially  alter the outlook for gradual increases in interest rates."
"3","Yukos, Iraq push oil higher","NEW YORK -- Oil prices have moved to fresh record highs of almost \$47 a barrel on concerns about potential supply disruptions in Russia and Iraq. "
"3","US Stocks Gain for a Third Day, Led by Home Depot, Retailers","Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks rose for a third straight day after an unexpected drop in consumer prices encouraged investors that the Federal Reserve may be able to slow the pace of interest rate increases. Benchmark indexes pared gains as oil prices ..."
"3","Australia #39;s Pacific Hydro FY04 Net A\$40.7M, Up 39","CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Renewable energy generator Pacific Hydro Ltd. (PHY.AU) reported Wednesday a 39 jump in net profit, including a one-time tax benefit, to A\$40.7 million in the fiscal year ended June 30, up from A\$29.3 million in the previous year. "
"3","Warehouse offers cut-price coffins","A US discount warehouse chain known for piling  #39;em high, and selling  #39;em cheap, is offering cut-price coffins along with the buckets of sauce and tubs of ice-cream under a new pilot program. "
"4","RealNetworks Launches Music Download Price War","RealNetworks is sending a real message to Apple, their largest competitor in the online music market. On Tuesday, RealNetworks announced that it was launching the biggest music sale in history, offering single music downloads for just 49 cents, and most ..."
"4","WinXP SP2 Home Edition To Be Available On Automatic Update Aug 18","Microsoft #39;s channel partners are getting set to put out fires when Windows XP Service Pack 2 becomes available to consumers over the Windows Update service on Wednesday. "
"2","Sutton #39;s Ryder Cup selections are solid","MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Hal Sutton will get second-guessed, which is the main by-product of the captain of Ryder Cup teams having two at-large selections and one month before the 35th version of the matches are played at Oakland Hills Country ..."
"2","Owners, players talk, but nothing resolved","Five hours of talks Tuesday brought owners and players no closer to resolving labor disagreements that will lead to a lockout when the collective bargaining agreement ends Sept. 15. "
"2","Padres release former all-stat Rod Beck, recall Freddy Guzman","SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Padres released reliever Rod Beck on Tuesday and recalled centre fielder Freddy Guzman from triple-A Portland. "
"2","Mariners Race Past Royals 16-3 (AP)","AP - Ichiro Suzuki went 4-for-4 and drove in a career-high five runs, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 16-3 rout of the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night."
"2","Twins Collect Rare Victory Over Yankees","MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Brad Radke pitched seven solid innings, Corey Koskie drove in three runs and the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees in the regular season for the first time since 2001 with an 8-2 victory Tuesday night."
"1","Colombian Government Won't Halt Offensive (AP)","AP - Colombia's government on Tuesday shrugged off warnings from Marxist rebels that a massive offensive is endangering the lives of dozens of hostages, including three Americans."
"1","China Appeals to N. Korea for Nuke Talks (AP)","AP - China appealed to North Korea on Tuesday to join working meetings before a new round of six-party talks on dismantling its nuclear program, despite the North's declaration that it saw no point in attending."
"1","Haiti court acquits rebel leader","A court acquits ex-paramilitary leader Jodel Chamblain of murder in a trial criticised by human rights activists."
"4","Intel backtracks on offering chips for projection TVs now","In another product postpone-ment, semiconductor giant Intel Corp said it won #39;t be offering a chip for projection TVs by the end of this year as it had announced earlier this year. "
"4","China tries to shut down phone sex lines in anti-porn campaign","SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China has ordered severe punishment for phone sex operators as part of a sweeping crackdown on electronic pornography, Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday. "
"4","Produce less beef and save water","The Stockholm International Water Institute in Sweden claims it takes 15 cubic metres of water, or 15,000 litres, to produce one kilogram of grain-fed beef. "
"2","US Men Squander Lead, But Hold Off Thorpe to Win","ATHENS, Aug. 17 -- Rarely has a huge lead disappeared so quickly. Largely unheralded US swimmer Klete Keller jumped in the pool for the final leg of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay a second-and-a-half ahead of Australian legend Ian Thorpe. "
"2","Teixeira cycles his way to history","ARLINGTON -- Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira made history Tuesday at Ameriquest Field in Arlington against Cleveland when he became the second player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. "
"2","LaCassie, Price qualify for US Amateur Match Play","Two of the three Australians who made the field for this week #39;s US Amateur Championship at the famed Winged Foot Golf Club in New York, have made it into the top sixty four who will fight out the Match Play phase of the Championship. "
"1","Jordanian hostage freed in Iraq","A Jordanian who disappeared in Iraq two weeks ago and was believed to have been kidnapped has been freed and is in the custody of Iraqi police, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ali al-Ayed told reporters yesterday. "
"3","Fall Season Looks Solid for Retailers, but Holidays Could Be Another Story","Against a background of lackluster retail sales in June and July, analysts and merchants still predict a decent, possibly strong, fall selling season for clothes, accessories and home furnishings."
"3","So Google Is Almost Public. Now Comes the Hard Part.","Google, whose initial stock offering was delayed by the S.E.C., must prove that its success is not an accident."
"3","After Circulation Scandal, a Move to Build Trust","Belo Corporation has set aside \$23 million to compensate advertisers for exaggerated circulation figures at The Dallas Morning News."
"4","Nevada officials back e-vote systems for primary, general election","Nevada election officials are confident that an electronic voting system being used in the Sept. 7 primary and the November election will work as expected, despite a problem that occurred during a demonstration of the technology in California."
"4","Motorola rolls out database management software","Motorola is using the Application Data Management suite from OuterBay Technology to manage data growth in its Oracle e-business applications."
"2","Warriors, Mavs Close on Five-Player Trade (AP)","AP - The Warriors and Mavericks are close to completing a five-player trade that would bring forwards Eduardo Najera and Christian Laettner to Golden State and send centers Erick Dampier, Evan Eschmeyer and guard Dan Dickau to Dallas, an NBA source aware of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday."
"2","Must-See TV Lacks Must-Have Buzz","Empty seats in Athens offer a bizarre television backdrop for the Olympics - one that cannot be avoided by NBC."
"2","Manning Gets Early Go-Ahead to Start","Eli Manning, the No. 1 pick in this year's N.F.L. draft, will make his first professional start on Thursday when the Giants take on Carolina."
"2","Vazquez and Yankees Buckle Early","Because Javier Vazquez fizzled while Brad Radke flourished, the Yankees sustained their first regular-season defeat by the Minnesota Twins since 2001."
"2","Still No Movement in N.H.L. Labor Talks","The N.H.L. and the players association moved no closer to a collective bargaining agreement during a five-hour meeting."
"1","China Hints U.S. Must Return Guantanamo Separatists (Reuters)","Reuters - Beijing has hinted that if the United\States releases any Guantanamo Bay detainees from its restive\Muslim far west Xinjiang region, they should be handed over to\Beijing and not sent to a third country."
"1","China Hints U.S. Must Return Guantanamo Separatists"," BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has hinted that if the United  States releases any Guantanamo Bay detainees from its restive  Muslim far west Xinjiang region, they should be handed over to  Beijing and not sent to a third country."
"3","Architectural Benefactor J. Irwin Miller Dies","J. Irwin Miller, 95, the industrialist and philanthropist who guided Cummins Engine Co. to international prominence and helped shape his home town of Columbus, Ind., into an architectural gem, died Aug. 16 at his home in Columbus. No cause of death was ..."
"3","Delta May Offer Its Pilots Equity Stake to Get Cuts","Delta Air Lines, in an effort to avoid filing for bankruptcy protection, is considering giving its pilots an equity stake in exchange for pay and benefit cuts, a Delta pilot spokeswoman said yesterday. "
"2","The Ballad of Shaikh Ahmed","THE guy exudes an aura of sure-fire confidence - the confidence that is based on his burning desire to excel. Shaikh Ahmed Mohammed Hasher Al Maktoum expects to be successful - and he invariably is. "
"2","Eriksson urges more rest for top players","SLALEY, England, Aug 17 (Reuters) - England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has thrown down to gauntlet to the international soccer authorities to preserve the health of the world  quot;superstar quot; footballers for major tournaments. "
"2","US, Jamaica wait to tip hands","KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Twenty-four hours before the US National Team takes on the Jamaicans in their first CONCACAF World Cup qualifying semifinal round match, and the Americans were nowhere to be found. "
"2","An irregular regular loss","MINNEAPOLIS -- Considering how much the Yankees have dominated the Twins during the regular season in recent years, it was easy to assume Javier Vazquez picked the right time to return from a nasty two-week bout with conjunctivitis. "
"2","Santos holds Cubs to one run for win","Santos allowed just one run in 6 1-3 innings to win for the first time since beating Chicago on July 16, and the Brewers defeated the Cubs 3-1 Tuesday night. "
"2","Swimmers, gymnasts lift NBC #39;s early ratings","Boosted by strong results from US gymnasts and swimmers, NBC #39;s ratings for the Athens Olympics #39; first four days have topped the disappointing viewership levels of the 2000 Sydney Games. "
"1","Peace team urges Sadr to call off uprising: Militia positions pounded","NAJAF, Aug 17: An Iraqi peace delegation urged Shia leader Moqtada Sadr on Tuesday to call off his uprising in Najaf, and on the battlefront US troops pounded militia positions near the country #39;s holiest sites. "
"1","China appeals to North Korea to go ahead with nuclear talks","BEIJING (AP)  China appealed to North Korea on Tuesday to join working meetings before a new round of six-party talks on dismantling its nuclear program, despite the North #39;s declaration that it saw no point in attending. "
"1","Maoist Rebels Block Land Routes to Nepali Capital"," KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Maoist rebels, fighting to topple  Nepal's constitutional monarchy, cut off all land routes to the  Himalayan kingdom's capital on Wednesday, disrupting food and  supplies to the city of 1.5 million people."
"1","Michael Jackson in legal setback","Michael Jackson's lawyers fail in their attempt to have evidence seized in a raid on his ranch thrown out."
"3","Cox Forms Committee to Consider Buyout"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cox Communications Inc., the No. 4  U.S. cable television provider, said late on Tuesday  it formed  a committee of independent directors to consider a \$7.9 billion  offer from its controlling family to take the company private."
"2","Mavs Acquire Dampier","The Associated Press reports that the Warriors and Mavericks are close to completing a deal that would bring Eduardo Najera and Christian Laettner to Golden State and send Erick Dampier, Evan Eschmeyer and Dan Dickau to Dallas."
"2","Teixeira Bats for Cycle","Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira hit for the cycle and drove in a career-high seven runs in a 16-4 rout of the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night."
"3","Analysis: Venezuela off oil market #39;s front burner","LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Oil futures reached a record high Tuesday as the market fretted over simmering potential pitfalls other than last weekend #39;s vote in Venezuela that kept controversial strongman Hugo Chavez in the presidency. "
"3","Production, housing rise while consumer prices decline","Washington - The nation #39;s factories cranked out more products in July, miners dug more minerals and builders broke ground on more homes, the government said Tuesday in three reports that showed some rebound in economic activity last ..."
"3","Charley may cost insurers \$14bn","Chicago - Insured losses from Hurricane Charley could be between \$10 billion (R66 billion) and \$14 billion, according to industry estimates released as insurers received thousands of claims from Florida. "
"3","BJ #39;s will fight banks #39; \$16M claim","BJ #39;s Wholesale Club Inc. is gearing up for legal battles with credit-card-issuing banks, which are demanding \$16 million to offset fraudulent credit card charges and other costs related to a security breach apparently involving BJ #39;s ..."
"2","Winning is Greek to US: Outlasts h","ATHENS - Larry Brown found out some things about his team last night. Among them was that Allen Iverson apparently shoots better with a fractured right thumb than he does with two healthy paws. "
"2","A Throwback to Olympia","ATHENS -- Today, Olympians will be in the ancient stadium at Olympia for the shot put competition. Been there, but haven #39;t done that. "
"2","Agassi overcomes Goldstein in Washington opener","NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Number-one seed Andre Agassi survived a surprisingly tough first set test before he eventually coasted to a 6-4 6-2 win over Paul Goldstein at the Washington Classic on Tuesday. "
"2","A gold medal in the ratings","Olympic laurels. NBC swept the Nielsen ratings medals, with its first three nights of coverage in Athens taking the top three prime-time spots last week (Aug. 9-15) in viewers and advertiser-coveted young adults. The surge ..."
"2","Warriors, Mavs close on five-player trade","The Warriors and Mavericks are close to completing a five-player trade that would bring forwards Eduardo Najera and Christian Laettner to Golden State and send centers Erick Dampier, Evan Eschmeyer and guard Dan Dickau to Dallas, an NBA source aware of ..."
"2","Result knot all bad for US: Wins group after tie with Aussies","ATHENS - Playing without suspended forward Abby Wambach, the US women #39;s soccer team battled to a mutually beneficial 1-1 draw with Australia last night at Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki. The result was not unexpected, as the ..."
"1","When it comes to Israel...","At first glance it was just another prosaic headline.  quot; #39;Militants #39; prevent resumption of work in the seaports, quot; Haaretz said. "
"2","NL Wrap: Walker Grand Slam Helps Cards Beat Reds Again"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Larry Walker hit a grand slam home run  to key a six-run eighth inning as the Cardinals stayed hot with  a 7-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds in St Louis on Tuesday."
"4","Cave Linked to John the Baptist Found in Israel (Reuters)","Reuters - A British archeologist has dug up\evidence linking John the Baptist to a cave used for bathing\rituals in hills near Jerusalem in what he said could be one of\the biggest recent finds for Christian history."
"3","Chasing the SUV vote","SPORT UTILITY vehicles roared into stump speeches this month, flattening all common sense. At a speech last week introducing President Bush, Virginia #39;s Governor George Allen juiced the crowd by ..."
"2","SI.com","ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- The Cincinnati Reds continue to find new ways to lose to the St. Louis Cardinals. "
"1","Eight terror suspects charged in UK","British police have charged eight terrorist suspects with conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause  quot;fear or injury quot; in a case involving an alleged top al-Qaeda operative at the centre of a US ..."
"1","Five Palestinians dead in Israeli attempt to kill Hamas activist","Israel #39;s air force launched an attack on a Gaza City building early Wednesday, killing at least five people, according to witnesses and officials on both sides. Seven people were also wounded, four critically. "
"3","Army, in Shift, Will Pay Halliburton","The Army reversed a decision to withhold payment on 15 percent of future payments to the Halliburton Company on its contracts in Iraq and Kuwait."
"3","The Guy From Green Day Says He Has Your Mother on the Cellphone","Ringtones have proved to be such a lucrative side business for cellular phone companies that record labels in the United States have decided they want a piece of that revenue."
"3","ING to Withdraw \$5 Bln from Janus Funds"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - ING U.S. Financial Services said late  on Tuesday it will withdraw about \$5 billion from Janus Capital  Group Inc. funds by year-end."
"3","Gas Price Drop Lowers CPI","Moderate news on the inflation front and a Labor Department report showing that consumer prices actually fell in July gave comfort to investors who are worried about potential price hikes. "
"3","Costco Is Accused of Sex Bias","n employee at the Costco Wholesale Corporation filed a national class-action lawsuit against the company yesterday, accusing it of discriminating against women in promotions to store manager. "
"3","US Wants a Trustee Named to Oversee United #39;s Pensions","ASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (AP) - A legal overseer will be appointed to represent participants in United Airlines #39; pension plans now that the company has halted contributions, the Labor Department said on Tuesday. "
"4","RealNetworks drops music-download price","BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- With competition heating up in the online music business, the American digital media group, RealNetworks Inc. yesterday declared war on Apple Computer and its popular iTunes in ternet music store by lowering prices for ..."
"4","Cash for emails - script kiddies use spam to make their fortunes"," Money the prime motivator as viruses and spam converge  63.5 of all email during the first six months of 2004 was spam  Over 1.5 million phishing emails intercepted  Spyware makes its first appearance in the spam attack arsenal Sydney. 17th ..."
"2","NL Wrap: Walker Grand Slam Helps Cards Beat Reds Again","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Larry Walker hit a grand slam home run to key a six-run eighth inning as the Cardinals stayed hot with a 7-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds in St Louis on Tuesday. "
"4","Web page to help with installation of WIndows anti-hacker security patch","Information Technology Systems and Services (ITSS) has created a Web page that will walk Microsoft Windows XP users on campus through a major update being released worldwide this month to make the operating system less vulnerable to computer hackers and ..."
"3","Oil Prices Hold Firm Near  #36;47 (Reuters)","Reuters - Oil prices held steady near  #36;47 on\Wednesday, a day after striking another record peak as U.S.\inflation stayed in check despite scorching energy costs and\ahead of weekly data expected to show a drop in crude stocks."
"2","Talking with ... Vijay Singh, PGA Tour","Vijay Singh, 41, shot a final-round 76 but still won the PGA Championship on Sunday at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. "
"2","America pays big price for small mistakes","She was shaking her hips, twirling her hands, letting that high-wattage smile shine and turning the arena into her own little disco. "
"2","Teixeira hits for the cycle","ARLINGTON, Texas  Mark Teixeira became the second player in Rangers history  and first in more than 19 years  to hit for the cycle, leading Texas to a 16-4 rout of the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. "
"2","SI.com","KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Ichiro Suzuki and the Seattle Mariners made their first appearance at Kauffman Stadium this season, much to the dismay of the Kansas City Royals . "
"1","British Soldier Killed in Iraq","A British soldier has been killed and another injured after clashes with militia forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, said the British Army. "
"1","UN asks Myanmar to engage opposition parties, release Suu Kyi","United Nations, Aug 18 - The United Nations has told the ruling military Junta in Myanmar that its process for transition to democracy and national reconciliation will lack  quot;credibility quot; unless it engages the opposition political parties and releases ..."
"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."
"2","Giants Edge Expos","J.T. Snow singled in the winning run in the ninth to lead the Giants to their sixth straight victory, 5-4, over the Expos on Tuesday night."
"2","Wednesday's preview","Day five of the Games will see 21 golds on offer with Kate Howey and Pippa Funnell aiming for medals."
"1","UK terror suspects due in court","Eight men charged with conspiracy to murder and plotting to use toxic materials or explosives are due in court."
"3","ING to Withdraw \$5 Bln from Janus Funds","NEW YORK (Reuters) - ING US Financial Services said late on Tuesday it will withdraw about \$5 billion from Janus Capital Group Inc. funds by year-end. "
"3","Applied shares flat on lower outlook","SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Applied Materials beat Wall Street #39;s third-quarter financial estimates late Tuesday, but shares of the chip equipment company stalled after the company #39;s earnings targets for the fourth quarter came in lower than expected. "
"3","Investment firm Leucadia holds about 5 pct of MCI","WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Investment company Leucadia National Corp. (LUK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it had bought a 4.96 percent stake in MCI Inc. (MCIP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) for about \$245.9 million. "
"3","Nortel hints it won #39;t tell all","Nortel Networks Corp., which plans to shed some light tomorrow morning on its financial performance for the first half of the year, hinted yesterday that those long-awaited results could be short on details. "
"4","New bird species found in Philippines","The bird, dubbed the  quot;Calayan Rail quot;, is the size of a small crow and has dark brown plumage and bright orange-red legs and beak, said Carl Oliveros, who helped lead the expedition that found it. "
"4","Plan for global observation would aid in forecasting of disasters","WASHINGTON - What if scientists could forecast Texas floods a full year in advance? Or predict when and how air pollution from Asia or Mexico will settle over Los Angeles or Houston? Or pinpoint the location of the next West Nile virus ..."
"2","Americans rebound to eke out win over Greece","ATHENS, GREECE - The crowd danced and sang and chanted  quot;Hellas, Hellas, Hellas quot; and a taunting refrain of  quot;Puerto Rico quot; loud enough to stir the ancients or heal Lamar Odom #39;s pained and poisoned stomach. "
"2","Devers and Moore Called Up by USA","Gail Devers and LaShaunte #39;a Moore will replace Torri Edwards, the USA #39;s suspended world champion, in the Olympic 100 and 200 metres races in Athens. "
"2","Mariners 16, Royals 3","KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- If Ichiro Suzuki keeps hitting at his second-half pace, Seattle Mariners manager Bob Melvin believes there may be a new addition for the dictionary. "
"2","Damon #39;s play top choice","In the first inning last night at Fenway Park, Red Sox stats, schedule leadoff hitter Johnny Damon stats, news jump-started his team #39;s offense by hitting a home run to right field. "
"2","US women settle for tie","The United States women #39;s soccer team needed only a tie yesterday and that #39;s all it got -- settling for a draw against a team it always had beaten. "
"2","MLB: Texas 16, Cleveland 4","Arlington, TX, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Mark Teixeira had seven RBI Tuesday to help Scott Erickson earn his first win in over two years as Texas Rangers pounded the Cleveland Indians, 16-4. "
"2","Miscues Cost U.S. Women Gymnastics Gold (AP)","AP - They're the kind of errors only judges see, little things that seem so inconsequential. But those mistakes added up, and they cost the U.S. gymnastics team a gold medal. The Americans settled for silver Tuesday night, done in as much by their own sloppiness as Romania's sheer superiority."
"1","Iraqis aim to decide new assembly","The Baghdad conference on Iraq's future goes into an unscheduled fourth day as a peace bid fails in  Najaf."
"3","Inflation #39;s Summer Vacation?","At first glance, July #39;s muted price data seems to undercut inflation fighters #39; rate-hike strategy. But the softness isn #39;t likely to stay ..."
"2","Season far from running course","With the PGA Tour #39;s major championships concluded for 2004, we look for other story lines to sustain the golf season. The back nine: ..."
"2","Federer #39;s Olympics end unexpectedly early with two losses","Roger Federer gathered his racket bag and trudged off the court, ignoring fans #39; autograph requests as he headed straight for the exit. "
"1","Iraqis aim to decide new assembly","The national conference on Iraq #39;s future is going into an unscheduled fourth day as delegates hammer out the shape of the first post-war parliament. "
"1","More hospital tests for Latham","OPPOSITION Leader Mark Latham is undergoing further tests at Sydney #39;s St Vincent #39;s Hospital after being diagnosed with pancreatitis. "
"1","Saved from the saw, ancient Japanese forests now threatened by tourism (AFP)","AFP - A generation ago, a battle was successfully waged on this rugged island to preserve what was left of its primeval forests, home to giant trees millennia old. Now tourism spawned by this natural heritage is threatening its survival."
"3","Asian Shares Mixed as Oil Steady Near \$47"," SINGAPORE (Reuters) - High oil prices kept Asian stock  markets in check on Wednesday as investors fretted over the  impact of energy costs on corporate earnings, but an upbeat  outlook from Applied Materials lifted some tech issues."
"1","'Afghanistan needs security help'","UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says Afghanistan needs help with security to ensure its presidential elections are successful.  "
"3","Worker alleges sex bias","An assistant manager at Costco Wholesale accused the company of discriminating against female workers by failing to promote as many as 650 women to high-paying management jobs. "
"3","AMP profits beat forecasts","SYDNEY (Reuters) - Insurer and fund manager AMP has reported a better-than-expected profit for the first half on higher investment returns and improved margins after casting off its British operations. "
"3","BHP Billiton doubles H2 net profit SYDNEY, (Reuters) - Aug 18, 2004","The world #39;s biggest mining group, BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc. said on Wednesday its second-half net profit more than doubled on strong demand for industrial raw materials, and forecast sustained high prices for commodities. "
"3","Clinton #39;s story boosts Borders","The Ann Arbor-based bookseller reported Tuesday an 88.9-percent boost in profits for the second quarter and said sales grew more than expected, driven by strong sales of Clinton #39;s book  quot;My Life. quot; ..."
"4","New species of flightless bird #39;s days may be numbered","TWITCHERS should book their plane tickets as soon as possible. Wildlife experts yesterday claimed to have discovered a new species of bird in the Philippines. But they immediately warned that the flightless Calayan rail could be driven to extinction by ..."
"4","AOL releases Netscape 7.2"," quot;Corporate execs are more comfortable with a known brand name. Even though Mozilla (and FF, Camino, K-Meleon, etc.) are based on the same code, they are not  quot;Netscape quot;. When execs are made aware of the faults and deficiencies of IE, they may think  quot;I wish ..."
"4","palmOne announces SD wi-fi card for Tungsten T3 and Zire 72","palmOne, Inc. is at last bringing a SD wi-fi solution for a couple of its handheld models. To date, palmOne #39;s Wi-Fi option was the Tungsten C, which comes with built-in wireless, incorporates a keyboard and a 320 x 320 transflective TFT display. palmOne ..."
"2","Olympics: Greek Sprinters Finally Get Chance to Put Case","ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece #39;s top two sprinters should finally get to put their case on Wednesday in a drugs investigation that has shamed and angered the Olympic host nation. "
"2","Two-Year Suspension of American Sprinter Is Affirmed","The sprinter Torri Edwards of the United States was knocked out of the Olympics for good yesterday when an arbitration panel upheld her two-year drug suspension, saying she should have known tablets provided by her doctor contained ..."
"2","Shot put: Birthplace of Games becomes field of play again","Back when he was a shot putter at Dartmouth, he showed up for practice one day just as a freshman girl learning a new rotation let loose with an errant toss that caught Nelson right in the forehead. "
"2","Reds #39; bullpen struggles after lefty #39;s strong start","The result, however, was all too familiar as the Reds fell to the Cardinals, 7-2, in the middle tilt of a three-game series at Busch Stadium on Tuesday evening. "
"1","Rumsfeld says US forces  quot;unlikely quot; to storm holy places in Najaf","WASHINGTON : The United States pulled its punch in Iraq as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced US forces arrayed in Najaf against Shiite militants of firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr were  quot;unlikely quot; to storm the town #39;s holy places to deal the militia ..."
"3","Asian Shares Mixed as Oil Steady Near  #36;47 (Reuters)","Reuters - High oil prices kept Asian stock\markets in check on Wednesday as investors fretted over the\impact of energy costs on corporate earnings, but an upbeat\outlook from Applied Materials lifted some tech issues."
"4","Tokyo Edge: More Video Options","Hard-drive video recorders support HDTV, while Blu-ray and HD-DVD wait in the wings. Plus: pricey headphones and cheap megapixels."
"3","Google faces bumpy IPO road, analysts say","NEW YORK -- Google Inc. faces serious headwinds as it prepares to launch its long-anticipated initial public offering despite a lacklustre equity market and questions about the company #39;s business plan. "
"3","US inflation falls for first time in 2004","US inflation fell by 0.1 per cent in July -- the first decline since late last year -- on a drop in gasoline prices, the US Department of Labour said yesterday in a report that suggests underlying price pressures in the world #39;s biggest ..."
"3","Merrill survey of fund managers finds them more pessimistic, risk averse","Global fund managers have become increasingly risk averse and significantly more pessimistic about corporate profits and the US stock market, according to the latest monthly Merrill Lynch  amp; Co. Inc. survey. "
"3","Staples posts 39 jump in second-quarter profit","FRAMINGHAM, MASS. -- Riding strong sales across its office products portfolio, Staples Inc. yesterday reported a 39-per-cent jump in second-quarter profit that topped Wall Street forecasts. "
"3","Nortel probe one of Canada #39;s biggest","In what will be one of Canada #39;s largest white-collar crime investigations, the RCMP will assign as many as two dozen officers and forensic accountants to the criminal investigation of Nortel Networks Corp., a source familiar ..."
"4","Microsoft lifts the lid on SP2","SOFTWARE FIRM Microsoft has revealed how many fixes and updates are under the bonnet of its megapatch Windows XP Service Pack 2. "
"4","Hackers join dark side","SECURITY EXPERTS MessageLabs say that there is evidence that virus writers are working hand in hand with spammers. "
"4","Lumber rises on Florida #39;s need to rebuild","VANCOUVER -- An already buoyant lumber market is getting a psychological boost from the combined impact of hurricane Charley and reports of surprisingly strong US housing construction activity. "
"2","Back in the swim: Peirsol, Coughlin give Americans much needed splash","ATHENS - As the final leg of the men #39;s 4 x 200 freestyle relay began last night at the Olympic pool, the United States held a lead of at least 1 1/2 body lengths - which, considering the final 200 meters was being swum by 6-foot-6 Klete ..."
"1","Two Georgians Killed in Breakaway Region","TBILISI (Reuters) - At least two Georgian soldiers were killed and five wounded in artillery fire with separatists in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgian officials said on Wednesday. "
"1","Murdoch to face trial on Falconio murder","Bradley John Murdoch was ordered to stand trial over the alleged murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio beside a remote Northern Territory highway three years ago. "
"2","Banned Sprinter Chambers Trys Football (AP)","AP - Dwain Chambers will be studying pass patterns and playbooks instead of competing against the world's top sprinters in the Olympics this weekend."
"1","Uzbekistan Military Boost May Spark Unrest (AP)","AP - Washington's plans to beef up its military base in Uzbekistan as part of a troop realignment abroad could whip up tensions between the impoverished ex-Soviet republic's secular government and radical Islamic groups, analysts and opposition politicians say."
"4","Tokyo Edge: More Video Options (PC World)","PC World - Hard-drive video recorders support HDTV, while Blu-ray and HD-DVD wait in the wings. Plus: pricey headphones and cheap megapixels."
"1","U.S. Troops Training for Iraq in Israel -Paper (Reuters)","Reuters - U.S. troops from Iraq are being\trained by the Israeli army in urban and guerrilla warfare\tactics at a military base in Israel, a local newspaper said on\Wednesday."
"1","Warring Afghan Factions Say Cease-fire Holding (Reuters)","Reuters - A renegade Afghan militia commander and a\spokesman for the governor of the western province of Herat\said on Wednesday their forces were honoring a cease-fire\brokered a day earlier by the U.S. envoy to Afghanistan."
"1","U.S. Troops Training for Iraq in Israel -Paper"," JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. troops from Iraq are being  trained by the Israeli army in urban and guerrilla warfare  tactics at a military base in Israel, a local newspaper said on  Wednesday."
"1","British Terror Suspects to Appear in Court"," LONDON (Reuters) - Eight British terror suspects charged  with conspiracy to commit murder in a plot linked to security  alerts at financial targets in New York, New Jersey and  Washington make their first appearance in court on Wednesday."
"4","Virtual 3D heart to treat babies","Virtual reality techniques are helping Danish doctors diagnose heart defects in newborn babies."
"2","Coxless four into final","Britain's rowers cruise into Saturday's final of the men's coxless four at the Olympics."
"1","Three Georgian soldiers killed in breakaway region clashes (AFP)","AFP - Three Georgian soldiers have been killed and five wounded in clashes in Georgia's separatist region of South Ossetia, Rustavi 2 television reported, quoting an unnamed official with the Georgian interior ministry."
"1","Oil prices edge lower in Asian trading, still near record highs (AFP)","AFP - Oil prices were slightly lower in Asian trading on easing concerns over supply disruptions but were still hovering near record highs, dealers said."
"1","Iraq's Najaf Tense After Cleric Snubs Peace Envoys"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Fears of heavier fighting in Najaf  grew on Wednesday after an Iraqi peace delegation failed to  defuse a confrontation between U.S. troops and militiamen holed  up in a revered shrine in the city."
"1","Between Faith and Medicine, How Clear a Line?","How will South Africa accredit ""traditional healers"" as legally recognized physicians?"
"3","Cheaper gas lowers price index","Falling gasoline prices in July helped push consumer prices lower for the first time in eight months, indicating that the recent surge in inflation is subsiding. "
"3","Why Hugo Chavez Won a Landslide Victory","When the rule of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was reaffirmed in a landslide 58-42 percent victory on Sunday, the opposition who put the recall vote on the ballot was stunned. They obviously don #39;t spend much time in the nation #39;s poor neighborhoods. "
"3","Costco faces sex discrimination suit","An assistant manager at one of Costco #39;s Colorado warehouses filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the Issaquah-based company yesterday, alleging that it overlooks women for promotion. "
"3","BHP Billiton 2nd-Half Net Doubles on Commodity Prices (Update2)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton, the world #39;s biggest miner, more than doubled second-half profit as Chinese demand boosted commodity prices. The company is considering returning as much as \$2 billion to investors, including share buybacks. "
"3","Info on car safety off-limits to public","The federal agency that oversees auto safety has decided -- based largely on arguments from automakers and their Washington, DC, lobbyists -- that reams of data relating to unsafe automobiles or defective parts will not be available ..."
"4","Music fans sound off","RealNetworks Inc. urged digital-music lovers yesterday to stand up for their freedom of choice. They responded by exercising their freedom of speech -- much to the company #39;s chagrin. "
"4","China to crack down on telephone sex","BEIJING (Reuters) - China #39;s communist leaders, in a fresh move to eradicate pornography, have targeted the telephone sex industry, ordering severe punishment for anyone offering the service, the official People #39;s Daily says. "
"4","More Video Options","The Olympic Games in Athens are pushing many people to finally buy that plasma or LCD television that they #39;ve been dreaming about. Also, the time difference between Japan and Greece is helping sales of video recorders, particularly those that use hard ..."
"2","Notebook: Sprinter Edwards #39; drug suspension upheld","ATHENS  US sprinter Torri Edwards was knocked out of the Olympics for good yesterday when an arbitration panel upheld her two-year drug suspension. "
"2","Finish tarnished by silver","ATHENS, Greece -- It was death by a thousand cuts. If you can describe taking silver instead of gold as  quot;death. quot; ..."
"2","Roddick escapes, but not Federer","ATHENS, Greece  Andy Roddick #39;s biggest obstacle to winning the gold medal was Roger Federer, the world #39;s No. 1 player and winner of two of the past three Grand Slam tournaments. So Tuesday, when Federer uncharacteristically lost the magic ..."
"2","Torri finally out of Olympic Games","ATHENS - US sprinter Torri Edwards was knocked out of the Olym- pics for good yesterday when an arbitration panel upheld her two-year drug suspension, rejecting arguments she took banned stimulants by accident. "
"2","Finley pays dividends in victory","Their supposed new pitching staff ace is on the disabled list and their late-inning bullpen situation has the potential to be a mess, but those problems were easy to ignore Tuesday night, thanks in part to Steve Finley. "
"2","Agassi Opens With A Win In Washington","No. 1 seed Andre Agassi overcame a sluggish start to the first set to eventually beat compatriot Paul Goldstein in straight sets at the Legg Mason Classic in Washington. "
"1","British charge 8 tied to terror conspiracy","LONDON -- The British police yesterday charged eight men with conspiracy to murder and violations of the Terrorism Act after finding that two of them possessed surveillance information on the financial centers in Washington, New York ..."
"1","Falconio suspect to stand trial","An Australian court has ordered lorry driver Bradley John Murdoch to stand trial over the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio, who has been missing for three years. "
"3","Hundreds of Fleet layoffs expected","Bank of America Corp. plans to lay off hundreds of tellers and other branch employees at Fleet banks today, asking them to leave the building immediately as part of the process, according to documents obtained by the Globe and Fleet branch managers told of the decision."
"3","Swipe hype: Debit the small stuff","Dana Conneally walked into Starbucks at Faneuil Hall one recent morning in desperate need of a coffee fix. The employee at a local law firm handed his debit card to the Starbucks worker, who swiped it, then handed it back -- no signature or personal identification number required."
"3","MetLife seen near sale of Hub invest unit","MetLife Inc. is in late-stage negotiations to sell one of Boston's oldest investment firms, State Street Research  amp; Management Co., to another New York financial giant, BlackRock Inc., according to two executives briefed on the talks."
"3","Lawsuits challenge unequal fund fees","Fidelity Investments charges two-tenths of 1 percent to manage a \$484 million stock portfolio for the Massachusetts state pension fund. It charges investors in its flagship Magellan fund seven-tenths -- more than three times as much."
"3","Nortel accounting faces probe","Canadian officials are opening a criminal investigation into accounting at Nortel Networks Corp. Shares in the telecom equipment maker edged lower yesterday."
"3","LoJack buys Canadian tracking company","LoJack Corp., which makes devices for recovering stolen cars, agreed to buy Boomerang Tracking Inc. for about \$48 million to expand into Canada. LoJack will pay about \$4.32 a share in cash or a combination of cash and stock for the Montreal maker of stolen vehicle recovery equipment, LoJack said. Westwood-based LoJack also gets Boomerang's cash balance of \$12 million. ..."
"3","Brazilians attack money laundering","Brazilian police arrested more than 60 people yesterday in a massive operation to crack down on money laundering, targeting currency changers who illegally transfer money abroad."
"4","Europe 'must adapt on climate'","Europe must find ways of adapting to a climate that may change drastically by mid-century, the European Environment Agency says."
"2","Welcome change for Cabrera","Let's say Boston is the sun of the baseball universe, where hope and criticism burn bright, where a city revolves around the game."
"2","He gets some credit for this victory","As hard as Pedro Martinez went in his previous outing, when he morphed into vintage Pedro and hurled nine shutout innings, the real toll came this week."
"2","Giants make it six in row","J.T. Snow singled in the winning run with one out in the ninth to lead the San Francisco Giants to their sixth straight victory, 5-4, over the visiting Montreal Expos last night."
"2","NL notables","Larry Walker was 3 for 4 and is 10 for 27 (.370) with 11 RBIs since joining the Cardinals."
"2","Youkilis, McCarty go on DL","A season of extraordinary medical adversity posed yet another series of challenges yesterday for the Red Sox as Kevin Youkilis and David McCarty joined the likes of Trot Nixon , Mark Bellhorn , Pokey Reese , and Ellis Burks on the disabled list."
"2","Texas rides cycle","Mark Teixeira became the second player in Rangers history -- and first in more than 19 years -- to hit for the cycle, leading host Texas to a 16-4 rout of the Cleveland Indians last night."
"2","Stops and starts in the fast lane","Michael Jennings was a track star at Florida State who also wanted to play football but wasn't confident enough to forgo a track scholarship and try the sport as a walk-on for  quot;a team that good. quot;"
"2","Old college try from Moreland","Earthwind Moreland signed with the Patriots Aug. 5, but University of Massachusetts football fans may have heard of him before that. He was a starting cornerback for the Georgia Southern squad that entered the 1998 Division 1-AA national championship game undefeated and then lost to the Minutemen, 55-43."
"2","LBs are built from ground up","For Bill Belichick, it isn't a preference. In his mind, turning NCAA defensive ends into NFL linebackers is practically a necessity."
"2","Knee injury benches Eagles' Kalu for season","Philadelphia Eagles defensive end N.D. Kalu will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during yesterday's practice."
"2","Jumbo dough for Joe","Joe Thornton didn't make the score he was looking for yesterday, but the Bruins captain will earn \$6.75 million, the most of any player in the club's history, if the National Hockey League has a full 2004-05 season."
"2","Philo is in the know","Normally, there are few sure things in golf, but here's something we can be certain of: The lads in today's final pairing at the 84th New England PGA Championship at Brae Burn Country Club will not require introductions."
"2","Northern N.E. reaches peak","With some late heroics, Northern New England knocked off undefeated North Shore, 3-2, in the championship game of the Hockey Night in Boston Summer Showcase at Merrimack College last night."
"1","China tells US not to send wrong signal to Uighur 'terrorists' (AFP)","AFP - China has appealed to the United States not to send the ""wrong signal"" after Washington said a handful of detained Uighurs being held at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay would not be returned to China."
"1","Pope Visit Leaves Lourdes with Hefty Deficit"," PARIS (Reuters) - Pope John Paul's visit to Lourdes last  weekend left the Roman Catholic shrine with a 1.2 million euro  (\$1.47 million) deficit because pilgrims keen to get good seats  at his mass rushed past collection boxes."
"1","Haiti ex-rebel head cleared of murder","PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A jury yesterday acquitted a leader of a paramilitary group accused of killing thousands, after a 14-hour murder trial that angered human rights groups and provoked criticism of the new US-backed government."
"1","Witness says suspect was close to hijackers","HAMBURG -- A Moroccan being retried on charges he aided the Sept. 11 plotters was part of lead hijacker Mohamed Atta's inner circle and knew of the group's arguments for turning to violence, a witness testified yesterday."
"1","Venezuela's Chavez faces political gulfs","CARACAS -- Fresh from victory and emboldened by a decisive mandate, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has the opportunity to extend an olive branch to a seething opposition and a suspicious US administration, but the rifts may have grown too deep to be mended."
"1","German leader adopts Russian child","MOSCOW -- Thousands of Russian children are adopted by foreigners every year -- but few go to such high-profile homes as the leader of Germany."
"1","Burundi, Rwanda threaten Congo invasion","BUJUMBURA, Burundi -- Burundi and Rwanda threatened yesterday to send soldiers into neighboring Congo to hunt down Hutu extremists responsible for slaughtering more than 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees at a UN camp in Burundi -- deployments that could reignite a regional conflict in this part of Africa."
"4","No SEC Decision on Google IPO Paperwork (AP)","AP - Google Inc.'s plans to move ahead with its initial public stock offering ran into a roadblock when the Securities and Exchange Commission didn't approve the Internet search giant's regulatory paperwork as requested."
"1","Pakistan Publishes 'Most-Wanted Terrorists' List (Reuters)","Reuters - Pakistan published pictures of six\""most-wanted terrorists"" on Wednesday and offered rewards for\information leading to the arrest of two al Qaeda-linked\militants wanted over assassination attempts on the president."
"1","MacGowan to play at jazz landmark","Legendary singer Shane MacGowan is to play a mini-residency at London's famous Ronnie Scott's jazz club."
"3","Insurers escape Hurricane Charley","It #39;s hard to see the silver lining to the clouds over Florida at the moment. Soaking debris and destroyed homes, bereaved families and a rearranged landscape are the testament to Hurricane Charley #39;s power. "
"3","Sex-bias suit filed against Costco","A Costco Wholesale assistant manager sued the warehouse-club chain yesterday in federal court, alleging the company #39;s promotion policies keep women from seeking out the top two positions at its stores. "
"3","Funds turn negative on global profits","LONDON (Reuters) - Fund managers #39; views on corporate profitability worldwide have turned sharply negative over the past month for the first time in three years, a Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers shows. "
"3","Australia #39;s Lend Lease Returns to Profit","Property group Lend Lease Corp. on Wednesday announced a return to full-year profit and forecast earnings-per-share growth of more than 15 percent in the current year. "
"4","HP denies Itanium change cost it sales","HP BOSS Ann Livermore said that the move to Itanium was not responsible for HP #39;s sales slump. Livermore, who managed to avoid an axe wielding Carly Fiorina this week as sales in the bits of the company she manages plummeted, said that killing the Alpha ..."
"4","Digital signatures  #39;could be forged #39;","Encryption circles are buzzing with news that mathematical functions embedded in common security applications have previously unknown weaknesses. "
"2","With this effort, they #39;re silver belles","ATHENS -- How many gilded fairy tales do you want? There was the Magnificent 7 in Atlanta in 1996 and the Fantastic 5 in Anaheim last summer. Was anyone really counting on dethroning the Romanians at an ..."
"2","Canadian arrested for  #39;interrupting the Games #39; after diving into pool","ATHENS (CP) - Olympic organizers increased security inside all sports venues Tuesday after a Canadian spectator climbed out of the stands and jumped off one of the boards into the pool. "
"2","Say slams teammates #39; relay effort","ATHENS -- The meltdown continues in the pool for Canada #39;s swimmers. Only this time, it #39;s talk and not just times that are creating heat. Rick Say, who has posted Canada #39;s best individual showing in the pool with a sixth-place finish in the highly ..."
"2","White Sox #39;s Guillen hospitalized with what may be kidney stones","Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was hospitalized last night and might have kidney stones. Guillen, serving the first game of a two-game suspension, left the ballpark about three hours before the game against Detroit and went to a Chicago hospital ..."
"2","Last laugh","Oh, those wacky Red Sox. Nothing like a little levity to take the edge off a playoff race. That #39;s why Terry Francona #39;s merry pranksters last night let Manny Ramirez lead the charge out of the dugout in the ..."
"2","Agassi downs crowd favourite","TOP seed Andre Agassi cruised into the next round of the ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington with a 6-4 6-2 win over fellow American Paul Goldstein. "
"1","Sadr refuses to meet with peace delegation","NAJAF, Iraq -- Radical Shi #39;ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr refused yesterday to meet with a delegation of Iraqi political figures that had rushed here from Baghdad with a last-ditch offer for peace, ..."
"1","Five Palestinians killed Israeli attack that targeted Hamas activist in Gaza City","JERUSALEM Israel set off a mysterious explosion in an olive grove near the house of a senior Hamas activist Wednesday, killing five Palestinians and wounding seven. The strike came just before Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced a key party test linked to ..."
"1","Warring Afghan Factions Say Cease-fire Holding","HERAT (Reuters) - A renegade Afghan militia commander and a spokesman for the governor of the western province of Herat said on Wednesday their forces were honoring a cease-fire brokered a day earlier by the US envoy to Afghanistan. "
"1","5 die as Hamas chief survives Israeli strike","GAZA CITYA senior Hamas leader survived an Israeli assassination attempt early today but at least five other Palestinians were killed in the explosion that tore through his Gaza home. "
"1","Farewell to American friends","President Bush #39;s plan to begin pulling most of the US troops out of Europe nearly fifteen years after the fall of the Berlin Wall has many Germans worried. "
"1","Nepalese Rebel Blockade Cuts Roads to Kathmandu, Reuters Says","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Road traffic to Nepal #39;s capital, Kathmandu, stopped as communist rebels began a blockade of the city to demand the release of insurgents, Reuters reported. "
"1","Squaddie Is Killed In Gun Battle","A BRITISH soldier was killed and another seriously injured in clashes with Iraqi rebel gunmen in Basra yesterday. "
"1","Politician #39;s arrest stirs suspicions in Hong Kong","BEIJING - The arrest of a Hong Kong pro-democracy candidate in mainland China on charges of soliciting a prostitute touched off a media furor in the former British colony yesterday and fueled suspicion that Beijing was trying to influence ..."
"2","Greek Sprinters Withdraw from Games"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Olympic 200 meters champion Costas  Kenteris, the focus of an Olympic doping scandal, withdrew from  the Athens Games on Wednesday ""out of a sense of  responsibility."""
"3","Dollar Mired Near Lows After Weak Data"," LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near multi-week lows  on Wednesday as investors questioned whether the U.S. central  bank would raise interest rates next month in the light of  another round of weak U.S. data."
"3","Google Cuts IPO Price Range"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc., the Web search engine, on  Wednesday slashed the price range on its eagerly awaited  initial public offering to between \$85 and \$95 per share from  \$108 to \$135 per share."
"3","Update 1: Philippine Shares Close Lower","Philippine shares finished lower Wednesday on selling triggered by a clutch of negative financial news and the steep fall of blue-chip Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. #39;s American depositary receipts, traders said. "
"3","ING withdrawing from Janus","Financial services firm ING has been identified as the company that plans to yank \$5 billion from the hands of Janus Capital Group. "
"3","Oakville plant #39;s fate is still up in the air","Ford is celebrating its 100th anniversary in Canada today amid uncertainty over the future of the automaker #39;s Oakville assembly plant. "
"4","Benefits Seen in Earth Observation Data","WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004  Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet and more in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be ..."
"2","Greek sprinter Kenteris quits Games","ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Olympic 200 metres champion Costas Kenteris and his fellow Greek Olympic silver medallist Katerina Thanou say they are withdrawing from the Athens Games. "
"2","UAE joins Olympics gold medal winners","UAE joins Olympics gold medal winners ABU DHABI, 18 Aug. 04 (WAM) -- A UAE paper said today that Sheikh Ahmed bin Hashar Al Maktoum #39;s winning of the gold medal in double trap shooting had taken the UAE to the pinnacle of sporting glory at the Olympics. "
"2","Federer crashes out of Olympics","World number one Roger Federer of Switzerland crashed out of the Olympic tennis tournament on Tuesday when he lost to unseeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. "
"2","2 steps back in Texas","ARLINGTON, Texas -- All of a sudden, the Indians #39; prolific offense has been reduced to shambles. And, remember phenom left-hander Cliff Lee, who won 10 games before the All-Star break? He #39;s seemingly forgotten how to pitch. "
"2","Southern Cal faces sex assault probe","A member or members of the USC football team is being investigated for alleged sexual assault, the Los Angeles police department said last night. "
"1","Mechanic must stand trial for British backpacker #39;s murder","A mechanic was ordered today to stand trial for the alleged murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio in the Australian Outback three years ago. "
"3","Google Cuts IPO Price Range (Reuters)","Reuters - Google Inc., the Web search engine, on\Wednesday slashed the price range on its eagerly awaited\initial public offering to between  #36;85 and  #36;95 per share from\ #36;108 to  #36;135 per share."
"3","Bank of America Plans Big Layoffs -Paper (Reuters)","Reuters - Bank of America Corp. (BAC.N), plans\on Wednesday to lay off hundreds of tellers and other employees\at Fleet bank branches, and ask them to leave immediately, the\Boston Globe said on Wednesday, citing documents it obtained\and Fleet branch managers."
"3","Oil Prices Hold Near \$47 on Iraq Threat"," LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices held steady near \$47 a barrel  on Wednesday a day after setting yet another record when the  United States, the world's biggest oil consumer, said inflation  had stayed in check despite rising energy costs."
"2","Greek Sprinters Withdraw From Olympics (AP)","AP - Top Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou withdrew Wednesday from the Athens Games, nearly a week after the duo missed a drug test and were hospitalized after a mysterious motorcycle crash."
"2","Teixeira Hits for Cycle in Rangers' Win (AP)","AP - Mark Teixeira needed only a single to hit for the cycle, and his Texas Rangers teammates wanted to see him make some baseball history."
"2","De Bruijn Leads the Way in 100 Freestyle Heats"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Triple Sydney Olympic champion Inge de  Bruijn, who lost her 100 meters butterfly title on Sunday,  posted the fastest heat time as she opened the defense of her  100 freestyle crown on Wednesday."
"2","Mayo Likely to Miss Tour of Spain"," MADRID (Reuters) - Leading Spanish cyclist Iban Mayo will  probably miss next month's Tour of Spain because of a suspected  viral infection, his team manager said on Wednesday."
"1","China Detains Eight Roman Catholic Priests -Group"," BEIJING (Reuters) - China has detained eight Roman Catholic  priests in northern Hebei province, continuing a crackdown on  those loyal to the Pope, a U.S.-based religious right group  said on Wednesday."
"1","No SEC Decision on Google IPO Paperwork","SAN JOSE, Calif. - Google Inc.'s plans to move ahead with its initial public stock offering ran into a roadblock when the Securities and Exchange Commission didn't approve the Internet search giant's regulatory paperwork as requested..."
"1","Eight Terror Suspects Face British Charges","LONDON - Two of the suspects allegedly had surveillance plans of the Prudential Building in Newark, N.J., mentioned in the Aug. 1 U.S..."
"3","BHP Announces Record Annual Profit","Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton on Wednesday announced Australia #39;s biggest ever annual net profit, US\$3.51 billion (euros 2.84 billion), thanks to soaring demand. "
"3","Nestle Profit Rises; Commodity Prices to Crimp Growth (Update4)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Nestle SA, the world #39;s largest food company, said first-half profit rose 2.1 percent, less than forecast, as sales in Western Europe declined and costs for sugar, energy and packaging materials increased. "
"4","CA acquires PestPatrol","Over the past year, spyware has become an increasing problem. Every time that you visit a web site, you must run the gauntlet of a variety of pop-up adverts, any of which can be programmed to place spyware on your computer. "
"2","Greek duo quit Olympics","The two Greek sprinters who missed drug tests prior to the start of the Athens Olympics today withdrew from the games. "
"2","Keller leads relay upset of Aussies","ATHENS - Klete Keller says he likes to run with the bulls. Talks a little bull, too. But he doesn #39;t kid around in the water. "
"2","Americans bounce back","Athens -- Allen Iverson scored 17 points, even with the broken thumb on his shooting hand, as the United States rebounded from a shocking opening-game loss to beat Greece 77-71 at the men #39;s Olympic basketball tournament yesterday. "
"2","Just 16 centuries later, we return to Olympia","You remember, of course, Armenian Prince Varazdates and the spectacle of his boxing triumph. And who can forget Zopyros of Athens, wrestling-boxing his way to the junior pankration crown. "
"2","Selig to get 3-year extension","Major League Baseball #39;s owners will convene in Philadelphia today for two days of meetings that will culminate with a coronation of sorts. "
"1","Downer up-beat on North Korean nuclear talks","Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has offered an up-beat assessment at the end of talks in Pyongyang about the North Korean nuclear crisis. "
"1","Australian opposition leader hospitalised with pancreatitis","CANBERRA : Australian opposition leader Mark Latham is in hospital with an inflamed pancreas, his office said. "
"2","US sweeps away slide in volleyball","The United States had lost nine straight Olympic matches, dating to the Atlanta Games in 1996. Clay Stanley made sure it didn't continue."
"2","Olympics sport solid ratings","Gyms worldwide were dark in anticipation of the Olympic gymnastics competition, NBC's Al Trautwig said this week in a dramatic introduction -- and then the cameras pulled back to reveal row after row of empty seats in Athens."
"4","Google Slashes IPO Price Range (Reuters)","Reuters - Google Inc., the Web search engine, on\Wednesday slashed the price range on its eagerly awaited\initial public offering to between  #36;85 and  #36;95 per share from\ #36;108 to  #36;135 per share."
"2","Sprints More Fun Without Jones, Says Ferguson"," ATHENS (Reuters) - With no clear-cut favorite, the women's  sprints at the Athens Olympics will be more exciting than they  were four years ago when Marion Jones dominated, according to  Caribbean sprinters Debbie Ferguson and Veronica Campbell."
"1","Bomb found near Berlusconi villa","Italy police defuse a  bomb  near Silvio Berlusconi's holiday villa, hours after a visit by the UK's Tony Blair."
"3","Google Slashes IPO Price Range","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc., the Web search engine, on Wednesday slashed the price range on its eagerly awaited initial public offering to between \$85 and \$95 per share from \$108 to \$135 per share. "
"3","Prices drop in July","WASHINGTON  Con-sumer prices in July fell nationally by 0.1 percent and in the New York metro region by 0.2 percent as gasoline prices dropped, the US Labor Department said yesterday. "
"3","Bank of America Plans Big Layoffs -Paper","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp. (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , plans on Wednesday to lay off hundreds of tellers and other employees at Fleet bank branches, and ask them to leave immediately, the Boston Globe said on Wednesday, citing ..."
"3","Air France raises ticket prices","PARIS (Reuters) - French flag carrier Air France is raising its ticket prices by up to 12 euros (8 pounds) per flight leg, joining a number of other airlines in passing on higher jet fuel costs to passengers. "
"4","Netscape Revamped With Mozilla 1.7","Netscape Communications has released Netscape 7.2, successor to the older version 7.1, which was released in mid-2003. The new release is based on version 1.7 of Mozilla, the most recent version of the Mozilla Internet application suite. "
"2","Two golds make Phelps #39; day","Michael Phelps showed no signs of either yesterday, swimming to two gold medals in the span of an hour at the Athens Olympic Games. "
"2","Olympia oozes Games history","OLYMPIA, GREECE -- Great players will walk upon a historic stage today at the Ancient Olympia Stadium. "
"2","US choose Devers to replace Edwards","Gail Devers and LaShaunte #39;a Moore will replace banned world champion Torri Edwards in the Olympic 100 and 200 metres races. "
"2","Top players need more rest, says Eriksson","WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has urged the international soccer authorities to preserve the health of the world superstar footballers for major tournaments, who expressed his will in Slaley of England on Tuesday ..."
"2","Rae got what he deserved - Dadu","The player kicked in the head by Alex Rae believes the five-match ban imposed on the Rangers midfielder was just. "
"1","Britain arrests 8 suspects linked to US terror alert","Accused of conspiring to commit murder. Alleged Al-Qa #39;ida operative charged with possessing plans of US financial institutions ..."
"1","Israel #39;s Likud faces major vote after controversial settlement decision","JERUSALEM : Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon #39;s Likud party votes on Sharon #39;s intention to bring the opposition Labour party into government, the day after he gave the green light to the construction of 1,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West ..."
"1","Police defuse bomb after Blair #39;s visit","Police have defused a bomb near the Sardinian holiday home of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, just hours after a visit by Tony Blair. "
"1","Girlfriend #39;s Family Welcome Backpacker Murder Trial","The family of Joanne Lees today welcomed the announcement that a mechanic is to stand trial in Australia for the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio. "
"3","Euro Stocks Slip"," LONDON (Reuters) - High oil prices weighed on investor  sentiment across financial markets on Wednesday as the price of  crude stuck stubbornly close to \$47 a barrel."
"1","Arafat Says Palestinians Made 'Mistakes' (AP)","AP - In a rare admission, Yasser Arafat suggested Wednesday that the Palestinian leadership has made ""mistakes"" and promised to correct them."
"1","No New Closures of Japan Nuclear Reactors Needed (Reuters)","Reuters - No more Japanese nuclear reactors need to\be closed for inspections, electric power companies said on\Wednesday after submitting reports ordered by the government\following a reactor accident that killed four workers last\week."
"1","Invasion alert in DR Congo town","Security is stepped up in the border town of Bukavu after Rwanda and Burundi said they could send troops into Democratic Republic of Congo."
"1","Blair's 'Freebie' Summer Holidays Irk Britons (Reuters)","Reuters - Two continents. Three luxury mansions\courtesy of friends. Endless sun and sea. And a front-row seat\for the Olympics to boot."
"1","Karzai Promises Afghans Security for Election"," KABUL (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","Blair's 'Freebie' Summer Holidays Irk Britons"," LONDON (Reuters) - Two continents. Three luxury mansions  courtesy of friends. Endless sun and sea. And a front-row seat  for the Olympics to boot."
"1","Medical Experts Fear Charley's Aftermath","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Bill Nylander survived Hurricane Charley, but the storm still managed to hurt him days after it cut a swath of destruction through his hometown..."
"3","BHP Billiton 2nd-Half Net Doubles on Commodity Prices (Update3)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton, the world #39;s biggest mining company, more than doubled second-half profit as Chinese demand boosted commodity prices and said it may return as much as \$2 billion to investors, including through share buybacks. "
"3","Update 2: Philippine Shares Close Lower","Philippine shares finished lower Wednesday on selling triggered by a clutch of negative financial news and the steep fall of blue-chip Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. #39;s American depositary receipts, traders said. "
"4","Qualcomm drops licensing suit against TI","LOS ANGELES (Reuters)  Qualcomm has dropped an \$18 million claim for monetary damages from rival Texas Instruments for publicly discussing terms of a licensing pact, a TI spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday. "
"4","Palm extends Wi-Fi range","The PalmOne Wi-Fi SD card has finally arrived, but only for users with the most up to date models. The card is only compatible with two top of the range handsets, the Zire 72 and Tungsten T3. "
"1","Heavy fighting erupts in Najaf","NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Heavy fighting has broken out between US troops and Shi #39;ite militiamen in the Iraqi city of Najaf after a peace delegation failed to broker a truce to end nearly two weeks of clashes. "
"3","Making Free IPods Pay Off","The FreeiPods.com website looks as phony as a \$3 bill. In fact, it's at the forefront of performance-based marketing, as advertisers discover it's more effective to spend \$50 million on gifts than to blow the cash on TV ads. By Leander Kahney."
"1","Explosion Hits Iraq Foreign Ministry (AP)","AP - A large explosion hit central Baghad on Wednesday close to a convention center where a key national gathering of political, religious and civic leaders entered its final day."
"1","Maoist Rebels Block Land Routes to Nepali Capital"," NAGDHUNGA, Nepal (Reuters) - Maoist rebels, fighting to  topple Nepal's constitutional monarchy, cut off all land routes  to the Himalayan kingdom's capital on Wednesday, disrupting  food and supplies to the city of 1.5 million people."
"3","Google Slashes IPO Price Range"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc., the world's most popular  Web search engine, on Wednesday slashed the price range on its  eagerly awaited initial public offering (IPO) to between \$85  and \$95 per share from between \$108 and \$135 per share."
"1","Arafat Urges Palestinians to 'Correct Mistakes' (Reuters)","Reuters - Palestinian President\Yasser Arafat, under pressure to enact anti-corruption reforms,\said on Wednesday that some officials had misused their posts\and urged efforts to correct ""all the mistakes."""
"1","Two bombs discovered in Sardinia after Berlusconi-Blair meet (AFP)","AFP - Police discovered two bombs near the Sardinian villa of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, just hours after he met his British counterpart Tony Blair on the island."
"1","Global miner BHP Billiton posts record net profit as demand soars (AFP)","AFP - Global mining giant BHP Billiton posted the biggest net profit in Australian corporate history as soaring commodities prices and strong demand from China pushed net profit up 83 percent to 3.51 billion US dollars."
"1","Arafat Urges Palestinians to 'Correct Mistakes'"," RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat, under pressure to enact anti-corruption reforms,  said on Wednesday that some officials had misused their posts  and urged efforts to correct ""all the mistakes."""
"1","China Detains Eight Priests and a Living Buddha -Groups"," BEIJING (Reuters) - China has detained eight Roman Catholic  priests in a crackdown on those loyal to the Pope and arrested  a ""Living Buddha"" for arousing superstition at the re-opening  of a temple, U.S. groups said on Wednesday."
"2","Walker Slam Leads Cardinals Past Reds (AP)","AP - Larry Walker has learned quickly that St. Louis Cardinals' fans know how to celebrate."
"1","Fighting Rages in Najaf After Peace Bid Fails"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Heavy fighting broke out between  U.S. troops and Shi'ite militiamen in the Iraqi city of Najaf,  where Iraq's interim defense minister said he expected a  ""decisive battle"" to take place on Wednesday."
"4","Crypto researchers abuzz over flaws","ZDNet UK: Encryption circles are buzzing with news that mathematical functions embedded in common security applications have previously unknown weaknesses. "
"2","UA #39;s Beard swims to silver in medley debut","ATHENS - American swimmer Michael Phelps collected two more gold medals Tuesday, but even he knew he wasn #39;t the story of the day from the Summer Olympics in Athens. "
"2","Celebrating human spirit, in all its impurity","What if the Olympic Games --started here 2,780 years ago, right in this fertile, ancient town in the western Peloponnesus some 200 miles from Athens -- really mean something? ..."
"2","Security tightened after fan takes a plunge","More security will be placed around the fields of play at the Olympics after a man who wanted to send  #39; #39;a loving message to his wife #39; #39; jumped into the diving pool, the Athens Organizing Committee said. "
"1","Labor determined to reopen children overboard inquiry","Labor says there appears to have been pressure from the Prime Minister #39;s office on a public servant and it #39;s reaffirmed its determination to reopen the Senate inquiry into the matter. "
"1","4 killed, 2 missing as Typhoon Megi hits western Japan","TOKYO, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Four people were killed and two others missing as Typhoon Megi hit west Japan #39;s Kagawa and Ehime prefectures on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. "
"3","Wall Street Set to Open Down (Reuters)","Reuters - U.S. shares were expected to open lower\on Wednesday after crude oil pushed to a fresh high overnight,\while Web search engine Google Inc. dented sentiment as it\slashed the price range on its initial public offering.\In a statement posted on its IPO Web site, Google said it had\cut the range on its IPO to  #36;85- #36;95 per share from  #36;108- #36;135\previously, a 26 percent reduction at the mid-point of the\range."
"3","U.S. Crude Sets New Record  #36;47 a Barrel (Reuters)","Reuters - U.S. oil futures set a new record  #36;47.01\a barrel on Wednesday after a new threat against Iraq's oil\sector by rebel Shi'ite militia.  U.S. crude traded up 26 cents\to set a new high in the 21-year history of the New York\Mercantile Exchange contract."
"4","First Look at Microsoft Money 2005","This Web-savvy update syncs with MSN accounts, but you'll want to be aware of some functionality requirements and service limitations."
"3","Google slashes IPO price range","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google, the world #39;s most popular Web search engine, has slashed the price range on its eagerly awaited initial public offering to between \$85 and \$95 per share from between \$108 and \$135 per share. "
"3","Canada begins probe of Nortel #39;s accounting","TORONTO -- Shares of Nortel Networks edged lower yesterday after Canadian officials said they were opening a criminal investigation into accounting practices at the telecommunications equipment maker. "
"4","PalmOne Wi-Fi card: a first look","Want to add Wi-Fi connectivity to your PalmOne Tungsten T3 or Zire 72 handheld? Your wait is almost over. "
"2","Kenteris and Thanou Quit Games","After an hour of interrogation by a three-man IOC disciplinary panel at the Hilton Hotel this morning, Kenteris emerged amid chaotic scenes to declare that in the national interest he would not be defending the 200metres title he won in Sydney four ..."
"1","Bomb found near Berlusconi villa","Italian police today said they had defused a bomb near the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi #39;s Sardinian holiday villa, only hours after a visit by the prime minister, Tony Blair. "
"1","Burundi Urges Sanctions on Rebels Over Massacre","DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Burundi will urge regional leaders at a summit on Wednesday to impose sanctions against the rebel Hutu Forces for National Liberation (FNL), blamed for the slaughter of more than 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees in ..."
"1","Australian foreign minister ends  #39;productive #39; North Korea talks","Australia #39;s foreign minister, Alexander Downer, has wrapped up talks in North Korea on the stand-off over the country #39;s efforts to develop nuclear weapons. "
"1","Australian terrorist seeks deal to testify in foreign trials","SYDNEY : Australia #39;s first convicted terrorist, who confessed to conspiring with Al-Qaeda to blow up the Israeli embassy in Canberra, wants a deal in exchange for testifying against terror suspects in foreign courts. "
"3","Wall Street Set to Open Down"," LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. shares were expected to open lower  on Wednesday after crude oil pushed to a fresh high overnight,  while Web search engine Google Inc. dented sentiment as it  slashed the price range on its initial public offering."
"3","Google reduces IPO price range; SEC approval awaited","NEW YORK, August 18 (New Ratings)  Google Inc has reportedly reduced its expected IPO price range to \$85-\$95 per share, from the previously expected price range of \$108-\$135 per share. The company is unlikely to price its shares until the market closes ..."
"3","Crude Oil Prices Climb to Record Before US Inventory Report","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil prices rose to a record in New York before a government report that #39;s expected to show the third straight weekly drop in US crude oil inventories. "
"2","Phelps #39; gold rush","ATHENS, Greece - The night before, Michael Phelps had stood by the pool with a strained smile and a bronze medal, his quest for Olympic immortality dashed, his million-dollar bonus lost, his gold medal count stuck on one. "
"2","Games go eons back in time today","ATHENS, Greece  The slogan for these Olympics is,  quot;Welcome Home. quot; But the Games really go home today, when the men #39;s and women #39;s shot put are held in the excavated stadium of ancient Olympia, which started all this madness in 776 BC ..."
"2","NHL: No progress in talks","With less than a month remaining before the current collective bargaining agreement expires, representatives for the NHL and the Players #39; Association met for nearly 4 1/2 hours yesterday without making any progress on a new CBA. "
"1","Fighting Rages in Najaf After Peace Bid Fails","NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Heavy fighting broke out between US troops and Shi #39;ite militiamen in the Iraqi city of Najaf, where Iraq #39;s interim defense minister said he expected a  quot;decisive battle quot; to take place on Wednesday. "
"4","Internet pharmacies get go-ahead","The government gives the green-light to internet-only pharmacies in England."
"1","Karzai urges neighbours to stop militants crossing borders (AFP)","AFP - President Hamid Karzai has called on neighbouring countries to prevent militants crossing into Afghanistan through poorly monitored borders and cooperate in the ""fight against terror."""
"1","Poll: Kerry Continues to Hold Edge in Pa. (AP)","AP - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry is maintaining a slight lead over President Bush in the battleground state of Pennsylvania with crucial support from veterans and military families, according to a poll released Wednesday."
"1","Najaf clashes as truce talks fail","Fighting resumes in the Iraqi city of Najaf between US troops and Shia militias after an abortive peace bid."
"1","N Korea food prices 'rocket'","Changes in North Korea's economy have led to spiralling food prices many people cannot afford, the UN says."
"1","Two die in South Ossetia fighting","Clashes with separatists in the breakaway region of South Ossetia kill two Georgian soldiers."
"1","Iraq Won't Send New Delegation to Najaf","BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's National Conference refused Wednesday to send a second delegation to the holy city of Najaf to negotiate an end to fighting between U.S. troops and loyalists of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a day after he rebuffed their demand for a meeting..."
"4","A DIFFERENT SPIN (SiliconValley.com)","SiliconValley.com - As surely as CDs followed vinyl, there was bound to be a successor to the DVD spinning around in research labs."
"4","Sex spam clogs summer in-boxes","Summer is associated with romance and spammers are trying to cash in by bombarding inboxes with porn."
"1","US children 'abandoned in Africa'","Texas authorities are investigating claims that a US mother left her seven adopted children in Nigeria and went to work in Iraq."
"1","Pakistan issues \$1m al-Qaeda list","Pakistan offers rewards totalling more than \$1m for the capture of six top al-Qaeda suspects."
"1","Sex spam clogs summer in-boxes","Summer is traditionally associated with romance and spammers are trying to cash in by bombarding inboxes with porn."
"3","Update 14: Google Lowers Its IPO Price Range","In a sign that Google Inc. #39;s initial public offering isn #39;t as popular as expected, the Internet search giant lowered its estimated price range to between \$85 and \$95 per share, down from its earlier prediction of \$108 and \$135 per share. "
"3","Oil hits new record on fresh Iraq threat","LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices have surged to a new high of \$47 a barrel after a new threat by rebel militia against Iraqi oil facilities, and as the United States says inflation has stayed in check despite rising energy costs. "
"3","Halliburton gets more time to justify bills to US Army","NEW YORK, August 18 (New Ratings)  The Halliburton Company (HAL.NYS) has reportedly gained more time to justify its bills to the US Army, regarding the company #39;s contract to provide logistic services to the US troops in Iraq. "
"3","Swisscom Confirms Possible Merger Talks","Telecommunications companies Swisscom AG and Telekom Austria AG are in talks over a possible merger, Swisscom said in a statement late Tuesday. "
"4","AOL releases Netscape browser update","Version 7.2 is the first update since mid-2003. The new release is based on version 1.7 of Mozilla, the most recent version of the Mozilla internet application suite. "
"4","Attachmate Heightens Security, Centralises Management and Brings Microsoft Usability to Host Access with EXTRA! ...","Specialist in productivity-enhancing host access, Attachmate, today announces the launch of  #39;next generation #39; emulation with EXTRA! Mainframe Server Edition version 8.0 for Windows XP. EXTRA! Mainframe Server Edition offers: 1) complete security framework ..."
"4","Save The Whales! Then What?","AP DE BON DESIR, Quebec, Aug. 11 - A few miles from this spit along the pink granite coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, there is a sheltered cove that has witnessed the full span of the human relationship with whales. "
"2","Sprinters #39; Withdrawals Lift Cloud Over Games","ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece #39;s top two sprinters pulled out of the Olympics on Wednesday after inflicting six days of embarrassment on their country over a hide-and-seek contest with anti-doping enforcers. "
"2","Shot put history in Olympia","ANCIENT OLYMPIA (Reuters) - American Kristin Heaston launched the shot 16.41 metres to become the first woman to compete at Olympia in the first athletics meeting in the tree-lined grove since the ancient Games were abolished in AD 393. "
"1","Bomb found near Berlusconi villa","POLICE defused a bomb near Premier Silvio Berlusconi #39;s villa on the island of Sardinia early today following a tip-off from a radical leftist group, shortly after a visit by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. "
"1","Three Georgian servicemen killed in South Ossetia","MOSCOW, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Three Georgian servicemen were killed while five others were wounded in overnight fighting in Georgia #39;s breakaway province of South Ossetia, Russian news agencies reported, citing Georgian officials. "
"3","OPEC: 'Very Small' Impact from Surge"," LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC producers have said they see little  impact on economic growth so far from oil's relentless price  surge, which Wednesday racked up yet another record high."
"4","Pakistan Mobile Phone Firms Vie for Pent-Up Demand (Reuters)","Reuters - Tens of thousands of Pakistanis\endured hours of stifling heat this week to accept an offer of\free mobile phone connections, a sign of the pent-up demand in\a country where cell phone usage has remained low."
"4","Pakistan Mobile Phone Firms Vie for Pent-Up Demand"," ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Pakistanis  endured hours of stifling heat this week to accept an offer of  free mobile phone connections, a sign of the pent-up demand in  a country where cell phone usage has remained low."
"4","Huge waves erode British coast","Waves over 20m high are getting bigger, more frequent and are eroding Britain's Atlantic coast, experts say."
"1","Chinese Official Sentenced to Death (AP)","AP - An official once in charge of guarding cultural relics has been sentenced to death in China's biggest antiquities theft case since the start of communist rule in 1949."
"1","Iraq Won't Send New Delegation to Najaf","Iraq's National Conference refused today to send a second delegation to negotiate an end to fighting between U.S. troops and loyalists of Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr."
"3","Google Sharply Reduces IPO Share Price","Google, Inc. significantly cut the expected share price for its initial public stock offering this morning, signaling lower-than-anticipated demand for the most highly publicized new stock since the late 1990s. "
"3","Stocks Are Seen Off a Touch at Open","US stocks are seen off a touch at the open Wednesday as the price of oil continues to plague investor sentiment. "
"3","Bank Of America Announced Layoffs","BOSTON (AP) -- The layoffs are a result of Bank America #39;s merger with FleetBoston Financial Corporation. "
"4","Cassini finds two little Saturn moons","The two newly spotted, faint moons are about 3 miles and 4 miles across, and roughly 200,000 kilometres from Saturn #39;s centre. "
"4","IBM #39;s New Midrange Server Allows Multiple OS Environments","IBM #39;s new eServer allows users to run multiple OS environments at the same time to increase efficiency. Customers can purchase the machine based on the processing power they need. The server comes in configurations from one to four-way and ..."
"2","Phelps Advances in 200-Meter Medley","ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps, seeking his sixth medal of the Athens Olympics, advanced in the 200-meter individual medley Wednesday with a conservative swim. "
"2","Ump says Ozzie threw spitter","According to White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, umpire Hunter Wendelstedt filed a claim that said Guillen spat on him during an Aug. 9 argument, a big reason Guillen was dealt with so severely by Major League Baseball. "
"1","Najaf truce offer rejected","Militia fighters loyal to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr today continued to battle US soldiers in Najaf, hours after a delegation from Iraq #39;s national conference had left the city empty-handed when its truce offer was turned down. "
"1","Bomb Found on Island Hours after Blair Visit","Police defused a bomb near Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi #39;s villa in Sardinia early today shortly after Tony and Cherie Blair ended a visit to the Italian leader. "
"1","Don #39;t use Pearl as electoral pawn, family tells politicians","The family of the murdered journalist Daniel Pearl has appealed to American politicians not to use his name in their election campaigns. "
"3","Mortgage Applications Jump in Aug 13 Week (Reuters)","Reuters - New applications for U.S. home loans\rose last week while refinancings surged, as 30-year mortgage\interest rates fell to their lowest level in over four months,\an industry group said on Wednesday."
"3","Mortgage Applications Jump in Aug 13 Week"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. home loans  rose last week while refinancings surged, as 30-year mortgage  interest rates fell to their lowest level in over four months,  an industry group said on Wednesday."
"1","High oil prices not hurting German economy: Schroeder (AFP)","AFP - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said that the hike in oil prices was not currently hurting the eurozone's biggest economy but that he was closely watching the cost of crude."
"1","Rocket Slams Into Iraqi Market, Killing 5 (AP)","AP - A rocket slammed into a busy market in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday, killing at least five civilians, a U.S. military spokeswoman said."
"4","Google Sharply Reduces IPO Share Price","Google, Inc. significantly cut the expected share price this morning for its initial public stock offering, signaling lower-than-anticipated demand for the most highly publicized new stock since the late 1990s."
"4","E-passports to put new face on old documents","Countries begin test programs--get ready for a facial scan the next time you take an overseas flight."
"1","Eight to appear in London court on terror plot charges (AFP)","AFP - Eight men arrested in anti-terrorist raids two weeks ago were set to appear in a high-security court in London on charges of conspiracy to murder and plotting radioactive, chemical or explosive attacks."
"1","Arafat admits 'mistakes' to MPs","Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat makes a rare admission that ""unacceptable mistakes"" have been made under him."
"1","Stocks Are Seen Off a Touch at Open","NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are seen off a touch at the open Wednesday as the price of oil continues to plague investor sentiment..."
"1","Arafat Admits Palestinians Made Mistakes","RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat acknowledged Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority had made mistakes, but the rare admission appeared to be aimed more at deflecting criticism about his corrupt government than making real changes.    In a decade at the helm of the Palestinian Authority, Arafat has resisted attempts to get him to fight official corruption, reform the security services and relinquish some of his near-absolute powers..."
"3","Google Slashes IPO Price Range","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc., the world #39;s most popular Web search engine, slashed the price of its share offering Wednesday, as what had been touted as the hottest dot-com listing in years fell prey to worry about a slump in ..."
"3","Nortel shares down on news of criminal probe","News of an RCMP criminal investigation of Nortel Networks and its financial accounting practices sent the company #39;s shares down slightly on Tuesday. "
"3","Florida may be insurance bellwether","The palm trees that narrowly missed Leo Berard #39;s pondside condominium in Naples, Fla., when they toppled Friday spared him from major repairs on his second home. "
"3","Taxing bodies must approve lawsuit","GALESBURG - Knox County State #39;s Attorney Paul Mangieri, discussing a lawsuit he plans to file against Maytag Corp., said Tuesday he was shocked when the company announced in October 2002 it was closing the Galesburg Refrigeration Products ..."
"4","Spammers in bed with virus carriers","The majority of viruses intercepted by MessageLabs since January have the potential for spam distribution, according to a report by the e-mail security firm. It suggests that the virus authors are now making money by collaborating with spammers. "
"4","Microsoft unveils mainframe integration tool","Microsoft has unveiled Host Integration Server (HIS) 2004, claiming that the legacy integration application will lower the cost of integrating existing IBM mainframe and midrange systems with Windows. "
"4","Sewage waters a tenth of world #39;s irrigated crops","A tenth of the world #39;s irrigated crops - everything from lettuce and tomatoes to mangoes and coconuts - are watered by sewage. And much of that sewage is raw and untreated, gushing direct from sewer pipes into fields at the fringes of the developing ..."
"4","Ford scraps Oracle-based purchasing system","Car giant Ford is reportedly abandoning a \$200m web-based purchasing project because it can #39;t get the software to work properly. "
"2","Sprinters Withdraw from Olympics Amid Swirling Controversies","Two of Greeks most adored athletes have pulled themselves out of their host country #39;s Olympics. Sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou missed an International Olympic Committee mandatory drug test last week. Thanou and Kenteris were then involved ..."
"2","Tarnished silver for US women","ATHENS, Greece -- The American women #39;s gymnasts were in contention for the team gold medal Tuesday night, needing a big finish to beat the Romanians. Courtney Kupets, who had to be replaced on the balance beam because of a pulled hamstring, decided to ..."
"2","Preview: England-Ukraine","With 17 days to go before their World Cup qualifying campaign begins, England are back in action with plenty to prove after the disappointment of Euro 2004 elimination. "
"2","USA gets silver in kayak singles","Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - American Rebecca Giddens captured the silver medal today in the Women #39;s K1 kayak singles competition at the Summer Olympics in Athens. "
"1","Bomb defused after Blair #39;s Italy visit","ROME (Reuters) - A bomb has been defused overnight near the Sardinian holiday villa of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hours after a visit by Tony Blair, Italian police say. "
"1","Downer upbeat after North Korea meetings","MARK COLVIN: The Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, has met North Korea #39;s Foreign Minister and the President of the Supreme Peoples #39; Assembly in Pyongyang. As one of the few Western nations with diplomatic relations with the isolated totalitarian state, ..."
"1","Nepal #39;s Maoist Rebels Blockade Paralyzes Kathmandu","Nepal #39;s capital, Kathmandu, has been paralyzed by Maoist rebels, who have imposed a virtual blockade of the city. "
"1","Pakistan Offers Bounties on Six Wanted Terror Suspects","Pakistan has announced bounties and published photographs of six wanted terrorist suspects, including a senior al-Qaida operative accused of masterminding two attempts to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf. "
"4","Home users get key Windows update","Microsoft is making its important security update for Windows XP available on auto-update servers today."
"4","BioVeris Still May Lose Its Investment"," BioVeris Corp. stands to lose most or all of its \$41.2 million investment in a joint venture with its chief executive's son if he doesn't raise money to keep it operating, the company said yesterday in its quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission."
"1","3 Georgian Soldiers Slain in South Ossetia (AP)","AP - Three Georgian peacekeepers were killed in overnight shooting in South Ossetia, officials said Wednesday, while Russia scoffed at Georgia's appeal for foreign mediation in the breakaway region where daily exchanges of gunfire have stoked fears of war."
"1","Slavery's Harsh History Is Portrayed in Promised Land","At the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, slavery's evil becomes palpable; so does a sense of progressive enlightenment."
"3","Brookstone Posts a Narrower Loss (Reuters)","Reuters - Brookstone Inc. (BKST.O), a retailer\specializing in gadgets and personal electronics, on Wednesday\posted a narrower quarterly loss on strong Father's Day sales\and raised its profit forecast for the full year."
"3","Stocks to Watch on Wednesday, August 18"," APPLIED MATERIALS INC. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AMAT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">AMAT.O</A>:"
"2","U.S. Men Qualify for Final in Shot Put (AP)","AP - Two U.S. men advanced to the final of the shot put Wednesday, hoping to make even more history at the ancient site that gave birth to the Olympics 2,780 years ago."
"1","Garda quiz two over African death","Police in Ireland question two men arrested in Dublin in connection with the murder of the daughter of Malawi's chief justice."
"1","Complaints follow Haiti acquittal","The US and rights groups condemn the acquittal in Haiti of an ex-paramilitary leader accused of murder."
"3","Unanimous vote to raise British interest rates: official minutes (AFP)","AFP - The Bank of England's nine-member monetary policy committee voted unanimously to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.75 percent earlier this month, official records showed."
"3","Talbots Profit Meets Lowered Forecast (Reuters)","Reuters - Clothing retailer Talbots Inc. (TLB.N)\on Wednesday posted a slight increase in quarterly profit,\meeting its lowered forecast, as it sold more merchandise at\full price and recorded a tax benefit."
"3","High oil costs hit more airlines","Air France becomes the latest major airline to raise ticket prices in response to higher fuel costs."
"4","Million more in broadband's reach","BT is lifting distance limits on broadband enabled exchanges, so that 1m more can get high-speed net."
"3","Google Lowers Price Range","The search-engine giant, which was expected to go public as early as Wednesday, instead has slashed the deal #39;s expected price range and cut the number of shares being sold by existing shareholder in half. The new parameters suggest a newly public Google ..."
"3","Pentagon flipflops, will pay Halliburton fully","WASHINGTON - The US army said it had suspended its decision to partially withhold payments to Halliburton, the biggest US contractor in Iraq. "
"3","Report: Bank of America to lay off Fleet workers","BOSTON A published report reveals that Bank of America plans to lay off hundreds of tellers and other branch employees at Fleet banks today. "
"3","Applied doubles revenue","Applied Materials, the world #39;s largest manufacturer of chip-making tools, said on Tuesday that its third-quarter revenue doubled, leading to \$441 million in profit. "
"4","Sony Develops New Chip for More Real and Refined High Definition Video"," quot;DRC quot; was developed in 1997 as a technology that changed a standard television signal format to a high-definition signal format, based on the concept of establishing a higher definition signal format from scratch. The foundation of this technology was ..."
"2","Athletes Return to Olympia Home After 1,611 Years (Update3)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Olympia, home of the Olympics for more than 12 centuries, hosted a track and field event for the first time in 1,611 years when the shot-putters of the Athens Games arrived at Greece #39;s most sacred sporting site. "
"2","Dampier headed to Mavericks?","Longtime Warriors center Erick Dampier could be on the verge of finding a new home, 2 1/2 months after becoming a free agent. "
"2","SI.com","LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Wilson Alvarez continues to pitch his best when the Los Angeles Dodgers need it most. "
"1","Rwanda, Burundi threaten with Congo invasion","afrol News, 18 August - The governments of Rwanda and Burundi may again send troops into Congo Kinshasa (DRC) if Kinshasa does not finally take action against the militias still slaughtering Tutsis. Both claim Friday #39;s massacre was masterminded by ..."
"1","Soldier Killed in Action Named","A British soldier killed after clashes with militia forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra was today named as Lance Corporal Paul David Trevor Thomas. "
"3","Seiyu posts first half net loss on slower sales, higher costs (AFP)","AFP - Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu, controlled by US retail giant Wal-Mart, said it incurred a net loss in the first half to June on the back of slow sales and early retirement costs."
"3","Dollar Fights to Keep Off August Lows"," LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar struggled to pull away from  August lows on Wednesday as investors wondered whether the  Federal Reserve would raise interest rates next month after  another round of weak U.S. data in the previous session."
"4","Japanese bank taps RFID for document security","NEC Corp. has signed a contract with a Japanese bank for an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) -based document management system, the company said Tuesday in a statement."
"4","Google drops target price, extends auction to Wednesday","Google Inc. lowered the target price per share for its initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, and asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to give buyers additional time to reconsider their bids, according to a notice on the company's IPO Web site."
"1","Summer storms lash Europe, deaths in France (AFP)","AFP - Freak storms packing howling winds and heavy rain that lashed Britain and France this week were set to continue after already causing significant destruction and the deaths of at least four people."
"3","Before-the-Bell: Taser Climbs"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Taser International Inc.  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=TASR.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">TASR.O</A> rose before the bell on Wednesday after the company  said it had received five orders totaling more than \$741,000  for its stun guns."
"4","Google slashes target stock launch value (AFP)","AFP - Internet research engine giant Google Incorporated slashed billions of dollars from the target launch valuation of its stock in a major upset for the biggest technology flotation since the dot.com bubble burst four years ago."
"1","Singapore Suspends Some Poultry Imports (AP)","AP - Singapore said Wednesday that it has suspended the import of all poultry and poultry products from neighboring Malaysia after avian influenza was discovered at a farm there."
"1","Religion Experts Ask How Jesus Would Vote (AP)","AP - Just a few miles from George W. Bush's former office at the state Capitol, a panel of religious experts weighed a question with relevance to many people of faith: How would Jesus vote?"
"3","Oil tops \$47 a barrel","Crude oil prices reached a record high of \$47.04 (US) a barrel in pre-market trading Wednesday in New York on lingering concerns about supply from Iraq and Russia. "
"3","Refinancings soar 21 as rates slump","Demand for new home loans and refinancings jump as interest rates slide amid weak economic reports. NEW YORK (Reuters) - New applications for US home loans rose last week while refinancings surged, as 30-year mortgage interest rates fell to their lowest ..."
"3","High oil costs hit more airlines","Air France and KLM ticket prices are to rise after the carriers imposed further surcharges to counter high fuel costs. "
"3","Nestle Reports First Half Net Profit","Nestle, the world #39;s biggest food and drink company, on Wednesday posted a first-half net profit of \$2.28 billion, up 0.02 percent on the year-earlier figure of \$2.03 billion. "
"3","Georgia Power wins ruling on research study","Georgia Power and Savannah Electric will not have to pay for new research into energy-efficiency programs, the state Public Service Commission ruled Tuesday. "
"4","Home users get key Windows update","From today home users will be able to get hold of Microsoft #39;s long-awaited update for Windows XP. The version of the SP2 security update for the Home Edition of XP has become available via its auto-update service. "
"4","This information has been provided by the State Statistics Committee","The Cassini spacecraft has discovered two new moons at Saturn that may be the smallest bodies seen so far around the ringed planet, according to a NASA press release. "
"2","Greek sprinters #39; withdrawals lift cloud over Games","ATHENS, Greece -- Greece #39;s top two sprinters pulled out of the Olympics today after inflicting six days of embarrassment on their country over a hide-and-seek contest with anti-doping enforcers. "
"1","Germany #39;s Schroeder confirms adopting Russian toddler","German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder confirmed on Wednesday that he and his wife have adopted a child, reported to be a girl from a Russian orphanage, but has called on the media to respect his family #39;s privacy. "
"3","Before-the-Bell: Taser Climbs (Reuters)","Reuters - Shares of Taser International Inc.\(TASR.O) rose before the bell on Wednesday after the company\said it had received five orders totaling more than  #36;741,000\for its stun guns."
"3","Dillard's Posts Narrower 2nd-Quarter Loss (Reuters)","Reuters - Dillard's Inc. (DDS.N) on Wednesday\reported a narrower quarterly loss as the department store\operator cut costs."
"4","Gartner revises PC market forecast, warns of downside (MacCentral)","MacCentral - The PC market won't grow as fast in 2004 as originally predicted by Gartner Inc. analysts, as concerns about the overall health of the U.S. economy weigh on the market, the market research company said."
"1","Medical Experts Fear Charley's Aftermath","PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Until the electricity hums again and the debris is cleared, health officials are worried that there could be more deaths and injuries in Hurricane Charley's aftermath than during the storm itself..."
"1","8 Terror Suspects Appear in British Court","LONDON - Eight men accused of plotting to commit murder and cause mayhem with radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives appeared in court Wednesday in a case linked to a U.S. terror alert this month..."
"1","Greek Sprinters Withdraw From Olympics","ATHENS, Greece - Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou pulled out of the Athens Games on Wednesday, nearly a week after they missed a drug test and were later hospitalized following a suspicious motorcycle crash.   ""I'm withdrawing from the Olympics,"" Kenteris said after meeting with the International Olympic Committee's disciplinary commission..."
"1","Google Cuts Its IPO Price Range","SAN JOSE, Calif. - In a sign that Google Inc.'s initial public offering will not be as hot or big as expected, the Internet search giant reduced the number of shares to be sold by insiders and slashed its estimated per-share price range..."
"3","Google Slashes Price of Shares in Initial Public Offering","Google cut the price of its share offering today as the new listing fell prey to worry about a slump in demand."
"4","How Old is the Milky Way?","Observations by an international team of astronomers with the UVES spectrometer on ESO's Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory (Chile) have thrown new light on the earliest epoch of the Milky Way galaxy."
"4","Google Lowers IPO Price, Limits Shares","Google Lowers IPO Price, Limits Shares\\Google's IPO wasn't as popular as expected, apparently not as many fish bit at the Dutch Auction bait.  Google will be lowering its estimated price range to between \$85 and \$95 per share, down from its earlier prediction of \$108 and \$135 per share ..."
"2","American Swimmers Fired Up by Relay Win"," ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S. swimming team was slow off the  blocks but is heading for home at full speed propelled by  Tuesday's dramatic relay victory, U.S. women's head coach Mark  Schubert said on Wednesday."
"2","U.S. Rowers Advance","Americans Aquil Abdullah and Henry Nuzum row their double scull furiously down the stretch to cross the line in a dead heat with Norway on Wednesday, winning both teams a spot in a rare seven-boat final."
"1","Google Confounds European Investors (Reuters)","Reuters - Web surfers from Beijing to Berkeley\have made Google their search engine of choice, but some of\Europe's institutional investors have gone sour on the dot-com\on the eve of its initial public offering."
"1","Home users get Windows update","Microsoft is making its important security update for Windows XP available on auto-update servers today."
"1","Assam strike over rebel attacks","A general strike called by students in the state to protest against rebel bombings brings life to a standstill."
"3","Google Slashes the Size of Its IPO","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc. slashed the size of its closely watched initial public offering nearly in half to less than \$2 billion on Wednesday, splashing cold water on what has been touted as the hottest Internet IPO in years. "
"3","Yukos sells gas stake","YUKOS has sold a 56 per cent stake in a Siberian natural gas company to the Anglo-Russian joint venture TNK-BP to pay off its crushing tax bill, Western oil sources and media reports said today. "
"3","Futures point lower","US stock futures pointed to a weaker start Wednesday as rising oil prices and a major price cut for Google Inc. #39;s highly anticipated initial public offering raised investors #39; eyebrows. "
"3","Airlines under pressure from soaring fuel price","PARIS (Reuters) - Europe #39;s largest carrier Air France-KLM has joined rivals in raising its ticket prices to offset soaring jet fuel costs, but a leading bank has questioned how effective the surcharges will be in protecting airline profits. "
"3","Costco Tests Casket Market","NEW YORK (Reuters) - From the cradle to the grave. You can buy baby food, groceries, computers, furniture and a whole host of things at Costco -- now you can even find caskets at some of its stores. "
"3","Global miner BHP Billiton posts record net profit as demand soars","SYDNEY : Global mining giant BHP Billiton posted the biggest net profit in Australian corporate history as soaring commodities prices and strong demand from China pushed net profit up 83 percent to 3.51 billion US dollars. "
"3","Nestle Net Rises 2.1, Less Than Forecast, on Costs (Update6)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Nestle SA, the world #39;s largest food company, said first-half profit rose 2.1 percent, less than forecast, as sales in Western Europe declined and costs for sugar, milk and packaging increased. "
"3","China Mobile increases earnings 7.8","HONG KONG China Mobile (Hong Kong), the world #39;s largest cellphone operator by customers, said Wednesday that first-half profit rose 7.8 percent from a year earlier after the company won more new customers than China Unicom by offering cheaper services. "
"4","Cassini-Huygens discovers two new Saturnian moons","The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, a joint project of the US space administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian space agency (ASI), has discovered two more small moons orbiting the planet Saturn, bringing the total to 33. "
"2","Greek Sprinters Withdraw From Olympics","ATHENS, Greece Aug. 18, 2004  Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou pulled out of the Athens Games on Wednesday, nearly a week after they missed a drug test and were later hospitalized following a suspicious motorcycle crash. "
"1","Can the peace in Najaf be achieved?","Delegates to the Iraqi national conference in Baghdad are holding an unscheduled fourth day of talks. "
"1","Georgian, South Ossitian Forces Continue Fighting","Officials in Georgia say at least two soldiers have been killed and five wounded in the latest battles with separatist fighters in the breakaway region of South Ossetia. "
"1","China battles for North Korea nuclear talks"," quot;We believe the six parties have the willingness to continue to promote the procedure of peaceful talks, quot; China #39;s Foreign Ministry said.  quot;We ..."
"1","Nepal rebels cut off routes to capital in first-ever blockade","KATHMANDU : Maoist rebels cut off routes to Nepal #39;s capital Kathmandu in their first blockade of the city since they launched their insurgency to overthrow the constitutional monarchy eight years ago. "
"1","Annan: Burmese Democracy Will Fail Without Participation By Opposition","UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says the Burmese military government #39;s plan for democracy will fail without input from the opposition National League for Democracy. "
"1","Philippine Rebels Free Troops, Talks in Doubt","PRESENTACION, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippine communist rebels freed Wednesday two soldiers they had held as  quot;prisoners of war quot; for more than five months, saying they wanted to rebuild confidence in peace talks with the government. "
"3","Stocks Set to Open Lower as Oil Hits High"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks are set to open lower on  Wednesday after crude oil pushed to a fresh high overnight and  Google Inc. slashed its initial public offering price, which  appeared to dampen investor sentiment."
"1","Zoo Separates Baby Rhino from Clumsy Mother (Reuters)","Reuters - Vets at a Berlin zoo have been forced to\separate a baby rhino from his mother for fear she may\accidentally trample him to death, zoo officials said on\Tuesday."
"1","Hong Kong Politician's Detention Condemned (AP)","AP - Human rights activists on Wednesday condemned the detention of a Hong Kong pro-democracy politician for allegedly having sex with a prostitute, and his sentencing without trial to six months of ""re-education through labor."""
"3","Dillard's Loss Narrows But Off Estimates"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dillard's Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=DDS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">DDS.N</A> on Wednesday  reported a narrower quarterly loss as it cut costs, but a drop  in same-store sales caused the latest results to miss Wall  Street's estimates by a wide margin."
"3","Eurozone inflation rate falls in July","BRUSSELS, August 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Eurozone annual inflation fell from 2.4 percent in June to 2.3 percent in July 2004, the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), reported on Wednesday. "
"2","US Sighs with Relief But Basketball Concerns Linger","ATHENS (Reuters) - The United States men #39;s basketball team could breathe a sigh of relief on Wednesday after its first win but lingering concerns over a lack of outside shooting and team defense have coach Larry Brown scrambling for ..."
"2","Zijlaard-van Moorsel wins women #39;s road individual time trial","ATHENS, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Dutch legendary cyclist Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel won women #39;s road individual time trial at Athens Olympics with a time of 31:11.53 on Wednesday, ahead of Deirdre Demet-Barry of United States and Karin Thuerig of ..."
"1","Najaf militants given hours to surrender or face lesson","BAGHDAD, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Iraqi Defence Minister Hazem al-Shaalan on Wednesday demanded Shiite militants in the holy city of Najaf surrender within hours, or the Iraqi troops would launch a large-scale attack on them. "
"1","Burundi Summit Expected to Focus on Massacre","African regional leaders gather Wednesday, in Tanzania for a summit on Burundi #39;s peace process, but the recent massacre of Congolese Tutsi in a UN refugee camp is expected to be high on the agenda. "
"3","Monsanto Says Justice Dept Closes Inquiry (Reuters)","Reuters - Monsanto Co. (MON.N) 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","Brown Shoe Earnings Drop 32 Percent (Reuters)","Reuters - Brown Shoe Co. Inc. (BWS.N) on\Wednesday posted a 32 percent drop in quarterly earnings, hurt\by slack sales from its children's unit, Bass wholesale\business and Naturalizer chain."
"3","Brown Shoe Earnings Drop 32 Percent"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brown Shoe Co. Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BWS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">BWS.N</A> on  Wednesday posted a 32 percent drop in quarterly earnings, hurt  by slack sales from its children's unit, Bass wholesale  business and Naturalizer chain."
"4","SAP users warned of false support calls","German business software vendor SAP AG issued a warning to customers not to provide confidential information on the phone to people claiming to be company support staff."
"1","Five killed in Kashmir violence","Separatist militants kill four members of a Muslim family while police shoot dead a senior militant leader in Kashmir."
"1","U.S. Men Qualify for Final in Shot Put","ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece - Two U.S. men advanced to the final of the shot put Wednesday, hoping to make even more history at the ancient site that gave birth to the Olympics 2,780 years ago..."
"1","Google Cuts Its IPO Price Range","SAN JOSE, Calif. - In a sign that Google Inc.'s initial public offering will not be as hot or big as expected, the Internet search giant slashed its estimated per-share price range and reduced the number of shares to be sold by insiders..."
"3","Oil Prices Surge to a New High Today","Oil prices surged to a new high above \$47 a barrel spurred by concern for the safety of oil facilities in Iraq."
"1","Iraqis Decline to Send 2nd Peace Mission to Najaf","The decision was made today after the rebel cleric Moktada al-Sadr refused to meet with its first peace team on Tuesday."
"3","Google lowers price range, number of shares, for its IPO","When Internet search engine company Google, Inc., of Mountain View, begins to sell shares to the general public -- something expected to happen later this week -- the initial price is expected to be between \$85 and \$95 per share. The company had earlier ..."
"3","China Mobile Reports Jump in Profits","China #39;s largest cell phone service provider, China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd., reported a 7.8 percent jump in first-half profits Wednesday as its number of subscribers rose by 23 percent. "
"4","Intel delays HDTV market debut","Intel has delayed its planned entry into the widescreen high-definition television (HDTV) market until next year. "
"4","Script kiddies join forces with spammers","The firm #39;s E-mail Security Intelligence report, which covers the first half of 2004, highlights the worrying trend of virus writers linking up with spammers; together they are creating a more refined threat to e-mail security. "
"4","Microsoft readies Host Integration Server 2004","Microsoft has announced the imminent availability of Host Integration Server 2004 in a bid to compete with IBM #39;s WebSphere. "
"4","Cryptography break threatens digital signatures","Researchers in the field of cryptography have been successfully breaking the hash functions that are used to secure the privacy of electronic communications, threatening the integrity of digital signatures, according to a report on Slashdot. "
"2","Endurance swimmers short-changed at Olympics: Hackett","Australia #39;s Olympic 1,500 metres champion Grant Hackett says long-distance swimmers are being robbed of their chance to shine at the Athens Games. "
"3","Oil at New Record"," LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices surged to a new high above  \$47 a barrel on Wednesday on evidence from major economies that  energy costs are not substantially slowing the economic growth  that fuels oil demand. Fresh threats by rebel militia in Iraq  against oil facilities helped underpin price gains."
"4","Radiation and Drug Combo Help With Prostate Cancer","By LINDSEY TANNER    CHICAGO (AP) -- Men with prostate cancer that doesn't appear to have spread have better survival chances when they get short-term hormone treatment along with standard radiation, rather than radiation alone, a small study found.    Almost five years after treatment, six men in the radiation-only study group died of prostate cancer; none of the men who got combined treatment died of prostate cancer..."
"4","Medical Experts Fear Hurricane Charley's Aftermath","By MIKE SCHNEIDER     PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) -- Until the electricity hums again and the debris is cleared, health officials are worried that there could be more deaths and injuries in Hurricane Charley's aftermath than during the storm itself..."
"4","Malaysia's Sea Turtles Are in Trouble (AP)","AP - Several species of sea turtles in Malaysia could vanish in a few years, largely due to illegal poaching of the creatures and their eggs, scientists warned on Wednesday."
"4","Future Flyers: Pushing Forward for Personal Aircraft (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - Ask science fiction fans about the future and no doubt they'll tell you it's full of flying cars."
"4","Twisted Physics: How Black Holes Spout Off (SPACE.com)","SPACE.com - Black holes are complex beasts. Among their mysterious traits are intense jets of matter that sometimes shoot out from the rotational poles at nearly light-speed."
"1","Kerry to Attack Bush Troop Withdrawal Plan (Reuters)","Reuters - Democrat John Kerry on Wednesday\planned to attack President Bush's proposal to withdraw 70,000\American troops from Europe and Asia as a threat to national\security that could blunt the war on terror, campaign aides\said."
"3","Google Cuts IPO Price by a Quarter to \$85-\$95 a Share (Update7)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., on the eve of pricing the second-biggest Internet initial public offering, slashed the value of the sale almost in half amid the worst market for US IPOs in almost two years. "
"3","Supply worries push oil to record","Oil prices have continued their record-breaking run on Wednesday, busting through the \$47-mark amid concerns that demand will outstrip supply. "
"3","8/17/04 - Us Concerned About Yukos","US officials have expressed concern about the fate of Yukos, the Russian oil company. Yukos shares have dropped sharply in value since the Russian government demanded it pay nearly three and a half billion dollars in back taxes. Russian authorities accuse ..."
"3","Dillard #39;s Posts Narrower 2Q Loss","Dillard #39;s Inc. posted a narrower second-quarter loss Wednesday due to cost cutting, but missed Wall Street expectations by a whopping 15 cents per share. "
"3","Stocks Open Lower","NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks fell at the open on Wednesday after crude oil pushed to a fresh high and Google Inc. slashed its initial public offering price, which appeared to dampen investor sentiment. "
"3","E*Trade Says Customer Trading Dipped in July","NEW YORK (Reuters) - E*Trade Financial Corp. (ET.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a major online broker, on Wednesday said customer stock trading for the month of July dropped 1.6 percent from June as investors curbed their enthusiasm for trading stocks. "
"3","Brown Shoe Earnings Drop 32 Percent","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brown Shoe Co. Inc. (BWS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday posted a 32 percent drop in quarterly earnings, hurt by slack sales from its children #39;s unit, Bass wholesale business and Naturalizer chain. "
"3","Cendant Steals Home","Cendant #39;s (NYSE: CD) got many revenue streams, and apparently they all lead home. So perhaps it #39;s understandable to see the multifaceted company pull back from the pending sale of its mortgage business. Last month Cendant revealed that it was in talks to ..."
"4","Malaysia turtle nesting sites at risk -scientists","KIJAL, Malaysia, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Malaysia, once a major breeding ground, is in danger of losing its ocean-roaming leatherback turtles as humans eat their eggs, trap them in fishing nets and encroach on nesting sites, scientists said on ..."
"2","American Swimmers Fired Up by Relay Win","ATHENS (Reuters) - The US swimming team was slow off the blocks but is heading for home at full speed propelled by Tuesday #39;s dramatic relay victory, US women #39;s head coach Mark Schubert said on Wednesday. "
"2","Dope scandal athletes withdraw","Greek Olympic 200 metre champion Costas Kenteris, the focus of an Olympic doping scandal, has withdrawn from the Athens Games  quot;out of a sense of responsibility quot;. "
"2","Renewed focus ends nightmare","ATHENS, Greece  It began with Allen Iverson  The Answer, the captain, the leader of Team USA  forgetting about the fractured bone in his right thumb and courageously hitting the floor against Greece in full regalia. "
"2","Not quite good as gold","THENS - The critical eye, firm hand and warm embrace of Bela Karolyi have molded women #39;s gymnastics for the past three decades, producing the perfection of Romania #39;s Nadia Comaneci in 1976 and the sparkle of America #39;s Mary Lou Retton in ..."
"1","Burundi police fire tear gas at massacre protest","BUJUMBURA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Police in Burundi #39;s capital Bujumbura fired tear gas at crowds on Wednesday, protesting against the massacre of at least 160 Congolese Tutsis at a United Nations refugee camp in the west of the country. "
"3","BellSouth:  #36;3.3 Bln Rise in Benefit Costs (Reuters)","Reuters - BellSouth Corp. (BLS.N) said on\Wednesday its new labor contract had triggered a  #36;3.3 billion\increase in its estimates of future retiree medical costs,\reducing fourth-quarter earnings by 3 cents to 4 cents a share."
"3","Crude Oil Prices Surge Again","Crude oil prices surged again Wednesday, rising above \$47 a barrel amid lingering concerns in supply from Iraq and Russia."
"3","UK challenge of India outsourcing","The High Street bank could be facing legal action over the transfer sensitive customer data overseas to call centres in India."
"3","Google, Set for Offering, Cuts Share Price by About a Quarter","Google cut its price range to between \$85 and \$95 a share, down from \$108 to \$135, valuing the company at as much as \$25.8 billion."
"4","Windows XP Security Update Delayed","Microsoft Corp. has delayed automated distribution of a major security upgrade to its Windows XP Professional operating system, citing a desire to give companies more time to test it."
"4","New PC Is Created Just for Teenagers","This isn't your typical, humdrum, slate-colored computer. Not only is the PC known as the hip-e almost all white, but its screen and keyboard are framed in fuzzy pink fur. Or a leopard skin design. Or a graffiti-themed pattern."
"4","Violence Tackled at Online Gaming Parlors","Six days a week, teens crowd the Blue Screen Gaming cybercafe to hunt each other down with assault rifles inside virtual computer worlds. In these video game halls, nobody gets hurt. But real-life violence has flared around some of these businesses, prompting municipal crackdowns."
"4","Web Site Shows New York Drug Prices","New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who has sued many big-name drug makers for bilking the government with their drug prices, on Tuesday unveiled a Web site that allows consumers to compare prices at pharmacies in the state."
"4","U.S. Broadband Growth Slows - Analyst","<p></p><p> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. telephone and cable companiessaw the growth of high-speed Internet services slow in thesecond quarter to the lowest rate in a year, an industryresearch firm said on Tuesday.</p>"
"4","Google Slashes Its IPO Price Range","In a sign that Google Inc. (GOOG)'s initial public offering will not be as hot or big as expected, the Internet search giant slashed its estimated per-share price range and reduced the number of shares to be sold by insiders."
"2","GB badminton duo make final","Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms reach the final of the badminton mixed doubles."
"1","Bomb Found in Town Near Berlusconi Villa (AP)","AP - Police defused a bomb in a town near Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's villa on the island of Sardinia on Wednesday shortly after British Prime Minister Tony Blair finished a visit there with the Italian leader."
"1","Just Keep It Peaceful, Protesters; New York Is Offering Discounts","In a bid to keep protesters from disrupting the Republican National Convention, the Bloomberg administration is offering ""peaceful political activists"" discounts."
"1","Huge boost to Darfur aid effort","The World Food Programme is starting to airlift almost 100 more tons of food a day to Sudan's troubled Darfur region."
"3","Google, Set for Offering, Cuts Share Price by About a Quarter","oogle today cut the estimated price range of its initial stock offering by about a quarter, to between \$85 and \$95 a share, valuing the Internet search engine company by as much as \$25.8 billion. "
"3","BHP profit rises 78 on Chinese demand","BHP Billiton on Wednesday reported its highest profit ever as it beefed up production to meet rising demand from China that bolstered prices for its copper, zinc, silver and lead. "
"3","BellSouth: \$3.3 Bln Rise in Benefit Costs","WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BellSouth Corp. (BLS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday its new labor contract had triggered a \$3.3 billion increase in its estimates of future retiree medical costs, reducing fourth-quarter earnings by 3 cents to 4 ..."
"3","Military flipflops, will pay Halliburton fully","WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has hastily reversed a decision to partially withhold payments to Halliburton, the biggest US contractor in Iraq. "
"3","Dillard #39;s misses estimates, shares plunge","NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Dillard #39;s Inc. (DDS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday reported a narrower quarterly loss even after it cut costs, but a drop in same-store sales caused the latest results to miss Wall Street #39;s estimates by a wide ..."
"3","Barclays to Buy CIBC Credit Card Unit for \$293 Mln (Update1)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc, the UK #39;s third- biggest bank, agreed to buy Juniper Financial Corp. from Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for \$293 million in cash to help expand its credit card business in North America. "
"3","Applied Materials","Applied Materials (AMAT: news, chart, profile) shares were off two cents to \$16.05 in trading before the bell Wednesday and had wavered around break-even in late trading Tuesday after the results were announced. "
"3","Nestle #39;s 1st Half Net Profit Hits \$2.28B","Nestle, the world #39;s biggest food and drink company, on Wednesday posted a first-half net profit of 2.84 billion Swiss francs (\$2.28 billion), up 0.02 percent on the year-earlier figure of 2.78 billion francs (then \$2.03 billion). "
"4","Ringtones are music to record labels #39; ears","Rock bands have long prospered by living - and selling - images of hard living and brash poses. But sex, drugs and rock  #39;n #39; roll are no longer enough. The definition of cool for some acts now includes mobile phone ringtones. "
"4","Malaysia #39;s Sea Turtles Are in Trouble","KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Several species of sea turtles in Malaysia could vanish in a few years, largely due to illegal poaching of the creatures and their eggs, scientists warned on Wednesday. "
"2","Kenteris and Thanou Withdraw; Thorpe Targets 3rd Gold (Update2)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Olympic sprint medalists Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou withdrew from the Athens Games, overshadowing the fifth day of competition in which Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe will compete for his third gold. "
"2","LeBron, USA Slide By Greece","ATHENS, Greece -- Things are clearly far from perfect for the US Olympic men #39;s basketball team. But now, perfection isn #39;t important. Victories are. Against anybody. "
"2","US women crush South Korea for third straight blowout win","ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Looking for answers to an offense that seemed out of synch, the United States finally found them. "
"2","Canadian tutu man gets five months for Olympic plunge","A tutu-clad Canadian who jumped into the Olympic diving pool after a competition was convicted Wednesday of interrupting the games and sentenced to five months in jail. He was released pending an appeal. "
"1","Howard stands by overboard account","PRIME Minister John Howard yesterday said his personal staff witnessed and backed his version of a sensitive phone call with former ministerial adviser Mike Scrafton over the children overboard affair. "
"3","Weak Ice Cream Sales Melt Nestle's Profit (Reuters)","Reuters - Higher raw material costs and lower ice\cream sales in Europe ate into Nestle's (NESN.VX) first-half\results, sending shares in the world's largest food group down\over five percent on Wednesday amid concerns about its\long-term profitability."
"3","Weak Ice Cream Sales Melt Nestle's Profit"," ZURICH (Reuters) - Higher raw material costs and lower ice  cream sales in Europe ate into Nestle's <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NESN.VX target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">NESN.VX</A> first-half  results, sending shares in the world's largest food group down  over five percent on Wednesday amid concerns about its  long-term profitability."
"3","ING to Withdraw \$5 Bln from Janus Funds"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - ING U.S. Financial Services said it  will withdraw about \$5 billion from Janus Capital Group Inc.  funds by year-end."
"4","Tech Goes for Gold in Athens","The success of this year's Olympic games in Athens rides on the fruits of high-tech labor, no matter whether it's the security system, events results or studying sharkskin to build a better swimsuit. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>"
"1","Hilton Offers Reward for Lost Chihuahua","LOS ANGELES - It's been a rough month for hotel heiress Paris Hilton. First, her Hollywood Hills home was burglarized and now her pet Chihuahua, Tinkerbell, has disappeared..."
"1","Arafat Admits Palestinians Made Mistakes","RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat acknowledged Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority has made ""mistakes,"" but the rare admission appeared to be aimed more at deflecting criticism about his corrupt government than making real changes.    In a decade at the helm of the Palestinian Authority, Arafat has resisted attempts to get him to fight official corruption, reform the security services and relinquish some of his near-absolute powers..."
"3","Air Canada Stock Plunges on Review"," MONTREAL (Reuters) - Shares of Air Canada  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AC.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">AC.TO</A> fell by  more than half on Wednesday, after the Toronto Stock Exchange  said it was reviewing the company's stock to determine if it  meets listing requirements."
"3","Pentagon Backs Off Halliburton","The Pentagon backed off its threat to withold its monthly payment of about \$60 million a month from a Halliburton subsidiary, which provides services for troops."
"4","Rival Targets Apple's iTunes Customers (AP)","AP - For more than a year, Apple Computers Inc. enjoyed singular success selling songs exclusively to users of its iPod portable music player. Now, it's got rival RealNetworks Inc. trying to lure iTunes customers away."
"3","Air Canada Stock Plunges on Review (Reuters)","Reuters - Shares of Air Canada  (AC.TO) fell by\more than half on Wednesday, after the Toronto Stock Exchange\said it was reviewing the company's stock to determine if it\meets listing requirements."
"2","U.S. Shooter Wins Gold","American Kim Rhode rallied in the final rounds to win the gold medal in double trap Wednesday, staking a unique claim as the first and last winner of the Olympic event."
"1","US says ""getting nowhere"" with crisis in Darfur (AFP)","AFP - The international community is ""getting nowhere"" with the crisis in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, the US ambassador to the United Nations, John Danforth, said."
"2","Utah's Smith Sets Sights on Heisman Award (AP)","AP - So much has changed in Alex Smith's life the past two years, he's still trying to sort through it all."
"3","Economies Not Yet Dented by Oil Prices"," LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC oil producers and Chancellor  Schroeder of Germany, which is a prominent consumer, agree that  the remorseless rise in the price of crude has so far had  little impact on global economic growth."
"3","Stocks Up; Investors Bottom Fishing"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were higher on Wednesday  as investors bought beaten-down shares, even as the price of  oil jumped to new 21-year record highs."
"1","England reach for the painkillers as World Cup qualifiers loom (AFP)","AFP - England's marketing men must have been tempted to approach the manufacturers of Alka Seltzer, the country's favourite hangover remedy, about sponsoring the international friendly with the Ukraine."
"1","Delegate: Al-Sadr Agrees to Withdraw (AP)","AP - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has accepted a peace plan drafted by the Iraqi National Conference, which would include laying down arms and withdrawing his militia from a holy shrine in the city of Najaf, a delegate told the conference Wednesday."
"1","Shanghai's Economy Grows 14.7 Percent (AP)","AP - Shanghai's economy grew at a blistering 14.7 percent in the first seven months of the year, seemingly defying efforts to cool off China's economy amid fears of overheating."
"3","Web giant Google cuts IPO prices","GOOGLE, the web search engine, has slashed the price range on its eagerly awaited initial public offering to between 47 and 52 per share from 59 to 74 per share. "
"3","Record \$4.7bn profit for BHP","BHP Billiton #39;s record-breaking profit was driven by China #39;s seemingly insatiable demand for commodities. Picture:Bloomberg ..."
"3","Insurers #39; Storm Swirls Around Chubb","As hurricanes go, Charley stirred up a lot of trouble. The storm will go down as one of the most destructive in history. But it also stirred up trouble on Wall Street, igniting controversy about whether or not it #39;s a good time to look at insurers. "
"3","Dillard #39;s Posts Narrower Loss in 2Q","Dillard #39;s Inc. reported that its loss narrowed in the second quarter to nearly half of what it was a year ago, but it was still far more than Wall Street expected as the chain was dragged down by sluggish sales. "
"3","Cox Hires Advisers on Parent Bid","The Cox Communications (COX:NYSE - news - research) board formed a special panel to consider a take-private bid from the company #39;s controlling shareholder. "
"4","Is Upgrading to Windows XP SP2 Worthwhile?","Users of Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition are scheduled to begin receiving Service Pack 2 via automatic update starting today. But delivery of the Professional Edition has been delayed at least a week while Microsoft and its users grapple ..."
"4","Google cold shoulder confounds European investors","LONDON (Reuters) - Web surfers from Beijing to Berkeley have made Google their search engine of choice, but some of Europe #39;s institutional investors have gone sour on the dot-com on the eve of its ..."
"4","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. "
"4","Microsoft wants Web designers to use content tagging","Microsoft is urging Web designers to take more responsibility for content filtering, after forming a partnership with ICRA (the Internet Content Rating Association). "
"2","US comes in second in women #39;s cycling","The Dutch rider, who was injured in a crash in the women #39;s road race on Saturday and was unable to defend her Olympic title from Sydney, climbed triumphantly to the top of the podium on Wednesday. "
"2","Alonso Next in at Anfield","Rafael Benitez #39;s Anfield revolution gathered pace today when the Liverpool manager unveiled one new signing and revealed he was close to completing a deal for another. "
"2","Let the Games (and parties!) begin","ATHENS  As the delay-plagued build-up to the Olympics illustrated, the Greeks aren #39;t exactly known for organization and punctuality. But now that stadiums, new metro lines, beautified city squares and a vast ..."
"2","Wilkinson Ready To Take Next Step Along Road Back","Jonny Wilkinson #39;s comeback schedule is set to intensify next week with the England World Cup hero targeting two games in six days. "
"2","Berry misses cut at US Amateur","AMARONECK, NY - Following a opening round 73 Monday, Barden Berry had a rough day, shooting an 83 in the second round of the US Amateur Championships on the West course at Winged Foot Golf Club. "
"1","Bomb Found in Town Near Berlusconi Villa","ROME -- Police defused a bomb in a town near Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi #39;s villa on the island of Sardinia on Wednesday shortly after British Prime Minister Tony Blair finished a visit there with the Italian leader. "
"1","Downer positive over North Korea talks","TONY JONES: On a rare visit to North Korea, Australia #39;s Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today he #39;s held productive talks on efforts to end the reclusive nation #39;s nuclear program. "
"1","Hong Kong pro-Beijing politicians accuse opponents of misleading public over sex scandal","Human rights activists on Wednesday condemned the detention of a Hong Kong pro-democracy politician for allegedly having sex with a prostitute, and his sentencing without trial to six months of  quot;re-education through labor. quot; ..."
"1","Iran retaliation threat to Israeli N-plant","Iran will strike the Israeli reactor at Dimona if Israel attacks the Islamic republic #39;s nuclear facilities, a commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards has said. "
"1","N. Ireland deal hinges on IRA disarmament (AFP)","AFP - British and Irish Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern were preparing to head to Belfast, hopeful of a breakthrough in the protracted deadlock over power-sharing in Northern Ireland."
"4","Cisco Gets New Partner, Clients, Product in the Core","Cisco forged a partnership with Fujitsu wherein the Japanese company will market Cisco #39;s CRS-1 core router to carriers and large enterprises in Japan."
"2","Sportsview: Bills Get Playoff Hunger (AP)","AP - Pat Williams is a big man with a big heart and appetite. So imagine his dilemma when the Buffalo Bills were back to their bumbling selves at the start of this season."
"4","Creating Compelling Search Engine Ads and Landing Pages","Effective search engine advertising goes far beyond simply bidding on keywords.  With both ads and landing pages, you have scant seconds to capture the imagination and clicks of a searcher."
"1","Iraq Delegates Say Sadr Agrees to End Najaf Crisis"," BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi delegates to a conference  choosing a national assembly said Wednesday that radical  Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had agreed to demands to end an  uprising in the holy city of Najaf."
"1","Europe Urged to Continue China Arms Sales Ban","Europes leaders were urged today to continue a ban on arms sales to China in protest against torture and human rights abuses. The call came on the eve of an "
"1","Militants, Israeli Troops Battle in Gaza","A period of relative calm in the Gaza Strip was broken by a nearly hour-long battle between Palestinian militants and Israeli troops that left at least one Israeli soldier and one militant dead."
"1","THE UNITED NATIONS The Campaign against Kofi","The secretary general of the United Nations fights a war on many fronts in his crusade to bring human rights and peace to the world."
"1","Hamas Militants Kill Israeli Soldier","Hamas militants broke three weeks of relative calm in Gaza on Tuesday, setting off a bomb in what they said was an elaborate scheme that included a tunnel and a double agent."
"3","US oil stockpiles drop","NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - US stockpiles of crude oil fell by 1.3 million barrels last week, the government reported Wednesday, sending prices to another record high. "
"3","Barclays Move Towards US Credit Card Market","Banking group Barclays today took the first steps towards establishing its Barclaycard operation in the United States credit card market. "
"3","Ford dumps \$200m Oracle system","Ford has ditched Oracle #39;s online purchasing system eVEREST, because of flaws in the software. The car manufacturer has reportedly spent more than \$200m trying to get the system to work since it bought it in 2000. "
"4","Japan firm unveils world #39;s lightest flying micro-robot","TOKYO, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Japan #39;s Seiko Epson Corp. said Wednesday it has developed a 12-gram flying micro-robot, the world #39;s lightest. "
"4","China Unicom cuts ties with 45 ISPs to curb web porn"," BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- China Unicom announced Wednesday that it has severed ties with 45 Internet service providers (ISP) involved in the use of cell phones in pornographic business in the past month. "
"1","Fighting Resumes In Al-Najaf After Peace Mission Fails","18 August 2004 -- There has been renewed fighting in the Iraqi city of Al-Najaf between US and Iraqi troops and Shi #39;a militiamen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. "
"1","What #39;s behind Israeli construction permits?","Timing of new building in West Bank linked to political survival instincts of Ariel Sharon. In a move that caught both the international community and the Bush administration by surprise, the government of Israel Tuesdayissued contract proposals for 1,001 ..."
"1","Chirac and Schroeder to meet with Putin","MOSCOW, Aug 18 (AFP) - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at his Black Sea resort residence at the end of the month, Interfax quoted the top Kremlin spokesman as saying ..."
"1","UN concerned by lack of Darfur progress on ground","KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Wednesday it was very concerned by Sudan #39;s lack of practical progress in bringing security to Darfur, where more than a million people have fled their homes for fear of militia ..."
"1","Get them caught, get 6 crores","Pakistan on Wednesday offered huge rewards totalling Rs 6.5 crore for information leading to the capture of six most wanted terrorists linked to al-Qaeda, including a member of the banned Jash-e-Mohammad who is accused of masterminding two suicide attacks ..."
"3","Economies Not Yet Dented by Oil Prices (Reuters)","Reuters - OPEC oil producers and Chancellor\Schroeder of Germany, which is a prominent consumer, agree that\the remorseless rise in the price of crude has so far had\little impact on global economic growth."
"3","SEC Bars Some Mutual Fund Fees (Reuters)","Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange\Commission barred U.S. mutual funds on Wednesday from\channeling brokerage commissions toward Wall Street firms based\on their promotion of the funds' shares."
"3","Google Slashes IPO's Size"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc. slashed the size of its  closely watched initial public offering nearly in half to less  than \$2 billion on Wednesday, splashing cold water on what has  been touted as the hottest Internet IPO in years."
"3","SEC Bars Some Mutual Fund Fees"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission barred U.S. mutual funds on Wednesday from  channeling brokerage commissions toward Wall Street firms based  on their promotion of the funds' shares."
"3","Stocks Open Lower in Moderate Trading","Stock prices are lower in moderate trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 23 points in today #39;s early going. Losing issues on the New York Stock Exchange hold a 5-3 lead over gainers. "
"3","BellSouth Sees Higher Benefits Expense","ATLANTA (AP)--Telecommunications firm BellSouth Corp. said Wednesday that the new terms of its tentative labor agreement will change how the company #39;s contribution to retiree medical benefits is calculated and will boost benefit expenses by \$3.3 billion. "
"3","McDonald #39;s tests MasterCard PayPass","NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - McDonald #39;s Corp. announced Wednesday it would launch later this year a new  quot;contactless quot; payment option called MasterCard PayPass, which lets customers simply wave or tap the card to complete a quick transaction. "
"3","Chinese boom pays off for BHP","BHP Billiton has delivered the biggest profit ever achieved by an Australian company - a \$US3.38billion (\$4.73billion) whopper, up 78 per cent on last year. "
"4","Real v Apple music war: iPod freedom petition backfires","Hostilities started in late July, when Real cracked Apple #39;s FairPlay code, meaning songs bought from the RealPlayer Music Store could be played on the iPod - a move that went down very badly over at Apple. Real then decided to ratchet up the pressure by ..."
"4","Security Watch Letter:New MyDoom Piggybacks More Dangerous Worm","On Wednesday August 25, Microsoft is rolling out the Windows XP Service Pack 2 to the new Windows Update site so the public can update automatically. For the majority of home users, it #39;s a case of Just Do It. The SP2 update adds security ..."
"4","IBM Offers New POWER5 eServer i5 550","IBM has unveiled today a new POWER5 system, the eServer i5 550, aimed at mid-sized businesses. The eServer i5 550 features a new Solution Edition, an offering now available with select software vendors. The new eServer i5 also delivers new capabilities ..."
"4","Marriage between security, business needs","KUALA LUMPUR: Computer Associates International Inc (www.ca.com) has announced a new technology model that aligns security management with business needs. "
"2","Life of Reilly: Athens style","Forget democracy, sport and Grecian Formula 16. There #39;s so much more we need to steal from the Greeks -- immediately and maybe sooner. Cheese pies, for instance. Our No. 1 priority should be getting these cheese pies. Lovely, flakey pastries with the ..."
"2","Springboks targets scrum","THE South Africans have called the Wallabies scrum cheats as a fresh round of verbal warfare opened in the Republic last night. "
"2","Dyer up for sale on ebay","The 23-year-old midfielder has been all over the back pages this week, following a reported bust-up with Sir Bobby Robson - and one supporter had has enough. "
"2","Chicago White Sox Team Report - August 18","(Sports Network) - Jose Contreras tries to stay perfect in a Chicago uniform this evening when the White Sox continue their three-game set against the Detroit Tigers at US Cellular Field. "
"1","Iraqi Delegates Say Sadr Agrees to End Najaf Crisis","BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi delegates to a conference choosing a national assembly said Wednesday that radical Shi #39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had agreed to government demands to end an uprising in the holy city of Najaf. "
"1","Howard defiant as attacks mount","PRIME Minister John Howard conceded yesterday a fresh inquiry into the children overboard saga would find he had lied. "
"1","6 dead in typhoon deluge","At least six people died in Shikoku after heavy rains from Typhoon Megi pounded the western Japan island on Tuesday and Wednesday, officials said. "
"1","Health hurdle for Latham #39;s campaign","MARK Latham #39;s campaign to become prime minister has suffered an unexpected setback after the Labor leader was rushed to hospital suffering stomach cramps, forcing him to cancel all public engagements until next ..."
"3","AT amp;T team wins \$1bn network deal","AT amp;T, the US telecoms group, and a team of subcontractors have won a contract valued at up to \$1bn to design, build and manage a secure IP-based global network for the US government "
"3","Profit Takers Ambush Treasuries"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries turned tail on  Wednesday as recent hefty gains attracted a wave of  profit-taking in an otherwise featureless market."
"3","Steel boom boosts Iscor's profits","Shares in Africa's biggest steel producer surge to a record high on the back of strong interim profits"
"4","Boy Escapes Cougar Near Canada's Jasper Park (Reuters)","Reuters - Canadian wildlife\officials warned visitors to Jasper National Park on Tuesday to\be on the alert for cougars after one the animals attacked a\five-year-old boy."
"3","Tiffany  amp; Co. selling stake in Aber Diamond","TORONTO - Aber Diamond Corp. said Tuesday that world-renowned retailer Tiffany  amp; Co. has sold its 8 million shares of Aber, and the companies have ended their discount sales agreement ."
"3","Intel Says It's Recovered from Missteps (Reuters)","Reuters - Intel Corp.  will  miss\its 2004 product cost reduction targets because of a widely\publicized string of product delays and problems, but those\missteps are largely behind it now, the world's largest chip\maker said on Tuesday."
"2","Illini Hope To Reinvigorate Football Program With Zook","_ Illinois confirmed Tuesday it is turning to Ron Zook to reinvigorate its struggling football program. The school scheduled an afternoon news conference to introduce the former Florida "
"2","Zeeland #39;s Kaat to be considered for Hall","The Zeeland native made the final ballot of 25 players to be considered by the Veterans Committee. The results will be announced March 2. Kaat, who could not be reached for comment, won 283 "
"2","Athletes cheat way to fame and fortune","Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of major league baseball players have taken steroids in the last few years. Yet no player has ever been suspended for steroid use."
"4","Cisco-Fujitsu Deal Highlights Japan #39;s Internet Dominance","Cisco, the largest maker of computer-networking equipment, formed an alliance with Fujitsu to increase sales to Japanese telephone carriers."
"3","Citigroup faces regulatory probe","The UK's Financial Services Authority launches a formal investigation into Citigroup's ""unusual trading activity""."
"4","eCOST.com Cuts IPO Price to  #36;7 a Share from  #36;9- #36;11 (Reuters)","Reuters - Online discount retailer eCOST.com\said on Wednesday that it expects its planned initial public\offering will price at  #36;7 per share, a reduction from its\previously stated range of  #36;9 to  #36;11 per share."
"3","OPEC Hawks Want to Keep Prices High","Raise prices. Ease production. For weeks ahead of this week #39;s OPEC meeting, hawks in the organization have been talking tough about the need to keep oil revenues high - and lowering output."
"3","Google Slashes IPO #39;s Size","NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc. slashed the size of its closely watched initial public offering nearly in half to less than \$2 billion on Wednesday, splashing cold water on what has been touted as the hottest Internet IPO in years. "
"3","Update 3: Russia: China to Cover Yukos #39; Rail Fees","China has agreed to step in and pay Russian rail fees to ensure that it continues to receive Yukos oil if the company is unable to cover the transport costs, officials at Russia #39;s rail transport monopoly said Wednesday. "
"1","Iraqi official: cleric agrees to withdraw forces from Najaf shrine","BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A delegate at Iraq #39;s National Conference in Baghdad says a militant Shiite cleric has agreed to disarm and pull his forces from a shrine in Najaf. "
"3","SEC Seen Making Google IPO Effective"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission is expected to declare the initial public offering  registration of Google Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GOOG.OQ target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">GOOG.OQ</A> effective after 4 p.m.  (2000 GMT), sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday."
"3","Stocks Gain as Oil Ease from New High"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were higher on  Wednesday  as investors bought beaten-down shares and oil prices eased  from the new 21-year record high hit earlier in the session."
"3","Deere's Color Is Green","With big tractors, big sales, and big earnings, Deere's hoeing a profitable row."
"3","Linux wins heart of global SAP user","Switzerland's EndressHauser (International) Holding AG, a global supplier of process control systems, has migrated all its business applications from SAP AG to a mainframe running the open-source Linux operating system."
"4","Compuware Accuses IBM of Ambush Tactics (AP)","AP - Compuware Corp. is accusing IBM of attempting to ""sandbag"" it with new evidence just three months before the software company's piracy claim against the technology giant is to go to trial."
"1","PA minister: Barghouti will drop candidancy","Palestinian Authority Minister of State Kadoura Fares said on Tuesday that jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti may abandon his plan to run in the January 9 lection for the presidency of the PA."
"3","SEC Seen Making Google IPO Effective"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission is expected to declare the initial public offering  registration of Google Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GOOG.OQ target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">GOOG.OQ</A> effective after 4 p.m.,  sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday."
"1","Cheney, Rumsfeld Say Terror Remains Threat","Two of the Bush administration #39;s chief architects of the war on terror offered words of caution along with congratulations on Tuesday, a historic day for this one-time al-Qaida haven."
"3","SEC Seen Making Google IPO Effective","WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to declare the initial public offering registration of Google Inc. (GOOG.OQ: Quote, Profile, Research) effective after 4 pm (2000 GMT), sources familiar with the matter said on ..."
"3","Download a Song for 49 Cents","Real is in a running battle with Apple, whose iTunes download store dominates with about 70 percent of legal downloading and whose iPod device for music storage is hugely popular. The iPod and iTunes were designed to work exclusively ..."
"3","RCMP initiates Nortel investigation","The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have launched a criminal investigation into the financial accounting practices of network gear maker Nortel Networks Corp. just days before the company is set to release some of its restated financial results. "
"3","Profit climbs at Talbots womenswear chain, helped by tax gain","HINGHAM, Mass. (AP) - Talbots Inc. said Wednesday its profit for the latest quarter edged up five per cent, boosted by higher sales and an income-tax gain. "
"3","Citigroup Bond Trading Investigated by UK Regulator (Update1)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc., the world #39;s biggest bank, is being investigated by the UK market regulator over unusual trading activity #39; #39; in European government bonds earlier this month. "
"3","Fund managers raise cash-asset level, says survey","WASHINGTON, August 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Fund managers this month boosted the proportion of assets held in cash to the highest level since March 2003 when a global stocks rebound began, said the Washington Post on Wednesday. "
"3","Court approves St. Paul \$502.5 mln asbestos accord","NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Insurer St. Paul Travelers Companies (STA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said a bankruptcy court approved a \$502.5 million asbestos settlement for all pending asbestos court actions against its Travelers Property ..."
"4","Epson builds lightest, smallest micro-flying robot","EPSON HAS ANNOUNCED that it has developed a successor to the FR  the world #39;s smallest and lightest micro-flying robot. The FR-II uses micromechatronics technology, and features Bluetooth wireless control and independent flight. It #39;ll go on show at the ..."
"4","Norton #39;s 2005 security line-up","Norton AntiVirus 2005 #39;s claim to fame is that its Worm Protection feature borrows from firewall technology to block inbound ports so that you can protect yourself against worm attacks such as MSBlast. Its new QuickScan feature also scans your whole system ..."
"4","Samsung streams on Sprint with MM-A700","Samsung #39;s latest phone offers streaming video and audio, including from major old media companies, along with a megapixel camera. "
"2","Greek heroes quit Games","ATHENS All of Greece expected to see Costas Kenteris crowning its Games with a laurel wreath on his brow, his barrel chest swelling in his blue and white athletic singlet, atop the podium in the Olympic Stadium after successfully defending his 200- meter ..."
"2","Germany Paddles to Bronze","The men #39;s single slalom canoe race ended with balled fists and shouts of joy for Stefan Pfannmller. But for Germany #39;s women, there was nothing to celebrate. "
"2","Dutch cyclist #39;s fairytale comeback","Vouliagmeni, Greece - Watch Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel, think Hermann Maier. Awful crash, unlikely fightback, gold within days. Instant Olympic lore. "
"2","Hamilton takes gold in time trial","ATHENS, Greece - The United States took gold and bronze in the men #39;s Olympic cycling individual time trial on Wednesday with Tyler Hamilton topping the podium and his team Bobby Julich finishing third. "
"1","Sadr agrees to accept Iraq peace mission demands","BAGHDAD : Shiite militia leader Moqtada Sadr has agreed to disarm and quit a holy shrine in Najaf as demanded by Iraq #39;s key national conference, one of the organisers of the meeting said. "
"1","UK Terrorist Suspects Have Case Sent to Old Bailey (Update2)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The case against eight men charged with conspiracy to commit murder and carry out terrorist attacks was referred to the Old Bailey, London #39;s central criminal court. "
"2","US ; Japanese-born teen youngest US chess champ since Bobby <b>...</b>","US News, NEW YORK - A teenager from New York state, who just became the youngest US national chess champion since Bobby Fischer in 1958, says he is more sane than his troubled predecessor."
"2","Pacers #39; Foster activated from injured list","Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Indiana Pacers center Jeff Foster was activated from the injured list Tuesday. He had missed the first 17 games of the season after undergoing hip surgery in October."
"2","Report: Tougher testing on the way for MLB","NEW YORK (Ticker) - With the dark cloud of steroids continuing to hover over baseball, it appears a tougher drug-testing policy may be in effect by spring training."
"4","Preview of SQL Server 2005 Released","December 7, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to a report by internetnews.com, Microsoft (microsoft.com) has released the second community technology preview for SQL Server 2005."
"4","BusinessWeek Special Report Examines Apple #39;s iPod Lead","BusinessWeek has published a special report that asks  quot;Could Apple Blow Its iPod Lead? quot; That title is more sensational than the article itself, however, as "
"4","Microsoft nears release of 64-bit Windows","Microsoft said Tuesday that it has released a near-final test version of updates to its Windows and Windows Server operating systems."
"4","IBM Nabs \$750M Deal with Lloyds TSB","Lloyds TSB has tapped IBM as the key provider for its massive new VoIP infrastructure project. The new project will make Lloyds TSB the owners of one of the largest converged voice and data networks in Europe "
"4","Students Win \$100,000 in National Team Science Competition","Lucie Guo, motivated by the death of her grandfather in China before she was born, spent two summers doing research in a Duke University laboratory."
"4","Experts Push for More Computer Security Efforts","Computer-security experts, including former government officials, urged the Bush administration on Tuesday to devote more effort to strengthening defenses against viruses, hackers and other online threats."
"4","Group Enlists Honey Pots to Track IM, P2P Threats","IMlogic Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to use honey pots to track malicious virus activity on instant messaging and peer-to-peer networks."
"4","Cisco, Juniper Making Noise in High-End Routing Space","Dueling Cisco Systems Inc. and Juniper Networks Inc. are both jockeying for the spotlight on the high end of the routing market with announcements of new developments around their respective CRS-1 and T-series core routers."
"3","SEC Seen to OK Google IPO After 4 P.M."," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission is expected to declare the initial public offering  registration of Google Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GOOG.OQ target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">GOOG.OQ</A> effective after 4 p.m.  (2000 GMT), sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday."
"3","BellSouth: Retiree Costs to Cut Q4 Earns"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BellSouth Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BLS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">BLS.N</A> said on  Wednesday its new labor contract had triggered a \$3.3 billion  increase in its estimates of future retiree medical costs,  reducing fourth-quarter earnings by 3 cents to 4 cents a share."
"4","GAO: Homeland Security #39;s Enterprise Architecture Lacks Key Elements","In a report, it says the agency #39;s first try at building an enterprise architecture offers a partial foundation, but is lacking in several areas. "
"4","Compuware Asks Court To Sanction IBM In Software Theft Case","DETROIT - Compuware Corp. said on Wednesday it has asked a US court in its software piracy case against IBM to levy sanctions on IBM for delaying release of critical evidence. Specifically, the filing asks the US District Court to order judgment in favor ..."
"2","US Men Take Gold and Bronze in Cycling Time Trial","ATHENS (Reuters) - The United States proved there is more to their cycling team than Lance Armstrong by taking gold and bronze in the men #39;s Olympic individual time trial at the Athens Games Wednesday. "
"1","Iraqi Cleric Agrees Deal to End Siege at Shrine","NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - The leader of a Shi #39;ite uprising in Iraq agreed Wednesday to leave a holy shrine encircled by US marines, hours after the interim government threatened to storm it and drive out his fighters. "
"1","Burundi police fire tear gas at massacre protest","Police in Burundi #39;s capital Bujumbura fired tear gas at crowds today, protesting against the massacre of at least 160 Congolese Tutsis at a UN refugee camp in the west of the country. "
"3","Google Slashes IPO, SEC OK Expected Today"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc. slashed the size of its  closely watched initial public offering nearly in half to less  than \$2 billion on Wednesday, splashing cold water on what has  been touted as the hottest Internet IPO in years."
"4","HP decries Itanium, SAP issues and bad English","<strong>HP World</strong> Execs try to respond"
"3","French watchdog fines Messier 1m","Frances AMF market watchdog slapped a one million euro fine on Jean-Marie Messier, the disgraced former chairman of Vivendi Universal , on Tuesday following allegations the media firm had published misleading financial information."
"3","Toyota tunes in satellite radio","Auto maker Toyota on Tuesday entered into separate deals with rival satellite radio service providers Sirius and XM. Under its agreement with Sirius, Toyota will offer Sirius satellite radio service--either "
"3","Sprint begins \$3 billion march to 3G","Sprint, the fourth-largest US cell phone operator, has started a \$3 billion network upgrade, with \$1 billion earmarked for a wireless broadband service to launch soon in selected cities, a Sprint executive said Tuesday."
"3","Europe troubled by euro rise","European officials issued their harshest condemnation yet of the euro #39;s recent surge, in a joint statement after a monthly meeting yesterday."
"3","Oil Falls to 3-Month Low as Heating-Oil Supplies Probably Rose","Crude oil fell to a three-month low on speculation that warm weather and increased refinery production have bolstered US heating-oil stockpiles."
"3","AOL Cuts 750 Jobs","America Online Inc., the nation's biggest Internet service, today began cutting 750 jobs, more than half at the firm's Northern Virginia headquarters, company officials said. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2"" color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"
"3","U.S. to Import 4 Million Flu Shot Doses"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials, taking  another step to ease the season's flu shot shortage, approved  the importation of up to 4 million flu shot doses from Europe  on Tuesday for patients willing to sign a consent form."
"3","Intel Says It's Recovered from Missteps"," SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=INTC.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">INTC.O</A> will  miss  its 2004 product cost reduction targets because of a widely  publicized string of product delays and problems, but those  missteps are largely behind it now, the world's largest chip  maker said on Tuesday."
"2","Tyson to Begin Training","Mike Tyson is beginning to train for a fight in March, his first since being knocked out by Danny Williams in July."
"1","Putin questions Iraqi poll plan","Russian leader Vladimir Putin voices doubts over plans to hold elections in Iraq next month."
"3","Mortgage Applications Rise as Rates Ease"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. home loans  rose last week while refinancings surged, as 30-year mortgage  interest rates fell to their lowest level in over four months,  an industry group said on Wednesday."
"3","Staples Goes to China?","The company impresses the Street with strong earnings, an optimistic outlook, and a toehold abroad."
"3","Crazy 'Bout a Sharp Dressed K","If you're going to spend a lot producing a slick annual report, go all in."
"1","Report: Palestinians, Israel Back Peace Plan"," CAIRO (Reuters) - Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in  principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt's  official news agency MENA said on Tuesday."
"1","Storm-ravaged peasants flee as Philippines runs out of money for relief (AFP)","AFP - Stunned residents picked their way through a wasteland of mud and rubble to leave storm-ravaged areas of the Philippines as the government said it has run out of money to pay for relief services."
"1","Sudanese Hopeful of New Year Peace Deal","Mohamed Yousif, Sudans minister of humanitarian affairs, dismissed widespread assertions of government involvement in a vicious militia campaign against civilians in the western region."
"1","After all, have we become Russias strategic partner?","TDN- Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin was in Ankara on Monday for a state visit unmatched in the history of relations between the Turkish and Russian nations."
"3","Charley #39;s insured losses seen hitting \$7.4 billion","NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Insurance payments to victims of Hurricane Charley are expected to reach \$7.4 billion, making it the second most costly hurricane to hit the United States, an insurance industry group said on Wednesday. "
"3","US mortgage applications rise as rates ease","NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - New applications for US home loans rose last week while refinancings surged, as 30-year mortgage interest rates fell to their lowest level in over four months, an industry group said on Wednesday. "
"3","Aurora Woman Sues Costco Over Discrimination Claims","SAN FRANCISCO -- A Colorado assistant store manager at Costco has filed a federal lawsuit, alleging she was passed over for a promotion because she is a woman. "
"4","Researcher Finds Flaws in XP SP2","German research firm Heise Security has issued an advisory for a pair of security flaws in Microsoft #39;s (Quote, Chart) recently shipped Windows XP Service Pack 2 with a warning that attackers could launch malicious files from an untrusted zone. "
"4","RealNetworks Halves Music Prices But Move to Confront Apple Will Increase Company #39;s Loss","RealNetworks on Tuesday started a promotion that halves the price of its digital music offerings as part of a strategy to force its way onto Apple Computer #39;s popular iPod digital music player. "
"4","Compuware accuses IBM of ambush tactics in piracy suit","DETROIT (AP) -- Compuware Corp. is accusing IBM of attempting to  quot;sandbag quot; it with new evidence just three months before the software company #39;s piracy claim against the technology giant is to go to trial. "
"4","Microsoft Funded Study Deciding Factor in 10yr Deal","Genevish writes  quot;According to an article in the Register, Microsoft and the Newham Council in London have signed an agreement making Microsoft the preferred vendor for the council, instead of the original hybrid MS / Open Source plan. The council was very ..."
"2","Bilonog Edges Nelson With Last Put as Shot Returns to Olympia","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Yuriy Bilonog won the gold medal in the men #39;s shot put at Olympia, the home of the ancient Games, by virtue of his second-best effort after his last throw matched the leading mark set by US athlete Adam Nelson. "
"2","Figo takes break from international football","LISBON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Portugal captain Luis Figo said on Wednesday he was taking a break from international soccer, although he would not confirm if the decision was final. "
"1","NLD MP urges people to sign petition","Despite intimidation by the ruling Burmese military authorities, the National League for Democracy (NLD) members have continued the signature campaign with increased momentum calling for the release of all political prisoners including NLD leaders Daw ..."
"1","WFP Tackles  #39;Critical Six Weeks #39; in Darfur with Up-Scaling of Air Operations","- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is gearing up for the most critical stage yet of its operation to deliver food assistance to hundreds of thousands of people affected by conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. As the rainy season ..."
"2","Italy Lights the Path for the Olympic Torch","Christmas on the island of Sicily, New Year #39;s eve at the bay of Naples. Italy mapped out Tuesday a two-month-long journey for the 2006 Winter Olympics torch, which will cross "
"1","Lamy Strong Candidate for WTO Job-USTR (Reuters)","Reuters - U.S. trade officials said on Tuesday\that former European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy would\be a ""strong candidate"" to lead the World Trade Organization,\but stopped short of formally endorsing him."
"3","Janus Finalizes Regulatory Settlement (AP)","AP - Janus Capital Group Inc. said Wednesday it has finalized a  #36;226.2 million settlement with state and federal regulators over improper trading allegations, part of a scandal sweeping the  #36;7 trillion mutual funds industry."
"3","Italy's Parmalat sues ex-auditors","Parmalat issues proceedings against its ex-auditors over their dealings with the insolvent group before its near collapse"
"4","Study: Hubble Robotic Repair Mission Too Costly","An exhaustive study of NASA #39;s options for repairing the Hubble Space Telescope suggests the currently planned robotic mission may cost too much money and might not be ready to fly before the vaunted observatory breaks down."
"4","Dell Cuts Prices on Enterprise Hardware","Dell has cut prices on a number of products geared to enterprises. The PowerEdge 4600 dual-processor server price tag has been trimmed by about 22 percent, now starting as low as \$4,194."
"4","Boston Globe:  #39;Forget Microsoft and buy an Apple iPod - it works #39;"," quot;As more and more retailers try to cash in on the online music scene, things are becoming increasingly befuddling for consumers -- especially for consumers who stray from the Apple iPod fold."
"4","Thunderbird Mail goes 1.0","Mozilla #39;s Thunderbird mail client has reached the 1.0 release point. I #39;ve been using Thunderbird when ever I #39;ve found myself on a Windows box for quite a while now and finally took the plunge on my Powerbook, finally walking away from Mail."
"4","Nvidia to work on PlayStation 3 chip","Graphics chip leader Nvidia announced Tuesday that it is working with Sony to develop the graphics processor for the next version of Sony #39;s PlayStation video game console."
"3","SEC Bars Mutual Fund Payoffs to Brokers"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission pushed ahead on Wednesday with reforms of the  \$7.5-trillion mutual fund industry amid scandals that have  shaken fund investors' confidence."
"3","Air Canada Stock Plummets on Review"," MONTREAL (Reuters) - Shares of Air Canada <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AC.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">AC.TO</A> fell by  more than half on Wednesday, after the Toronto Stock Exchange  said it was reviewing the company's stock to determine if it  meets listing requirements."
"3","Parmalat Sues Ex-Auditors in Chicago"," MILAN (Reuters) - Parmalat sued its former auditors  Deloitte   Touche and Grant Thornton on Wednesday, broadening a  legal battle to claw back billions of euros from ex-allies the  food group says helped drive it into insolvency."
"4","Apple zealots slam Real #39;s iPod campaign","RealNetworks has stepped up its music  #39;war #39; on Apple Computer--with results it clearly didn #39;t expect. "
"4","Macromedia offers Flash video tool","Macromedia hopes to boost use of its Flash format for delivering streaming video with a new development kit. The Flash Video Kit allows users of the company #39;s Dreamweaver Web authoring application to add Flash video to their pages without using the full ..."
"4","Apple G5 chips  #39;in short supply #39;","Apple may be facing greater difficulties than previously thought in sourcing chips to power its high-end personal computers. "
"2","Cycling: Hamilton wins time trial","VOULIAGMENI Tyler Hamilton of the United States won the men #39;s time trial gold medal Wednesday, beating defending champion Viatcheslav Ekimov of Russia and another American, Bobby Julich. "
"2","Jail for Olympic pool jump","ATHENS (Reuters) - A Canadian man advertising an online gaming site, who broke security and jumped into the Olympic diving pool, has been given a five-month prison term for trespassing and disturbing public order, court officials say. "
"1","Leaders Threatened by Terrorist Groups Large and Small","The vulnerability of world leaders to terrorist attack was starkly exposed again today by the discovery of a bomb near Tony Blair #39;s holiday villa on Sardinia. "
"1","Food crisis worsens in North Korea","BEIJING The collapse of North Korea #39;s economy has caused food prices there to skyrocket and created new groups of people who cannot afford to buy what they need to live, the World Food Program said on Wednesday. "
"1","German investor confidence surges","BERLIN - German investor confidence posted a surprise jump in December as relief over falling oil prices helped to offset concerns about the impact of a surging euro on growth in Europe #39;s biggest economy."
"1","EU Weighs Tougher Conditions for Talks With Turkey (Update1)","European Union governments may impose tougher conditions on entry talks with Turkey in response to demands by France, Austria and Cyprus, a draft EU compromise shows."
"3","Airlines to Cut Flights at Chicago O'Hare"," WASHINGTON (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."
"3","FAA: Flight-Reduction Deal Set for O #39;Hare","WASHINGTON Aug. 18, 2004  Federal officials have reached a temporary agreement to ease congestion at Chicago #39;s O #39;Hare International Airport that calls for a reduction of 37 daily arrivals by United Airlines and American Airlines, officials said ..."
"3","Italy #39;s Parmalat sues ex-auditors","Italian food giant Parmalat is suing its former auditors over their dealings with the insolvent group before its near collapse last December. "
"3","Update 2: Swisscom Confirms May Merge With Firm","Telecommunications companies Swisscom AG and Telekom Austria AG are in talks over a possible merger, Swisscom said. "
"3","Cox directors look at proposed buyout","Cox Communications Inc. is a step closer to going private, with the cable giant #39;s board of directors forming a special committee of independent directors to consider the Cox Enterprises Inc. proposal to take the company private in a \$7.9 billion buyout. "
"4","Cassini Probe Discovers Tiny Saturnian Moons","Two tiny moons orbiting Saturn -- each measuring around two miles in diameter -- are the latest discovery of the Cassini spacecraft. They are located between the orbits of moons Mimas and Enceladus, a surprise to scientists who thought such ..."
"4","MS Host Integration Server 2004 Is Weeks Away","Starting September 1, 2004, Microsoft will make available Host Integration Server (HIS) 2004 for companies that have been wanting to open their mainframe assets up to deeper integration with Windows-based servers, software and the promise of ..."
"2","Figo takes break from international game","MADRID, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Portugal captain Luis Figo said on Wednesday he was taking an indefinite break from international football, but would not confirm whether his decision was final. "
"2","Van Basten entrusts Dutch captaincy to Davids","AMSTERDAM, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Midfielder Edgar Davids #39;s leadership qualities and never-say-die attitude have earned him the captaincy of the Netherlands under new coach Marco van Basten. "
"2","Russia #39;s Korzhanenko wins women #39;s shot put; American favorites eliminated","US medal favorites John Godina and Reese Hoffa were eliminated from the shot put competition, ending hopes of an American sweep. "
"2","US rowers advances in photo finish","SCHINIAS, Greece (AP)  The early success of the first black Olympic rower on the US men #39;s team and his Navy officer partner was supposed to end Wednesday. "
"1","Sadr calls for Najaf ceasefire","BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his followers are ready to leave the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf if American-led forces pull back from the holy Shi #39;ite site, an aide to Sadr says. "
"1","Dhiren to father, Abu Musa to al Qaeda","According to British cops he is Dhiren Barot to his father and Abu Musa al-Hindi to Al Qaeda. On Wednesday India-born Barot alias al-Hindi, along with seven men of Pakistani origin, arrested in anti-terror raids and charged with plotting radioactive, ..."
"1","Terrified neighbours see dog kill owner","A 39-year-old woman was savaged to death by her pet bull mastiff dog yesterday. Terrified elderly neighbours could only look on as the fatal attack, which started inside Carol Leeanne Taylor #39;s home in the Dunedin suburb of Caversham, spilled on to the ..."
"2","Garrison gets new contract; King retires","WHITE PLAINS, NY -- Zina Garrison was given a one-year contract to stay on as US Fed Cup captain, while Billie Jean King retired Tuesday as a coach for the team."
"2","VARSITY MATCH","Oxford regained the MMC Trophy with a hard-fought 18-11 win over Cambridge in the Varsity match at Twickenham. Jon Fennell kicked Oxford into an early lead, but a well-worked try from Fergie Gladstone saw Cambridge hit back."
"4","Nintendo Game Machine Gets Good US Start","The new portable video-game machine from Nintendo Co. is selling briskly in both the United States and Japan and the company is well on its way to reaching a target of selling 5 million units by April next year."
"4","Fledgling Thunderbird takes on Outlook","Not content with eating into Microsoft #39;s share of the browser market with Firefox, the Mozilla Foundation has released an open-source email client to rival Outlook."
"4","Cybersecurity post needs a promotion, firms say","The US government is not taking cybersecurity seriously enough and should spend more money and energy on the topic, a group of computer security firms said Tuesday."
"3","Toyota strikes satellite radio deals with rivals XM, Sirius","Rivals XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio both have ventured again to the automotive industry in their latest efforts to land new subscribers, announcing separate distribution agreements Tuesday with Toyota Motor Corp."
"3","AT amp;T Wins \$1B Treasury Contract","VIENNA, Va. -- AT amp;T Government Solutions and its team of subcontractors have been chosen by the Treasury Department to build and deploy the largest civilian agency network, serving more than 1,000 domestic "
"3","UPDATE 1-SEC, NASD probing Jefferies trader #39;s gifts -WSJ","US market regulators are looking into whether a Jefferies Group Inc. (JEF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) trader violated rules that prohibit expensive gift-giving in a bid to curry "
"3","Report: J amp;J in Talks to Acquire Guidant","Health care giant Johnson  amp; Johnson is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire medical device maker Guidant Corp. for more than \$24 billion."
"3","Google Slashes IPO, SEC OK Expected Today"," NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. slashed the  size of its initial public offering nearly in half to less than  \$2 billion on Wednesday, splashing cold water on what has been  touted as the hottest Internet IPO in years."
"3","Stocks Up; Traders Eye Crude Oil Prices"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks made gains on Wednesday as  investors bought beaten-down shares, while strength in oil  prices pushed up energy companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp.  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=XOM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">XOM.N</A>"
"2","Houston serious about keeping its superstar center fielder","Winter meetings kick off on Friday in Anaheim. BALCO aside, it #39;s been a quiet baseball offseason, but that #39;s about to change."
"3","Charley May Cost Insurers \$7.4 Billion, Industry Says (Update1)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Charley will probably cost insurers \$7.4 billion, according to the first loss estimate based on insurance claims. "
"3","Parmalat sues ex-auditors Deloitte, Grant Thornton","MILAN, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Parmalat sued its former auditors Deloitte  amp; Touche and Grant Thornton on Wednesday, broadening a legal battle to claw back billions of euros from ex-allies the food group says helped drive it into ..."
"3","Barclays Buys CIBC US Credit Card Unit for \$293 Mln (Update5)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc, the UK #39;s third-biggest lender by assets, agreed to buy the US credit card business of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for \$293 million to expand into the world #39;s biggest credit card market. "
"3","Tap, Eat, N Go","Forget  quot;super-sized, quot; McDonald #39;s is going for  quot;super-fast quot; service. The nation #39;s largest quick serve restaurant chain is getting ready to test a system that enables customers to tap or wave the new  quot;PayPass MasterCard quot; on or near a specially equipped ..."
"4","Broadband used by 51 percent of online population","For the first time, broadband connections are reaching more than half (51 percent) of the American online population at home, according to measurement taken in July by Nielsen/NetRatings, a Milpitas-based Internet audience measurement and research ..."
"2","Canadian who leaped into Olympic pays the price for 15 minutes of fame","ATHENS (CP) - The Canadian who embarrassed Olympic officials by jumping into a Games swimming pool during a diving competition wearing a skirt and advertising an on-line casino has paid the price for his 15 minutes of fame. "
"2","Els targets improved putting after Whistling Straits woes","LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Ernie Els has set his sights on an improved putting display at this week #39;s WGC-NEC Invitational in Akron, Ohio after the disappointment of tying for fourth at the US PGA Championship on Sunday. "
"1","8 terror suspects, including alleged al-Qaida figure, charged in Britain","LONDON (AP) - Eight suspects, including a man identified in the United States as a senior al-Qaida figure, appeared in court under heavy guard Wednesday as police investigated an alleged plot to commit murder and cause mayhem with chemicals, radioactive ..."
"1","UN rights envoys urge probe into Burundi massacre","GENEVA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators on Wednesday called on Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo to identify and hold accountable those behind the massacre of at least 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees. "
"1","One Hamas leader survived assassination; five Palestinians killed in an Israeli bombardment in Gaza","Five Palestinians were killed and other seven injured today at dawn in an Israeli air raid carried out by one Israeli helicopter at the house of a leading figure from the Islamic resistance movement ( Hamas) in al-Shuja #39;eya quarters to the east of Gaza. "
"1","Swiss to hand back more Abacha funds","Switzerland is to hand back to Nigeria SFr622 million (\$500 million) belonging to the former ruler, Sani Abacha, and his family. "
"1","WFP Relying On Airdrops To Bring Food In West Darfur","Mud continues to be one of the biggest obstacles to relief efforts in Sudan #39;s Darfur region. Heavy rains have washed out roads and airstrips and the rainy season is expected to last another month or two. "
"2","Late try gives Oxford win","Ross Lavery scored a try two minutes from the end as Oxford University defeated Cambridge 18-11 at Twickenham on Tuesday in another tight finish to the annual University rugby match."
"4","Dell trims PC prices for business clients","Dell cut prices on some servers and PCs by as much as 22 percent because it #39;s paying less for parts. The company will pass the savings on components such as memory and liquid crystal displays "
"4","NASA #39;s Return to Flight on Track, Shuttle Officials Say","NASA (news - web sites) is close to meeting all of the return-to-flight safety requirements set by Columbia accident investigators and should be able to launch a shuttle by May 2005, shuttle program officials said today."
"3","What's Google Minus \$10 Billion?","Google drops its price and shares offered. Its magic: turning the hottest IPO in history into a disaster."
"4","Wind River's Smooth Sailing (The Motley Fool)","The Motley Fool - Investors have unloaded on many software companies lately, such as Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT - News), Siebel (Nasdaq: SEBL - News), Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL - News), and so on. However, with the markets perking up this week, investors are a little more sanguine about the sector -- at least for those stocks that exceed expectations."
"4","Teleportation goes long distance","Physicists teleport particles of light a distance of 600m across the River Danube in Austria, the journal Nature reports."
"4","Europe Is Warned of Changing Climate (AP)","AP - Rising sea levels, disappearing glaciers in the Alps and more deadly heat waves are coming for Europeans because of global warming, Europe's environmental agency warned Wednesday."
"3","Clinton: Ex-President Inaugurates China-Backed Internet Search <b>...</b>","Former President Bill Clinton helped launch a new Internet search firm that claims better results for its engine than Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ). The firm is called Accoona, from the Swahili phrase "
"3","High court hears dispute over Michigan interstate wine sales","SUPREME COURT The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that could lead to sweeping changes on how alcoholic beverages are regulated and sold."
"3","Stocks Move Higher on Mixed Economic Data","Stocks inched higher Tuesday as investors saw the bright side of mixed economic data and rumors about big merger deals, including a report that consumer products giant Johnson  amp; Johnson is in talks to purchase a leading medical device maker."
"3","IBM: Do We Have a Deal?","China #39;s biggest computer maker said it is in acquisition talks with a major international technology company, a disclosure that comes amid reports it might buy IBM #39;s personal computer business."
"3","Three IPOs Trim Price Ranges Wednesday","Three new stocks scheduled to begin trading this week - including Google Inc. #39;s highly anticipated initial public offering - slashed their expected price ranges Wednesday morning as the IPO market readies for a one-month break from trading debuts after ..."
"3","Oil at \$47, Economic Impact Seen as Muted","LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices surged to a new high above \$47 a barrel on Wednesday on evidence that energy costs are not substantially slowing the economic growth that fuels oil demand. "
"3","McDonald #39;s testing deli sandwiches in Louisville, other markets","McDonald #39;s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) plans to expand a test market of five types of deli-style sandwiches to Louisville and three other cities, according to reports. "
"4","Netscape #39;s Official New Browser is Out","AOL (Quote, Chart) developers have rolled out a new version of its venerable Netscape browser, version 7.2. "
"2","Kenteris, Thanou Quit Games; Thorpe Record Bid Fails (Update6)","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Olympic medalists Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou quit the Athens Games, overshadowing the start of track and field events on the fifth day of competition. Venus Williams and Andy Roddick were eliminated from the tennis. "
"2","Roddick, Williams eliminated from Olympic tennis","CBC SPORTS ONLINE - American tennis sensation Andy Roddick #39;s Olympic dreams are over after a straight set loss to No. 16 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in third-round action Wednesday. "
"2","Giambi calls strain  #39;nothing serious #39;","New York Yankees: First baseman Jason Giambi continued his upper body workout and ran in an indoor pool Wednesday, one day after mildly straining his groin. "
"2","Olympics: Venus out of Olympics","ATHENS : Title-holder Venus Williams of the United States crashed out of the Olympic women #39;s singles tennis tournament here losing a third round tie 6-4, 6-4 to France #39;s Mary Pierce. "
"1","Sadr calls for Najaf ceasefire","NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical Shi #39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has agreed to disarm his Iraqi militia and leave a holy shrine but only after a truce with encircling US marines. "
"3","Something's Brewing at Diedrich Coffee","The Starbucks competitor will sell its international franchise business to battle at home."
"1","Report: Palestinians, Israel Back Peace Plan"," CAIRO (Reuters) - Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in  principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt's  official news agency MENA said Tuesday."
"1","State Dept. Warns of Violence in Laos (AP)","AP - The State Department is advising Americans traveling or living in Laos to take precautions and avoid areas likely to be hit by continuing violence."
"4","VIDEO GAME REVIEW: Driv3r Plot Is Tedious (AP)","AP - Atari could have redefined guns and gas pedal mayhem with the much anticipated ""Driv3r"" (pronounced Driver 3), the latest installment in a series of bad-boy-driving-'n'-violence titles. But there's nothing new here to see  #151; nothing new graphically, emotionally, or functionally in the way of game play."
"3","Credit Suisse to Focus on Investment Bank"," ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse plans to focus its  investment banking activities on high-margin business and float  off insurer Winterthur in a long-awaited revamp aimed at  boosting the earnings power of Europe's 10th-largest bank."
"3","U.S. Economic Outlook Dims a Bit"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economic outlook dimmed  somewhat on Tuesday after reports said business productivity  grew more slowly in the third quarter than first estimated,  labor costs rose and other indicators signaled softening  activity."
"1","Workers fight bad weather to give aid to storm-ravaged Philippines; 740 dead (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - REAL, Philippines (AP) - Relief crews battling walls of mud and lashing rain to reach villages still isolated days after back-to-back storms devastated the northeastern Philippines have found 51 more bodies, taking the death toll to at least 740 people, officials said Tuesday."
"3","Update 3: Bank of America Cuts Some Fleet Workers","Bank of America Corp. laid off an unspecified number of employees Wednesday at hundreds of Fleet Bank branches, a byproduct of the merger of the two banks, a company spokeswoman said. "
"3","SEC Bars Mutual Fund Payoffs to Brokers","WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission pushed ahead on Wednesday with reforms of the \$7.5-trillion mutual fund industry amid scandals that have shaken fund investors #39; confidence. "
"3","Barclays buys Juniper Financial for \$293M","LONDON (AP)  British bank Barclays PLC gained its first toehold in the US consumer banking market Wednesday, saying it would buy credit-card company Juniper Financial Corp. from Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for \$293 million in cash. "
"3","UAL agrees to independent agents to oversee pension funds","WASHINGTON : Bankrupt United Airlines has agreed to appoint an independent party to manage its employee pension funds prior to September 15 in an agreement with the US Labor Department. "
"4","Compuware asks court to punish IBM","Software maker Compuware has charged IBM with keeping back key evidence in a long-running legal battle over copyright and anticompetitive practices. "
"4","Investors Unfazed by Last-Minute Google Moves","BOSTON (Reuters) - When investors heard that Google Inc. had cut the price range for shares in its closely watched initial public offering they said they took it in stride and did not make any massive last-minute adjustments. "
"4","Charley a Harbinger of Busy Hurricane Season?","But Hurricane Charley intensified at an astonishing rate just a few hours before making landfall, and its eye wobbled off its forecast track and smashed ashore about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of Tampa, killing at least 21. It became the most ..."
"4","Report: Apple G5 chips scarce","Apple Computer may be facing greater difficulties than previously thought in getting hold of chips to power its high-end personal computers. "
"2","American Cyclist Hamilton Wins Time Trial","yler Hamilton and Bobby Julich showed that there is some depth to American cycling, winning the gold and bronze medals today in the men #39;s individual time trial at the Olympics in Athens. "
"2","Kitajima wins breast stroke double","Kosuke Kitajima won the men #39;s 200 metres breast stroke final at the Athens Olympics early this morning, but Australia #39;s Jim Piper was disqualified. "
"1","State Dept. Cautious of Najaf Reports","WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration reacted cautiously Wednesday to reports that the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had accept a peace plan to end fighting in Najaf. "
"1","Pakistan publishes photos of six suspects wanted in terror","ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP)  Pakistan published photos Wednesday in newspapers across the country of six terror suspects  including a senior al-Qaeda operative  it says were behind attempts to assassinate the nation #39;s president and offered a large ..."
"2","Steroid Talks Progress","Baseball players and owners have made progress toward toughening rules on steroid testing, but there is still plenty of work to be done."
"2","Italy Lights the Path for the Olympic Torch"," ROME (Reuters) - Christmas on the island of Sicily, New  Year's eve at the bay of Naples."
"1","Five die in renewed Gaza fighting","against Mahmoud Abbas, a moderate backed by Israel and Washington as a potential peacemaker, a lawmaker said. killing one soldier and wounding four."
"4","Dual-Format Disc That Plays Both HD DVD and DVD","Memory-Tech and Toshiba today announced that they have developed a dual-layer ROM (read-only) disc that can store content in both the HD DVD and DVD formats."
"4","Energy from waves  teenager wins science award","A teenager from the San Diego, California area has won The Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology for his  quot;Gyro-Gen, quot; a machine that produces electricity from ocean waves."
"4","Program Lets People Design 3-D Objects (AP)","AP - It's the Internet Revolution meets the Industrial Revolution: a new program that lets people design 3-D objects like car parts and door knobs in metal or plastic then order them online."
"3","1.2 million flu shots will stay in Canada after all","VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based firm won #39;t sell 1.2 million doses of influenza vaccine to the United States after all, announcing Tuesday that it will sell the doses within Canada instead."
"4","Windows XP SP2 Help","Certainly you know by now that Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) has been released. As anticipated, some systems have had problems after installation of the new service pack. But many people report that their installations have been successful and without ..."
"4","Slim Majority of Web Users Connect With Broadband","For the first time, a slim majority of US Net users are connecting via broadband. In July, 51 percent of America #39;s home online population was using broadband connections, according to a report from Nielsen/NetRatings. Before July, the ..."
"2","Bilonog Wins Olympia Shot Put Gold","Competing under a flawless blue sky in the tree-lined grove devoted to Zeus, the European gold medallist equaled American champion Adam Nelson #39;s opening mark of 2.16 to capture his first major title on a countback. "
"2","Kitajima wins breaststroke double","Kosuke Kitajima won the men #39;s 200 metres breaststroke final at the Athens Olympics on Wednesday to collect his second gold medal in four days. "
"1","Nigerian senate to rule on Darfur troop deployment","ABUJA, Aug 18 (AFP) -- The Nigerian senate said on Wednesday it would ask its defence committee to consider a request by President Olusegun Obasanjo for permission to deploy some 1,500 peacekeepers to Sudan #39;s war-torn Darfur region. "
"4","Google IPO Is Small Hurdle Vs Growing Competition (Reuters)","Reuters - Google Inc., on the last leg of its\race to sell shares to the public, is facing more rivals, large\and small, trying to unseat it as the Web's most popular search\destination."
"2","PAC-10 MEN #39;S Basketball: Timing of Bibby firing irks Olson","Just last month USC basketball coach Henry Bibby said he was enjoying his job more than ever and getting ready for what he hoped would be a good season."
"2","Pacers #39; Foster Activated From Injured List","Indianapolis, IN -- Indiana Pacers center Jeff Foster was activated from the injured list Tuesday. He had missed the first 17 games of the season after undergoing hip surgery in October."
"4","Physicists Teleport Photons Across Danube","Austrian researchers have teleported photons, or particles of light, for the first time outside a laboratory using the same technological principles imagined by <I>Star Trek.</I>"
"4","British Cave Yields Elaborate Ice-Age Art","A detailed survey of ancient cave carvings at a site first discovered last year in Nottinghamshire, England, reveals the etchings may be some of most elaborate Ice Age art ever found."
"4","Venus: Inhabited World?","by Harry Bortman    In part 1 of this interview with Astrobiology Magazine editor Henry Bortman, planetary scientist David Grinspoon explained how Venus evolved from a wet planet similar to Earth to the scorching hot, dried-out furnace of today. In part 2, Grinspoon discusses the possibility of life on Venus..."
"4","Particle Physics in a New Universe","By Davide Castelvecchi     Stanford University -- A string of recent discoveries in astronomy has left scientists with an unsettling realization: The stuff we know and understand makes up less than 5 percent of the universe. The rest has to be yet-unknown forms of ""dark matter"" and ""dark energy.""     At a time of momentous changes in our basic understanding of the universe, a new document outlines the essential role of particle physics in deciphering the laws of nature that govern dark matter, dark energy and more..."
"4","Compuware asks court to punish IBM","Software maker says Big Blue kept hold of key evidence to delay a resolution to a long-running legal spat over copyrighted code."
"4","A brighter Outlook?","Software startup hopes there's big money in little improvements to Microsoft products."
"4","Briefly: Macromedia offers Flash video tool","roundup Plus: UTStarcom wins Indian IP gear contract...Microsoft tightens Windows-mainframes link...Red Hat names new services executive."
"4","Macromedia offers Flash video tool","Company hopes to boost use of its Flash format for delivering streaming video with new development kit."
"4","Microsoft tightens Windows-mainframes link","Company releases revamped version of server software for linking Windows servers to mainframes, other large computers."
"4","Red Hat names new services executive","Kate Johnson will oversee global training, support and consulting services from the company's headquarters."
"4","Report: Apple G5 chips scarce","Firm may be facing greater difficulties than previously thought in getting hold of chips to power its high-end PCs."
"4","MCI to overhaul network for international calls","Company plans to use IP-based gear in network upgrade starting mid-2005, as it seeks to revive its prospects."
"4","Study: Broadband leaps past dial-up","For the first time ever, more Americans are seeking faster connections to access the Internet."
"4","UTStarcom wins Indian IP gear contract","India's state-owned telecom provider signs \$8.2 million contract with the company."
"4","Juniper engineers depart for start-up","Two of the company's top engineers, who helped develop its flagship product, decide to start up their own operation."
"4","Real gets flamed over iPod campaign","Petition calling on Apple to open its music player to rival tunes becomes target of anti-RealNetworks brickbats."
"4","Hynix to build chip plant in China","South Korean memory-chip maker Hynix Semiconductor Inc. announced Wednesday that it reached an agreement to construct a wafer fabrication plant (fab) to manufacture chips in Wuxi, China."
"4","Researchers find holes in XP SP2","Security researchers inspecting a new update to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP found two software flaws that could allow virus writers and malicious hackers to sidestep new security features in the operating system."
"4","Google faces another trademark suit in Germany","A German court is set to hear oral arguments in a trademark suit against Google Inc. next week, as the search giant faces yet another legal challenge to its AdWords keyword advertising program.<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p><p><img src=""http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.ifw.general/ibmpseries;sz=1x1;ord=200301151450?"" width=""1"" height=""1"" border=""0""/><a href=""http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;9824455;9690404;u?http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;9473681;9688522;d?http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/campaigns/boardroom/index.html?ca=pSeries met=boardroom me=E P_Creative=P_InfoW_RSS"">Introducing IBM eServer p5 systems.</a><br/>Powered by IBMs most advanced 64-bit microprocessor (POWER5(tm)), p5 systems can run UNIX and Linux simultaneously. Learn more about eServer p5 systems.</p>"
"4","Where to Dump Your Dead Technology","Office Depot teams with HP to recycle your old electronics gear for free."
"4","BlackBerries Take Aim at Terrorism","Wireless devices are being used to perform background checks at Boston's airport."
"4","Google, WebSideStory, Claria Show Negative IPO Trend","Google, WebSideStory, Claria Show Negative IPO Trend\\The online advertising, search engine marketing, and web analytics markets may be booming, but for companies looking to go public, there has been a definite negative trend over the past month, with buyers not showing interest, or just waiting, during an otherwise down time ..."
"2","U.S. Coach Larry Brown Won't Make Changes (AP)","AP - Same starting lineup, same subs, same tactics. The U.S. basketball team may be an unimpressive 1-1 in the Olympic tournament, but coach Larry Brown won't do any tinkering for Thursday's game against Australia."
"2","Manning to Get First Start Vs. Panthers (AP)","AP - What a way to test a rookie quarterback: Give him his first NFL start against the defending NFC champions and their vaunted defense."
"2","Toronto Raptors Sign Center Loren Woods (AP)","AP - The Toronto Raptors signed free agent center Loren Woods on Wednesday."
"2","Indians Call Up Righty Fernando Cabrera (AP)","AP - The Cleveland Indians called up right-hander Fernando Cabrera from Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday."
"2","Hamm of U.S. Wins Men's Gymnastics All-Around Gold"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Paul Hamm (U.S.) won the men's  gymnastics individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics on  Wednesday."
"2","Americans and Dutch Strike Gold in Cycling"," ATHENS (Reuters) - The United States proved there is more  to U.S. cycling than Lance Armstrong on Wednesday and Leontien  Zijlaard-van Moorsel of the Netherlands became the most  successful woman in Olympic cycling history."
"2","U.S. Women Break Oldest Record for Relay Gold"," ATHENS (Reuters) - The United States broke swimming's  oldest world record to win the women's 4x200 meter freestyle  relay Olympic gold medal Wednesday."
"2","Henry, Phelps on Record Track to Gold"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Australia's Jodie Henry armed herself  with a world record while Michael Phelps targeted his fourth  Olympic gold medal backed by a Games record in qualifying for  Thursday's finals."
"2","Hamm Wins Gold for U.S.","Paul Hamm of the United States won the gold medal Wednesday in all-around gymnastics."
"2","U-Va.'s Brooks Out","Linebacker Ahmad Brooks missed his second practice after getting into an argument with Cavs Coach Al Groh during Monday's session."
"2","Nelson: Shot Put Silver","With one last attempt to win gold, Adam Nelson is called for his fifth consecutive foul, leaving him with a silver medal Wednesday."
"1","Olympian women escape the age barrier (AFP)","AFP - The older the violin, the sweeter the music. And the Athens Olympics is proving the lyrics right as Martina Navratilova, Merlene Ottey and company are demonstrating the endurance of women with middle-aged ladies defying perceptions about age and competition in nearly every sport."
"1","Russia investors skeptical of Yukos mad scramble for cash (AFP)","AFP - Yukos scrambled to scrape together cash for a crushing tax bill by selling off one of its gas companies in the face of deep investor skepticism that Russia's oil giant could survive its standoff with the state."
"1","Israeli Helicopter Fires at Gaza Building (AP)","AP - An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles in Gaza City after nightfall Wednesday, one at a building in the Zeitoun neighborhood, witnesses said, setting a fire."
"1","U.N. Food Agency Steps Up Sudan Aid (AP)","AP - The United Nations' food relief agency is gearing up for a ""critical stage"" in feeding refugees in western Sudan as more people flee ethnic violence there and the rainy season peaks, U.N. officials said Wednesday."
"1","Group Asks to Protest in Central Park (AP)","AP - An anti-war group planning a massive demonstration the day before the GOP convention asked a judge on Wednesday to overrule city officials and let protesters gather in Central Park."
"1","New York Vs. the Protesters (washingtonpost.com)","washingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- Hundreds of thousands of antiwar protesters, abortion rights supporters, labor rights activists and anarchists are preparing to unfurl banners, march through the streets and rally in the parks, loosening a cacophonous roar of protest during the Republican National Convention."
"1","Retiring GOP Rep.: Iraq War Unjustified (AP)","AP - A top Republican congressman has broken from his party in the final days of his House career, saying he believes the U.S. military assault on Iraq was unjustified and the situation there has deteriorated into ""a dangerous, costly mess."""
"1","Lawyers Defend Wen Ho Lee Reporters (AP)","AP - An Associated Press reporter and four other journalists shouldn't be punished for keeping secret the names of sources for stories about Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of spying, their lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday."
"1","Iraq Cleric Agrees to End Uprising, Demands Truce"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A radical Iraqi cleric leading a  Shi'ite uprising agreed Wednesday to disarm his militia and  leave one of the country's holiest Islamic shrines, but only  after a truce with encircling U.S. Marines."
"1","Israel's Sharon Confronts Party Rebels Before Vote"," TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon confronted  Likud party rebels with a pledge to put the good of Israel  first Wednesday as he battled to avoid an embarrassing defeat  over his Gaza pullout plan."
"1","U.N. Tries to Calm Frontier After Burundi Massacre"," BUJUMBURA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. peacekeepers are  scrambling to avoid new bloodshed in the volatile Great Lakes  region of Africa following a massacre of Congolese refugees in  western Burundi, the United Nations said on Wednesday."
"1","Cleric Who Died in Pakistan Custody 'Tortured'"," ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An Afghan Islamic cleric who died in  custody in Pakistan on Wednesday had signs of torture on his  body, an intelligence official said."
"1","Cleric dies in Pakistan custody","An Islamic cleric arrested in Pakistan for suspected al-Qaeda links dies in custody, officials say."
"1","Teleportation goes long distance","Physicists have successfully teleported particles of light over a distance of 600m across the River Danube in Austria, the journal Nature reports."
"1","8 Terror Suspects Appear in British Court","LONDON - Eight suspects, including a man identified by the United States as a senior al-Qaida figure, appeared in a London court under heavy guard Wednesday as police investigated their alleged plot to commit murder and to cause mayhem with chemical, biological or radioactive materials.    A prosecutor also said police were searching about 100 computers and thousands of files, suggesting a protracted investigation that could produce more charges against the suspects, who were seized in raids across England two weeks ago..."
"1","Demand Soars for Laughing Cow Cheese","LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. - Cheese maker Bob Gilbert is struggling with his good fortune and his misfortune..."
"1","Venus, Roddick Upset in Olympic Tennis","ATHENS, Greece - Andy Roddick hit one last errant shot into the net and hung his head, his medal hopes over. A short while later, Venus Williams was gone, too..."
"1","Kerry Decries Bush Plan to Recall Troops","CINCINNATI - John Kerry, telling fellow combat veterans he's their ""true brother in arms,"" said Wednesday that President Bush's plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Europe and Asia would weaken U.S..."
"1","'Potential Development' in Peterson Case","REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The judge in Scott Peterson's murder trial dismissed the jurors for the day Wednesday, saying, ""There's been a potential development in this case.""   Judge Alfred A..."
"1","Stocks Are Up Despite Rising Oil Prices","NEW YORK - Buyers put a positive spin on equities Wednesday, shrugging off rising crude futures as Google Inc. prepared to sell its stock in an initial public offering, albeit it at a far lower price than previously forecast..."
"1","Kerry Decries Bush Plan to Recall Troops","CINCINNATI - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Wednesday criticized President Bush's proposal to recall up to 70,000 foreign troops as a hastily announced plan that raises more doubts about U.S. intentions than it answers..."
"1","Stocks Climb Despite Rise in Oil Prices","NEW YORK - Buyers put a positive spin on the equity markets Wednesday, shrugging off rising crude futures as Google Inc. prepared to sell its stock in an initial public offering, albeit it at a far lower price than previously forecast..."
"1","'Potential Development' in Peterson Case","REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The judge in Scott Peterson's double murder trial dismissed the jurors for the day Wednesday, saying, ""There's been a potential development in this case.""   Judge Alfred A..."
"1","Sadr Signals He Will Accept Peace Plan","Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr signaled that he would accept pleas to dissolve his militia and vacate the sacred Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, but asked for time for further negotiations."
"1","China Detains Prominent Buddhist Leader","Chinese authorities detained a prominent, U.S.-based Buddhist leader in connection with his plans to reopen an ancient temple complex in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia last week and have forced dozens of his American followers to leave the region, local officials said Wednesday."
"3","Stocks End Higher, Dow Back Above 10,000"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday,  as investors shrugged off record crude oil prices and bought  beaten-down shares, pushing blue chips to close above 10,000  for the first time in 3 weeks."
"4","Unpatched PC  quot;Survival Time quot; Just 16 Minutes","The average unpatched Windows PC lasts less than 20 minutes on the Internet before it #39;s compromised, according to data from the Internet Storm Center. "
"4","Add-On Toolkit For Outlook Cuts Clutter","A small Oregon-based company on Wednesday released a set of integrated add-on tools for Microsoft #39;s Outlook e-mail client. "
"4","IBM  #39;ambush #39; accusation","p2pnet.net News:- IBM mainframe software vendor Compuware is suing IBM for antitrust violations claiming IBM used its source code without permission. "
"4","Epson Announces Advanced Model of the World #39;s Lightest Micro-Flying Robot","TOKYO, Japan -- Seiko Epson Corporation ( quot;Epson quot;) has announced that it has successfully developed a lighter and more advanced successor to the FR, the world #39;s smallest and lightest micro-flying robot. Turning once again to its micromechatronics ..."
"4","Ford scraps Oracle-based procurement system","Auto giant Ford Motor confirmed Wednesday that it is abandoning its Oracle-powered online procurement system in favor of technologies it had used previously. "
"4","Malaysia sets up sanctuary in Terengganu to protect endangered turtles","TERENGGANU : Malaysia has gazetted 60 hectares of land off the east coast state of Terengganu to help conserve the dwindling number of endangered sea turtles. "
"2","With Kenteris and Thanou out of Games, hometown suffers a big blow","Give the International Olympic Committee credit. By virture of simply being in the room when the bullet slipped into the chamber, by holding the disciplinary hearing at which, on Wednesday, Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou completed ..."
"2","Venus, Roddick ousted from Olympics","Athens, Greece, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Americans Andy Roddick and Venus Williams were shockingly eliminated in the third round of the Olympic tennis tournament Wednesday. "
"2","Losing No. 1 only a matter of time for Tiger","Today, there can be no argument. Attach an asterisk, because in this case the numbers lie. Vijay Singh trails by .1 in the Official World Golf Ranking system, but if you polled the players and the media, Vijay is The Man. Officially he ..."
"2","Britain #39;s Law takes equestrian silver","ATHENS (Reuters) Britain #39;s Leslie Law has won silver in the equestrian three-day event individual behind Bettina Hoy of Germany. "
"2","Kitajima sweeps both breaststrokes, Hanson third","ATHENS --After winning world titles in both breaststroke events last summer while setting world records in each, Japan #39;s Kosuke Kitajima sat helplessly from across the Pacific last month as American Brendan Hansen broke ..."
"2","Ht England 1 Ukraine 0","Beckham turned provided 10 minutes before the break after Gerrard had been felled as he surged forward, curling a free-kick to the far post where Neville rose to power a header straight at Shovkovsky. "
"1","Bomb Defused in Sardinia After Berlusoni and Blair Visited","OME, Aug. 18  The police defused a bomb today in Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, the same town where Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had entertained British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie ..."
"1","Darfur #39;s War of Definitions","Finally, the conflict in Darfur in western Sudan is a focal point in international diplomacy and media attention. This is the least to expect after months of bloody campaigns of murder, rape and dare I say, ethnic cleansing, starting as ..."
"1","Cleric Who Died in Pakistan Custody  #39;Tortured #39;","ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An Afghan Islamic cleric who died in custody in Pakistan on Wednesday had signs of torture on his body, an intelligence official said. "
"3","Google Slashes IPO Price","UPDATED: Search engine darling Google (Quote, Chart) has slashed the price of its long-awaited public offering by about 30 percent to between \$85 and \$95 per share and plans to sell fewer shares. "
"3","Janus Loses \$5 Billion","The bad news just keeps pouring in for mutual fund manager Janus Capital Group (NYSE: JNS). Yesterday, the Denver-based firm reported that European banker ING Group (NYSE: ING) will pull \$5 billion from its mutual funds, or ..."
"3","Parmalat sues Grant Thornton, Deloitte for \$10 billion","CHICAGO Italian dairy company Parmalat today filed a ten (B) billion dollar lawsuit against two auditors it accuses of overlooking fraud that nearly led to the company #39;s downfall. "
"3","Is Applied Materials Losing Momentum?","Despite a strong third-quarter performance from Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT), a weaker fourth-quarter outlook has the chip equipment maker #39;s shares treading water today. "
"3","McDonald #39;s to use cashless payment system","TORONTO, Aug. 18  McDonald #39;s restaurants has announced an agreement to accept MasterCard PayPass, a new  quot;contactless quot; payment option utilizing radio frequency technology at select McDonald #39;s restaurants in the United States. Participating McDonald #39;s ..."
"3","Update 1: Vivendi, Messier Are Fined \$1.35 Million","Vivendi Universal and its former chief Jean-Marie Messier have each been fined 1 million euros (\$1.35 million) for misleading financial information issued by the company when Messier was in charge, Messier #39;s lawyer said Tuesday."
"3","Tiffany sells stake in Aber Diamond, discount arrangement ends","TORONTO (CP) - US jewelry retailer Tiffany  amp; Co. has sold its nearly 14 per cent stake in Aber Diamond Corp., part owner of Canada #39;s second diamond mine, Diavik."
"3","SEC Says Google IPO Document Effective"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission said on Wednesday that it declared effective Google  Inc.'s <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GOOG.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">GOOG.O</A> registration statement for its initial public  offering."
"4","Australian City Agency Switches to Sun's StarOffice (Ziff Davis)","Ziff Davis - In another blow to Microsoft, a government agency in New South Wales, Australia, signs a deal with Sun to migrate 1,500 users to the company's StarOffice productivity suite and Messaging products."
"4","Ford scraps Oracle-based procurement system","Automaker dumps Everest procurement system to revert to older technologies."
"4","Briefly: Mozilla makes Japanese push","roundup Plus: Macromedia offers Flash video tool...UTStarcom wins Indian IP gear contract...Microsoft tightens Windows-mainframes link."
"4","Pros point to flaws in Windows security update","German security company says it found minor problems in SP2; researchers predict more critical issues will emerge."
"4","Sears launches consumer electronics line","Department store selling projection TVs via Web; will offer them in stores in the fall, with other devices to follow."
"4","Wireless sensor networks looking to Zigbee Alliance","Imagine a golf course that can sense rainfall, and adjust the automatic sprinkler system to delay a scheduled watering session or focus on parts of the course that didn't get as much rain as others. Or a hotel that can detect when a room is vacant, and turn off the heating or cooling systems in that room to save energy."
"4","Web Surfers Hit Higher Speeds","The majority of Internet users in the U.S. have ditched dial-up, survey says."
"4","Microsoft Outlook Tool Launched by You Software","You Looking For Another Microsoft Outlook Tool\\Microsoft gobbled up Lookout the other week, an Outlook search tool, but You Software is introducing another option to finding one's way around Outlook - You Perform.\\With hundreds of millions of users around the world, Microsoft Outlook is the standard for business e-mail. One ..."
"2","Hamm Wins All-Around Gymnastics Title (AP)","AP - After falling onto the edge of the judges' table on the landing of his vault, Paul Hamm performed two of the most spectacular routines of his career to win the men's all-around gymnastics title by the closest Olympic margin ever."
"2","Judge in Bryant Case Loosens Gag Order (AP)","AP - The judge in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case has loosened a sweeping gag order after objections from prosecutors, news organizations and attorneys for the accuser."
"2","Bulluck Picks Super Bowl Shot Over Cash (AP)","AP - Keith Bulluck knows his answer to the question of how much is enough. Coming off his first Pro Bowl and All-Pro season, the Tennessee linebacker could have played out the final year of his contract then become a free agent in search of more money. Instead, he signed a six-year,  #36;36 million contract in March and remained a Titan."
"2","American Hamm Claims Men's Gymnastics All-Round Crown"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Paul Hamm became the first American man  to claim the Olympic gymnastics men's all-round gold medal on  Wednesday."
"3","UPDATE 1-Citigroup fined over risky fund recommendations","The brokerage watchdog NASD on Tuesday censured Citigroup Inc. (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) and fined the financial services company \$275,000 for violating rules regarding sales of risky investments."
"1","UN food agency steps up Sudan aid as rainy season approaches (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The United Nations' food relief agency is gearing up for a ""critical stage"" in feeding refugees in western Sudan as more people flee ethnic violence there and the rainy season peaks, UN officials said Wednesday."
"1","Iraq Cleric Agrees End Uprising, Fighting Continues"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A radical Iraqi cleric leading a  Shi'ite uprising agreed Wednesday to disarm his militia and  leave one of the country's holiest Islamic shrines after  warnings of an onslaught by government forces."
"1","SA soldiers 'robbed immigrants'","Five soldiers appear in court in South Africa accused of robbing Zimbabwean deportees."
"1","Israel 'hits' Gaza City targets","An Israeli helicopter fires two missiles at targets in Gaza City, Palestinian witnesses say."
"1","Paul Hamm Wins All-Around Event","After falling on the landing of his vault, Paul Hamm put on two of the most spectacular routines of his career to win Olympic gold, the first ever by a U.S. man."
"1","Al-Sadr OKs Plan to End Fighting in Najaf","NAJAF, Iraq - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accepted a peace plan Wednesday for Najaf that would disarm his militiamen and remove them from a holy shrine where they are hiding out, according to a spokesman. However, Al-Sadr wanted to negotiate how the deal would be implemented..."
"1","SEC Gives Final Nod to Google's IPO","SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Securities and Exchange Commission granted final approval Wednesday to the paperwork required for Google Inc.'s initial public offering, paving the way for the Internet search giant to set a price for its shares and begin selling them after several stumbles and a last-minute downward revision on the size of the offering..."
"1","Hamm Wins All-Around Gymnastics Title","ATHENS, Greece - After falling onto the edge of the judges' table on the landing of his vault, Paul Hamm performed two of the most spectacular routines of his career to win the men's all-around gymnastics title by the closest Olympic margin ever.    Needing a 9.825 on high bar, his best event, to tie Kim Dae-eun of South Korea for gold, Hamm was dazzling..."
"3","Colgate to Cut About 4,400 Jobs","Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) will cut about 4,400 jobs and close a third of its factories under a program aimed at fighting rising costs and focusing on higher-profit areas such as oral care, the company said on Tuesday."
"3","Lamy Strong Candidate for WTO Job-USTR"," WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. trade officials said on Tuesday  that former European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy would  be a ""strong candidate"" to lead the World Trade Organization,  but stopped short of formally endorsing him."
"3","Stocks Close Higher, Dow Above 10,000"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday,  as investors shrugged off record crude oil prices and bought  beaten-down shares, pushing blue chips to close above 10,000  for the first time in 2 weeks."
"4","CORRECTED: Charley Shows Progress, Pitfalls in Forecasting (Reuters)","Reuters - A few decades ago, the earliest warning\Floridians would have had of a hurricane would have been black\clouds on the horizon. Now people are complaining after\Hurricane Charley hit shore at a point just 60 miles off from\the track projected by meteorologists."
"4","Oracle intros Business Intelligence 10g","Oracle today introduced the latest version of its Business Intelligence product which combines information access, analysis, reporting, data integration and management tools into a standalone application."
"4","Mozilla Sparks New Fire with Thunderbird E-Mail Client","Thunderbird is touting its new features, like RSS news and blog reader integration into its e-mail client. Users can scan and sort through hundreds of headlines."
"4","Sony Announces PS3 GPU","December 07, 2004 - In an announcement made around the midnight hour earlier this morning, Sony Computer Entertainment and NVIDIA Corporation jointly confirmed that they have teamed up to create the graphics chip for Sony #39;s next videogame console."
"3","United, American OK flight caps to ease airport gridlock","CHICAGO : United Airlines and American Airlines have agreed to temporary flight caps at Chicago #39;s O #39;Hare International Airport to ease congestion at one of the world #39;s busiest hubs, federal officials said. "
"3","Stocks End Higher, Dow Back Above 10,000","NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks ended higher on Wednesday, as investors shrugged off record crude oil prices and bought beaten-down shares, pushing blue chips to close above 10,000 for the first time in 3 weeks. "
"3","Cause of shopping center fire in South Everett under investigation","EVERETT  Fire investigators are still trying to determine what caused a two-alarm that destroyed a portion of a South Everett shopping center this morning. "
"4","BigFix eases enterprise deployment of SP2","BigFix, an enterprise security vendor, announced yesterday that its BigFix Enterprise Suite  quot;supports and simplifies quot; the deployment of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). "
"4","Web Surfers Hit Higher Speeds","A majority of US home Internet users now have broadband, according to a survey by NetRatings. 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 ..."
"4","Compuware Calls for IBM Oust","Lawyers for software vendor Compuware (Quote, Chart) filed a motion with a US District Court in Michigan asking a federal judge to impose sanctions against IBM for producing source code two years too late. "
"4","White House Touts High-End Computing In R amp;D Budgets","It #39;s instructing executive-branch heads to give priority to supercomputing and cyberinfrastructure research and development in their fiscal 2006 budgets. "
"2","Greek sprinters withdraw from Olympics","ATHENS -- The final curtain fell Wednesday on a week-long drama that has riveted this nation when Greece #39;s two top sprinters, swept up in a suspected doping scandal, withdrew from the Summer Olympics and competitions that might have ..."
"2","Olympics : Japan #39;s Kitajima completes breaststroke double","ATHENS : Kosuke Kitajima completed a sweep of Olympic breaststroke gold on Wednesday, capturing the 200m title in a Games record ahead of Hungarian teenager Daniel Gyurta. "
"1","Calls for Sadr militia to disarm","NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq #39;s Defence Ministry has ordered Shi #39;ite militiamen in Najaf to immediately lay down their weapons and leave a holy shrine in the city. "
"1","More Georgian Soldiers Die in South Ossetia Clashes","Georgian officials reported four Georgian soldiers were killed in a heavy fighting, which erupted in the South Ossetian conflict zone late on August 18. "
"1","Riot in Salvadoran jail leaves 20 dead, 30 injured","MEXICO CITY, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- A bloody riot Wednesday in the La Esperanza Jail, in Mariona, in the outskirts of San Salvador, left a toll of at least 20 dead and another 30 injured. "
"3","Intuit Posts Wider Loss After Charge"," SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intuit Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=INTU.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">INTU.O</A>, maker of  the No. 1 U.S. tax presentation software TurboTax, on Wednesday  posted a wider quarterly loss from a year earlier after taking  a goodwill impairment charge during its seasonally weaker  fourth quarter."
"4","Software Vendor Lindows Postpones IPO (AP)","AP - Software vendor Lindows Inc. formally postponed its initial public offering Wednesday, citing adverse market conditions."
"4","Spruced up 64-bit Windows beta ready","Microsoft on Wednesday made available the latest builds of its 64-bit version of Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, that each features a handful of new improvements including the Luna user interface, Windows Messenger, Windows Media Player, infrastructure support for Bluetooth, and the .Net Framework 1.1."
"3","Dollar Up a Bit Against Europe Currencies"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar was a little stronger  against the main European currencies but weaker against the yen  on Wednesday, with the Japanese currency rallying across the  board as dealers adjusted positions."
"4","Google Faces Another Keyword Lawsuit","Google Faces Another Keyword Lawsuit\\Another lawsuit has been filed against Google because of the trademarked keyterms that companies bid for in the AdWords keyword advertising program.  Next week Google will head over to a German courtroom where it will continue to defend its technology against Metaspinner Media GmbH.\"
"2","Ogunleye Remains Idled in Contract Talks (AP)","AP - Idled by a stalemate in contract negotiations, Pro Bowl defensive end Adewale Ogunleye can only wonder where he'll be come September."
"2","Portugal Suffers Humiliating Athens Exit in Soccer"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Portugal were bundled out of the men's  soccer tournament at the Athens Olympics on Wednesday after a  humiliating 4-2 defeat by Costa Rica."
"1","Iraq Cleric Agrees to End Uprising, Fighting Rages On"," NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A radical Iraqi cleric leading a  Shi'ite uprising agreed on Wednesday to disarm his militia and  leave one of the country's holiest Islamic shrines after  warnings of an onslaught by government forces."
"3","Argentina to tackle tax 'evaders'","The government of Buenos Aires, the richest province of Argentina, says it wants to seize the safety deposit boxes of 35,000 alleged tax debtors. "
"3","SEC Gives Final Nod to Google #39;s IPO","SAN JOSE, Calif. Aug. 18, 2004  The Securities and Exchange Commission granted final approval Wednesday to the paperwork required for Google Inc. #39;s initial public offering, paving the way for the Internet search giant to set a price for its shares and ..."
"3","O #39;Hare Set to Lose 37 Daily Arrivals","Federal officials announced an agreement Wednesday to ease congestion at O #39;Hare International Airport by temporarily cutting 37 daily peak-hour arrivals by United Airlines and American Airlines, its two largest carriers. "
"3","Moody #39;s raises Dell #39;s senior unsecured debt rating","NEW YORK, Aug 18 - Moody #39;s Investors Service said on Wednesday it raised the senior unsecured debt rating of Dell Inc. (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) with a stable outlook citing the firm #39;s strong balance sheet and solid operating and financial ..."
"2","Roddick, Williams lose in third round","Maybe all that talk from Andy Roddick and Venus Williams about taking the Olympics as seriously as a Grand Slam was just that: talk. "
"2","Hamm stumbles, then soars to gold","ATHENS, Greece -- Paul Hamm overcame a fall on the vault to become the first American to win an Olympics men #39;s all-round gymnastics gold medal. "
"2","Aussie equestrian hopes end in sixth","Australia #39;s dreams of an historic fourth successive three-day eventing gold medal ended in disappointment but there was still joy for the team when Andrew Hoy #39;s wife won dual gold medals. "
"1","Arafat #39;s familiar words must lead to unfamiliar actions","If there are any democratic  quot;T #39;s quot; to be crossed and  quot;I #39;s quot; to be dotted, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat did not leave one undone during his keynote speech to MPs at his West Bank headquarters in Ramallah. Arafat looked rejuvenated and emphatic as he ..."
"1","Salvadoran Prison Riot Kills at Least 20 Prisoners, EFE Reports","August 18 (Bloomberg) -- A prison riot in the Central American nation of El Salvador killed at least 20 prisoners and wounded another 30, the Spanish news agency EFE reported, citing prosecutors. "
"1","PM denies misleading public","PRIME Minister John Howard is insisting he has not deliberately misled the Australian public over the children overboard affair. "
"1","Southern Africa: Zim Election Group Welcomes SADC Guidelines","The Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) has welcomed the adoption of guidelines for holding democratic elections at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Mauritius this week. "
"3","Vivendi, Messier Each Fined EU1 Million by French Regulator","Jean-Marie Messier, the former chief of Vivendi Universal SA who is under investigation for alleged fraud and stock manipulation, was fined 1 million euros (\$1.3 million) by French regulator Autoritee des Marches Financiers."
"3","Lenovo may be in acquisition talks with IBM","HONG KONG - China #39;s biggest computer maker said Tuesday it is in acquisition talks with a major international technology company, a disclosure which comes amid reports it might buy IBM Corp."
"3","Google Slashes IPO, Gets Pricing Go-Ahead"," NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GOOG.OQ target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">GOOG.OQ</A> on  Wednesday got the green light to go ahead with a downsized  version of its much-hyped initial public offering, meaning its  shares could debut on Nasdaq as soon as Thursday."
"4","Product Review: Business PC Roundup - Part 2 (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - Over the last several weeks, NewsFactor has looked at ten of the market's best-known and most sought-after business computers. Each has its strengths and weaknesses. The difficult part is finding the one that strikes the best balance between merits and flaws."
"4","Analyst: CRM Mergers and Acquisitions Picking Up (NewsFactor)","NewsFactor - Most industry observers agree that the CRM-software market is picking up speed this year and will continue to do so next year. And most also agree that venture capitalists have been waiting for several years to make their next moves regarding the startups they have backed through the thin years."
"4","Vitamin E Thwarts Colds in the Elderly","By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Nursing home residents who take daily doses of vitamin E appear to be less likely to develop certain respiratory infections, a new study finds.    The protective effect was most pronounced with upper respiratory infections, such as the common cold..."
"4","Ford kills 'Everest' procurement software system","Ford Motor Co. has decided to stop work on a major procurement software system built around Oracle's 11i E-Business Suite of apps and plans to move back toward its original custom-written, mainframe-based applications."
"4","NetRatings survey shows broadband users now a majority in U.S.","There were an estimated 63 million broadband users, or 51 of all home Internet users, last month compared with 61.3 million dial-up users, 49 of the total, according to a survey by NetRatings Inc."
"4","Brief: FedEx Kinko's launches Internet-based print options","FedEx Kinko's yesterday launched a Web-based tool geared toward mobile professionals and small businesses that allows Microsoft Windows users to connect to FedEx Kinko's printing centers."
"4","Sun postpones September user show","In a bid to save money, Sun Microsystems is postponing its SunNetwork 2004 San Francisco user conference and may merge the event with its JavaOne 2005 developer conference, set for next June."
"4","Researchers find holes in XP SP2","Security researchers found two software flaws in the Windows XP Service Pack 2 that could allow virus writers and malicious hackers to sidestep new security features in the operating system."
"4","HP pledges to correct order processing problems","At HP World this week, company officials scrambled to reassure customers that it is working hard to fix its order processing problems by the end of this month."
"4","Catching 'gotchas' in tech contracts","IT managers and contract specialists often fail to include important criteria in final tech deals, such as performance promises made by vendors during the request for proposals process, said negotiation experts at an IBM Share conference."
"4","Netscape 7.2 released","Netscape Communications yesterday released Netscape 7.2, which is based on Version 1.7 of Mozilla, the most recent version of the Mozilla Internet application suite."
"4","Brief: SAP users warned of false support calls","SAP AG is warning customers not to provide confidential information on the phone to people claiming to be company support staff."
"4","Review: Robovacs No Match for Normal Vacuum Cleaners","By MARK JEWELL     BOSTON (AP) -- A new generation of robotic vacuums is ready to do battle with dirt, dust and dog hair with more cleaning power and cunning than their ancestors could muster.     Faced with the usual obstacles - furniture, stairs, low-hanging bed skirts and stray socks - they intelligently and acrobatically extricate themselves from most tight spots and largely avoid getting stuck or sucking in what they shouldn't..."
"1","Sharon's Likud Rejects Coalition Bid--First Returns (Reuters)","Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel\Sharon's right-wing Likud party voted Wednesday to bar a\coalition with center-left Labor that he seeks to advance his\Gaza withdrawal plan, according to early returns."
"1","UN Concerned by Lack of Darfur Progress on Ground (Reuters)","Reuters - The United Nations said on\Wednesday it was concerned by Sudan's lack of progress in\bringing security to Darfur, where more than a million people\have fled their homes for fear of militia attack."
"1","Sharon's Likud Rejects Coalition Bid--First Returns"," TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon's right-wing Likud party voted Wednesday to bar a  coalition with center-left Labor that he seeks to advance his  Gaza withdrawal plan, according to early returns."
"3","Medtronic Quarterly Net Up (Reuters)","Reuters - Medtronic Inc. (MDT.N) on Wednesday\said its quarterly earnings rose on brisk demand for devices\that manage irregular heart beats and products used to treat\the spine."
"3","Google Says IPO Auction Has Closed"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc. said on Wednesday that the  auction has closed for its initial public offering."
"2","Bloom Will Appeal Latest NCAA Rebuff (AP)","AP - Colorado wide receiver Jeremy Bloom decided Wednesday to keep fighting the NCAA for the right to accept commercial ski endorsements while playing college football."
"1","U.S. Forces Kill 50 Sadr Militia in Baghdad Suburb (Reuters)","Reuters - U.S. forces killed more than 50 Shi'ite\militiamen Wednesday in a significant advance into a Baghdad\suburb that is a powerbase for radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr,\the military said."
"1","Besieging holy sites: past lessons","The standoff at one of Islam's holiest shrines parallels one at the Church of the Nativity in 2002."
"1","British say US gave terror suspects a heads up","Eight alleged terrorists were charged in Britain this week. One was caught with detailed plans of several US buildings."
"3","IPO Quiet Period Needs  #39;Good, Hard Look #39; -SEC Chief","WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The rules on what executives may and may not say during the run-up to launching a company onto the public markets need a  quot;good, hard look, quot; the top US securities regulator said on Wednesday. "
"3","Crude oil crosses the \$47 per barrel mark","NEW YORK, August 18 (New Ratings)  Crude oil prices reached new record high levels today, following the US Energy Department report regarding the expanded operations by the US refineries and increased gasoline demand for this year. "
"3","Fleet Bank to lay off workers","Hundreds of branch employees at Fleet Bank, one of the largest banks in Philadelphia and now part of Bank of America, are being laid off Wednesday across the Northeast. "
"3","Intuit Posts Wider Loss After Charge","SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intuit Inc. (INTU.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , maker of the No. 1 US tax presentation software TurboTax, on Wednesday posted a wider quarterly loss from a year earlier after taking a goodwill impairment charge during its ..."
"3","Google Gets the Green Light, Markets Perk Up","The SEC hurdle had been closely watched after Google made some missteps after announcing its intention to go public, including possibly violating the quiet period regulations. At the market close, the Dow had climbed 110.32 ..."
"3","Parmalat sues former auditors for at least \$10 bn","LONDON, August 18 (New Ratings)  The insolvent Italian dairy food product company, Parmalat Finanziaria SpA (PAF.FSE), filed a lawsuit against its former auditors, Deloitte  amp; Touche and Grant Thornton, today, seeking damages of at least \$10 billion. "
"3","Mexican Volkswagen Workers Strike Over Wage Increase","Volkswagen workers in Mexico have gone on strike after rejecting a wage increase offered by company management. "
"3","Synovis shares tumble as profit, revenue fall","CHICAGO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Shares of Synovis Life Technologies Inc.(SYNO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) tumbled 13 percent on Wednesday after the company reported a drop in quarterly net income and withdrew its annual and fourth-quarter outlook, citing ..."
"4","Windows XP SP2 Firewall","Last week Microsoft finally released the much-anticipated Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP. This update represents a fundamental change in many aspects of Windows XP security and could reasonably be called the next release of Windows XP as much as a ..."
"4","Ford kills  #39;Everest #39; procurement software system","AUGUST 18, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Despite four years in production and an investment of millions of dollars, Ford Motor Co. is pulling the plug on a major procurement software system built around Oracle Corp. #39;s 11i E-Business Suite of applications. "
"4","Scientists Fear Malaysian Sea Turtles Threatened","Scientists warn that the Malaysian populations of several species of sea turtles are on the brink of collapse and could disappear without urgent action to eliminate poaching and other dangers. "
"2","Hamm Becomes First US Gymnast to Win All-Round Olympic Title","Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Hamm out-scored South Korean Kim Dae Eun in the final exercise to become the first US gymnast to win the all-round men #39;s title at an Olympic Games. "
"2","Return to Olympia worth long wait","OLYMPIA  Amid the olive trees and just past the ancient ruins, on a hillside bathed in an unrelenting Mediterranean sun, 15,000 spectators from around the world converged on this little town to watch 12 men and 12 women compete in the shot put at the ..."
"2","Day 5 of Olympics Brings Gold for Some, Major Upsets for Others","A total of 21 gold medals will be awarded on Wednesday at the Athens Olympics. Day five medals already awarded include archery, boating and shooting events, as well as judo, cycling, and weightlifting. "
"1","Radical Shiite Cleric  #39;Accepts Peace Plan #39;","If the agreement is fulfilled  and al-Sadr has made contradictory statements in the past  it would resolve a crisis that had angered many of Iraq #39;s majority Shiites and threatened to undermine the fledgling interim government of Prime Minister ..."
"1"," #39;9-11 helper driven by anti-Israeli beliefs #39;","A Moroccan accused of helping the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers was part of a group that raged against the United States  quot;because it defends Israel quot; and himself approved of Hitler #39;s extermination of the Jews, witnesses testified Wednesday. "
"3","IBM: Do We Have a Deal?","Speculation spreads that China's biggest computer maker will buy IBM's PC business. Also:  Clinton attends launch of Chinese search engine powered by AI   hellip;.  A new DVD can play on old and new HD technology   hellip;. and more."
"3","Oil Falls to 3-Month Low on Mild Weather"," LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices fell more than a dollar to a  three-month low on Tuesday as mild winter weather sapped demand  in the heavy energy consuming U.S. northeast."
"4","Wal-Mart does the notebook price limbo","The retailer trots out a portable PC for less than \$600. Is it getting ready for a laptop push for the holidays?"
"2","American Hamm Claims Men's Gymnastics All-Round Crown"," ATHENS (Reuters) - Paul Hamm etched his name into the  record books as he became the first American man to win the  Olympic gymnastics all-round crown Wednesday."
"1","Egypt eyes possible return of ambassador to Israel","CAIRO - Egypt raised the possibility Tuesday of returning an ambassador to Israel soon, according to the official Mena news agency, a move that would signal a revival of full diplomatic ties after a four-year break."
"2","Woods' Top Ranking on Line at NEC Invite (AP)","AP - Tiger Woods already lost out on the majors. Next up could be his No. 1 ranking."
"4","Nvidia To Power Next-Gen Sony Console","Nvidia Corp. and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) said Tuesday that the two companies are working together to deveop a graphics subsystem for Sony #39;s next-generation video-game console."
"4","Mozilla Thunderbird Reaches 1.0","An anonymous reader writes  quot;Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 is now available for download on Mozilla #39;s FTP server. quot; Here is the press release announcing the release."
"4","NASA Seeks Methods to Repair Shuttles in Flight","NASA is hoping techniques that would enable a crew to repair damages to a space shuttle in flight will be ready for the shuttle #39;s planned May 2005 return to space, officials with the agency said on Monday."
"4","Trend Micro offers cellphone, PDA security","CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 7 - Trend Micro has announced the availability of Trend Micro Mobile Security, providing antivirus and anti-spam protection for SMS messaging customers using data-centric mobile phones and PDAs."
"3","Regulators clear Google flotation","US regulators approve documents relating to Google's flotation, clearing the way for its market debut."
"3","Mexican car workers stage walkout","Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Mexico, which manufactures VW's New Beetle model, have gone on strike over pay."
"1","Heavy rains force another helicopter rescue operation in Britain (Canadian Press)","Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - More than 50 people were rescued by a naval helicopter Wednesday after two landslides caused by heavy rain trapped their vehicles on a highway in Scotland, police said."
"1","Sharon's Party Bars Bid for Coalition on Gaza Plan"," TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party voted on Wednesday to bar him from forming a  coalition with the Labour opposition, an embarrassing blow that  complicates his plan to withdraw from occupied Gaza."
"3","Update 1: Sprint Signs \$3 Billion Wireless Pacts","Sprint Corp. said Tuesday it reached multi-year agreements totaling \$3 billion with Lucent Technologies Inc., Motorola Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp."
"3","Group: Hurricane may cost insurers \$7.4B","NEW YORK -- Hurricane Charley will likely cost insurers at least \$7.4 billion, according to the Insurance Institute, an industry trade group that based its estimate on initial claims data from Florida residents and businesses. "
"3","Medtronic Quarterly Net Up","CHICAGO (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc. (MDT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said its quarterly earnings rose on brisk demand for devices that manage irregular heart beats and products used to treat the spine. "
"3","Viagra introduces its latest celebrity backer: the devil","Gone are the days when coyness ruled the marketing of the drug that helps the condition that men find hard to talk about. In a Madison Avenue dream situation, Viagra is facing some stiff competition in a three-way battle for ..."
"3","LA parking company lands contract renewal with ABIA","Los Angeles-based Ampco System Parking has received a multi-year contract renewal with Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. "
"4","Our most vulnerable citizens don #39;t belong in hurricane danger zones","HILTON HEAD, SC  Hurricane Charley demonstrated last weekend why some of the nation #39;s most vulnerable folk - the ill, the disabled, and the frail elderly - should think twice before taking up residence in the most dangerous parts of ..."
"2","US Cyclists Capture Three Medals","ATHENS, Greece - Tyler Hamilton #39;s greatest ride capped the finest Olympic day for US cycling, which won three of the six medals awarded in Wednesday #39;s road time trials - surpassing its two total road medals won since the 1984 Games in Los ..."
"2","American Hamm Claims Men #39;s Gymnastics All-Round Crown","ATHENS (Reuters) - Paul Hamm etched his name into the record books as he became the first American man to win the Olympic gymnastics all-round crown Wednesday. "
"2","Cooke Vows to Learn Athens Lesson","Nicole Cooke could ride in four or more Olympics but the pain of her first will always be with her. After finishing just outside the medal placings in Sunday #39;s road race, the Welsh cyclist put herself through another half-hour of sun-baked agony in the ..."
"2","US Women Shatter Olympic 800-Meter Freestyle Relay Record","The United States has shattered a 17-year-old world record in the women #39;s Olympic 800-meter freestyle relay. "
"2","Reid opens his Ireland account","Wanted man Andy Reid did his market value no harm by grabbing his first Republic of Ireland goal against Bulgaria at Lansdowne Road tonight. "
"1","Sadr agrees to lay down arms","Iraq #39;s rebel Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr accepted a peace plan to lay down arms and join a Baghdad conference forming an interim national assembly. "
"1","Karzai Sworn in as Afghanistan's President"," KABUL (Reuters) - Hamid Karzai was sworn in as  Afghanistan's first popularly elected president Tuesday,  promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and end the  economy's dependence on narcotics."
"1","Soldier, 4 Militants Die in Renewed Gaza Fighting"," GAZA (Reuters) - Four Palestinian militants and an Israeli  soldier were killed Tuesday in the heaviest Gaza fighting since  Yasser Arafat's death, raising the prospect that renewed  violence could complicate a vote for his successor."
"1","Ukraine in Turmoil as Agreement Crumbles"," KIEV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's outgoing leader denied  on Tuesday he had agreed on concessions with his opponents to  end a crisis that has plunged the country into turmoil and  driven a wedge between Russia and the West."
"3","After Bell: Synopsys Falls, CACI Gains"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Synopsys Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SNPS.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">SNPS.O</A>  tumbled on Wednesday after the semiconductor design software  maker reported lower third-quarter net income and said  fourth-quarter earnings and revenues would be below Wall Street  estimates."
"3","U.S. Treasury Debt Prices Drop"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices dropped on  Wednesday as the market succumbed to profit-taking after  racking up sizable gains over the past month."
"4","Intuit Posts Wider Loss on Acquisitions (AP)","AP - Intuit Inc., the maker of TurboTax tax-preparation software and QuickBooks accounting programs, posted a wider loss in its latest quarter on acquisition-related expenses."
"1","US deaths in combat near 1,000, Iraqi PM meets Putin","BAGHDAD (AFP) - The number of US soldiers killed in combat in Iraq neared 1,000 after a spike in violence, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi prepared for talks in Moscow aimed at reviving business ties despite Russia #39;s opposition to the US-led war."
"4","Samsung network aims to keep Olympics on track","Cell phones and special network let officials, reporters access info on event results, medal counts, event cancellations and the like."
"4","Wal-Mart offers sub-\$600 notebook","The retailer trots out a bargain portable PC that packs Wi-Fi. Is it getting ready for a laptop push for the holidays?"
"4","Google gets IPO green light from SEC","The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday gave its approval for Google to proceed with its initial public offering (IPO)."
"1","FBI Expects Violence at GOP Convention (AP)","AP - The FBI anticipates violent protests at the upcoming Republican National Convention in New York but does not have enough evidence to move against any group or person, the bureau's top terrorism official said Wednesday."
"1","Army Deserter to Move to Japan","Former US army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins, who deserted to North Korea (news - web sites) four decades ago, said he decided to turn himself in to the US military and risk jail for the sake of his North Korean-born daughters, whom he feared might be "
"1","Finnish teenagers come top again in school skills","Finland has kept its place at the top of a survey measuring teenagers #39; educational skills, with schools in some Asian countries also among the best performers."
"3","Temporary Flight Caps Are Just That"," quot;We #39;ve worked hard to balance the need to provide vibrant air service and grow the economy with the need to clear the skies over O #39;Hare, quot; said Mineta.  quot;The process worked, yielding substantial reductions that will produce results for the ..."
"4","How Redmond Won Newham","Microsoft chalked up a couple of government contract wins in the UK this week. But while Redmond touts total cost of ownership studies (TCO), an open source consultant says the numbers don #39;t add up. "
"4","Spruced up 64-bit Windows beta ready","Microsoft on Wednesday made available the latest builds of its 64-bit version of Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, that each features a handful of new improvements including the Luna user interface, Windows Messenger, Windows ..."
"2","Kuranyi gives Klinsmann debut win","VIENNA, Austria -- Kevin Kuranyi scored a hat-trick as Germany began life under new coach Juergen Klinsmann with a 3-1 win in a friendly against Austria. "
"2","Hungary defeats Scotland","GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Szabolcs Huszti scored two goals as Hungary defeated Scotland 3-0 on Wednesday in an international friendly. "
"1","Sadr agrees to end Najaf crisis","NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A radical Iraqi cleric leading a Shi #39;ite uprising has agreed to disarm his militia and leave one of the country #39;s holiest Islamic shrines after warnings of an onslaught by government forces. "
"1","The Olympics - weapon of mass distraction","As Australians watch their country #39;s flag being raised yet again in Athens, it can be imagined that no one is more pleased, nor more relieved, than Prime Minister John Howard, writes The Dominion Post in an editorial. "
"1","Japan Greets U.S. Army Deserter Jenkins (AP)","AP - A North Carolina man who deserted the U.S. Army for North Korea nearly 40 years ago was greeted by cheering crowds Tuesday in his wife's hometown on a remote island in northern Japan, where he said he plans to live his ""remaining days."""
"1","Scottish landslides trap up more than 50 people (AFP)","AFP - More than 50 people were airlifted to safety after landslides caused by violent rain trapped cars on a road in Scotland, just days after flash floods devastated a tourist village in southwest England."
"1","NewsView: Mosque Adds Problems for U.S. (AP)","AP - The Bush administration is supporting the Iraqi government as it uses diplomacy and the threat of force to oust radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militia from a holy shrine in Najaf. At the same time, it is trying to steer clear of becoming the target of an angry Muslim world."
"3","After the Bell: Shares of Synopsys Tumble"," NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Synopsys Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SNPS.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">SNPS.O</A>  tumbled on Wednesday after the semiconductor design software  maker reported lower third-quarter net income and said  fourth-quarter earnings and revenues would be below Wall Street  estimates."
"2","Earl Snyder Called Up to Help Red Sox (AP)","AP - Earl Snyder grew up rooting for Red Sox outfielder Ellis Burks. Now he's sitting next to him."
"1","U.S.: Al-Sadr Withdrawal Would Be Welcome (AP)","AP - The Bush administration reacted suspiciously Wednesday to reports that the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had accepted a peace plan to end fighting in Najaf."
"1","'Potential Development' in Peterson Case","REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - In a surprise move Wednesday, the judge in Scott Peterson's murder trial postponed the cross-examination of Peterson's former mistress and sent the jury home early because of a ""potential development.""   Judge Alfred A..."
"1","Stocks Close Higher Ahead of Google IPO","NEW YORK - Investors shrugged off rising crude futures Wednesday to capture attractively valued shares, sending the Nasdaq composite index up 2 percent ahead of Google Inc.'s much-anticipated initial public offering of stock. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 110 points..."
"1","Groups Try to Aid Elderly Charley Victims","SARASOTA, Fla. - The devastation brought on by Hurricane Charley has been especially painful for an elderly population that is among the largest in the nation..."
"1","Radical Cleric Accepts Najaf Peace Plan","NAJAF, Iraq - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accepted a peace plan Wednesday that would disarm his militia and remove them from their hideout in a revered shrine, raising hopes of resolving a crisis that has angered many of Iraq's majority Shiites and threatened to undermine the fledgling interim government.    But al-Sadr has made contradictory statements in the past, and aides to the cleric said he still wanted to negotiate details of the deal to end two weeks of fighting between his forces and U.S.-led troops..."
"1","Hamm Wins All-Around Gymnastics Title","ATHENS, Greece - With his medal hopes all but gone after he hit the judges' table on his vault landing, Paul Hamm performed two of the most spectacular routines of his career to win the men's all-around gymnastics title by the closest Olympics margin ever.   ""I'm happy right now..."
"1","Wen Ho Lee Reporters Held in Contempt","WASHINGTON - A federal judge held five reporters in contempt Wednesday for refusing to identify their sources for stories about Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of spying.    U.S..."
"1","Egypt announces 'breakthrough' on Mideast peace (AFP)","AFP - Key players in the search for Middle East peace have reached understanding on a plan that could lead to a comprehensive settlement."
"2","MLB, players #39; union engage in steroid talks","CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Major League Baseball players and owners are currently meeting to hammer out a deal that would toughen rules on steroid testing in baseball."
"4","NVidia to power Sony #39;s Playstation 3","Sony and nVidia are to co-develop a graphics engine to power graphics cards and entertainment consoles. The chip will be used in nVidia #39;s GeForce cards which will power forthcoming consumer devices from Sony "
"4","Oracle Unveils Standalone Business Intelligence Product","Oracle Corp. on Monday introduced a standalone business intelligence product that #39;s designed to address a large portion of an enterprise #39;s analytical requirements, including information access "
"4","Reading Feeds With Thunderbird","The Mozilla Foundation today officially launched the Thunderbird email program - a companion to the Firefox Web browser. If you #39;re on a POP3 or IMAP email server, check out Thunderbird."
"3","Weak demand behind Google price cut","news analysis Google #39;s decision to cut back its public offering by as much as 30 percent represents a stinging rebuke for a deal once heralded as a surefire windfall not only for the company but the technology industry at large. "
"3","Oil Prices Set Another Record","ARIS, Aug. 18 - Oil prices climbed above \$47 a barrel today, setting yet another record, after figures showed supplies in the United States were down for a third consecutive week while a report from OPEC highlighted the threat of high oil ..."
"3","US airlines agree to cut flights at Chicago #39;s O #39;Hare","CHICAGO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - US airlines have agreed to limit flights into Chicago #39;s O #39;Hare International Airport at peak periods to stem record delays that have slowed aviation nationwide, federal officials said on Wednesday. "
"4","Half of US Web Users Now on Broadband -- Report","NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than half of all US residential Internet users reached the Web via fast broadband connections in July, outpacing use of slower, dial-up connections for the first time, market researcher Nielsen//NetRatings said on ..."
"4","It #39;s hip, it #39;s funky, it #39;s a PC made just for teens","AUSTIN (Texas) - It is not your typical, humdrum, slate-coloured computer. Not only is the PC known as the  #39;hip-e #39; almost all white, but its screen and keyboard are framed in fuzzy pink fur. Or a leopard skin design. Or a graffiti-themed pattern. "
"2","Beckham:  #39;England needed this boost #39;","David Beckham admitted England needed to prove a point by beating Ukraine in Wednesday night #39;s friendly at St James #39; Park. "
"2","Scotland V Hungary Player Ratings","David Marshall  The Celtic goalkeeper continued his rapid rise to fame with his first international start. Blameless at the penalty and was given no chance with Hustzi #39;s stunning second. Unlucky to have Pressley #39;s attempted clearance cannon off him ..."
"2","Lefty done for season with torn left flexor tendon","PHILADELPHIA -- Andy Pettitte #39;s frustrating season officially came to an end Wednesday when the Houston Astros announced that the left-hander will undergo surgery to repair the torn flexor tendon in his left elbow. "
"1","Bargain-hunting, Iraq deal push up US shares","NEW YORK : US share prices surged on Wednesday as bargain hunting and news of a peace deal in the Iraqi city of Najaf overcame all-time high oil prices and weak demand for the Google share float. "
"1","Pope #39;s French visit leaves debt","France #39;s Roman Catholic Church has reported a 1.3m-euro deficit (\$1.6m) from a visit by the Pope to the southern shrine of Lourdes. "
"4","Five new moons for planet Neptune","Five new moons have been discovered orbiting the giant planet Neptune."
"4","Vonage: Dial 311 for city info","Subscribers of the company's Net phone service can get information on park locations, public transit, and so on."
"2","England, Germany Win Cup Qualifying Preps (AP)","AP - Looking to rebound after poor showings in Euro 2004, England and Germany won tuneup games Wednesday in preparation for qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup."
"2","Dolphins Player Pleads Innocent to Assault (AP)","AP - Miami Dolphins receiver David Boston pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges of assaulting a ticket agent at the Burlington International Airport in October."
"2","Hairston Out for Season","The Orioles learn Wednesday that outfielder Jerry Hairston will be lost for the season with a broken left ankle.  Hairston was injured crashing into the outfield wall Tuesday night."
"3","Delta seeks permission to buy back certain bonds","NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines (DAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it was asking permission to buy back debt from about 10 percent of its bondholders, in a first step toward the struggling company #39;s efforts to restructure its ..."
"4","Briefly: Vonage users dial 311 for city info","roundup Plus: Mozilla makes Japanese push...Macromedia offers Flash video tool...UTStarcom wins Indian IP gear contract."
"4","IBM chalks up two health care wins","The deals with a university medical center and a California health care provider come two weeks after a win with the Mayo Clinic."
"1","Results of Presidential Campaign Polls (AP)","AP - Results of recent polls on the presidential race. Listed above each set of results is the name of the 2000 winner in a given state, the organization that conducted the poll, the dates, the number interviewed, whether it was adults, registered voters (RV) or likely voters (LV) and the margin of error (MoE). Results may not total 100 percent because of rounding."
"2","Crowd Inspires Greek Beach Volleyballers; US Duo Ousted","ATHENS (Reuters) - A roaring crowd helped inspire Greece #39;s top women #39;s beach volleyball team to trounce China on Wednesday and reach the next round. "
"2","Golfer Ryan Baca Misses Cut at US Amateur","MAMARONECK, NY - Baylor senior Ryan Baca (Richmond, Texas) finished tied for 128th with a 36-hole total of 155 at the 104th US Amateur golf