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6966,"INSIDE INFO: Man Utd shares drop MAN UNITED #39;S share price has fallen by just over 2.5, less than expected after the resignation of Malcolm Glazer #39;s bankers JP Morgan.",Sports,Business,6.8371816 |
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611,Special to ESPN.com It |
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6104,Florida deaths blamed on Hurricane Frances State and local officials Tuesday said nine people have died in Florida because of Hurricane Frances. The following describes those deaths: - A 15-year-old grandson and a former son ,Sports,World,6.6063046 |
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1723,"Philippines mourns dead in Russian school siege The Philippines Saturday expressed quot;deepest sympathy quot; to the families of the dead in the Russian school siege on Friday, in which 322 people were killed when Russian troops stormed ",Sci/Tech,World,6.5813074 |
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4855,SC to hear Zee petition tommorrow Five judges of the top court will hear a petition filed by Zee Telefilms on Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the Supreme Court said a five-judge bench would hear the dispute that threatens the rights of India |
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3528,"City Series-ly wounded With the Yanks out of the World Series, the city #39;s economy loses out on at least \$40 million, according to studies by the controller #39;s office and other city agencies.",Sports,Business,6.229502 |
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2553,"Icing call Out of money, out of patience, out of time, and for the foreseeable future, out of business.",Sports,Business,6.2281938 |
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4490,"Man arrested for fatally stabbing elderly parents SAITAMA -- A middle-aged man who fatally stabbed his parents has been arrested, police said. Hideo Nakajima, an unemployed man from Soka, Saitama Prefecture, apparently called police shortly before 8 pm, Wednesday.",Sci/Tech,World,5.965745 |
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6090,"World briefs LONDON - A man wielding a machete and a knife attacked two security guards at the building housing the headquarters of the British domestic intelligence service MI5 on Friday, police said.",Business,World,5.9576216 |
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379,"America #39;s curse There is an all but unanswerable case for asserting that the biggest story out of the United States this week has nothing to do with the presidential election, has no connection with the flu vaccine shortage and that it does not involve a gay bishop either ",Sports,World,5.865507 |
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1665,Bush Scraps Most U.S. Sanctions on Libya (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush on Monday formally\ended the U.S. trade embargo on Libya to reward it for giving\up weapons of mass destruction but left in place U.S.\terrorism-related sanctions.,Sci/Tech,World,5.860246 |
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1530,Indonesian diplomats asked to help improve RI |
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6503,"Dominicans' Swift Step Into Crisis SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- When Sandro Batista smashed his banana truck into a tree in April, leaving him with two hideously shattered legs and a broken arm, his orthopedic surgeon sent his sister shopping.",Business,World,5.679855 |
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1789,Brewers buyer expected to step out of the shadows Monday MILWAUKEE - Paul Attanasio says the story of his brother buying a baseball team is like a script straight out of Hollywood. He should know.,Business,Sports,5.661467 |
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5025,Bryant Makes First Appearance at Trial (AP) AP - NBA star Kobe Bryant arrived at his sexual assault trial Monday as attorneys in the case who spent the weekend poring over questionnaires prepared to question potential jurors individually.,Sci/Tech,Sports,5.6569085 |
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4395,EU foreign ministers hope to break deadlock over ASEM summit The European Union said Friday it quot |
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4393,"Greenspan: Debt, home prices not dangerous The record level of debt carried by American households and soaring home prices do not appear to represent serious threats to the US economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Tuesday.",Sci/Tech,Business,5.649497 |
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1501,"Revolving Door <em> IN</em><br> Aylwin B. Lewis, president of Yum Brands, as chief executive of Kmart.",World,Business,5.6373777 |
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229,"Another homicide in Holland It is a sad day. In what seems to be another politically inspired homicide in Holland, Dutch filmmaker, and controversial columnist Theo van Gogh was brutally murdered in the streets of Amsterdam this morning.",Sci/Tech,World,5.622504 |
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7554,"Israel to close Erez industrial zone before March Israel would start liquidating the Erez industrial zone in the northern Gaza Strip before launching the first stage of the disengagement plan in March 2005,local newspaper Ha #39;aretz reported on Tuesday.",Business,World,5.5466175 |
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5495,The Bahamas - the real medal winner of the Athens Olympics A different way of calculating the medal standings brings some interesting results.,Sci/Tech,Sports,5.5307703 |
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3189,Chavez rejects CD as opposition Venezuela |
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66,"Hyundai signs deal for China truck plant Hyundai Motor Co. said yesterday that it has signed an agreement with a Chinese company, Jianghuai Automobile Corp., to build a commercial vehicle and engine plant in China #39;s Anhui province.",Sci/Tech,Business,5.432548 |
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6369,"Scaffold collapse survivors improving One of the men who survived Friday #39;s fatal scaffold collapse is in guarded condition at Detroit Receiving Hospital and the two other survivors were released on Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman said.",Business,World,5.4259796 |
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2521,Cellphone Industry Hits Snag as It Woos Untapped Market The mobile phone industry is turning its attention to the last untapped demographic - people over 65.,World,Sci/Tech,5.330768 |
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4063,"Nikkei Opens Higher (Reuters) Reuters - The Nikkei average rose 1.37 percent at\the opening on Monday as a recovery in U.S. stocks encouraged\investors to seek bargains among lagging issues, including\Canon Inc. and other high-tech issues.",World,Business,5.3169274 |
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4667,How to take the perfect penalty A sports psychologist says how footballers should prepare themselves for the high-pressure penalties.,Sci/Tech,Sports,5.200007 |
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6021,"Dow Jones Agrees to Buy MarketWatch in \$519 Million Deal Dow Jones Company, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, has agreed to buy MarketWatch, the parent company of the financial news Web site CBS MarketWatch, for approximately \$519 million, the companies said today.",World,Business,5.1612105 |
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7093,"Pricey Drug Trials Turn Up Few New Blockbusters The \$500 billion drug industry is stumbling badly in its core business of finding new medicines, while aggressively marketing existing drugs.",World,Business,5.157207 |
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2381,JFK killing fades in intensity WASHINGTON: The 41st anniversary of President John F Kennedy |
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1204,"Racing in an Evening Gown (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - Not every driver was dressed formally for the start of this year's Bullrun, a road rally that begins in London, at the Marble Arch, and ends three days later in Ibiza, Spain. Yet as drivers thrummed their engines nervously on the afternoon of Sept. 23, waiting for the checkered flag, a quick inspection of the field revealed one entrant clad in an Oxford shirt and gray pinstripe blazer, another sporting a tuxedo, and a third--me--wearing a red couture Matthew Earnest gown.",Business,Sports,5.0945334 |
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4348,Erdogan Believes European Council |
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1600,"Russia #39;s Putin Defends Reforms, Worries About Clans Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had no plans to grab more power or change the constitution when reforming Russia #39;s government structure.",Business,World,5.035693 |
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2580,"Gas prices up 5 cents after Hurricane Ivan CAMARILLO, Calif. - Gas prices jumped more than 5 cents a gallon in the past two weeks, largely because of supply problems related to Hurricane Ivan, an industry analyst said.",Sci/Tech,Business,5.0133305 |
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2776,"EU increases pressure for rights in Myanmar EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to tighten sanctions against Myanmar if it does not improve its human rights record by Oct. 8, when an EU meeting with Asian countries starts in Vietnam.",Business,World,4.9926367 |
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100,"Mars water tops science honours The discovery that salty, acidic water once flowed across the surface of Mars has topped a list of the 10 key scientific advances of 2004.",World,Sci/Tech,4.9916234 |
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6338,I.B.M. Agrees to Settle Part of Giant Pension Case I.B.M. said that it had agreed to pay \$320 million to its employees to settle in part a class-action lawsuit over its pension plan.,Sci/Tech,Business,4.960049 |
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5958,"Henman Sails at the Swiss Indoors <p></p><p> By Mark Ledsom</p><p> BASEL (Reuters) - Britain's world number four Tim Henmanwon his opening match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournamentwith little difficulty on Wednesday, beating Frenchman AntonyDupuis 6-3, 6-4.</p>",World,Sports,4.93319 |
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4223,"GM Plans to Use Woods More Creatively (AP) AP - General Motors Corp. is thrilled that Tiger Woods will promote Buick for the next five years, but GM chairman Rick Wagoner says the automaker could make better use of the world's best-known golfer.",Sports,Business,4.9155006 |
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5428,Before-the-Bell: GenCorp Falls 5.6 Pct. (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of GenCorp Inc. fell 5.6\percent before the opening bell on Monday after investment fund\Steel Partners withdrew its proposal to acquire the aerospace\and real estate company.,Sci/Tech,Business,4.9139524 |
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7413,"Glazer stake in Man Utd nears 30 US tycoon Malcolm Glazer lifts his stake in Manchester Utd to 28.11, one day after spending 17m on further share buys.",World,Business,4.900026 |
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2229,"Serial HIV Assault Verdict Expected Mon. (AP) AP - A verdict will be announced Monday in the trial of a man charged with intentionally exposing 17 women to HIV, a county judge said.",Sci/Tech,World,4.871583 |
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6876,Boston archbishop reveals anguish of closings BOSTON Boston |
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4253,Week's delay for Delta launcher Boeing's new heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket must wait a further week before making its maiden flight.,World,Sci/Tech,4.833668 |
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6504,US football: Patriots' historic win New England win a record-tying 18th straight game - plus an NFL round-up.,World,Sports,4.8108788 |
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5116,"Quick end to US election crucial US President George W. Bush is on the verge of a re-election victory, but Democratic challenger John Kerry is not conceding defeat, at least not now.",Business,World,4.8006263 |
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2363,Ban for former Ahold executives Dutch retailer Ahold's former chairman and its ex-finance officer are barred from executive posts as part of a US fraud case settlement.,World,Business,4.795744 |
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6869,"Argentina Basketball Coach Magnano Quits Ruben Magnano, who coached Argentina to the Olympic basketball gold medal in Athens, resigned Thursday to accept a coaching job in Italy.",World,Sports,4.7060504 |
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3108,"Embattled Mortgage Giant Agrees to Meet New Standards Fannie Mae agreed to keep more cash on hand while it corrects accounting problems, a U.S. regulator said.",World,Business,4.7032785 |
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2635,"Chavez victory confirmed Caracas, Venezuela - The results of an audit support the official vote count showing that President Hugo Chavez won this month #39;s recall referendum in Venezuela, the head of the Organization of American States said Saturday.",Business,World,4.692909 |
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971,"Schwarzenegger Vows to Defend Emissions Law Toyota, General Motors and seven other automakers filed suit to block California's new greenhouse gas regulation, which was approved by the state in September.",World,Business,4.6922107 |
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4619,"Gordon Cooper, NASA Mercury Pioneer, Dies LOS ANGELES - Gordon Cooper, who was the youngest and perhaps cockiest member of the original Mercury astronauts and set the space endurance record that helped clear the way for the first moon landing, has died. He was 77...",World,Sci/Tech,4.64205 |
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7334,"PM welcomes EU partnership Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the Hague last night to participate in the India-European summit. quot;In recognition of Indias growing stature and influence, the EU has proposed a strategic partnership with India.",Business,World,4.6161785 |
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6591,Live: Olympics day four Richard Faulds and Stephen Parry are going for gold for Great Britain on day four in Athens.,World,Sports,4.5906715 |
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148,"Stability Control Systems Can Save Lives (AP) AP - Stability control systems could save up to 7,000 lives each year if they were standard equipment on all vehicles, according to a study by the insurance industry.",World,Sci/Tech,4.5457845 |
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5755,"Madrid miffed! The organisers of Madrid #39;s bid complained that Paris had broken the rules by using France #39;s embassies in Oslo and Kuwait to hold events to promote its candidacy, the newspaper said.",Sports,World,4.5408154 |
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1983,Lazarus-like virus hits computers A new computer virus is catching people out by coming back from the dead.,Business,Sci/Tech,4.5087814 |
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3864,"India's Tata makes powerful debut Shares in Indian software services giant Tata Consultancy close 16 higher on their market debut, raising \$1.2bn for the company.",World,Business,4.4753065 |
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4286,"Argentina Beats U.S. Men's Basketball Team Argentina defeated the United States team of National Basketball Association stars 89-81 here Friday in the Olympic semi-finals, dethroning the three-time defending champions.",World,Sports,4.4743304 |
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5681,"For Many Airline Pilots, the Thrill Is Gone While pilots still feel in command in the air, they increasingly are feeling slighted on the ground, as airlines extract salary and benefits concessions from them.",World,Business,4.464494 |
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5626,"Ljubicic Downs Hanescu at Open De Moselle Top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia beat Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-4, 6-4 Tuesday in the first round of the Open de Moselle.",World,Sports,4.4393826 |
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7013,"Why 2004 was the year of the blog A US dictionary publisher declares ""blog"" as one of the words of the year.",World,Sci/Tech,4.3851213 |
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286,Telescope snaps distant 'planet' The first direct image of a planet circling another star may have been obtained by a US-European team of astronomers.,World,Sci/Tech,4.3804646 |
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7294,"EA Signs Five-Year Exclusive NFL Deal Electronic Arts announced an exclusive licensing relationships with the National Football League and PLAYERS INC to develop, publish and distribute interactive football games.",Sports,Sci/Tech,4.3675127 |
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4105,"Linux: Paris weighs a shift to open-source camp PARIS The open-source computer system known as Linux won a tough battle over Microsoft earlier this year when the city of Munich decided to change the operating software of 14,000 government computers, despite the personal intervention of Steve Ballmer ",Business,Sci/Tech,4.3643312 |
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7475,Tennis: Night final for Aus Open The centenary Australian Open will be the first Grand Slam event to stage its final at night.,World,Sports,4.3530893 |
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1226,"Adobe updates RAW plug-in with digital negative format Adobe has updated Photoshop #39;s support for digital cameras #39; RAW image formats. The new plug-in adds to the number of camera models supported and includes a utility for converting images into the DNG, digital negative format.",Business,Sci/Tech,4.3245087 |
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4811,England humble Sprinboks Charlie Hodgson scores 27 points as England overwhelm the Springboks at Twickenham.,World,Sports,4.279598 |
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5464,"Senate Panel Gives NASA Extra Money (AP) AP - NASA would get #36;16.4 billion next year under a bill a Senate committee approved Tuesday, reversing a decision by House lawmakers to cut the space agency's budget below this year's levels.",World,Sci/Tech,4.276081 |
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3198,"Sources: Sprint, Nextel closing in on \$36B deal Sprint Corp. is in advanced talks to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for more than \$36 billion in a mostly stock deal, sources familiar with the situation said today.",Sci/Tech,Business,4.2674775 |
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4699,"Oil prices bubble to record high The price of oil has continued its sharp rise overnight, closing at a record high. The main contract in New York, light sweet crude for delivery next month, has closed at a record \$US46.75 a barrel - up 70 cents on yesterday #39;s close. ",World,Business,4.2589526 |
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3807,Safety Group Closely Echoes Rail Industry Documents show that the nation's most influential rail-safety group is tightly bound to the railroad industry.,World,Business,4.2125773 |
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6264,"Arrowhead: It still is pointing the way In comparison to its contemporaries it could be termed a modern marvel, an example of how to do things right when everyone else was doing things wrong.",Sports,Sci/Tech,4.209968 |
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4968,"Times to Scrap Broadsheet Edition The Times is to scrap its broadsheet edition and go tabloid from Monday, it was confirmed today. The decision was made after a trial run of the compact edition proved a success, said editor Robert Thomson.",Sports,Sci/Tech,4.2018547 |
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840,"US economic growth slips to 2.8 Annual US economic growth fell to 2.8 in the second quarter of 2004, marking a slowdown from the 3 estimated a month ago.",World,Business,4.1982803 |
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347,"Ancient fungus 'revived' in lab Fungus from a deep-sea sediment core that is hundreds of thousands of years old will grow when placed in culture, scientists discover.",World,Sci/Tech,4.189549 |
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1251,"Caterpillar snaps up another remanufacturer of engines PEORIA - Caterpillar Inc. said Wednesday it will acquire a South Carolina remanufacturer of engines and automatic transmissions, increasing its US employment base by 500 people. ",Sci/Tech,Business,4.1637864 |
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3594,Hynix's 3Q Profit More Than Triples (AP) AP - South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said Monday its third-quarter net profit more than tripled from same period last year thanks to steady global prices for memory chips.,World,Sci/Tech,4.159795 |
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3384,"Tyncastle sale gets official go ahead Of the votes received by proxy and from shareholders in the room at a stormy extraordinary general meeting last night, 62.5 were in favour of the resolution.",Sports,Business,4.1500406 |
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3955,"Spread of GM grass raises fears of crossbreeding Pollen from a genetically modified grass was found 21 kilometres from where it was planted, scientists reported in a study published Tuesday, raising fears of transgenic crossbreeding.",Business,Sci/Tech,4.1286726 |
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7248,Retailers Looking to Move Plasma TV's (AP) AP - Hanging stockings by the chimney with care? Retailers hope that St. Nicholas soon will be there |
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6436,"BlueGene sneaks past Earth Simulator The Earth Simulator, an NEC supercomputer, is surpassed, at last. IBM announced yesterday that its Blue Gene/L supercomputer had achieved a sustained performance of 36.",Business,Sci/Tech,4.1268425 |
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1779,Observers insist: no proof of fraud in Venezuelan referendum. Independent observers confirmed that the random auditing of results from the recall referendum (Sunday August 15) against Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez show there are no indications of fraud as claimed by the opposition.,Business,World,4.1181087 |
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4025,Federal CISOs Rank Patch Management As Biggest Obstacle Survey by Intelligent Decisions indicates that patch management leaves less time for chief information security officers to work on improving overall security.,Business,Sci/Tech,4.115232 |
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3638,Justices hear cases on shipping wine (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - States that block direct shipments of wine to consumers from out-of-state wineries faced skeptical comments from Supreme Court justices on Tuesday.,World,Sci/Tech,4.112756 |
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5997,"A Founding Father? Give the guy some credit. Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong #39;s embattled Chief Executive, gets precious little of it from his people these daysand heaps of ",World,Business,4.106985 |
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5862,"Sony, IBM, Toshiba Give Details of 'Cell' Chip (Reuters) Reuters - IBM , Sony Corp. (6758.T) and\Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) on Monday revealed their plans for the\powerful new ""Cell"" processor the three are jointly producing\to run next-generation computers, game consoles and\televisions.",Business,Sci/Tech,4.070936 |
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2818,"Producer Price Surge Fuels Inflation Fears Producer prices surged 1.7 percent in October, their sharpest monthly increase in nearly 15 years.",World,Business,4.0648217 |
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1708,Donors seek clarity on PA finances Donors to the Palestinians are asking whether the change of leadership can let more light into Palestinian finances.,Business,World,4.0522733 |
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3096,"It's Inauguration Time Again, and Access Still Has Its Price President Bush's inaugural committee, seeking to raise more than \$40 million, a record, sent out hundreds of solicitations.",World,Sci/Tech,4.0500584 |
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4423,"Product Previews palmOneUpgrades Treo With Faster Chip, Better Display\With more than 600,000 units shipped, the Treo 600 is one of the big smartphone success stories. Last week, palmOne introduced the follow-on Treo 650 with a higher resolution 320-by-320-pixel TFT screen, which the company claims increases the visible area of the display and makes pictures and documents much clearer. The 650 also carries a removable battery; 32MB of flash memory, and a faster 312MHz, Intel XScale processor. Improved multimedia features include a built-in MP3 player, a digital camera with improved low-light capabilities, as well as video capture and playback functionality. Products are expected to ship by years end from some carriers who will add their own services, and will be priced at about \$499.\ Treo 650, palmOne",Business,Sci/Tech,4.034116 |
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7199,"Regulators Let Cingular Buy AT amp;T Wireless The \$41 billion merger between Cingular Wireless LLC and AT amp;T Wireless Services Inc. won approval from the Federal Communications Commission yesterday, according to federal sources close to ",Sci/Tech,Business,3.9622078 |
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734,US edge out Brazil for gold The United States beat Brazil 2-1 in extra time to win the women's Olympic football tournament.,World,Sports,3.9544277 |
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5924,"Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait still risky investments: study (AFP) AFP - Investing remains risky in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, notably because the presence of US forces in the region makes these countries vulnerable to terrorist attacks, a security consulting firm said.",Business,World,3.9529798 |
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6954,"On TV -- from the Internet SAN MATEO, Calif. -- The promise of Internet-based video has long been hamstrung by copyright and piracy worries, slow dial-up connections, technical challenges, and consumer disdain for watching blotchy videos on their home computers.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.948452 |
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891,"\$78,000 for a Cane That Helped a Legend Walk the Line Many of Johnny Cash's possessions were sold at Sotheby's, collecting \$3,984,260 for the Cash family, more than double the pre-auction estimate.",World,Business,3.9472802 |
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5177,Ryder Cup: Europe close on victory Another good day at Oakland Hills sees Europe move 11-5 clear of the USA going into Sunday's Ryder Cup singles.,World,Sports,3.932977 |
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1347,"Audit finds no fraud in Venezuelan recall vote CARACAS : An audit of last Sunday #39;s recall vote in Venezuela, which favored keeping President Hugo Chavez in office, found no evidence of fraud, as the opposition had charged, electoral officials said.",Business,World,3.9305964 |
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974,"World's oldest man dies aged 113 The world's oldest man, who gave up driving at 108 because ""slow drivers annoyed him"", dies at 113.",World,Sports,3.9159975 |
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2055,"Florida, Alabama pick up the pieces after Ivan People in Florida and Alabama have started to clean up after hurricane Ivan - the third such pummelling for Florida alone in just five weeks.",Business,Sports,3.8565524 |
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624,Football: Brazil legend's UK debut Brazil football great Socrates is set to make his debut for non-league Garforth Town on Saturday.,World,Sports,3.8557303 |
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131,"Black Market in British Treasure Sold on EBay (Reuters) Reuters - Pieces of Britain's past, including a\second-century silver ring and a 500-year-old Tudor trade\weight, are among artifacts being peddled daily on the Internet\to the alarm of experts at the British Museum.",World,Sci/Tech,3.8236473 |
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2824,"Legendary all-rounder Miller dies Keith Miller, arguably Australia's greatest all-rounder in Test cricket, has died in Melbourne aged 84.",World,Sports,3.8214216 |
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2977,"Toughest athlete is female and unknown You probably haven't heard about one of the toughest endurance sports around: the deca-ironman. That's 38 km swimming, immediately followed by an 1800 km bicycle ride and a 420 km run. Currently, the world record stands at about 187 hours, held by a German housewife. Nobody else has ever finished the course below 192 hours. ",Sci/Tech,Sports,3.812195 |
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5649,Tennis: Davenport to play on Lindsay Davenport says she plans to play in the Australian Open next January.,World,Sports,3.8080387 |
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3945,"Microsoft open new software development unit in India (AFP) AFP - Microsoft said it will join with India's second-largest software firm, Infosys Technologies, to provide software and consulting to manufacturing, banking and automobile companies.",World,Sci/Tech,3.8007486 |
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1892,"Unknown Nesterenko Makes World Headlines (Reuters) Reuters - Belarus' Yuliya Nesterenko won the top\women's athletics gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday,\triumphing over a field stripped of many big names because of\doping woes to win the 100 meters.",World,Sports,3.7925231 |
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4449,webcrawler: A9.com is cool NOW heres something else thats off the mind. Theres no more need to make mental or computer notes while searching the Internet.,Business,Sci/Tech,3.7817717 |
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3749,"Microsoft Launches New Media Center PC Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its Windows XP Media Center, adding features such as instant messaging and high-definition television to a personal computer designed for the living room.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.7686098 |
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1904,Rumours surround Google browser The search giant Google is rumoured to be working on its own web browser.,Business,Sci/Tech,3.761185 |
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740,"A Bit of Wall St. on the Tigris The 150 brokers and traders on the Iraq Stock Exchange are not waiting for the war to end, buying and selling orders a few hundred yards away from the fighting.",World,Business,3.7600722 |
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5702,"FaceTime, IMlogic Back Live Communications Server 2005 Hard on the heels of Microsoft announcing that it #39;s taken Live Communications Server 2005 gold, instant messaging management software vendors IMlogic and FaceTime on Tuesday both touted their support for the communication product.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.7536483 |
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7578,Finnish Watchdog Raps TV Game Operators (Reuters) Reuters - Finland's consumer watchdog said on\Monday it had reprimanded broadcasters for causing children to\run up huge mobile phone bills with interactive television game\and chat programs.,World,Sci/Tech,3.749175 |
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6172,"Microsoft Readies Next Business IM Server A little over a year after introducing the first version of Office Live Communications Server, Microsoft says it plans to release the next version of its enterprise instant messaging software, in December.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.7378154 |
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808,Greek weightlifter awaits verdict Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis will find out on Sunday if he is to be stripped of his medal.,World,Sports,3.7343192 |
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4139,"It may be end of line for narrow track Hurricane forecasters debate the usefulness of the quot;skinny line quot; in tracking maps, and look at more accurate alternatives.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.7176688 |
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7581,F1: British Grand Prix ruled out Jackie Stewart rejects Bernie Ecclestone's claims that the British Grand Prix is dead.,World,Sports,3.7156756 |
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5460,Banks seek court ruling over F1 Three banks go to the High Court in London seeking a ruling which could lead to Bernie Ecclestone losing control of Formula One racing.,Business,Sports,3.712683 |
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4733,"Glory Comes Amid Empty Seats and Closed Shutters HERE in Old Europe, people install shutters outside their windows to keep out the heat, the pollution, the daylight, the noise. They also lock the shutters tight when they go away on holiday.",Sports,Sci/Tech,3.703052 |
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5707,"Amazon Burning Makes Brazil a Leading Polluter <p></p><p> By Axel Bugge</p><p> BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Burning of the Amazon andother forests accounts for three quarters of Brazil'sgreenhouse gas emissions and has made the country one of theworld's leading polluters, a long-delayed government reportshowed on Wednesday.</p>",World,Sci/Tech,3.6942067 |
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423,"SBC links e-mail, voice messages, fax SBC on Monday announced a new service that integrates voice messages, faxes and e-mails into a single mailbox that can be accessed from anywhere by phone or the Internet.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.6892176 |
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3012,"Wi-Fi successor is called high-speed hype -- for now SAN FRANCISCO -- At virtually every turn, Intel Corp. executives are heaping praise on an emerging long-range wireless technology known as WiMAX, which can blanket entire cities with high-speed Internet access.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.6870217 |
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6288,"GAME UNDER FIRE Attacking police officers, racial slurs, bloody beatings of innocent bystanders ... is it really just a game? In four and a half minutes, 14-year-old Ryan Mason ran over a police officer, stole his gun and shot and killed three innocent bystanders.",Sci/Tech,World,3.6661527 |
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2186,"Slowing population 'lacks funds' Rich countries are giving only half the amount they promised to help to slow world population growth, the UN says.",Sci/Tech,World,3.6405804 |
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652,"Google #39;s New PC Search Tool Poses Risks NEW YORK Oct. 18, 2004 - People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new privacy risk to worry about: Google #39;s free new tool that indexes a PC #39;s contents for quickly locating data.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.621805 |
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6677,"R.I.P. Gary Webb -- Unembedded Reporter The finest journalist ever to get fired for telling the truth is dead at age 49. The official cause of death on the death certificate will be suicide. But, as we shall see, he had much help getting to that point. The story of the life and death of Gary Webb says much about the state of American politics and what passes as ""journalism"" in today's America. ",Sci/Tech,World,3.613589 |
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3121,"Three jockeys, one trainer arrested LONDON -- British police arrested 16 people, including three jockeys and a trainer, Wednesday as part of a major crackdown on corruption in horse racing.",Sports,World,3.6112065 |
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1620,Software Service Aims to Outfox Caller ID A new computerized service enables customers to create phony outbound phone numbers in order to mask their telephone identities.,Business,Sci/Tech,3.5817962 |
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1997,Rumors Suggest Photo Ability To Be Added to iPod quot;Apple has invested heavily in technology to edit pictures. Not having a portable device to show them seemed an obvious oversight that would be corrected once the price of the displays ,Business,Sci/Tech,3.5718234 |
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820,"US consumers unaware of spyware The findings come in a report from the newly formed Consumer Spyware Initiative, a joint effort by Dell and the non-profit Internet Education Foundation that aims to increase awareness of spyware.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.5619624 |
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3459,A wandering Congress trips over the US Constitution That is the one-word message of advice that citizens wanted to send to members of Congress at the end of last week. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate looked as if they are having trouble seizing ,Business,World,3.5452216 |
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1256,"Colombia Accuses Cos. of Illegal Imports The Colombian government has filed a lawsuit accusing Pernod Ricard SA, Diageo PLC and Seagram Export Sales Co. of illegally importing spirits via Colombian companies that launder drug money.",World,Business,3.4949775 |
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1938,"Google puts desktop search privacy up front Google has announced a new desktop search application that enables users to search their e-mail, files, web history, and chats. Perhaps learning from previous mistakes, Google says it has designed the product quot |
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7214,Rugby: Kiwis earn draw New Zealand hold Australia 16-16 in the first game of the 2004 Tri-Nations series.,World,Sports,3.4647946 |
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3687,"Hurricane Ivan Slams U.S. Gulf Coast Hurricane Ivan roared into the Gulf Coast near Mobile, Alabama, early this morning with peak winds exceeding 125 miles an hour (200 kilometers an hour).",Sci/Tech,World,3.461919 |
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298,"MOM 2005 Released to Manufacturing Microsoft on Wednesday announced the release to manufacturing of Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 and MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition, a new edition that the company previously called MOM 2005 Express.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.4542315 |
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2825,"Ellison: Data Hubs Could #39;ve Prevented 9/11 SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is convinced that had the intelligence community used a unified database from Oracle, the terrorist attacks on 9/11 would never have happened.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.3969374 |
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7556,"Toshiba claims Hollywood backing in war for next DVD standard (AFP) AFP - Toshiba said four major Hollywood studios had thrown their crucial weight behind High Definition DVD (HD-DVD), one of two disc formats contending to be the standard in next-generation DVDs.",World,Sci/Tech,3.3960311 |
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2779,"Will there be peace in Great Lakes region? To coordinate and cooperate or not to, that is where the rub is, and that is the key issue when it comes to answering the question whether there will be peace in the Great Lakes region.",World,Sci/Tech,3.391615 |
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6455,Pen can pick some bike U-locks That U-shaped bike lock that you thought was so secure may be easy pickings for thieves who have nothing more sophisticated than a Bic pen.,Business,Sci/Tech,3.3765874 |
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5310,"EU Clears Flextronics Purchase of Units (AP) AP - European Union regulators Friday cleared Singapore's Flextronics International Ltd., the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, to acquire factories from Canada's Nortel Networks Corp.",World,Sci/Tech,3.3729928 |
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1242,"Miss Peru takes Miss World crown Twenty-year-old Miss Peru has been crowned Miss World in a southern Chinese resort town, as China looks to become the regular host of an event that would have once been deemed heretical by its Communist leaders.",Sports,World,3.3644793 |
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4488,Football: Azerbaijan 0-1 England Michael Owen heads England's winner in the World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan.,World,Sports,3.3553603 |
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52,"Rivals Try to Turn Tables on Charles Schwab By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- With its low prices and iconoclastic attitude, discount stock broker Charles Schwab Corp. (SCH) represented an annoying stone in Wall Street's wing-tipped shoes for decades...",Sci/Tech,Business,3.3533392 |
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660,"South Korea planning huge spending to revive economy: report (AFP) AFP - The South Korean government is preparing a huge quot |
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5844,"Japan's comics retool the art Animation in America once meant Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh. These days, it's just as likely to mean Japanese fighting cyborgs, doe-eyed schoolgirls, and sinister monsters -- thanks in large part to people like John Ledford.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.31638 |
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4500,"MetroPCS obtains Cingular air com November 29, 2004, 8:33 AM PT. Wired amp; Wireless continues its reign as the top IT priority among IT managers due to widespread IP telephony deployment and other network infrastructure upgrades.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.3151882 |
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1793,Yahoo and SBC extend partnership and plan new services Yahoo and SBC Communications have agreed to collaborate to extend some of the online services and content they currently provide to PC users to mobile phones and home entertainment devices.,Business,Sci/Tech,3.3089387 |
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3701,"The Shockwaves of Sumatra The Indian Ocean earthquake of December 2004 produced a shockwave that created tsunamis all across the Indian Ocean. The tsunamis hammered nearby Indonesia and struck as far as the coast of East Africa. The death toll has climbed over 100,000 and continues to grow. It also created social shockwaves. ",Sci/Tech,World,3.3035796 |
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7225,"Without Batting An Eyelash : A very French welcome for a new <b>...</b> THAT night, it seemed as if three or four parties were going on at once in Cosmo Manille. Wrong, palanggas. Actually, there were five in Makati alone, and one of them had a stream of traffic ",Business,World,3.2940369 |
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1237,"FDA OKs Scientist Publishing Vioxx Data (AP) AP - The Food and Drug Administration has given a whistle-blower scientist permission to publish data indicating that as many as 139,000 people had heart attacks that may be linked to Vioxx, the scientist's lawyer said Monday.",World,Sci/Tech,3.2917204 |
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1953,"Stern Blasts FCC at Satellite Promotion #39;Down With the FCC! #39; Howard Stern Says at New York Rally to Promote Switch to Satellite Radio. Radio host Howard Stern, below center, waits as thousands of his fans line up to receive a free Sirius radio from him in Union Square in New York Thursday, Nov.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.2788877 |
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1923,"For Now, Unwired Means Unlisted. That May Change. In October, most major cellphone carriers plan to start compiling a publicly accessible listing of wireless phone numbers.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.2691517 |
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992,Swedes beam poetry into outer space (Reuters) Reuters - Swedish poets have broadcast their work into outer space by radio to give alien life forms -- if they exist -- a taste\of earthling literature.,World,Sci/Tech,3.2633026 |
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4104,"DreamWorks Animation IPO Set at 29M Shares Underwriters for DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., producer of the blockbuster ""Shrek"" movies, Tuesday set the terms of the company's pending initial public offering at 29 million common shares, with an estimated price range of \$23 to \$25 a share.",Sci/Tech,Business,3.2575083 |
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4310,"Thai minister says zoo #39;s illegal orangutans to be moved JAKARTA/BANGKOK (DPA): Thailand, under growing pressure to repatriate some 100 orangutans allegedly smuggled into the country from Indonesia, plans to shift the apes from a private zoo to a safe centre, probably in Chiang Mai, a minister said on Thursday.",Sci/Tech,World,3.2549548 |
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2744,"IBM Claims Its BlueGene Supercomputer Is the Fastest IBM Corp. on Wednesday said it has developed the world #39;s fastest computer - a 16,000-processor version of its BlueGene/L supercomputer.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.245068 |
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3393,Megawati kicks off 36th ASEAN economic meeting JAKARTA (Agencies): President Megawati Soekarnoputri opened high-level economic talks between members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday with a warning to ASEAN leaders that they must stay the course on their agreed ,Business,World,3.2261145 |
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670,"Travelocity Says Speed Is the Ticket For Growth Sam Gilliand, the chief executive of Travelocity, talks about the online travel industry, the Cendant-Orbitz merger and the woes of the airline industry.",Sci/Tech,Business,3.2102716 |
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7495,"U.S. Ringtones Market Slow to Connect SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - With a possible billion-dollar windfall at stake, U.S. music companies are eagerly awaiting the full-blown development of the stateside ringtone market.",Sci/Tech,Business,3.204746 |
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1698,Regulators Approve Artificial Heart The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of an artificial heart made by SynCardia Systems as a temporary device for people awaiting transplants.,Sci/Tech,Business,3.173469 |
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344,Halo 2 scores record sales of \$125 million in first 24 hours Halo 2 broke entertainment retail records in its first 24 hours. Microsoft Game Studios said that the video game sold through 2.4 million stores in the US and Canada raking in \$125 million in sales.,Business,Sci/Tech,3.162375 |
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3432,"Intel in new chip breakthrough Intel creates a more powerful memory chip without increasing its size, confounding the firm's critics.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.1457276 |
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3898,"Google Lowers Its IPO Price Range SAN JOSE, Calif. - In a sign that Google Inc.'s initial public offering isn't as popular as expected, the company lowered its estimated price range to between \$85 and \$95 per share, down from the earlier prediction of \$108 and \$135 per share...",World,Business,3.142486 |
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4697,"Japan should outsource more The Japanese information services industry clocked up sales of 13,703.9 billion yen in fiscal 2001, according to a report on selected service industries for 2001 released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).",World,Business,3.1421509 |
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3500,Clubbing Wet Seal A same-stores sales drop that's less crummy than expected can't fix this sick pup.,Business,Sci/Tech,3.1400826 |
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6063,"Stern to Join Sirius Satellite Radio NEW YORK - Howard Stern has long had two words for the Federal Communications Commission - and in 15 months, he can finally utter them on the air. The self-proclaimed ""King of All Media,"" perhaps the most influential radio voice of the last 20 years, is shifting his salacious act to satellite radio and freeing himself from the increasingly harsh glare of federal regulators...",World,Sci/Tech,3.1325345 |
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707,"Boeing casts eyes on live TV over Connexion service The Boeing Co. is planning to add live television to its Connexion by Boeing service during 2005, a company executive said in a recent interview.",Sci/Tech,Business,3.1262405 |
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6190,"FCC Mulls Airborne Mobile Phone Use Although there may have been technical limitations at the time the cell phone ban was established, according to IDC #39;s Shiv Bakhshi, it is unclear why the ban has remained in place, given that ",Business,Sci/Tech,3.126086 |
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2428,Press review 0850CET--The seizure of fake Nike sportswear by the Customs Department was one of the main stories on Wednesday |
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5305,Cricket: Tendulkar to miss test Sachin Tendulkar is almost certain to miss Thursday's second Test against Australia in Madras.,World,Sports,3.1253586 |
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1116,Warne takes six but India establish handy lead (Reuters) Reuters - World test wicket record holder Shane Warne grabbed six wickets as India established a handy 141-run first innings lead in the second test on Saturday.,World,Sports,3.125263 |
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4991,"HP to tempt holiday shoppers with sights and sounds The computer-hardware giant, best known for products such as PCs and printers, on Friday laid out its plan to become a brand-name in consumer electronics products such as flat-screen TVs, music players and the devices that move content between them.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.11772 |
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6086,Deal has S2io champing at the gigabit OTTAWA -- A local firm that says it can help shrink backup times at large data centres is growing its business thanks to an alliance with Sun Microsystems Inc.,Business,Sci/Tech,3.1174111 |
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3299,"Bush Pledges Strong-Dollar Policy President Bush meets with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004, in Washington.",Business,World,3.1118093 |
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6881,Will Hutton There were two stories last week that will have world-shaping implications. The first was in a Paris hospital and a compound in Ramallah.,Business,World,3.1086693 |
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7014,"Broadcom taps ex-Philips executive as CEO Scott McGregor, former head of Royal Philips Electronics' semiconductor division, will replace Alan Ross, who plans to retire.",Sci/Tech,Business,3.1057162 |
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5085,"British grocer Tesco sees group sales rise 12.0-percent (AFP) AFP - Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket chain, said that group sales grew by 12.2 percent in the third quarter, driven by strong performances from its stores at home and abroad.",Business,World,3.103985 |
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7580,"AOL, E-Mail Companies Sue Spammers The nation |
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4212,Red Hat replaces CFO Charles Peters Jr. is taking over as the company deals with the aftereffects of restating its earnings for the past three fiscal years.,Sci/Tech,Business,3.0899467 |
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5067,"Boys 'cured' with gene therapy Gene therapy can cure children born with a condition that knocks out their natural defences against infection, mounting evidence shows.",World,Sci/Tech,3.0882373 |
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6375,"EasyGroup close to launching low-cost mobile phone service (AFP) AFP - EasyGroup, the holding company of no-frills British airline easyJet, is close to striking a deal to launch a low-cost mobile telephone service in Britain, the Financial Times reported.",World,Sci/Tech,3.0866652 |
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1760,"Yahoo Debuts Mobile Search SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo (Quote, Chart) expanded its search empire to the mobile arena with the launch of some additional services. The company was one of the original content providers for mobile devices running ",Business,Sci/Tech,3.0835814 |
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6733,"Lehman hoping third time is a charm Tied for the lead in what was shaping up as another shootout at Disney, Tom Lehman believes he has experience on his side. Not from the last 12 years, but the last three weeks.",Sports,Business,3.0783951 |
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2906,"Delta #39;s Aborted Crash Landing If you #39;ve ever been in an airplane that has to abort a landing, you know that it is a completely hair-raising, disorienting experience.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.069999 |
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5256,"Study: Few Americans Buy Drugs Online NEW YORK - Only 4 percent of Americans have ever used the Internet to buy prescription drugs - and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies - despite Web sites maintained by a handful of states to help citizens import medicines more cheaply from Canada, a new study finds. A majority - 62 percent - believe drugs bought online are less safe than those purchased from a local pharmacy, accepting the federal government's stated concerns in opposing drug imports, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said in a report Sunday...",World,Sci/Tech,3.0689938 |
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2731,"SKorea's Samsung to invest 24 billion dollars in new chip lines (AFP) AFP - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chipmaker, said it would invest some 24 billion dollars in building new chip production lines over the next six years.",World,Sci/Tech,3.0641026 |
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6621,Japan govt body to call for 5.7 billion dollar aid to Daiei (AFP) AFP - A Japanese government-backed organization will ask financial institutions to provide troubled retailer Daiei with 600 billion yen (5.7 billion dollars) in financial assistance.,Business,World,3.0536847 |
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7097,"Nintendo to Unveil Handheld Upgrade Facing its biggest threat ever from the arrival of Sony Corp. in the portable video-game machine market, Japanese game-maker Nintendo Co.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.050056 |
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3847,"Bush Signs Into Law Debt Ceiling Increase <p></p><p> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Friday signed intolaw a measure authorizing an \$800 billion increase in thecredit limit of the United States, the White House said.</p>",World,Business,3.0460196 |
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3593,"SBC and Yahoo! extend pact to offer Internet service SAN ANTONIO SBC Communications and Yahoo are expanding their high-speed Internet service partnership to link video, wireless phone, Internet and other services.",Business,Sci/Tech,3.0360162 |
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7428,"English 'world language' forecast A third of people on the planet will be learning English in the next decade, \says a report.",World,Sci/Tech,3.0353045 |
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7187,"Men, Women More Different Than Thought CHICAGO - Beyond the tired cliches and sperm-and-egg basics taught in grade school science class, researchers are discovering that men and women are even more different than anyone realized. It turns out that major illnesses like heart disease and lung cancer are influenced by gender and that perhaps treatments for women ought to be slightly different from the approach used for men...",World,Sci/Tech,3.0266337 |
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1973,Cricket: NZ suffer Franklin blow New Zealand bowler James Franklin misses the first Test against Australia with injury.,World,Sports,2.9953067 |
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6945,"Bourses set for losses after Wall St falls (FT.com) FT.com - European equity markets were poised for opening losses on Thursday following a weak session on Wall Street overnight, while caution was likely ahead of results from Nokia, the leading mobile handset maker.",Sci/Tech,Business,2.9842439 |
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1023,Nepal blockade 'blow to tourism' Nepal tour operators say tourists cancelled millions of dollars of bookings due to the rebel blockade of Kathmandu.,Business,World,2.9731526 |
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4923,"Pharma Groups Work on EPC Issues Sept. 30, 2004Reacting to calls from pharmaceutical retailers, distributors and manufacturers, EPCglobal has added a new action group to specifically study the pharmaceutical industry ",Sci/Tech,Business,2.9452214 |
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3356,Research Is Definitely in Motion The Blackberry wireless device maker is straining to exceed expectations.,Business,Sci/Tech,2.934026 |
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5627,"McCain Optimistic About Steroid Test Deal (AP) AP - Sen. John McCain is ""guardedly optimistic"" that major league baseball and its players could reach an agreement on tougher testing for steroids.",Sports,World,2.9268868 |
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1955,"Spyware opponents win another battle The Federal Trade Commission won an important victory last week in its fight to protect consumers from spyware, the software that tracks unsuspecting Web surfers, bombards them with advertisements and sometimes even steal login information and passwords.",Business,Sci/Tech,2.9219844 |
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