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Pakistan's Musharraf to Retain Army Post Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will stay on as chief of the army staff beyond the date he promised to give up the post, the information minister said on Wednesday.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Celtic captain McNamara out for a month Celtic captain Jackie McNamara will be sidelined for at least a month after sustaining ankle ligament damage in Tuesday #39;s 3-1 Champions League defeat to Barcelona.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Nokia, NEC Test New IP Multimedia Subsystem Two high-tech communications players have completed the first phase in a series of tests to show how a next-generation IP data and communications infrastructure works.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Hughes Seals Rovers Return Blackburn tonight installed Wales boss Mark Hughes as their new manager to take over from Graeme Souness. The identity of the appointment was not a surprise but the speed in which it was announced certainly was.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Stewart Asks to Serve Sentence Soon NEW YORK Sept. 15, 2004 - Millionaire executive Martha Stewart announced Wednesday that she had decided to begin her prison sentence for lying about a stock trade as soon as possible.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Marlins righthander Burnett to miss Friday #39;s start Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Florida Marlins starting pitcher AJ Burnett is hampered with inflammation in his right elbow and will miss his scheduled start on Friday against the Atlanta Braves.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Cisco joins WiMax Forum The networking giant formally signs on to the wireless broadband group as the organization's ranks increase.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Devil Rays thumbnails at Fenway Park Records: Boston is 86-56 (second in the AL East); Tampa Bay is 61-80 (fourth in AL East). Tonight (7:05, NESN, WEEI): LHP Scott Kazmir (1-1, 5.62) vs.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Chronology of attacks on Westerners in Saudi Arabia Three suspected Muslim militants gunned down a Briton in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday, security sources and diplomats said.$LABEL$0,0,-100
McKenzie Ends Holdout and Returns to Green Bay (Reuters) Reuters - Green Bay Packers\cornerback Mike McKenzie ended his lengthy holdout Wednesday\afternoon and joined his teammates in preparation for Week 2.$LABEL$1,0,-100
USC Fires Basketball Coach Henry Bibby LOS ANGELES - Henry Bibby was fired as Southern California #39;s basketball coach Monday, just four games into his ninth season. The Trojans, beset by some player dissension, are 2-2.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Midtier ERP Vendors Can Capitalize On Oracle Antitrust Verdict The door is open for Oracle to win its bid for PeopleSoft, and for midmarket ERP vendors to increase their business. By Elena Malykhina.$LABEL$3,0,-100
USA searches for winning formula Hal Sutton anticipated the question. He had formulated an answer, too, long before he arrived in that Milwaukee hotel ballroom to announce his captain #39;s picks and finalize the US Ryder Cup team.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Sudan Rejects US-Sponsored Darfur Resolution Sudan on Wednesday rejected a US-sponsored UN Security Council draft resolution to punish it over a conflict in its western Darfur region, saying the measure was unfair and lacked balance.$LABEL$0,0,-100
BTG hits Amazon, Netflix and others with patent suit BTG, a London-based firm that focuses on intellectual property and technology commercialization, filed suit against Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and two other Internet companies for infringing on patents related to the tracking of users online.$LABEL$3,0,-100
F1 BOSS LOSES COURT CASE Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestones control over the sport may be on the decline after a court ruled against him in a dispute with three banks.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Bush Urges Putin Uphold Russian Democracy (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush on Wednesday urged\Russian President Vladimir Putin to ""uphold the principles of\democracy"" in a carefully worded message expressing concern\about Putin's proposed political reforms.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Darfur Peace Talks Struggle for Survival ABUJA (Reuters) - Peace talks between Sudan's government and Darfur rebels struggled for survival after one of the two rebel groups said on Wednesday the negotiations had collapsed but left open the chance of resumption.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Kerry Challenges Bush Record on Issues DETROIT - Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush on Wednesday of presiding over an ""excuse presidency,"" challenging Bush's credibility on jobs, the record national deficit and the war in Iraq...$LABEL$0,0,-100
IMF: Global financial markets stronger, more resilient Global financial markets are stronger and more resilient than at any time since the stock market bubble burst in the late 1990s, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Lonely men targeted by cell-phone based relationship HONG KONG - There #39;s a new service for men seeking true love. A software company has created an artificial girlfriend that lonely men can download to a mobile phone.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Giants' Stoutmire Tears ACL; Lost for Season EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Sports Network) - The New York Giants placed defensive back Omar Stoutmire on injured reserve Wednesday after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in Sunday's season-opening 31-17 loss in Philadelphia.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Jamaica Searches for Dozens of Fishermen After Ivan Jamaican military forces searched on Wednesday for dozens of fishermen feared missing after Hurricane Ivan #39;s strike on the Caribbean island last weekend, officials said.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Infineon to Pay a Fine in the Fixing Of Chip Prices Federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday that they had cracked a global cartel that had illegally fixed prices of memory chips in personal computers and servers for$LABEL$2,0,-100
Sports: Khalil Greene breaks finger LOS ANGELES Khalil (kuh-LEEL #39;) Greene has a broken right index finger and will miss the rest of the regular season. The San Diego Padres shortstop was injured in the fifth inning of Monday night #39;s 9-7 victory$LABEL$1,0,-100
Techs extend Nikkei #39;s rally Technology shares edged up in Asia on Tuesday, as crude oil prices hovered near \$44 a barrel and the dollar languished ahead of key US economic data.$LABEL$2,0,-100
2 D.C. Men Accused of Defrauding Investors The Securities and Exchange Commission sued two District men yesterday, charging them with improperly soliciting more than \$1.3 million for a real-estate-based Ponzi scheme by preying on fears about neighborhood gentrification.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Democrats Seek Louder Voice From Edwards At a time when Vice President Dick Cheney has been mocking John Kerry, John Edwards has adopted a lower-profile stance.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Saudis Take a Small Dose of Democracy For the first time in 41 years, Saudi Arabia is allowing local elections. The ruling family's goal, political analysts and diplomats say, is to determine whether a more open government might help defuse a rising armed threat by Muslim militants in the kingdom.$LABEL$0,0,-100
magic number down to 10 New York -- If the Braves #39; 13th consecutive division title seemed like a foregone conclusion before Wednesday, well then it seems doubly so today.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Sales #39; 28 points help Sun beat Sting, clinch playoff spot The Connecticut Sun clinched a playoff spot for the second straight year behind Nykesha Sales #39; 28 points in an 81-67 win over the Charlotte Sting on Wednesday night.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Shareholders Approve Aether Changeover Shareholders approved Aether Systems Inc.'s sale of one of its two remaining operating divisions Wednesday, a deal that will take the Owings Mills company out of the wireless business and nearly complete its transformation into a mortgage investment fund.<BR>\<FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>$LABEL$3,0,-100
More Troubles For Howard Tim Howard was quot;horribly at fault quot; and quot;had another bad night, his dreadful error leading to Lyon #39;s first goal quot; in Champions League action.$LABEL$1,0,-100
IBM protects passwords with PC chip New PCs will ship with a chip designed to thwart hackers--a hardware approach that's said to be safer than software.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Gunmen Seize Three Britons in Baghdad (Reuters) Reuters - Three British nationals, believed to be\civilians, were snatched by gunmen from a house in central\Baghdad early on Thursday, Iraq's Interior Ministry said.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Mexico Migrant Smugglers Turning to Sea (AP) AP - Migrant smugglers are skirting heightened security along the border by using small boats to shuttle people from the under-supervised Baja coast into Southern California marinas and harbors, already jammed with legal commercial ships and pleasure boat traffic.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Intel Officials Have Bleak View for Iraq WASHINGTON - The National Intelligence Council presented President Bush this summer with several pessimistic scenarios regarding the security situation in Iraq, including the possibility of a civil war there before the end of 2005. In a highly classified National Intelligence Estimate, the council looked at the political, economic and security situation in the war-torn country and determined that - at best - stability in Iraq would be tenuous, a U.S...$LABEL$0,0,-100
Real Madrid Ponders Biggest Champions League Loss in Four Years Real Madrid began yesterday #39;s match at Bayer Leverkusen as the bookmakers #39; favorite to win the Champions League. The record nine-time European champion finished with its worst defeat in the competition in more than four years.$LABEL$1,0,-100
European Stocks Open Flat, Havas Falls (Reuters) Reuters - European shares opened steady on\Thursday, with French advertising group Havas falling after\news of a capital increase along with its first-half results\but Richemont rallied after reporting strong luxury goods\sales.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Briton Shot Dead by Saudi Shopping Center (AP) AP - A Briton who was shot dead outside a Saudi shopping center has been identified as an employee of the communications company Marconi.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Icing call Out of money, out of patience, out of time, and for the foreseeable future, out of business.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Assembly debates Musharraf role Pakistan's national assembly is due to debate whether President Musharraf should step down as army leader.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Senate panel opposes overtime rules A Senate committee voted yesterday to scuttle new rules that critics say would deny overtime pay to millions of workers, as Democrats won the latest round in their election-year bout with President Bush over the issue.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Afghan court convicts US trio of torture KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three Americans -- led by a former Green Beret who boasted he had Pentagon support -- were found guilty yesterday of torturing Afghans in a private jail and were sentenced to prison.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Russia's Putin once again heads ex-Soviet bloc (AFP) AFP - President Vladimir Putin took over once again as head of the CIS ex-Soviet bloc at a summit in the Kazakh capital Astana, the Interfax news agency reported.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Infineon admits conspiracy in DRAM cartel GIANT MEMORY company Infineon will plead guilty to price fixing of DRAM chips and will pay \$160 million in fines to the US government.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Briton, two Americans kidnapped in Baghdad (AFP) AFP - Two Americans and a Briton were abducted from their home in a plush Baghdad district at dawn, in the latest blow in Iraq's five-month-old foreign hostage crisis, the interior ministry said.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Coke CEO gives pep talk as company lowers outlook Coca-Cola #39;s top executive said Wednesday the beverage maker needs to work harder, better execute its business strategy and improve its culture as he warned that third-quarter per-share income will drop at least 24 percent from a year ago.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Ya #39;alon: IDF is in advanced stages of preparation for Gaza pullout The army is in a very advanced stage of preparations for a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and four small West Bank settlements in 2005, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff, Lieutenant$LABEL$0,0,-100
Big Unit, Not Bonds, Reaches Milestone (AP) AP - Barry Bonds was beaten by Randy Johnson in the race for baseball's latest milestone moment.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Indonesian militant sentenced to 12 years in Marriott hotel <b>...</b> : An Indonesian court sentenced a Muslim militant to 12 years in jail on Thursday after finding him guilty of involvement in last year #39;s JW Marriott hotel bombing in Jakarta.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Netopia to Restate Results (Reuters) Reuters - Netopia Inc. a maker of\networking gear, on Thursday said its auditor KPMG LLP\resigned, and said it will restate two years of results and\revise the results in its most recent fiscal quarter.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Iraq war allies lash out at Annan Key allies in the US-led war in Iraq reject UN chief Kofi Annan's assertion that the invasion was illegal.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Dollar Idles vs. Euro Before U.S. Data LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar kept close to the previous session's one-week highs against the euro on Thursday, holding steady as investors awaited U.S. data to confirm fresh signs of strength in U.S. manufacturing.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Iomega readies wireless NAS device Iomega Corp. is soon expected to ship its first network-attached storage (NAS) device based on wireless networking technology.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Yahoo! Tunes In to Musicmatch Close watchers of the online music business no doubt noted yesterday #39;s announcement of Yahoo! #39;s (Nasdaq: YHOO) purchase of Musicmatch with interest.$LABEL$3,0,-100
UN Says More Money Needed for Population Programs The United Nations released its annual population report on Wednesday, and it said it needs more money for population programs. A top United Nations official says if more money isn #39;t found for population programs$LABEL$0,0,-100
European Abortion Debate Turns Divisive (AP) AP - European Parliament legislators on Thursday turned a fight over abortion rights in Portugal into an emotional and divisive debate on women's rights and the division between church and state.$LABEL$0,0,-100
UNLV Names Utah's Sanford As Head Coach (AP) AP - Calling UNLV ""a gold mine,"" Mike Sanford took over as coach of the Runnin' Rebels on Monday after two years as offensive coordinator at high-scoring Utah.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Senator Criticizes Europe #39;s Boeing Stance European leaders have been making false claims in a commercial-aircraft trade dispute pitting Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) against its Europe-based rival Airbus, a US senator close to Boeing said on Thursday.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Iran Denies Any Nuclear Activity At Suspect Site Parchin VIENNA (AFP) - Iran denied that it had carried out any nuclear-related activity at the Parchin military site which is the subject of US and UN concern.$LABEL$0,0,-100
US August Inflation Mild, Job Claims Rise WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices inched up just 0.1 percent last month as gasoline and car prices tumbled, the government said on Thursday in a report suggesting an inflation spike earlier this year was an aberration.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Hurricane Ivan May Cost as Much as Charley, Frances (Update3) Hurricane Ivan, which slammed into the US Gulf coast today, may cost insurers \$4 billion to \$10 billion, rivaling hurricanes Charley and Frances, Risk Management Solutions Inc.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Judge Weighs Evidence in IBM, SCO Case IBM attorneys argued that Utah-based SCO Group has failed to provide any evidence that IBM allowed proprietary Unix code to enter the freely distributed Linux operating system and its \$5 billion suit making that claim should be dismissed.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Group Seeks Ways to Prosecute Cybercrime (AP) AP - Governments and private sector officials from around the world sought ways Thursday to jointly combat cybercrime, whose growth mirrors the phenomenal rise of the Internet's popularity.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Nortel warns of lower Q3 revenue TORONTO - Nortel Networks warned Thursday its third-quarter revenue will be below the \$2.6 billion US preliminary unaudited revenues it reported for the second quarter.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Schooling 'mix up' hits Portugal Schools across Portugal turn away pupils because of a teachers' assignment mix up on the first day of classes.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Hurricane Ivan Blasts Alabama, Kills 12 GULF SHORES, Ala. - Hurricane Ivan slammed ashore early Thursday with winds of 130 mph, packing deadly tornadoes and a powerful punch of waves and rain that threatened to swamp communities from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle...$LABEL$0,0,-100
New handheld computer from SONY with electroluminescent display (CP) - SONY has introduced it #39;s Clie PEG-VZ90, an entertainment multimedia handheld using Palm OS 5.2.1. The unit boasts the world #39;s largest 480x320 pixels organic electroluminescent (EL) display, which many regard as a next-generation technology capable$LABEL$3,0,-100
Ford to Return Electric Cars to Norway (AP) AP - Ford Motor Co. agreed to return about 300 Norwegian-built electric cars to the Nordic country after protests about plans to scrap them, the country's transport minister said Thursday.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Keep It in the Family The IRS is gunning for your inherited IRA. Follow these steps to avoid costly penalties.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Toyota confirms signing of Italian driver Jarni Trulli from Sauber Toyota confirmed Thursday that Jarno Trulli will drive for the Formula One team starting next season. The Italian signed a two-year contract two days ago and will partner German driver$LABEL$1,0,-100
Russian Duma to launch new school massacre probe Russia will launch a second parliamentary inquiry into the Beslan school hostage massacre, Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov said on Thursday, marking a further climbdown by authorities who initially ruled out a probe.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Czech Republic's Cell Operators Fined (AP) AP - All three cell phone operators in the Czech Republic were fined a total of #36;1.7 million for breaching competition rules, officials said Thursday.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Blackberry shrinks phone keyboard The latest Blackberry mobile device packs a traditional Qwerty keyboard into 20 keys.$LABEL$3,0,-100
US August Inflation Mild, Job Claims Rise US consumer prices inched up just 0.1 percent last month as gasoline and car prices tumbled, the government said on Thursday in a report suggesting an inflation spike earlier this year was an aberration.$LABEL$2,0,-100
TV war puts tour of India in doubt Australian cricket chiefs fear a battle over television rights could cause next month #39;s Test series in India to be cancelled, and last night were seeking clarification from Indian board president$LABEL$1,0,-100
Sharon acknowledges ignoring road map Prime Minister Ariel Sharon acknowledged that Israel was not following the moribund Mideast peace plan, and said an Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip was unlikely to revive it, according$LABEL$0,0,-100
A9 Offers Search Results From Five Sources A9 Offers Search Results From Five Sources\\A9, the search engine from Amazon.com, has relaunched its search engine. It now offers search results from several different sources, including the IMDB and of course, Amazon.com. \\I decided to search for Duke Ellington. ""Duke Ellington"" brought about 156,000 results (less than half the ...$LABEL$3,0,-100
UEFA Introduces Anti-Doping Program SOFIA (Reuters) - UEFA will enforce a new anti-doping program at all levels in and out of competition, a meeting of the European soccer body's executive committee decided Thursday.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Freedom on the March in Iraq, Bush Tells Voters (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush said on\Thursday freedom was on the march in Iraq even as a U.S.\intelligence report depicted a bleak outlook for the country's\future.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Hurricane Ivan Slams U.S. Gulf Coast Hurricane Ivan roared into the Gulf Coast near Mobile, Alabama, early this morning with peak winds exceeding 125 miles an hour (200 kilometers an hour).$LABEL$3,0,-100
Ferrero upset in second round at China Open BEIJING, China (Ticker) -- One day after top-seeded Carlos Moya of Spain lost in straight sets, his second-seeded compatriot followed suit.$LABEL$1,0,-100
CRM Best Practices: TCO and ROI (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - With CRM projects costing millions, even in some mid-size companies, it is no surprise CFOs are leading the charge to be sure the most important projects are first, that they are justified, and that they actually deliver on their forecast benefits.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Nortel lowers expectations Nortel said it expects revenue for the third quarter to fall short of expectations.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Corning begins work on Taiwan LCD facility Demand for flat-panel devices means that the time is ripe for factories to churn out more glass.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Envoys off to inspect NK blast site A group of foreign diplomats has left Pyongyang on Thursday to visit the scene of a mysterious explosion in North Korea. quot;They went today.$LABEL$0,0,-100
U.S. Says New Images Show Iran Plans Nuclear Bomb VIENNA (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official said on Thursday that satellite photographs of a suspected nuclear industrial site in Iran demonstrated its intention to develop atomic weapons, an allegation Tehran dismissed as ""a new lie.""$LABEL$0,0,-100
BEA's new product chief regroups The first new face after a company shake-up says BEA products will use the advanced research left by departed technology gurus.$LABEL$3,0,-100
RIM takes new BlackBerry design overseas Revamped keyboard is key feature of the 7100v, which is headed for European and Asian shores.\$LABEL$3,0,-100
AOL drops Microsoft antispam technology com September 16, 2004, 1:15 PM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.$LABEL$3,0,-100
EU Wants U.S. Aid to Boeing Clarified (AP) AP - The European Union on Thursday demanded Washington explain more clearly how it subsidizes Boeing Co. and warned it would counter any U.S. challenge targeting EU rival Airbus SAS before the World Trade Organization.$LABEL$0,0,-100
EU, US Talks On Aircraft Aid Grounded US and EU negotiators traded arguments on Thursday over state aid for aircraft rivals Airbus and Boeing, but wound up no closer on a sensitive issue that has gathered steam in the run up to the US presidential election.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Texas Instruments Plans Buyback (Reuters) Reuters - Texas Instruments Inc., the\largest maker of chips for cellular phones, on Thursday said it\plans to buy back #36;1 billion in stock and boost its quarterly\dividend by more than 17 percent, becoming the latest\technology company to return extra cash to investors.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Britain awaits results of N.Korea blast fact-finding trip (AFP) AFP - Britain is awaiting the findings from a technical analysis of what a group of diplomats saw at the site of a huge explosion in North Korea last week, Britain's minister for East Asia said.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Kodak, IBM to Make Digital Camera Sensors (AP) AP - Eastman Kodak Co. and International Business Machines Corp. Thursday said they have agreed to develop and make image sensors for digital still cameras and camera phones.$LABEL$3,0,-100
EU, US Talks on Aircraft Aid Grounded US and EU negotiators disagreed on Thursday about state aid for aircraft rivals Airbus and Boeing, winding up no closer on a sensitive issue that has gathered steam before the US presidential election.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Airbus denies backing Microsoft in EU case Aircraft maker Airbus insisted on Thursday it had no intention of taking sides in a Microsoft antitrust case, even though it filed a brief in an EU court on the software giant #39;s side.$LABEL$2,0,-100
AOL Shuns Microsoft Anti-Spam Technology Add America Online Inc. to the growing list of companies and organizations shunning a spam-fighting proposal from Microsoft Corp. AOL cited quot;tepid support quot; for Microsoft #39;s so-called Sender ID technology, which$LABEL$3,0,-100
-Posted by dave.rosenberg 1:51 pm (PDT) In what seems to be one of the more bizarre and confusing aspects of the unholy alliance between Sun and Microsoft, Sun #39;s recent 10k filingincludes previously unseen legalese from the settlement agreement.$LABEL$3,0,-100
After the Bell-Texas instruments up after sets share buyback Shares of Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) rose after the market close on Thursday, after the chip maker said it plans to buy back \$1 billion in stock$LABEL$2,0,-100
Microsoft/Sun documents If you #39;re up for some light reading, see the links below for the underlying documents that formed Microsoft #39;s April settlement with Sun Microsystems.$LABEL$3,0,-100
In Athens, the other Olympics It was a sight the Greeks had never seen: Beneath the ancient temples of the Acropolis, dozens of international visitors maneuvered$LABEL$1,0,-100
Hong Kong #39;s LegCo Elections: Overcoming the System The 1.784 million voters that participated in Hong Kong #39;s 2004 Legislative Council Election gave a clear signal that they want democracy sooner rather than later.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Russians admit airliner bombing blunder Russian security forces were facing further criticism last night after it was revealed that the two female Chechen suicide bombers who destroyed two planes in August with the loss$LABEL$0,0,-100
Sun, Microsoft Clause Singles Out Openoffice Sun Microsystems (Quote, Chart) may have saved itself from years of costly litigation when it settled with Microsoft over their long-running Java dispute, but a clause in the landmark deal has open source supporters parsing its potential impact.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Villeneuve back in driver #39;s seat and with a point to prove Canadian Jacques Villeneuve hopes to take his revenge on former team BAR by helping Renault take second place in the Formula One championship.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Corus makes first profit as UK steel plants return to the black Corus, the Anglo-Dutch steel maker, celebrated its first ever profit yesterday and said its UK plants had contributed to the turnaround.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Kluivert gives Souness stuttering start at Newcastle Patrick Kluivert struck twice as Graeme Souness began his reign at St James Park with a 2-0 win over Israeli Arab side Bnei Sakhnin in the UEFA Cup first round, first leg at Newcastle United this morning.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Parliament Invasion Spurs Security Concern (AP) AP - Silver buckled shoes, stockings and a ceremonial sword? Time, some say, for Parliament's archaic security measures to be dragged into the 21st century after what was called the worst security breach at the House of Commons since 1642.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Zeile to catch one last time Art Howe will fulfill a wish of the retiring Todd Zeile on Friday night: Zeile will catch Tom Glavine in Pittsburgh, his first time behind the plate in 14 years.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Global Warming May Spur Fiercer Hurricanes - Experts (Reuters) Reuters - As Hurricane Ivan and its powerful\winds churned through the Gulf of Mexico, scientists told\Congress on Wednesday that global warming could produce\stronger and more destructive hurricanes in the future.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Tests Show James Died of Heart Attack LOS ANGELES - Toxicology and other tests determined that funk singer Rick James died last month from a heart attack due to an enlarged heart, with numerous drugs including methamphetamine and cocaine contributing factors, the county coroner announced Thursday. The death was declared an accident, said coroner's spokesman David Campbell, who emphasized that none of the drugs were found to be at life-threatening levels...$LABEL$0,0,-100
Knight Ridder Says It Will Miss Targets Knight Ridder Inc. expects third-quarter earnings to exceed expectations, largely due to a per-share gain of 9 cents related to the finalization of certain tax matters.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Delay in Shuttle Flights The battering that the hurricanes of the last month has inflicted on NASA centers could strain an already tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, but it is too early to tell how badly, experts said Thursday.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Hokies to Open ACC Play On Saturday, Virginia Tech finally walks into the football room of that exclusive athletic club known as the Atlantic Coast Conference.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Airbus sees mobile phone use on planes by 2006 BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhaunet) -- European plane maker Airbus has reported progress in plans to allow passengers to use mobile phones while in flight with a target date of 2006.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Tigers Clip Indians 6-4 (AP) AP - Eric Munson and Omar Infante each hit two-run homers and Detroit's bullpen stayed busy all night Thursday, leading the Tigers to a 6-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Corning begins work on Taiwan LCD facility Encouraged by the demand for LCDs, glass maker Corning on Thursday said it has broken ground for a second manufacturing facility in Taiwan.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Forecasters: More Hurricanes May Be on Way Ivan, Frances and Charley delivered three staggering blows to the Gulf Coast and Florida, as well as Caribbean island nations, all in just five weeks.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Consumer Prices Climb; Jobless Claims Up (AP) AP - Consumer prices barely budged in August, suggesting that inflation isn't currently a problem for the economy and Federal Reserve policy-makers can stick with a gradual approach to raising interest rates.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Goldman Sachs Enters Fray for Takefuji Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may be in talks with the founding family of top Japanese consumer finance firm Takefuji Corp. for a stake of over \$2.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Report: Russia may have to delay October space launch to <b>...</b> Russia may have to delay October #39;s planned launch of the next International Space Station crew by up to 10 days to fix a problem on the spacecraft that is to carry them into orbit, Russian news agencies reported.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Bounties For Spammers Win Limited FTC Backing The FTC gave limited endorsement to the notion of cash rewards for people who help track down e-mail spammers, but suggested that the measure might work in fewer circumstances than had been pushed by some anti-spam activists. <br><FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2"" color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>$LABEL$3,0,-100
Old Labor Tactics Resurface in New Union Labor experts say Unite Here, the newly merged union that is representing the DC hotel workers in their current contract dispute, is one of the most outspoken and toughest unions under the AFL-CIO umbrella.$LABEL$2,0,-100
US, #39;EU-three #39; agree on demand The Bush administration reached a tentative deal yesterday with three European nations at the UN nuclear watchdog agency on the next step in confronting Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons program.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Two hurricanes = two deductibles Many homeowners in the Orlando area suffered a double blow when hurricanes Charley and Frances struck in quick succession. Now, they #39;re smarting from a financial one-two punch - two insurance deductibles.$LABEL$2,0,-100
California slashes legal fees in settlement of Microsoft case California lawyers who reached a \$1.1 billion class-action settlement with Microsoft will get less than half the legal fees they requested.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Nikkei Hits 2-Week Closing Low TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average fell for a third straight session to hit a two-week closing low on Friday as renewed earnings concerns prompted selling in Tokyo Electron Ltd., Sony Corp. and other high-tech stocks.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Consumer prices up only slightly WASHINGTON - Consumer prices barely budged last month, suggesting that inflation isn #39;t currently a problem for the economy and Federal Reserve policymakers can stick with a gradual approach to raising interest rates.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Red Sox ready to end jinx The New York Yankees hold the Curse of the Bambino, the Boston Massacre and their acquisition of Alex Rodriguez in their longstanding dominance over the Red Sox, but recent history suggests changes are coming.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Many NHL players head for Europe National Hockey League players began scattering across the globe yesterday in search of work on Day 1 of the lockout, with no negotiations scheduled between union and management.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Woods, Mickelson form dynamic US duo For three days, it had been about dinners, galas, black-tie affairs, and enough social engagements to please Paris Hilton.$LABEL$1,0,-100
2 US workers seized in Baghdad BAGHDAD -- Kidnappers seized two Americans and a Briton from their central Baghdad villa at dawn yesterday, in a bold raid that could further limit the mobility of foreigners in the Iraqi capital.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Jeanne Heads for Bahamas After Killing 3 SAMANA, Dominican Republic - Threatening to regain hurricane strength, Tropical Storm Jeanne headed for the Bahamas on a track for the southeastern United States after killing three people and causing extensive damage in the Caribbean. The storm forced the evacuation of thousands on Thursday as it slammed into the Dominican Republic after punishing Puerto Rico with flash floods and deadly winds...$LABEL$0,0,-100
FSB FUD over FOI, you cry <strong>Letters</strong> The postbag, and your miscellaneous musings$LABEL$3,0,-100
Cameroon leader's 'divide and rule' Cameroonian politician John Fru Ndi stands as presidential candidate in next month's election, splitting the opposition coalition.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Sex Drive With Gina Lynn Wired News introduces a new column by Regina Lynn Preciado. It's about sex. And technology. You'll dig it.$LABEL$3,0,-100
British Music Fans Decry ITunes Pricing Consumer group complains of higher prices in U.K. than elsewhere in Europe.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Basayev Claims Responsibility for Beslan School Hostage Siege A Chechen rebel commander has claimed responsibility for the school hostage siege in southern Russia earlier this month, during which more than 320 hostages were killed, half of them children.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Foreseeing the Suns fate: Astronomical interferometry reveals <b>...</b> For the first time, an international team of astronomers led by Guy Perrin from the Paris Observatory/LESIA, (Meudon, France) and Stephen Ridgway from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (Tucson, Arizona, USA) has observed the close environment of$LABEL$3,0,-100
New Media Players Too Small It was a Holy Grail looming on the personal electronics horizon: a pocket-sized device with a workhorse battery and the capacity to hold hours of audio and video.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Butt facing ban Newcastle midfielder Nicky Butt is facing up to the possibility of a three-match European ban for his moment of UEFA Cup madness. The 29-year-old England international lost his cool with Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin$LABEL$1,0,-100
One held in Jakarta embassy blast probe Indonesian police said on Friday they had made their first arrest directly linked to last week #39;s deadly embassy bombing in Jakarta, detaining a man who delivered explosives to those blamed for the attack.$LABEL$0,0,-100
#39;Emperor #39; Adriano has Inter under his rule One match into the Italian league season and (Emperor) Adriano already has Inter Milan under his rule. The Brazilian striker has scored six goals in Inter #39;s first four matches this season, including$LABEL$1,0,-100
Europe Take Charge at Oakland Hills BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Colin Montgomerie inspired an early charge by holders Europe as they led the United States in three of the four opening fourball matches at the 35th Ryder Cup on Friday.$LABEL$1,0,-100
\$78,000 for a Cane That Helped a Legend Walk the Line Many of Johnny Cash's possessions were sold at Sotheby's, collecting \$3,984,260 for the Cash family, more than double the pre-auction estimate.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Butt waits on Uefa ruling Newcastle midfielder Nicky Butt is facing up to the possibility of a European three-match ban. The 29-year-old was sent off during Newcastle #39;s 2-0 Uefa Cup win against Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin for grabbing Abas Suan by the throat.$LABEL$1,0,-100
USC Fires Basketball Coach Henry Bibby (AP) AP - Henry Bibby was fired as Southern California's basketball coach Monday, just four games into his ninth season. The Trojans, beset by some player dissension, are 2-2.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Qualcomm Raises Earnings Forecast Qualcomm Inc. on Friday raised its quarterly profit forecast due to strong demand for its mobile phone technology. The San Diego company said it expects earnings per$LABEL$2,0,-100
Veteran defender signs with Newcastle; Dyer out with injury Newcastle, England (Sports Network) - Central defender Ronny Johnsen signed a deal with Newcastle United until the next transfer window in January.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Movie casts Afghans as 'Stray Dogs' struggling after hell of war (AFP) AFP - The powerful may wage war, but it is the powerless who suffer its consequences -- that is the message drummed home by quot;Stray Dogs, quot; an Iranian film on Afghanistan's pain after years under the control of warlords and foreign masters.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Nalbandian Is Stunned at the Chica Open BEIJING (Reuters) - Resurgent Finn Jarkko Nieminen overpowered David Nalbandian 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 at the China Open on Friday as the seeds continued to tumble in Beijing.$LABEL$1,0,-100
IBM embraces grid converts On the eve of a grid-computing conference, Big Blue says five companies and the EPA have plans to build grids.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Symantec to offer Web-based Norton AntiVirus console The Web console -- to be made available specifically to corporate and enterprise licensees of Norton AntiVirus software -- will allow administrators to distribute virus definitions and product updates on demand.$LABEL$3,0,-100
IBM fits PCs with new hardware-based security chip IBM is using a microcontroller from National Semiconductor that stores passwords, digital certificates and encryption keys.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Sandia Motor Speedway for Sale on eBay (AP) AP - And the race is off! Only 29 days and some odd hours left to place your bid on eBay to buy the Sandia Motor Speedway.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Pa. Golfer Cleared of Not Yelling 'Fore' (AP) AP - A golfer plunked in the face by an errant ball was unable to convince a jury that the man who hit him was negligent for failing to yell ""Fore!""$LABEL$1,0,-100
US Stocks Up, Ford Forecast Gives a Lift NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips advanced on Friday after Ford Motor Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=F.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">F.N</A> raised its earnings forecasts, while wireless technology provider Qualcomm Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=QCOM.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">QCOM.O</A> limited gains on the Nasdaq after saying an accounting review may reduce pretax income.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Hurricanes soak Knight Ridder #39;s 3Q Knight Ridder Inc., publisher of the Miami Herald and the Philadelphia Inquirer, said third-quarter earnings will miss Wall Street estimates due to the impact of three recent hurricanes on its Florida newspapers.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Trabelsi back on board with Ajax Arsenal target Hatem Trabelsi has settled his differences with Ajax after several months of wrangling. The Tunisian international defender was furious after it emerged a clause in his contract prevented him from completing a move to the Gunners.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Boxer Begs Bush to Back Bum Bill Members of California's congressional team make one last effort to look good for the tech industry back home.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Update 1: United Needs to Cut \$500M More in Costs United Airlines, in a bankruptcy court filing in advance of a status hearing Friday, has revealed it needs to cut \$500 million more in costs than previously stated.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Stellar Putting Gives Europe a 2 - 0 Ryder Cup Lead Inspired by a brilliant putting display, holders Europe secured the first two points in the opening fourball matches against the United States at the 35th Ryder Cup Friday.$LABEL$1,0,-100
OSDL teams with another open source group The Beaverton-based Open Source Development Labs announced this week it is combining some efforts with another open source group to further the adoption of Linux.$LABEL$3,0,-100
US Airstrikes Said to Kill at Least 44 in Iraq Iraqi health officials said American airstrikes that demolished homes late today in a village south of the volatile city of Falluja killed at least 44 people and wounded 27, including women and children.$LABEL$0,0,-100
U.S. Jet Fires at House in Fallujah (AP) AP - An American jet fired a missile at a house where about 10 members of an al-Qaida-linked group were believed to be meeting in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Friday, police and the U.S. military said. At least three people were killed.$LABEL$0,0,-100
AOL Rejects SenderID (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Questions regarding potential patent issues and skepticism from the \open source community relating to Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) SenderID have prompted global Internet service provider AOL (NYSE: AOL) to drop the anti-spam technology.$LABEL$3,0,-100
ATI Announces HyperMemory ATI Technologies announced a technology that reduces the need for dedicated graphics memory, which could lead to lower PC system costs.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Paralympics Open in Athens Nearly 4,000 disabled athletes are in Athens, Greece, for Friday night #39;s opening ceremony of the largest Paralympics in the games #39; 44-year history.$LABEL$1,0,-100
UPDATE 1-Nalbandian suffers Beijing shock Finn Jarkko Nieminen overpowered David Nalbandian 6-2 2-6 6-2 at the China Open on Friday as the seeds continued to tumble in Beijing.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Mother of Jackson Accuser Testifies SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The mother of the boy accusing Michael Jackson of molestation testified Friday she does not remember a private investigator telling her that he was working for one of the pop star's attorneys, but believed he worked directly for the singer...$LABEL$0,0,-100
Hotel Locks Out Employees Over Impending Strike LOS ANGELES -- The labor dispute between workers at nine Los Angeles County hotels and their employers has intensified, with one of the hotels locking out its laundry workers and replacing them.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Xybernaut sews up bright-light mobile PC The flat-panel Atigo T/HB, designed for use in bright outdoor lighting, works as a wearable computer or as a wireless display.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Pen can pick some bike U-locks That U-shaped bike lock that you thought was so secure may be easy pickings for thieves who have nothing more sophisticated than a Bic pen.$LABEL$2,0,-100
INDONESIA: #39;Blow to democracy #39; International and domestic observers lambasted on Thursday the guilty verdict against Tempo magazine #39;s chief editor Bambang Harymurti and called it a setback for the country #39;s press freedom and democracy.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Show lights up Paralympics The XII Paralympics begins in Athens, after a spectacular opening ceremony.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Burundi: Hold Rebels Responsible for Attack A Burundian rebel movement was responsible for the August 13 slaughter of more than 150 civilians at Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi, and not the combined forces of Hutu and Mai-Mai fighters who have been blamed for the attack, Human Rights Watch said in$LABEL$0,0,-100
ATI Shares Resources with HyperMemory Graphics chipmaker ATI (Quote, Chart) unveiled a new technology it said lets its visual chips share system memory for graphics processing.$LABEL$3,0,-100
UN #39;s Kofe Annan Calls Iraq War Illegal United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said this week that the US war in Iraq is illegal and questioned whether the country could hold credible$LABEL$0,0,-100
US jets hammer Iraqi insurgents as deadly bombings rock Baghdad BAGHDAD : At least six people were killed in two suicide car bombings in Baghdad while another 47 people died in a series of US air strikes around the Iraqi insurgent bastion of Fallujah.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Sudan Accuses U.S. Over Darfur Talks Breakdown ABUJA (Reuters) - Sudan blamed the United States for the failure of three weeks of peace talks between Khartoum and Darfur rebels on Friday, but African Union mediators said negotiations would resume in October.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Campbell targets City date for Arsenal return Sol Campbell is expected to play for Arsenal #39;s reserves on Monday and could be back in the first team for next weekend #39;s visit to Manchester City.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Open-source spat triggers legal threat Company says it paid for the code that was contributed, against contract, to free Mambo publishing software.$LABEL$3,0,-100
Virus-Free Macs #147;The single most effective way to avoid viruses and spyware is to simply chuck Windows altogether and buy an Apple Macintosh, #148; writes Walt Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal. #147;There has never been a successful virus written for Mac OS X, and there is almost no spyware that targets the Mac. Plus, the Mac is invulnerable to viruses and spyware written for Windows. Not only is it more secure, but the Mac operating system is more capable, more modern and more attractive than Windows XP, and just as stable. #148; Sep 17$LABEL$3,0,-100
Olympics: Athens opens Paralympics with ceremonial extravaganza ATHENS : Some 70,000 spectators filled the Athens Olympic stadium to watch the densely choreographed and emotionally-charged opening ceremony of the 12th Paralympics, the world #39;s premier competition for disabled athletes.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Labels, Microsoft in talks on CD copying Record labels and Microsoft are in discussions about ways that the next generation of the Windows operating system, code-named Longhorn, can support copy-protected CD technology.$LABEL$3,0,-100
What they said about ... ... Cherie Blair Cherie Blair cast aside her treasured privacy this week, touring newspapers offices and television studios to promote The Goldfish Bowl, her new book, which focuses on Downing Street spouses.$LABEL$0,0,-100
FTC Endorses Bounty for Spammers The US Federal Trade Commission has given its endorsement to a plan that would reward insiders for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people or companies that produce spam.$LABEL$3,0,-100
After Being Bounced Around Florida Is Bouncing Back Although the three hurricanes that have hit Florida led to a broad economic slowdown, the glimmerings of a miniboom are already apparent.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Enter your e-mail: If you can #39;t beat Google, make it better--that seems to be the lesson of A9.com, Amazon #39;s intriguing new search site. For Web searches, A9 simply gives you Google #39;s results, but it does a lot more--for instance$LABEL$3,0,-100
MCI Creditors Are Target Of SEC Subpoenas 11 members of MCI Inc.'s former creditors committee asked for documents related to confidential communications between the company and its bondholders, according to federal bankruptcy court filings.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Crystal Palace 0, Charlton Athletic 1 Charlton manager Alan Curbishley believes Dennis Rommedahl #39;s sparkling winner will provide the platform for the Dane to recapture the form that made him one of Europe #39;s most feared wingers.$LABEL$1,0,-100
Consumers #39; view of economy unchanged NEW YORK - Consumers #39; assessment of the economy held largely steady this month, according to a university research report released Friday.$LABEL$2,0,-100
Five killed in suicide car bombing, three taken hostage in Iraq Violence raged on in Iraq on Friday, with five Iraqis killed in a suicide car bombing in Baghdad and three more Turkish drivers reportedly kidnapped.$LABEL$0,0,-100
US Airways Said to Plan to Ask Court for Pay Cuts S Airways plans to ask a federal bankruptcy judge on Oct. 7 to impose temporary pay cuts on its workers unless it can reach agreement with its unions before then, people who have been briefed on the company #39;s strategy said yesterday.$LABEL$2,0,-100
IPod Rivals Square Off Against Apple A new generation of smaller, sleeker and cheaper MP3 players from the likes of Sony, Rio, Creative and Rave MP are hitting the market this fall, and they all have Apple Computer #39;s white-hot digital music player in their sights.$LABEL$3,0,-100
PeopleSoft sweetens employee compensation Business software maker PeopleSoft Friday said it was boosting compensation packages for all employees except its chief executive in a move that would raise the$LABEL$2,0,-100
Panama flooding kills nine people At least nine people - seven of them children - have died in flooding in the capital of Panama. The authorities say at least 13 people are still missing after heavy rainfall caused rivers to break their banks.$LABEL$0,0,-100
Pierce longs for old days Rusty Pierce has received lessons in pragmatism since joining the Revolution four years ago. Pierce has performed for teams that have inevitably turned to a direct, linear game, with little emphasis on creativity or imagination. The style paid off the last two seasons, but the Revolution might have overly relied on direct play in spending most of this ...$LABEL$1,0,-100