Prediction Unit Helps Forecast weather (AP) AP - It's barely dawn when Mike Fitzpatrick closes his shift with a blur of colorful charts, figures and endless charts, but already he anticipated what the day will bring. Lightning will strike in style he expected. Winds will pick up, moist places will dry and flames will roar.!ref!3,1,1
Open Letter Against British Copyright Indoctrination in Schools The British administration for Education and Skills (DfES) recently launched a ""Music Manifesto"" campaign, with the ostensible intention of educating the next generation of British musicians. Unfortunately, they too teamed up with the music industry (EMI, and various musicians) to drive this popular. EMI has apparently negotiated their end well, so that children in our schools will now be indoctrinated about the illegality of downloading music.The ignorance and audacity of this got to me a little, so I wrote an open letter to the DfES about it. Unfortunately, it's pedantic, as I suppose you have to be when writing to goverment representatives. But I hope you find it useful, and perhaps feel inspired to do something similar, if or when the same thing has happened in your area.!ref!3,1,2
Some people Not Eligible to Get in on Google today Google has billed its IPO as a way for everyday people to get in on the process, denying Wall Street the usual stranglehold it's had on IPOs. Public bidding, a minimum of just five shares, an open process with 28 underwriters - all this pointed to a new level of public participation. But this isn't the case.!ref!3,1,2
Rivals Try to Turn Tables on Charles Schwab while 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 ing wing-tipped shoes for decades...!ref!3,1,2
Giddy Phelps Touches Gold for First person Michael Phelps won the gold medal in the 400 individual backstroke and set a world record in a time of 4 minutes 8.26 seconds.!ref!1,1,0
They've caught his eye In  quot;helping themselves, quot; Ricky Bryant, Chas Gessner, Michael Jennings, and john Patten did nothing Friday night to make bill s decision on what to do with his receivers any easier.!ref!1,1,2
Venezuela Prepares for Chavez Recall Vote Supporters and rivals warn of possible fraud; government says Chavez's defeat could produce turmoil in world oil market.!ref!0,1,2
1994 Law Designed to Preserve Guard Jobs (AP) AP - A 1994 law strengthened job protections for National Guard and Reserve troops called to active duty. Here are major provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).!ref!0,1,3
Retailers Vie for Back-To-School Buyers (s) Reuters - Apparel retailers are hoping their\back-to-school fashions will make the grade among\style-conscious teens and young adults this fall, but it could\be a tough sell, with students and parents keeping a tighter\hold on their wallets.!ref!2,1,3
Politics an Afterthought Amid hurricane (AP) hits - If Hurricane Charley had struck three years ago, President Bush's tour through the wreckage of this coastal city would have been just the sort of post-disaster visit that other presidents have made to the scenes of storms, earthquakes, floods and fires.!ref!0,1,3
Venezuelans online Polls, Voting Extended CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelans voted in huge  numbers on Sunday in a historic referendum on whether to recall  left-wing President Hugo Chavez and electoral authorities  prolonged voting well into the night.!ref!0,1,2
Dell Exits ceo China Consumer PC Market HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dell Inc. <DELL.O>, the world's  largest PC maker, said on Monday it has left the low-end  consumer PC market in China and cut its overall growth target  for the country this year due to stiff competition in the  segment.!ref!3,1,2
Promoting a Shared Vision as Michael Kaleko kept running into people who were getting older and having more vision issues, he realized he could do anything about it.!ref!3,1,2
India's Tata expands regional footprint via NatSteel buyout (AFP) AFP - India's Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd. took a strategic step to expand its Asian footprint with the announcement it will buy the Asia-Pacific steel operations of Singapore's NatSteel Ltd.!ref!0,1,2
Natalie Coughlin Wins 100M Backstroke (w) AP - American Natalie Coughlin won Olympic gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night. Coughlin, the only woman ever to swim under 1 minute in the event, finished first in 1 minute, 0.37 seconds. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who swims at Auburn University in Alabama, earned the silver in 1:00.50. Laure Manaudou of France took bronze in 1:00.88.!ref!1,1,0
China's Red eem Linux to focus on enterprise Red Flag Software Co., the company with China's leading Linux client distribution, plans to focus more on its server operating system and enterprise customers, the company's acting president said.!ref!3,1,2
Live: Olympics day four Richard Faulds and Stephen Parry are going for gold for Great brit on day four in Athens.!ref!0,1,1
Intel to delay product aimed for high-definition TVs SAN FRANCISCO -- In the latest of a series of product delays, Intel Corp. has postponed the launch of a video display chip it had previously planned to introduce by year end, putting off a showdown with Texas Instruments Inc. in the fast-growing market for high-definition television displays.!ref!2,1,3
Venezuela vote keeps Chavez as elected CARACAS -- Venezuelans voted resoundingly to keep firebrand populist Hugo Chavez as their president in a victory that drew noisy reactions yesterday from both sides in the streets. International observers certified the results as clean and accurate.!ref!0,1,2
U.S. Misses Cut in Olympic 100 Free ATHENS, athens - greece American sprinters jason Lezak and Ian Crocker missed the cut in the Olympic 100-meter freestyle tournament Tuesday, a stunning blow for a country that had indeed done well in the event.    Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands and Australian bingham Thorpe advanced to the evening semifinal a day after dueling california Michael Phelps in the 200 freestyle, won by Thorpe...!ref!0,1,1
Olympic history for India, india a Indian army major shot his way to his country #39;s first ever commemorative Olympic silver medal on Tuesday, while in the same time an member of Dubai #39;s ruling family became the first ever citizen from the United Arab Emirates.!ref!1,1,0
China cracks down on  quot;phone sex quot; services BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- China is carrying out a nationwide campaign to crack down on  quot;phone sex quot; services, paralleling another sweeping operation against websites pornography, Minister of Information Industry Wang Xudong appeared here Tuesday.!ref!3,1,2
Surviving Biotech's Downturns Charly Travers offers advice on withstanding the volatility of the biotech sector.!ref!2,1,3
Yahoo! Ups Ante for Small Businesses Web giant Yahoo! is gambling that price cuts on its domain name registration and Web hosting products will make it more competitive with discounters in the space -- which means that small businesses looking to move online get a sweeter deal through ...!ref!2,1,3
IBM employees Two Danish Services Firms IBM said Tuesday it has acquired a pair of Danish business services firms as part of its effort to broaden its presence in Scandinavia. As a result of the moves, IBM will add about 3,700 IT staffers to its global head count. Financial terms of ...!ref!3,1,2
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.!ref!0,1,2
SUVs: Live And Let Die NEW world - The newly released traffic crash fatality data have something for everyone in the debate about the safety of sport utility vehicles.!ref!2,1,3
Security scare as intruder dives in a CANADIAN husband #39;s love for his wife has led to a tightening of security at all olympic places in Athens.!ref!1,1,0
Kerry-Kerrey Confusion Trips Up Campaign (AP) AP - John kerry, Bob Kerrey. It's easy to get confused.!ref!0,1,1
Cabrera Leads Red Sox Past Blue Jays 5-4 (lost) AP - Orlando Cabrera hits a run-scoring double off the Green Monster in the ninth deep on reliever Justin Speier's second pitch of the game, giving the Boston Red Sox a sweeping wins over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.!ref!1,1,0
Future Doctors, Crossing Borders Students at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine learn that diet and values shape health in East Harlem.!ref!0,1,3
SEC may take end to quid pro quo (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to vote Wednesday to prohibit mutual investment companies from funneling stock trades to brokerage firms that agree to promote their shares to investors.!ref!2,1,3
Ross sales Profit Plummets 40 Percent (AP) AP - Discount retailer Ross Stores Inc. Wednesday said its profit fell about 40 percent in the latest quarter due to problems with a new computer system that limited the company's ability to respond to changes in customer demand.!ref!2,1,3
Small computers can have multiple personalities, too BOSTON The jury is still out on whether a computer can ever truly be intelligent, but there is no question that it can have multiple personalities. It #39;s just a matter of software. We usually think of the processor chip as the brains of a computer. The ...!ref!3,1,2
Veterans Committee website for little The Hall of fame released the latest Veterans Committee ballot yesterday. by you might (or might not) remember, there #39;s a (nearly) new committee in town.!ref!1,1,3
HP moves computer scanning software into beta CHICAGO - Hewlett-Packard(HP) has moved its Active Counter Measures network security software into beta tests with a key group of European and North American customers in hopes of readying the product for a 2005 release, an hp executive said at the hp World gathering here in Chicago Wednesday.!ref!3,1,2