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Fan: #39;It was a HR #39;The fan in the first row in leftfield who was hit by Mark Bellhorn #39;s three-run homer in the fourth inning wasn #39;t taking any chances.	1
Yukos considers self-destructionShareholders in Yukos are pondering liquidation or filing for bankruptcy, after deciding against a rescue plan for the embattled Russian oil firm.	2
PDA Sales Continue to Drop (PC World)PC World - Consumers are giving PDAs the hand as they move toward smart phones.	3
Karzai's Running Mate Escapes Afghan Mine Blast KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running mate for Saturday's historic presidential election escaped unhurt Wednesday when a mine exploded under his convoy in the remote northeast of the country. Vice presidential candidate Ahmad Zia Masood, the brother of assassinated resistance hero Ahmad Shah Masood, had gone to Faizabad, the capital of mountainous Badakhshan province, for a campaign rally.	0
Longhorn Comes Up ShortMicrosoft finally gives us a date for the release of its Longhorn operating system, but the failure to deliver on a highly touted feature raises questions about the company's future. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2"" color=""#666666""><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>	3
21st century firefighting technology on a 19th century budgetWhen Bill Clayton, one of four San Diego County division chiefs of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, was asked last week about the use of innovative technologies to fight forest fires, he described his profession #39;s evolution this	3
Angry Aragones defends himself over Henry remarksSpain coach Luis Aragones has defended himself against accusations of racism in the wake of his remarks about French striker Thierry Henry, saying his conscience is completely clear.	1
Maltais takes air out of AerosSteve Maltais can #39;t do it all for the Wolves, but the 35-year-old certainly is trying. Maltais scored the Wolves #39; first two goals Wednesday night against Houston after scoring the team #39;s only three goals in	1
DaimlerChrysler vetoes French plan for single EADS chiefPARIS (AFP) - The German-US automaker DaimlerChrysler has shot down plans by French President Jacques Chirac to place a Frenchman as the sole head of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, the Financial Times said.	2
Bid to dismiss US sport drug caseThe head of Balco, a US lab accused of supplying steroids to sport stars, asks a court to drop all charges.	0
Activists, politicians protest Putin policiesMOSCOW -- Hundreds of Kremlin critics gathered yesterday on Constitution Day to denounce what they call a retreat from democracy as President Vladimir V. Putin signed a bill scrapping gubernatorial elections.	0
New Study Links Pfizer's Bextra, Similar to Vioxx, to Heart AttacksPatients given Pfizers painkiller Bextra have more than twice as many heart attacks and strokes as those given placebos, according to preliminary results of a study.	2
Sir Howard Stringer, US Head Of Sony: Sony #39;s knight buys <b>...</b>When a bright, middle-class Oxford graduate called Harold Stringer set out for America from his home in Aylesbury in 1965 to find a job, it was the stuff of movies which attracted him.	2
World record in sights of 100-meter field quot;We #39;re going to have a party, quot; Maurice Greene said Saturday, looking forward to Sunday #39;s final in the Olympic men #39;s 100-meter dash.	1
United Seeks an Additional \$2 Billion in Cost CutsUnited Airlines told its unions that it wanted to terminate its four pension plans and seek additional wage and benefit concessions.	2
Singh Wins PGA Championship in PlayoffHAVEN, Wis. - Vijay Singh shot a 4-over 76 to eke into a three-way playoff Sunday, then made his only birdie of the day on the first of three extra holes to beat Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco in the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits...	0
Geiberger grabs top spot at Chrysler ClassicGreensboro, NC (Sports Network) - Brent Geiberger posted a five-under 67 on Friday to move into the lead after the second round of the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro.	1
Secondary lacking Will powerThe Giants #39; defensive problems didn #39;t begin with the cornerbacks but they certainly culminated in their vicinity. Wherever there was a Will, it appeared, there was a nearby official signaling for a touchdown.	1
Qantas #39; proposed pact with Air NZ rejectedSYDNEY: Australian flag-carrier Qantas said it was disappointed a proposed alliance with Air New Zealand (ANZ) had been rejected by New Zealand #39;s high court but ruled out appealing decision.	2
Europe Puts U.S. in Big Hole at Ryder CupBLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Backed by the clutch performance from its English rookies and reliable play from Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood, Europe put the United States in another huge hole Saturday by taking an 11-5 lead at the Ryder Cup and making victory Sunday seem like a mere formality...	0
Jordan cancels Afghanistan soap operaAP - After a week-long advertising blitz, Jordan has abruptly cancelled plans to broadcast a soap opera about Afghanistan after an internet threat to quot;strike quot; everyone from actors to TV executives if the show portrayed the Taliban in a negative light.	0
Boeing Quarterly Earnings Jump 78 PercentBoeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday topped expectations with a 78 percent jump in quarterly profit on strength in its defense operations, and raised its earnings forecast for 2004.	2
Gazprom to bid for Yukos facilityRussia #39;s state-controlled gas monopoly, Gazprom, announced today that it is planning to bid for the main production facility of troubled oil company Yukos.	2
Honda/IBM improve speech-recognition systemHonda Motor Co., with software help from IBM, is preparing to introduce an improved speech-recognition system as standard equipment on the 2005 Acura RL sedan.	3
Sudan conflict under UN spotlightUN Security Council diplomats are in Kenya to push for a Sudan peace deal and progress on Darfur.	0
Kabul suicide bomber wounds sevenA Taliban suicide fighter killed himself and wounded at least seven others, including three members of a NATO-led peacekeeping force, in a grenade attack on a busy shopping street in central Kabul.	0
Lockheed Martin Team in Postal PactLockheed Martin Corp. said Monday that the Postal Service selected a team led by the company to provide managed network services across its 37,000 locations under a contract worth up to \$3 billion.	2
Orlovsky not bitter at BCUConn senior quarterback Dan Orlovsky has admitted that he probably would have gone to Boston College if offered a scholarship. But	1
Update: OpenWorld Notebook -- database, grid control, integration improved (InfoWorld)InfoWorld - Oracle at the OpenWorld conference on Tuesday is making several product rollouts, including a new version of its database and grid computing enhancements.	3
Carter is GroundedToronto star Vince Carter will miss at least two games with a strained left Achilles' tendon, suffered Wednesday in a loss to Detroit.	1
Cypriot protests after Israeli jets force airliner into flight <b>...</b>LARNACA, Cyprus, Oct 5 (AFP) - The Cypriot authorities issued a strong protest Tuesday after Israeli warplanes forced a German airliner into their flight control zone without prior authorization amid a bomb alert.	0
'Oil Shock' Has Some Economists WorriedWith growth slowing in China, Europe and Japan, some worry that rapidly escalating prices will trigger a self-reinforcing spiral of falling demand.	2
Dream Weaver #39;s worst nightmareThis just in. In addition to that whole Milton Bradley thing, the Dodgers are now also demanding that Fox erase all tapes of this division series against the Cardinals.	1
Cable and Wireless to sell Japanese unit to SoftbankLONDON : Cable and Wireless, the British telecoms group, said it had agreed to sell its Japanese unit to Internet service provider Softbank Corp for about 133 million dollars (104 million euros) including debt.	2
Users struggle to cope with mounting backup dilemmasIT managers on hand for this week's Storage Decisions conference said they are working ever harder to consolidate storage-area networks, attain a single view of their infrastructure and increase the amount of online disk storage.	3
Afghan Militants Drop Guantanamo Prisoner DemandA Taliban splinter faction that has threatened to kill three foreign UN workers abducted in Afghanistan nearly three weeks ago appeared to narrow its demands for their release Tuesday.	0
Fed's Gramlich Urges Fix for Budget Gap (Reuters)Reuters - U.S. budget deficits pose a\problem for both the domestic and world economies, but there\seems little political will to fix them, Federal Reserve Board\Governor Edward Gramlich said on Saturday.	2
Raptors' Williams Done for Season (Reuters)Reuters - Toronto Raptors guard Alvin\Williams will miss the rest of the 2004 season with an injured\right knee.	1
Japan's NTT DoCoMo sees Europe embracing hi-tech mobile phones (AFP)AFP - Japan's top mobile operator NTT DoCoMo believes Europe will embrace hi-tech telephones and expects a major boost in subscribers on the continent of its i-mode Internet service.	0
Benitez calls for tackling clampdownLONDON (AFP) - Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has asked English referees to give his players greater protection from what he says are poor tackles.	1
ATI Technologies boosts outlookMARKHAM, Ont. (CP) - Graphics chip maker ATI Technologies Inc. is boosting its outlook after fourth-quarter profit almost tripled to \$61.	2
Adobe Posts Sharp Rise in ProfitAdobe Systems Inc. on Monday reported a sharp rise in quarterly profit, driven by robust demand for its Photoshop and document-sharing software.	2
Future for Kraft is less sweetKraft Foods last night posted a 3.8 drop in quarterly profit, weighed down by higher marketing spend and increased costs for cheese, coffee and other materials.	2
A New Mobile Phone Search ServiceUpSnap turns your cell phone in to a search tool, offering free directory assistance lookups using SMS text messaging.	3
No more Bangalores, pleaseDid India goof their lines by staging the Test series opener at Bangalore? There are very good reasons to believe so, among them being the not so insignificant one that we ended up losers by 217 runs.	1
Cards power way to victoryFirst came the swing, then the launch and then the sound of 52,347 turning Busch Stadium into a deafening caldron. Then, having given the Cardinals an eighth-inning home run that	1
Hollinger Committee Files Report on Black, Directors (Update1)Hollinger International Inc., publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times, said a committee of its board investigating allegations of wrongdoing against former Chief Executive Conrad Black filed a report with a court in Chicago.	2
Congress Fails to Act on Copyright BillsControversial bills proposed new penalties (including jail time) for copyright violations.	3
Western Michigan fired Darnell quot;For the benefit of our student-athletes and fans, we simply cannot afford another year of decline and now is the time for new leadership to be brought in, quot; Kathy Beauregard, the school #39;s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, said in a statement.	1
Bonds #39; 700 odyssey: Homer, sweet homerSAN FRANCISCO - An avid fisherman not wholly unfamiliar with watercraft, Bruce Bochy knows his trawler from his zodiac, his canoe from his kayak.	1
Birminghams Gronkjaer going to SpainMADRID: Atletico Madrid is close to signing Denmark #39;s Jesper Gronkjaer (pic) from Birmingham City, the Spanish club #39;s president said on Wednesday.	1
NetWare holdouts courted by Microsoft, open sourceMicrosoft is targeting diehard NetWare customers faced with a looming decision on migrating servers to either to Linux or Windows Server 2003.	3
Japanese Woman Wins Marathon; Kastor Third (AP)AP - Mizuki Noguchi of Japan held on for the gold and American Deena Kastor used a late burst for a stunning bronze medal finish Sunday night in the Olympic marathon. Kastor's third place gave the United States its first marathon medal since Joan Benoit's gold in Los Angeles 20 years ago.	1
Cavaliers move up to No. 6 in football pollsEntering a road contest on Saturday against defending ACC champion Florida State, the Cavaliers are ranked in the top 10 in the country in seven different categories.	1
Freshman Walker gives Irish running game a boostSOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Running back Darius Walker didn #39;t play last week against Brigham Young, but Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham said the reason had nothing to do with any thoughts of holding Walker out as a freshman to preserve a year of eligibility.	1
Munch Theft Focuses on Museum SecurityOSLO, Norway - The brazen daylight theft of Edvard Munch's renowned masterpiece ""The Scream"" left Norway's police scrambling for clues and stirred a debate across Europe over how to protect art if thieves are willing to use deadly force to take it. Some expressed fears that works of art are in increasing danger from violent raids - unless, as Norway's deputy culture minister put it, ""we lock them in a mountain bunker."" Armed, masked robbers stormed into Oslo's Munch Museum in broad daylight on Sunday, threatening an employee with a gun and terrifying patrons before they made off with a version of Munch's famous painting ""The Scream"" and another of his masterpieces, ""Madonna."" A day after the theft and despite many tips, police said they have no suspects, no trace of the paintings and no theory on a motive...	0
Castro Says He Stayed in Charge After FallTaking pains to demonstrate that he retains firm control over Cuba after fracturing his knee and arm in a fall at a public event, President Fidel Castro says	0
Kings Defeat Winless Bulls 113-106 (AP)AP - Peja Stojakovic scored 29 points, Mike Bibby added 27 and the Sacramento Kings kept the Chicago Bulls winless with a 113-106 victory on Tuesday night.	1
Ivan raises gas prices far from landfallCarolyn Roberts was ready for heavy wind and rain as the remnants of Hurricane Ivan approached northwest Georgia, but she didn #39;t anticipate storm-driven sticker shock at the gas pump.	2
IBM Issues Recall Of 553,000 Notebook AC AdaptersIBM is recalling more than 500,000 AC adapters made for their ThinkPad notebooks between January 1999 and August 2000. These adapters may overheat, resulting in melting, posing a fire and electrocution hazard.	3
Giants 10, Dodgers 0In a regular-season finale that resembled an exhibition game and was about as meaningful, Jason Schmidt pitched six dominant innings, Ray Durham and Pedro Feliz hit first-inning homers and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-0 on	1
Drop in oil price lights fire under marketThe biggest one-day drop in the price of crude oil in more than three years ignited a rally Wednesday that sent the Dow Jones industrial average up by more than 160 points.	2
Law's specialty: pick-off playsTy Law tied the Patriots' all-time record for interceptions last Sunday when he made a diving catch for the 36th pick of his career, but there are other things he wants. Like Michael Haynes's arms and legs.	1
Troy Glaus agrees to four-year deal with Arizona DiamondbacksAll-star third baseman Troy Glaus agreed Thursday to a four-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, who hope the 2002 World Series MVP will rebound from a season cut short by an injured shoulder.	1
Netscape prototypeAn early version of Netscape #39;s much-anticipated browser kills two birds with one stone: it runs the recent and wildly successful Mozilla Firefox engine, but renders pages in Internet Explorer, too.	3
Defense method Saints acquire CB McKenzieThe New Orleans Saints completed their long-anticipated trade for Green Bay cornerback Mike McKenzie on Monday. The Saints swapped third-string quarterback JT O #39;Sullivan and their second	1
ABC News Fighting Kills at Least 16 in IraqAn injured Iraqi woman cries out at the scene of an insurgent mortar strike in the Dora section of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 15, 2004.	0
Poland Honors Priest Slain in 1984 (AP)AP - Poles lit candles and laid flowers Tuesday at the grave of pro-Solidarity priest Jerzy Popieluszko, abducted and killed by the communist secret police 20 years ago in a murder described in parliament as ""one of the last acts of terror"" by the former regime.	0
France still hopeful reporters in Iraq will be released (AFP)AFP - French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said he was still hopeful two French reporters held hostage in Iraq would be freed, adding that quot;lines of dialogue quot; had been opened with those detaining them.	0
Man dies after pet hamster bites himA man died from asthma after being bitten several times by his pet hamster in a city north of Tokyo, the Mainichi Shimbun reported Tuesday.	3
Bertuzzi pleads not guiltyVancouver Canucks star Todd Bertuzzi has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault causing bodily harm. The plea was entered during a brief arraignment hearing Thursday morning in a Vancouver court room.	1
Calzaghe wins again after brawlEDINBURGH (AFP) - Welshman Joe Calzaghe successfully defended his World Boxing Organisation super-middleweight title for the 15th time with an unanimous points victory over Egypt #39;s Kabary Salem.	1
Solar Sail Craft to Be Launched in March (AP)AP - A solar sail spacecraft designed to be propelled by the pressure of sunlight will be launched early next year, The Planetary Society said Tuesday.	3
No relief for Europe as G20 shuns action to halt dollar slide (AFP)AFP - The Group of 20 finance chiefs have shunned action to halt the dollar slide, leaving Europe isolated at the end of a forum here and facing an almost certain further strengthening of the euro.	2
British house prices record sharpest fall in 9 yearsHouse prices in Britain fell at their steepest pace in nine years in the three months to September,adding to evidence that the property market is cooling and decreasing the possibility	2
Israel Turns Up Heat on Palestinian Hunger Strike JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel declared psychological war on hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners on Monday, saying it would barbecue meat outside their cells to try to break their will.	0
Lindows postpones IPO indefinitelyLindows, the Linux-based software developer best known for its legal battles with Microsoft Corp., has indefinitely shelved its plans to become a publicly traded company due to ""current adverse market conditions,"" it announced Wednesday.	3
Food running so low aboard station that crew ordered to cut back <b>...</b>Food is running so low aboard the international space station that flight controllers have instructed the two crewmen to cut back on calories, at least until a Russian supply ship arrives in a little over two weeks.	3
The billion dollar electionLast year some election watchers made a bold prediction that this presidential election would set a record: the first half billion dollar campaign in hard money alone.	2
Strong earthquake shakes northern JapanA strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 has shaken northern Japan in the same region that was hit by a deadly tremor last month, but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.	0
Upset Russians ask IOC to take long look at gymnasticsThe Russian Olympic delegation joined the growing list of Olympic malcontents Tuesday, arguing that its two biggest stars got cheated in the gymnastics competition.	1
SuperSonics Beat Spurs, 113-94 (AP)AP - Rashard Lewis scored 27 points and Ray Allen added 24, leading the Seattle SuperSonics to a 113-94 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night.	1
Saudi Women Won #39;t Vote in ElectionsSaudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz speaks during the GCC Interior Ministers meeting in Kuwait, Sunday Oct. 10, 2004.	0
Xerces 2.6.1 and BOM\\XML which is UTF-16 encoded is supposed to have a prolog (first two bytes)\called a BOM of FF FE to signal that the feed you're about to parse is\multibyte. The only problem is that (and get this) Xerces doesn't support this\prolog!\\""Exception in thread ""main"" org.apache.commons.feedparser.FeedParserException:\org.jdom.JDOMException: Error in building from stream: Content is not allowed\in prolog.: Content is not allowed in prolog.""\\Sam Ruby was nice enough to put out a bunch of unit tests for UTF-16 and\they won't even parse within Xerces.\\...\	3
Emap halts French magazine slumpMedia group Emap reports a modest rise in interim profits and says it has stemmed falling sales at its French TV listings magazines.	2
China, Pakistan call for closer army-to-army tiesChina and Pakistan officials voiced their common aspiration of furthering ties between the two armies during a meeting here Wednesday.	0
Japan eyes troops pullout from Iraq next DecemberJapanese Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono said Sunday that late 2005 is a possible target date for Japanese troops to withdraw from Iraq.	0
Web Still in Early Days, Tech Leaders Say (Reuters)Reuters - The Internet is only in\its early adolescence with a raft of improvements on the\horizon, and the venture capitalists who helped fund the early\boom are opening their wallets again, technology industry\leaders said on Monday.	3
Barrichello takes pole for F1 #39;s Brazilian GPThe hometown favorite won the pole position at the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after the seven-time world champion crashed during practice.	1
Playboy Forecasts Higher 2005 Profit NEW YORK (Reuters) - Adult entertainment company Playboy Enterprises Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PLA.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">PLA.N</A> on Monday said it expects higher profit in 2005 than in 2004, helped in part by gains at its international television and online subscription businesses as well as recent efforts to reduce debt.	2
Pfizer to Fund Study of Celebrex as Heart Aid -WSJPharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. will announce plans for a large-scale clinical trial of the ability of blockbuster drug Celebrex to prevent heart attacks and strokes in patients with	2
GDP growth slows in third quarterEconomic growth slowed sharply in the third quarter of 2004 to its weakest since the run-up to the Iraq war early last year, reinforcing expectations	2
More than 700 Wisconsin residents haven #39;t received tax refundMILWAUKEE - More than 700 Wisconsin residents haven #39;t received federal tax refunds worth a total of more than \$479,000 because the checks were returned to the Internal Revenue Service as undeliverable.	2
EU: Coke EU anti-trust case settlement closerCoca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company has announced developments in the long-running EU investigation into anti-competitive practices.	2
IBM says its supercomputer is world #39;s fastestNew York Reuters News Service, 30 September 2004 - IBM said yesterday that it has developed the world #39;s fastest computer, putting it back on top after a Japanese supercomputer claimed the title two years ago.	3
Benefits computer failure chaosA huge systems crash causes delays in processing some claims at the work and pensions department.	3
Mainz a pleasant surpriseGelsenkirchen, Germany (Sports Network) - Mainz has shocked everyone in the Bundesliga this season. The newcomers, who were expected to finish near the bottom of the table, are currently stationed in third.	1
Selig Rubber-Stamps Yankees' Deal for JohnsonCommissioner Bud Selig returned from a vacation and promptly cleared one item off his desk, approving the Yankees' trade with the Diamondbacks for Randy Johnson.	1
PeopleSoft exceeds earnings targetsThe software company reports a 12 percent surge in sales fed by a jump in maintenance revenue.	3
The end of video?It was once as chic as a Walkman the size of a house brick and as tricky to work out as a Rubik #39;s cube - but the end appears nigh for the humble videotape recorder.	3

Fan: #39;It was a HR #39;The fan in the first row in leftfield who was hit by Mark Bellhorn #39;s three-run homer in the fourth inning wasn #39;t taking any chances.

1

Yukos considers self-destructionShareholders in Yukos are pondering liquidation or filing for bankruptcy, after deciding against a rescue plan for the embattled Russian oil firm.

2

PDA Sales Continue to Drop (PC World)PC World - Consumers are giving PDAs the hand as they move toward smart phones.

3

Karzai's Running Mate Escapes Afghan Mine Blast KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running mate for Saturday's historic presidential election escaped unhurt Wednesday when a mine exploded under his convoy in the remote northeast of the country. Vice presidential candidate Ahmad Zia Masood, the brother of assassinated resistance hero Ahmad Shah Masood, had gone to Faizabad, the capital of mountainous Badakhshan province, for a campaign rally.

0

Longhorn Comes Up ShortMicrosoft finally gives us a date for the release of its Longhorn operating system, but the failure to deliver on a highly touted feature raises questions about the company's future. -washingtonpost.com

3

21st century firefighting technology on a 19th century budgetWhen Bill Clayton, one of four San Diego County division chiefs of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, was asked last week about the use of innovative technologies to fight forest fires, he described his profession #39;s evolution this

3

Angry Aragones defends himself over Henry remarksSpain coach Luis Aragones has defended himself against accusations of racism in the wake of his remarks about French striker Thierry Henry, saying his conscience is completely clear.

1

Maltais takes air out of AerosSteve Maltais can #39;t do it all for the Wolves, but the 35-year-old certainly is trying. Maltais scored the Wolves #39; first two goals Wednesday night against Houston after scoring the team #39;s only three goals in

1

DaimlerChrysler vetoes French plan for single EADS chiefPARIS (AFP) - The German-US automaker DaimlerChrysler has shot down plans by French President Jacques Chirac to place a Frenchman as the sole head of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, the Financial Times said.

2

Bid to dismiss US sport drug caseThe head of Balco, a US lab accused of supplying steroids to sport stars, asks a court to drop all charges.

0

Activists, politicians protest Putin policiesMOSCOW -- Hundreds of Kremlin critics gathered yesterday on Constitution Day to denounce what they call a retreat from democracy as President Vladimir V. Putin signed a bill scrapping gubernatorial elections.

0

New Study Links Pfizer's Bextra, Similar to Vioxx, to Heart AttacksPatients given Pfizers painkiller Bextra have more than twice as many heart attacks and strokes as those given placebos, according to preliminary results of a study.

2

Sir Howard Stringer, US Head Of Sony: Sony #39;s knight buys ...When a bright, middle-class Oxford graduate called Harold Stringer set out for America from his home in Aylesbury in 1965 to find a job, it was the stuff of movies which attracted him.

2

World record in sights of 100-meter field quot;We #39;re going to have a party, quot; Maurice Greene said Saturday, looking forward to Sunday #39;s final in the Olympic men #39;s 100-meter dash.

1

United Seeks an Additional \$2 Billion in Cost CutsUnited Airlines told its unions that it wanted to terminate its four pension plans and seek additional wage and benefit concessions.

2

Singh Wins PGA Championship in PlayoffHAVEN, Wis. - Vijay Singh shot a 4-over 76 to eke into a three-way playoff Sunday, then made his only birdie of the day on the first of three extra holes to beat Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco in the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits...

0

Geiberger grabs top spot at Chrysler ClassicGreensboro, NC (Sports Network) - Brent Geiberger posted a five-under 67 on Friday to move into the lead after the second round of the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro.

1

Secondary lacking Will powerThe Giants #39; defensive problems didn #39;t begin with the cornerbacks but they certainly culminated in their vicinity. Wherever there was a Will, it appeared, there was a nearby official signaling for a touchdown.

1

Qantas #39; proposed pact with Air NZ rejectedSYDNEY: Australian flag-carrier Qantas said it was disappointed a proposed alliance with Air New Zealand (ANZ) had been rejected by New Zealand #39;s high court but ruled out appealing decision.

2

Europe Puts U.S. in Big Hole at Ryder CupBLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Backed by the clutch performance from its English rookies and reliable play from Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood, Europe put the United States in another huge hole Saturday by taking an 11-5 lead at the Ryder Cup and making victory Sunday seem like a mere formality...

0

Jordan cancels Afghanistan soap operaAP - After a week-long advertising blitz, Jordan has abruptly cancelled plans to broadcast a soap opera about Afghanistan after an internet threat to quot;strike quot; everyone from actors to TV executives if the show portrayed the Taliban in a negative light.

0

Boeing Quarterly Earnings Jump 78 PercentBoeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday topped expectations with a 78 percent jump in quarterly profit on strength in its defense operations, and raised its earnings forecast for 2004.

2

Gazprom to bid for Yukos facilityRussia #39;s state-controlled gas monopoly, Gazprom, announced today that it is planning to bid for the main production facility of troubled oil company Yukos.

2

Honda/IBM improve speech-recognition systemHonda Motor Co., with software help from IBM, is preparing to introduce an improved speech-recognition system as standard equipment on the 2005 Acura RL sedan.

3

Sudan conflict under UN spotlightUN Security Council diplomats are in Kenya to push for a Sudan peace deal and progress on Darfur.

0

Kabul suicide bomber wounds sevenA Taliban suicide fighter killed himself and wounded at least seven others, including three members of a NATO-led peacekeeping force, in a grenade attack on a busy shopping street in central Kabul.

0

Lockheed Martin Team in Postal PactLockheed Martin Corp. said Monday that the Postal Service selected a team led by the company to provide managed network services across its 37,000 locations under a contract worth up to \$3 billion.

2

Orlovsky not bitter at BCUConn senior quarterback Dan Orlovsky has admitted that he probably would have gone to Boston College if offered a scholarship. But

1

Update: OpenWorld Notebook -- database, grid control, integration improved (InfoWorld)InfoWorld - Oracle at the OpenWorld conference on Tuesday is making several product rollouts, including a new version of its database and grid computing enhancements.

3

Carter is GroundedToronto star Vince Carter will miss at least two games with a strained left Achilles' tendon, suffered Wednesday in a loss to Detroit.

1

Cypriot protests after Israeli jets force airliner into flight ...LARNACA, Cyprus, Oct 5 (AFP) - The Cypriot authorities issued a strong protest Tuesday after Israeli warplanes forced a German airliner into their flight control zone without prior authorization amid a bomb alert.

0

'Oil Shock' Has Some Economists WorriedWith growth slowing in China, Europe and Japan, some worry that rapidly escalating prices will trigger a self-reinforcing spiral of falling demand.

2

Dream Weaver #39;s worst nightmareThis just in. In addition to that whole Milton Bradley thing, the Dodgers are now also demanding that Fox erase all tapes of this division series against the Cardinals.

1

Cable and Wireless to sell Japanese unit to SoftbankLONDON : Cable and Wireless, the British telecoms group, said it had agreed to sell its Japanese unit to Internet service provider Softbank Corp for about 133 million dollars (104 million euros) including debt.

2

Users struggle to cope with mounting backup dilemmasIT managers on hand for this week's Storage Decisions conference said they are working ever harder to consolidate storage-area networks, attain a single view of their infrastructure and increase the amount of online disk storage.

3

Afghan Militants Drop Guantanamo Prisoner DemandA Taliban splinter faction that has threatened to kill three foreign UN workers abducted in Afghanistan nearly three weeks ago appeared to narrow its demands for their release Tuesday.

0

Fed's Gramlich Urges Fix for Budget Gap (Reuters)Reuters - U.S. budget deficits pose a\problem for both the domestic and world economies, but there\seems little political will to fix them, Federal Reserve Board\Governor Edward Gramlich said on Saturday.

2

Raptors' Williams Done for Season (Reuters)Reuters - Toronto Raptors guard Alvin\Williams will miss the rest of the 2004 season with an injured\right knee.

1

Japan's NTT DoCoMo sees Europe embracing hi-tech mobile phones (AFP)AFP - Japan's top mobile operator NTT DoCoMo believes Europe will embrace hi-tech telephones and expects a major boost in subscribers on the continent of its i-mode Internet service.

0

Benitez calls for tackling clampdownLONDON (AFP) - Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has asked English referees to give his players greater protection from what he says are poor tackles.

1

ATI Technologies boosts outlookMARKHAM, Ont. (CP) - Graphics chip maker ATI Technologies Inc. is boosting its outlook after fourth-quarter profit almost tripled to \$61.

2

Adobe Posts Sharp Rise in ProfitAdobe Systems Inc. on Monday reported a sharp rise in quarterly profit, driven by robust demand for its Photoshop and document-sharing software.

2

Future for Kraft is less sweetKraft Foods last night posted a 3.8 drop in quarterly profit, weighed down by higher marketing spend and increased costs for cheese, coffee and other materials.

2

A New Mobile Phone Search ServiceUpSnap turns your cell phone in to a search tool, offering free directory assistance lookups using SMS text messaging.

3

No more Bangalores, pleaseDid India goof their lines by staging the Test series opener at Bangalore? There are very good reasons to believe so, among them being the not so insignificant one that we ended up losers by 217 runs.

1

Cards power way to victoryFirst came the swing, then the launch and then the sound of 52,347 turning Busch Stadium into a deafening caldron. Then, having given the Cardinals an eighth-inning home run that

1

Hollinger Committee Files Report on Black, Directors (Update1)Hollinger International Inc., publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times, said a committee of its board investigating allegations of wrongdoing against former Chief Executive Conrad Black filed a report with a court in Chicago.

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Congress Fails to Act on Copyright BillsControversial bills proposed new penalties (including jail time) for copyright violations.

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Western Michigan fired Darnell quot;For the benefit of our student-athletes and fans, we simply cannot afford another year of decline and now is the time for new leadership to be brought in, quot; Kathy Beauregard, the school #39;s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, said in a statement.

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Bonds #39; 700 odyssey: Homer, sweet homerSAN FRANCISCO - An avid fisherman not wholly unfamiliar with watercraft, Bruce Bochy knows his trawler from his zodiac, his canoe from his kayak.

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Birminghams Gronkjaer going to SpainMADRID: Atletico Madrid is close to signing Denmark #39;s Jesper Gronkjaer (pic) from Birmingham City, the Spanish club #39;s president said on Wednesday.

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NetWare holdouts courted by Microsoft, open sourceMicrosoft is targeting diehard NetWare customers faced with a looming decision on migrating servers to either to Linux or Windows Server 2003.

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Japanese Woman Wins Marathon; Kastor Third (AP)AP - Mizuki Noguchi of Japan held on for the gold and American Deena Kastor used a late burst for a stunning bronze medal finish Sunday night in the Olympic marathon. Kastor's third place gave the United States its first marathon medal since Joan Benoit's gold in Los Angeles 20 years ago.

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Cavaliers move up to No. 6 in football pollsEntering a road contest on Saturday against defending ACC champion Florida State, the Cavaliers are ranked in the top 10 in the country in seven different categories.

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Freshman Walker gives Irish running game a boostSOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Running back Darius Walker didn #39;t play last week against Brigham Young, but Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham said the reason had nothing to do with any thoughts of holding Walker out as a freshman to preserve a year of eligibility.

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Munch Theft Focuses on Museum SecurityOSLO, Norway - The brazen daylight theft of Edvard Munch's renowned masterpiece ""The Scream"" left Norway's police scrambling for clues and stirred a debate across Europe over how to protect art if thieves are willing to use deadly force to take it. Some expressed fears that works of art are in increasing danger from violent raids - unless, as Norway's deputy culture minister put it, ""we lock them in a mountain bunker."" Armed, masked robbers stormed into Oslo's Munch Museum in broad daylight on Sunday, threatening an employee with a gun and terrifying patrons before they made off with a version of Munch's famous painting ""The Scream"" and another of his masterpieces, ""Madonna."" A day after the theft and despite many tips, police said they have no suspects, no trace of the paintings and no theory on a motive...

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Castro Says He Stayed in Charge After FallTaking pains to demonstrate that he retains firm control over Cuba after fracturing his knee and arm in a fall at a public event, President Fidel Castro says

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Kings Defeat Winless Bulls 113-106 (AP)AP - Peja Stojakovic scored 29 points, Mike Bibby added 27 and the Sacramento Kings kept the Chicago Bulls winless with a 113-106 victory on Tuesday night.

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Ivan raises gas prices far from landfallCarolyn Roberts was ready for heavy wind and rain as the remnants of Hurricane Ivan approached northwest Georgia, but she didn #39;t anticipate storm-driven sticker shock at the gas pump.

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IBM Issues Recall Of 553,000 Notebook AC AdaptersIBM is recalling more than 500,000 AC adapters made for their ThinkPad notebooks between January 1999 and August 2000. These adapters may overheat, resulting in melting, posing a fire and electrocution hazard.

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Giants 10, Dodgers 0In a regular-season finale that resembled an exhibition game and was about as meaningful, Jason Schmidt pitched six dominant innings, Ray Durham and Pedro Feliz hit first-inning homers and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-0 on

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Drop in oil price lights fire under marketThe biggest one-day drop in the price of crude oil in more than three years ignited a rally Wednesday that sent the Dow Jones industrial average up by more than 160 points.

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Law's specialty: pick-off playsTy Law tied the Patriots' all-time record for interceptions last Sunday when he made a diving catch for the 36th pick of his career, but there are other things he wants. Like Michael Haynes's arms and legs.

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Troy Glaus agrees to four-year deal with Arizona DiamondbacksAll-star third baseman Troy Glaus agreed Thursday to a four-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, who hope the 2002 World Series MVP will rebound from a season cut short by an injured shoulder.

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Netscape prototypeAn early version of Netscape #39;s much-anticipated browser kills two birds with one stone: it runs the recent and wildly successful Mozilla Firefox engine, but renders pages in Internet Explorer, too.

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Defense method Saints acquire CB McKenzieThe New Orleans Saints completed their long-anticipated trade for Green Bay cornerback Mike McKenzie on Monday. The Saints swapped third-string quarterback JT O #39;Sullivan and their second

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ABC News Fighting Kills at Least 16 in IraqAn injured Iraqi woman cries out at the scene of an insurgent mortar strike in the Dora section of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 15, 2004.

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Poland Honors Priest Slain in 1984 (AP)AP - Poles lit candles and laid flowers Tuesday at the grave of pro-Solidarity priest Jerzy Popieluszko, abducted and killed by the communist secret police 20 years ago in a murder described in parliament as ""one of the last acts of terror"" by the former regime.

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France still hopeful reporters in Iraq will be released (AFP)AFP - French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said he was still hopeful two French reporters held hostage in Iraq would be freed, adding that quot;lines of dialogue quot; had been opened with those detaining them.

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Man dies after pet hamster bites himA man died from asthma after being bitten several times by his pet hamster in a city north of Tokyo, the Mainichi Shimbun reported Tuesday.

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Bertuzzi pleads not guiltyVancouver Canucks star Todd Bertuzzi has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault causing bodily harm. The plea was entered during a brief arraignment hearing Thursday morning in a Vancouver court room.

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Calzaghe wins again after brawlEDINBURGH (AFP) - Welshman Joe Calzaghe successfully defended his World Boxing Organisation super-middleweight title for the 15th time with an unanimous points victory over Egypt #39;s Kabary Salem.

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Solar Sail Craft to Be Launched in March (AP)AP - A solar sail spacecraft designed to be propelled by the pressure of sunlight will be launched early next year, The Planetary Society said Tuesday.

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No relief for Europe as G20 shuns action to halt dollar slide (AFP)AFP - The Group of 20 finance chiefs have shunned action to halt the dollar slide, leaving Europe isolated at the end of a forum here and facing an almost certain further strengthening of the euro.

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British house prices record sharpest fall in 9 yearsHouse prices in Britain fell at their steepest pace in nine years in the three months to September,adding to evidence that the property market is cooling and decreasing the possibility

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Israel Turns Up Heat on Palestinian Hunger Strike JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel declared psychological war on hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners on Monday, saying it would barbecue meat outside their cells to try to break their will.

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Lindows postpones IPO indefinitelyLindows, the Linux-based software developer best known for its legal battles with Microsoft Corp., has indefinitely shelved its plans to become a publicly traded company due to ""current adverse market conditions,"" it announced Wednesday.

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Food running so low aboard station that crew ordered to cut back ...Food is running so low aboard the international space station that flight controllers have instructed the two crewmen to cut back on calories, at least until a Russian supply ship arrives in a little over two weeks.

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The billion dollar electionLast year some election watchers made a bold prediction that this presidential election would set a record: the first half billion dollar campaign in hard money alone.

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Strong earthquake shakes northern JapanA strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 has shaken northern Japan in the same region that was hit by a deadly tremor last month, but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

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Upset Russians ask IOC to take long look at gymnasticsThe Russian Olympic delegation joined the growing list of Olympic malcontents Tuesday, arguing that its two biggest stars got cheated in the gymnastics competition.

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SuperSonics Beat Spurs, 113-94 (AP)AP - Rashard Lewis scored 27 points and Ray Allen added 24, leading the Seattle SuperSonics to a 113-94 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night.

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Saudi Women Won #39;t Vote in ElectionsSaudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz speaks during the GCC Interior Ministers meeting in Kuwait, Sunday Oct. 10, 2004.

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Xerces 2.6.1 and BOM\\XML which is UTF-16 encoded is supposed to have a prolog (first two bytes)\called a BOM of FF FE to signal that the feed you're about to parse is\multibyte. The only problem is that (and get this) Xerces doesn't support this\prolog!\\""Exception in thread ""main"" org.apache.commons.feedparser.FeedParserException:\org.jdom.JDOMException: Error in building from stream: Content is not allowed\in prolog.: Content is not allowed in prolog.""\\Sam Ruby was nice enough to put out a bunch of unit tests for UTF-16 and\they won't even parse within Xerces.\\...\

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Emap halts French magazine slumpMedia group Emap reports a modest rise in interim profits and says it has stemmed falling sales at its French TV listings magazines.

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China, Pakistan call for closer army-to-army tiesChina and Pakistan officials voiced their common aspiration of furthering ties between the two armies during a meeting here Wednesday.

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Japan eyes troops pullout from Iraq next DecemberJapanese Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono said Sunday that late 2005 is a possible target date for Japanese troops to withdraw from Iraq.

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Web Still in Early Days, Tech Leaders Say (Reuters)Reuters - The Internet is only in\its early adolescence with a raft of improvements on the\horizon, and the venture capitalists who helped fund the early\boom are opening their wallets again, technology industry\leaders said on Monday.

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Barrichello takes pole for F1 #39;s Brazilian GPThe hometown favorite won the pole position at the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after the seven-time world champion crashed during practice.

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Playboy Forecasts Higher 2005 Profit NEW YORK (Reuters) - Adult entertainment company Playboy Enterprises Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PLA.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">PLA.N</A> on Monday said it expects higher profit in 2005 than in 2004, helped in part by gains at its international television and online subscription businesses as well as recent efforts to reduce debt.

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Pfizer to Fund Study of Celebrex as Heart Aid -WSJPharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. will announce plans for a large-scale clinical trial of the ability of blockbuster drug Celebrex to prevent heart attacks and strokes in patients with

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GDP growth slows in third quarterEconomic growth slowed sharply in the third quarter of 2004 to its weakest since the run-up to the Iraq war early last year, reinforcing expectations

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More than 700 Wisconsin residents haven #39;t received tax refundMILWAUKEE - More than 700 Wisconsin residents haven #39;t received federal tax refunds worth a total of more than \$479,000 because the checks were returned to the Internal Revenue Service as undeliverable.

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EU: Coke EU anti-trust case settlement closerCoca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company has announced developments in the long-running EU investigation into anti-competitive practices.

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IBM says its supercomputer is world #39;s fastestNew York Reuters News Service, 30 September 2004 - IBM said yesterday that it has developed the world #39;s fastest computer, putting it back on top after a Japanese supercomputer claimed the title two years ago.

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Benefits computer failure chaosA huge systems crash causes delays in processing some claims at the work and pensions department.

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Mainz a pleasant surpriseGelsenkirchen, Germany (Sports Network) - Mainz has shocked everyone in the Bundesliga this season. The newcomers, who were expected to finish near the bottom of the table, are currently stationed in third.

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Selig Rubber-Stamps Yankees' Deal for JohnsonCommissioner Bud Selig returned from a vacation and promptly cleared one item off his desk, approving the Yankees' trade with the Diamondbacks for Randy Johnson.

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PeopleSoft exceeds earnings targetsThe software company reports a 12 percent surge in sales fed by a jump in maintenance revenue.

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The end of video?It was once as chic as a Walkman the size of a house brick and as tricky to work out as a Rubik #39;s cube - but the end appears nigh for the humble videotape recorder.

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