PCCW's chief operating officer, Mike Butcher, and Alex Arena, the chief financial officer, will report directly to Mr So.

The world's two largest automakers said their U.S. sales declined more than predicted last month as a late summer sales frenzy caused more of an industry backlash than expected.

According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites), there were 19 reported cases of measles in the United States in 2002.

A tropical storm rapidly developed in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday and was expected to hit somewhere along the Texas or Louisiana coasts by Monday night.

The company didn't detail the costs of the replacement and repairs.

The settling companies would also assign their possible claims against the underwriters to the investor plaintiffs, he added.

Air Commodore Quaife said the Hornets remained on three-minute alert throughout the operation.

A Washington County man may have the countys first human case of West Nile virus, the health department said Friday.

Moseley and a senior aide delivered their summary assessments to about 300 American and allied military officers on Thursday.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was 0.46 points lower, or 0.05 percent, at 997.02.

Consumers would still have to get a descrambling security card from their cable operator to plug into the set.

The increase reflects lower credit losses and favorable interest rates.

The device plays Internet radio streams and comes with a 30-day trial of RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service.

Hong Kong was flat, Australia , Singapore and South Korea lost 0.2-0.4 percent.

Evidence suggests two of the victims were taken by surprise, while the other two might have tried to flee or to defend themselves or the others, police said.

Ballmer has been vocal in the past warning that Linux is a threat to Microsoft.

A charter plane crashed in Turkey on Monday, killing all 75 people aboard, including 62 Spanish peacekeepers returning from Afghanistan, officials said.

Moroccan Interior Minister Al Mustapha Sahel said the investigation "points to a group that has been arrested recently", an apparent reference to Djihad Salafist.

"I'm delighted that David Chase has decided to give us another chapter in the great 'Sopranos' saga," HBO chairman and chief executive Chris Albrecht said.

The two had argued that only a new board would have had the credibility to restore El Paso to health.

"There's no reason for you to keep your skills up," the judge told the convicted crack cocaine kingpin.

Still, he said, "I'm absolutely confident we're going to have a bill."

"Senator Clinton should be ashamed of herself for playing politics with the important issue of homeland security funding," he said.

Federal agents said yesterday they are investigating the theft of 1,200 pounds of an explosive chemical from construction companies in Colorado and California in the past week.

Last year, Comcast signed 1.5 million new digital cable subscribers.

Schofield got Toepfer to admit on cross-examination that she ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.

The man accused of using fake grenades to commandeer a Cuban plane that landed in Key West in April was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.

Moroccan police have arrested 33 suspects, including some linked to the radical Djihad Salafist group, a government official said.

The son of circus trapeze artists turned vaudevillians, O'Connor was born on Aug. 28, 1925, in Chicago and was carried onstage for applause when he was three days old.

Ricky Clemons' brief, troubled Missouri basketball career is over.

Dynes will get $395,000 a year, up from Atkinson's current salary of $361,400.

The daily Hurriyet said the raid aimed to foil a Turkish plot to kill an unnamed senior Iraqi official in Kirkuk.

"It was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games," Thomas said.

Against the Japanese currency, the euro was at 135.92/6.04 yen against the late New York level of 136.03/14.

Snow's remark ``has a psychological impact,'' said Hans Redeker, head of foreign-exchange strategy at BNP Paribas.

The women said victims of rape who came forward routinely were punished for minor infractions while their assailants escaped judgment.

"The National has no interest in acquiring AMP while AMP owns its UK business," Cicutto added.

In a statement, Mr. Rowland said: "As is the case with all appointees, Commissioner Anson is accountable to me.

Oracle's $5 billion hostile bid for PeopleSoft is clearly not sitting well with PeopleSoft's executives.

Taha is married to former Iraqi oil minister Amir Muhammed Rasheed, who surrendered to U.S. forces on April 28.

Cisco pared spending during the quarter to compensate for sluggish sales.

Seven 20- and 21-year-old cadets were ticketed by police for drinking alcohol in an off-campus hotel room early Saturday with two young women, aged 16 and 18.

Dixon's win moved him into second place in the points standings, 49 behind Kanaan.

Last year, Congress passed similar, though less expensive, buyout legislation for peanut farmers, ending that Depression-era program.

On July 22, Moore announced he would appeal the case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 19.72 points, or 1.98 percent, to 1,015.69.

Thanks to the euro's rise against the Japanese currency, the dollar was at 117.24 yen, well above the overnight 10-month low of 116 yen.

Thursday afternoon, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index was trading up just 1.48 points, or 0.1 percent, to 1,049.59.

"They were chipping away at the concrete to get to the body," said Chris Butler, who lives across the street.

Nicholas is the uncle of Louima, the Haitian immigrant who was sexually tortured by NYPD cops in 1997.

The procedure is generally performed in the second or third trimester.

"Just sitting around in a big base camp, knocking back cans of beer, I don't particularly regard as mountaineering," he added.

She survives him as do their four children -- sons Anthony and Kelly, daughters Linda Hope and Nora Somers -- and four grandchildren.

It exploded in his hands, but the former Italian prime minister was unhurt.

The British Foreign Office said Monday that coalition authorities in Iraq were pleased that the men were freed.

Now, with the agency's last three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia disaster, that wait could be even longer.

ISRAELI soldiers knocked down empty mobile homes and water towers in 10 tiny West Bank settlement outposts overnight as part of a US-backed Mideast peace plan.

"These documents are indecipherable to me, and the fact is that this investigation has led nowhere," the lawyer said.

The latest snapshot of the labor markets was slightly better than economists were expecting; they were forecasting claims to fall no lower than 410,000 for last week.

Another body was pulled from the water on Thursday and two seen floating down the river could not be retrieved due to the strong currents, local reporters said.

Those reports were denied by the interior minister, Prince Nayef.

Other members of the organization are believed to be in Pakistani cities, and many of the arrests of key al-Qaida operatives have taken place in those areas.

"Our decision today is quite limited," the judges stated in their opinion.

The woman had agreed to testify after receiving immunity protecting her from punishment for lying and other violations of the academy's honor code.

Under terms of the deal, Legato stockholders will receive 0.9 of a share of EMC common stock for each share of Legato stock.

"Our prognosis for a continued and steady recovery is being realized, and the outlook remains bright," bureau CEO Greg Stuart says.

Kingston also finished with 67 after producing six birdies on the back nine.

"At least two of them were supposed to be in positions of leadership for the younger boys.

Ms Lafferty's lawyer, Thomas Ezzell, told a Kentucky newspaper: "My understanding of this is that there is a lower percentage of successful impregnations with frozen.

Its Canadian operations only buy beef from facilities that are federally inspected and approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Agriculture ministers from more than one hundred nations are expected to attend the three-day Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

While there were about 700 Uruguayan UN peacekeepers in Bunia, they were "neither trained nor equipped" to deal with inter-ethnic violence, Mr Eckhard said.

Shares of Coke were down 49 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $43.52 in early trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange.

NASIRIYA, Iraq—Iraqi doctors who treated former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch have angrily dismissed claims made in her biography that she was raped by her Iraqi captors.

If people took the pill daily, they would lower their risk of heart attack by 88 percent and of stroke by 80 percent, the scientists claim.

Amgen shares gained 93 cents, or 1.45 percent, to $65.05 in afternoon trading on Nasdaq.

From the start, however, the United States' declared goal was not just to topple Saddam but to stabilize Iraq and install a friendly government.

Customers that pay the $1,219 entrance fee get SMS 2003 with 10 device client access licenses.

It was the best advance since Oct. 1, when the index gained 22.25.

"Americans don't cut and run, we have to see this misadventure through," she said.

MSN Messenger 6 will be available for download starting at 6 p.m. GMT on Wednesday from http://messenger.msn.com/download/v6preview.asp.

If Shelley certifies enough are valid, the lieutenant governor must call an election within 60 to 80 days, setting the state into uncharted political waters.

The most serious breach of royal security in recent years occurred in 1982 when 30-year-old Michael Fagan broke into the queen's bedroom at Buckingham Palace.

Shares of LendingTree rose 22 cents to $14.69 and have risen 14 percent this year.

During a screaming match in 1999, Carolyn told John she was still sleeping with Bergin.

"The vulnerabilities all relate to a lack of effective FAA oversight that needs to be improved," the report said.

The network is also dropping its Friday night "Dateline" edition.

Russ Britt is the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for CBS.MarketWatch.com.

The others were ABN AMRO AAH.AS , ING ING.AS , Goldman Sachs GS.N and Rabobank [RABN.UL].

WorldCom's accounting problems came to light early last year, and the company filed for bankruptcy in July 2002, citing massive accounting irregularities.

They were at Raffles Hospital over the weekend for further evaluation.

Rich media doubled its share, increasing from 3% in Q2 2002 to 6% in Q2 2003.

She first went to a specialist for initial tests last Monday, feeling tired and unwell.

Supermarket chains facing a possible grocery clerk strike this week accused union leaders Monday of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend.

MGM, NBC and Liberty executives were not immediately available for comment.

The ADRs fell 10 cents to $28.95 at 10:06 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading today.

Don Asper called the attack "bothersome," before he and his wife contacted the firm's Web site provider to replace the vandalized page.

Hilsenrath and Klarman each were indicted on three counts of securities fraud.

York had no problem with MTA's insisting the decision to shift funds had been within its legal rights.

In his speech, Cheney praised Barbour's accomplishments as chairman of the Republican National Committee.

If the magazine lost more than $4.2 million in a fiscal year, O'Donnell would be allowed to quit.

The upcoming second-quarter earnings season will be particularly important in offering investors guidance, they say.

During her two days of meetings, Rocca will not meet the rebels since they are banned by the United States as a "terrorist organisation".

Nationally, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 4,156 cases of West Nile, including 284 deaths.

The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI added 38 points, or 0.42 percent, to 9,165.

By the time the two-term president left office in 1989, the Navy had nearly 600 ships--about twice the ships it has today.

We are piloting it there to see whether we roll it out to other products.

This issue is unlikely to be resolved until lawmakers return from their summer recess in early September.

"We will clearly modify some features of our plans as well as their administration," Mr. Reed said in his letter.

The index also did better than the Standard & Poor's 500 index, which increased 3.3 percent.

Scrimshaw, Supervisor, Best Minister and Ten Most Wanted are expected to complete the Belmont field.

Judge Gerald W. Heaney, in dissent, said the authorities should have allowed the prisoner to be medicated without the consequence of execution.

That was 4 cents higher than the expectations of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call.

"The GPL violates the U.S. Constitution, together with copyright, antitrust and export control laws, and IBMs claims based thereon, or related thereto, are barred."

NASA plans to follow-up the rovers' missions with additional orbiters and landers before launching a long-awaited sample-return flight.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX crept up 4.3 points, or 0.44 percent, to 980.52.

Garner said the self-proclaimed mayor of Baghdad, Mohammed Mohsen al-Zubaidi, was released after two days in coalition custody.

In a statement, Microsoft said the dividend is payable Nov. 7 to shareholders of record on Oct. 17.

She asked to be excused from last week's Cabinet session to prepare for a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.

In a not-too-subtle swipe at Dean, he predicted Americans would not elect a Democrat "who sounds an uncertain trumpet in these dangerous times."

The jury asked for transcripts of Quattrone's testimony about his role in the IPO allocation process.

I have no doubt whatever that the evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction will be there.

Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response.

It later emerged that he had broken his right thigh and bones in his right wrist and elbow.

Court Judge Robert Sweet said the plaintiffs failed "to draw an adequate casual connection between the consumption of McDonald's food and their alleged injuries."

A neighbor said a duffel bag containing a woman's body was dug up, and the other body was encased in concrete.

At least five class-action lawsuits have been filed, including one in Pennsylvania.

Southwest said it completed inspections of its entire fleet of 385 aircraft -- all 737s -- and found no additional items.

Semiconductor giant Intel Corp. said yesterday that its second-quarter profits doubled from a year ago as stronger-than-expected demand for computer microprocessors offset the weakness of its communications chip business.

The South Korean Agriculture and Forestry Ministry also said it would throw out or send back all Canadian beef currently in store.

"It appears from our initial report that this was a textbook landing considering the circumstances," Burke said.

By Sunday night, the fires had blackened 277,000 acres, hundreds of miles apart.

"The Domino application server is going to be around for at least the next decade."

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC shed 15 points, or 0.98 percent, to 1,492.

Sequent representatives could not immediately be reached for comment on the SCO announcement.

CCAG supported Bill Curry, Rowland's opponent in the 2002 gubernatorial election.

"The panel told the U.S. to correct its flawed determination," said Pierre Pettigrew, Canada's trade minister, in a statement.

Kay was sent to Iraq to co-ordinate efforts to find the weapons that US intelligence reported before the invasion that ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein had.

"It's a recognition that we were provided faulty information," Tom Daschle, the senate Democratic leader, told reporters.

Monday's attacks Monday were among the deadliest against Americans since Sept. 11, 2001.

The MDC called the strike to force Mr Mugabe to either resign or negotiate a settlement of the Zimbabwe crisis.

Police and school officials agreed last week to step up police presence in response to reports of increased violence and gang activity.

"We started our investigation of the child porn ring last year in August and soon realized that it was a big thing," Mr. Beer said.

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is leaving backers in suspense, and former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan will consider if the Terminator balks.

But planning for an expansion of Wagerup has been caught up in a heated debate about the existing project's effect on local residents.

PeopleSoft management could choose to activate an anti-takeover defense known as a "poison pill," designed to thwart undesired suitors.

In connection with the incident, I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately."

Hotly contested legislation that would change the state's takeover law and help a Michigan-based development company fend off a takeover cleared the state Senate on Thursday.

The New York Mets then selected outfielder Lastings Milledge from Lakewood Ranch High School in Florida.

The respected medical journal Lancet has called for a complete ban on tobacco in the United Kingdom.

Michael Hill, a Sun reporter who is a member of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild's bargaining committee, estimated meetings to last late Sunday.

Coca-Cola said it expected its write-down to cut a quarter of a penny per share from second-quarter earnings.

The Defense Department statement said legal access for Hamdi was not required by domestic or international law and "should not be treated as precedent."

Clijsters was simply too complete and powerful for the Spanish veteran Conchita Martínez in her quarterfinal, winning, 6-2, 6-1.

City Councilman Cedric Wilson said those killed were Cpl. James Crump, Officer Arnold Strickland and dispatcher Ace Mealer.

But, to the dismay of Reaganites, there is no mention of the Reagan-era economic boom.

The interview came a day after a report in the British press that he had been taken into custody.

Lay had argued that handing over the documents would be a violation of his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

Walker said he expects that the president's budget will include a request for three percent to five percent budget increases for NASA for each of the next five years.

Shares in BA were down 1.5 percent at 168 pence by 1420 GMT, off a low of 164p, in a slightly stronger overall London market.

Amnesty International has said that over the past 20 years it has collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq but the actual figure may be much higher.

Both have said they are willing to take the slim chance of success for the opportunity to lead separate lives.

She had been critically ill after May 7 surgery to replace a heart valve.

The BlueCore3-Multimedia includes a 16-bit stereo audio CODEC with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.

Braker said Wednesday that police, as part of protocol, were talking with other children Cruz had access to.

The state will consider the police memorial after planning a World Trade Center Memorial, said Micah Rasmussen, a spokesman for Gov. James E. McGreevey.

Stewart said the ring was most likely a work in progress, and that weak links such as being tied to a single server will be eliminated over time.

It will also give Microsoft an opportunity to comment on remedies proposed by the Commission.

The State Court of Appeals did not explain the reason for keeping the lower court's unanimous opinion from July.

While the day's trading was lackluster, the Standard & Poor's 500 index was preparing to close out its best three-month period since the fourth quarter of 1998.

Powell recently changed the story, telling officers that Hoffa's body was buried at his former home, where the search was conducted Wednesday.

Another said its members would continue to call the more than 50 million phone numbers on the Federal Trade Commission's list.

Stock futures were mixed in early Thursday trading, but trading below fair value, pointing to a lower open for the major market indexes.

Worldwide, 7,183 SARS cases and 514 deaths have been reported in 30 countries.

SCO says the pricing terms for a license will not be announced for weeks.

Further estimates show that it is the fourth most common cause of cancer in men and the eighth most common in women.

The new bill would have Medicare cover 95 percent of drug costs over $5,100.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> rose 17.33 points, or 1.07 percent, to 1,640.13.

Both studies are published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

His Chevrolet Tahoe was found abandoned June 25 in a Virginia Beach, parking lot.

Spitzer was among a group of federal and state regulators who negotiated a $1.4 billion settlement with 10 brokerage houses to settle investigations of analyst conflicts of interest.

Crohn's disease causes inflammation of the intestine and symptoms include diarrhea, pain, weight loss and tiredness.

He and his colleagues attributed some of the communication gap to doctors feeling pressed for time.

The three men have pleaded not guilty and their lawyers have asked the High Court to dismiss the charges, saying the state has failed to present a solid case.

A Florida grand jury investigating pharmaceutical wholesalers indicted 19 people on charges of peddling bogus or diluted medications often prescribed for cancer and AIDS patients, authorities said yesterday.

The Bush administration's hope is that by increasing the efficiency of older power plants -- especially coal -- more power can be produced more cheaply.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.

The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC eased 5.16 points, or 0.32 percent, at 1,590.75, breaking a six-day string of gains.

His chief lawyer, Mahendradatta, said Bashir was mentally prepared for a heavy sentencing demand and felt the Marriott bombing would affect the decision.

This comes at a time when Alba is expanding its aluminium output by 307,000 tonnes a year and is accelerating plans for another 307,000 tonnes-a-year increase.

The new Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processors are numbered 3200+, 3000+ and 2800+.

The main psychologist, Dwight Close, referred questions to an agency spokeswoman, who said she wouldn't comment on personnel issues.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gave up 11.91 points, or 1.19 percent, at 986.60.

The survey also found that executives who feel that current economic conditions have improved rose to 35 per cent from 15 per cent last quarter.

Taiwan has attempted to gain observer status to the United Nations-affiliated WHO for seven years, but again was rebuffed March 19 at its annual conference in Geneva.

"This is where you're measured – not in the regular season but right now.

"I would like the FCC to start all over," said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, who supported reversing the rules.

Dave Tomlin, assistant general counsel of The A.P., said his organization was still deciding whether to appeal.

Weyerhaeuser is the one of the worlds largest producers of softwood lumber, with the capacity to produce 7.6 billion board feet a year.

If their circulatory systems are not properly separated, it could kill one or both of them, doctors have said.

"Our goals is not to go out and start suing companies," McBride said.

A key figure in former state Treasurer Paul Silvester's bribery scheme was accused Wednesday of changing his story about Silvester's alleged corrupt dealings with a Boston investment firm.

Gartner's report said global WLAN equipment shipments reached 19.5 million last year, a 120 percent increase over 2001's 8.9 million units.

They were being held Sunday in the Camden County Jail on $100,000 bail each.

"I am proud that I stood against Richard Nixon, not with him," Kerry said.

Saddam's other son, Odai, surrendered Friday, but the Americans are keeping it quiet because he's a U.S. agent.

The Space Infrared Telescope Facility's mission is to search for the beginnings of the universe.

There are 625 U.N. troops in Bunia, while there are between 25,000 and 28,000 tribal fighters, from all sides, in the region.

The driver of the truck escaped and is now being sought by the police, Supoyo said.

A soldier was killed Monday and another wounded when their convoy was ambushed in northern Iraq.

Total Information Awareness is now Terrorism Information Awareness.

David Brame fatally shot his wife and then himself on April 26 in a Gig Harbor shopping-mall parking lot.

"I just hope that this event doesn't tarnish his career or take away from what he's done."

Robert B. Willumstad, 57, Citigroup's president, was named chief operating officer.

The service is deploying Cisco's BTS 10200 Softswitch cable modem termination system and MGXR 8850 voice gateway products.

Last year, there were shortages of shots for diphtheria-tetanus-whooping cough, measles-mumps-rubella, pneumococcal disease, tetanus and chicken pox nationally.

County Judge Tim Harley declared a mistrial because the jury could not reach a verdict.

Mr. Pingeon is director of litigation for Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, a prisoners' rights group.

Heather, 35, who lost a leg in a road accident, is thought to have steel plates fitted in her hips, which would make natural childbirth impossible.

Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended the deadline to Oct. 17, and they are still working on it.

Pacific Northwest has more than 800 employees, and Wells Fargo has 2,400 in Washington.

However, other unions including the powerful CGT remained opposed to the reform and demanded the government begin fresh negotiations with them.

On health care, the NDP says there will be no privatization and no health-care premiums.

As part of a restructuring Peregrine sold its Remedy help desk software unit last year to BMC Software Inc.

This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here," he said to loud applause.

Klarman was arrested by FBI agents in the Hamptons, an exclusive summer resort enclave east of New York City.

Chi-Chi's has agreed to keep the restaurant closed until Jan. 2 _ two months after it voluntarily closed following initial reports of the disease.

Four versions of Windows operating systems are targeted: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

It calls for the agency to plan an independent safety and engineering organization.

No official ceremony was planned to mark the anniversary in Dallas.

Caldera acquired the Unix server software of the original SCO and changed its name to the SCO Group.

The victims were last seen at church last Sunday; their bodies were discovered Tuesday.

Results of the 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey released yesterday by Statistics Canada suggest living standards have improved but still lag for those off reserves.

Software developers use compilers to translate programming languages such as C++ into the language that can be read by a particular processor.

In Albany, for example, 24 percent of students passed; in South Colonie, 14 percent.

Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair apologized Thursday for his arrest hours earlier in Nashville on suspicion of drunken driving and illegal possession of a handgun.

That second dossier, passed to journalists during Mr Blair's trip to Washington, said it drew on "a number of sources, including intelligence material".

The other semifinal between Guillermo Coria of Argentina and Martin Verkerk of the Netherlands is also compelling.

Wal-Mart estimates more than 100 million Americans visit their stores every week.

For the 12-month period ending June 30, high-speed lines installed in homes and businesses increased by 45 percent.

Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, came in second place for the quarter with $5.8 million.

While some other parts of Africa have been used as staging grounds for the terror group, Malawi previously had not been a major focus of investigations into al-Qaida.

Police said yesterday they believe Mr. Cruz knew of the girl through one of her former schoolmates, though neither the girl nor her family knew him.

There is one drug on the market for macular degeneration, Visudyne, and it is approved for the treatment of only one subtype that represents a minority of cases.

Speaking for the first time since being charged with child molestation, Jackson added, "Why not?

The bureau also failed to pursue other leads, including a local imam who dealt with several key 9-11 figures.

"I notice a mood change in their priorities," one politician said.

The Johnson-Lewis fight was to be the main event of a boxing doubleheader at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Scientists believed Stardust trapped thousands of particles of dust.

The Herald reported on Tuesday that internet developer Bruce Simpson was building a missile from parts ordered over the internet and shipped through Customs.

Papandreou said EU leaders would discuss the appointment of Trichet as ECB president on Thursday evening or Friday.

Vivendi pointed out that in both possible combinations, it would maintain a substantial minority interest in a U.S. media corporation "with excellent growth potential."

Zilkha and other shareholders, including Coastal founder Oscar Wyatt Jr., had called for Wise's firing for months.

The last time the survey was conducted, in 1995, those numbers matched.

Cooper, the boy's mother, started coming to the church about three months ago after she met a parishioner at a doctor's office, Hemphill said.

To win final United States approval, the treaty would have to be signed by President Bush and ratified by Congress.

The deal with the Carmel-based insurer is expected to close shortly, said Macklowe spokesman Howard J. Rubenstein.

Intelligence officials in Washington warned lawmakers a week ago to expect a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, it was reported today.

Plofsky said the commission won't investigate because the three-year statute of limitations has expired.

Yes, from today Flash memory purchased from AMD or Fujitsu will be branded Spansion.

Her amendment would have changed the bill by keeping with current Texas law, which gives school districts the option to hold a moment of silence and recite the pledge.

Talabani told him the Governing Council would "need UN assistance and advice in implementing the new decisions which have been taken."

By state law, 911 calls are not public information and were not released.

Under the Government Network Security Act of 2003, federal agencies would have six months to develop and implement P2P security plans.

Sales as measured by volume, a key gauge of financial health in the beverage sector, grew 5 percent in the quarter.

Gainer said the two staff aides are "very sorry this all happened," and the security personnel had performed "well within standards."

He will leave Hollesley Bay open prison at Woodbridge, Suffolk, on Monday, July 21.

The helicopter burst into flames upon impact, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.

Pennsylvania, which has the most aggressive treatment program, is treating 548 of 8,030 inmates.

"In so many different ways, the artistry of black musicians has conveyed the experience of black Americans throughout our history," Bush said.

Retail industry experts predict the next five days will likely make or break Christmas 2003 for many retailers.

Police then called a bomb squad, but the device exploded, killing Wells, before bomb technicians arrived.

The Standard & Poor's 500 stock index pulled back by nearly 4 points to 1,066.62.

The euro has slipped nearly four percent since matching a record peak of around $1.1935 only last week and hitting an all-time high of 140.90 yen in late May.

The FBI informed Easynews that an individual had used the Easynews UseNet server   to upload the SoBig.F virus on Monday, August 18th, the company said in a statement.

"It's very difficult to do large syndicated loans in Japan," where there is a lack of expertise, says one banker.

But Peterson added, "I don't know anybody in the conference committee who's fighting to keep it out completely."

Named in the complaint were former chief executive officers Paul A. Allaire and G. Richard Thoman and former CFO Barry D. Romeril.

Both were charged with four counts of aggravated assault and 14 counts of endangering the welfare of children.

"The layoff is an excuse," countered Anaheim coach Mike Babcock.

The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on Tuesday where Donaldson is scheduled to testify on hedge and mutual funds.

In other markets, U.S. Treasuries started off on Monday weaker, as stocks rose early.

Analysts had been expecting a net loss of 54 cents a share, according to Thomson First Call.

At 11:30 a.m., Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa of Nepal reached the summit.

The Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's 2001 application to sell Erbitux, citing shoddy research.

He claimed Red Hat and the Free Software Foundation with trying to undermine U.S. copyright and patent law.

Beaumont said he doesn't expect a rapturous welcome for Jackson if he goes ahead with his visit to England.

According to a news release sent by the Terry Schindler-Schiavo Foundation, Florida Speaker Johnnie Byrd will introduce "Terri's Bill" during the special session Monday.

Its shares jumped to $54.50 in pre-open trading from $50.90 at Wednesday's close.

GE stock were up 37 cents to $28.56 in morning New York Stock Exchange trade.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC rose 17.26 points, or 1.06 percent, to 1,640.06, based on the latest data.

Authorities said the scientist properly quarantined himself at home after he developed SARS symptoms Dec. 10.

Five-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong had a few words of advice for other cancer survivors in Denver on Friday.

The ruling ``is so wrong that we are extremely confident that it will not withstand our appeal to the Sixth Circuit,'' Taubman Centers said in a statement.

Authorities did not immediately release the identities of the victims pending family notification.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC fell 23.54 points, or 1.42 percent, to 1,630.08.

The cuts are expected to save Texas consumers more than $510 million, and most policyholders will see reductions, Black said.

In New Hampshire yesterday, Mr Bush reiterated Saddam's regime "possessed and used weapons of mass destruction, sponsored terrorist groups and inflicted terror on its own people".

The final round of the bee will be broadcast on ESPN at 1 p.m. Thursday.

At Tuesday's arraignment hearing, Marsh pleaded not guilty to 122 counts of burial service fraud and 47 counts of making false statements.

To put it very simply, Antetonitrus is Brontosaurus's older brother, hence the name.

But church members and observers say they expect that the decision could be problematic for many Episcopalians.

Bush already is halfway to his goal of raising $150 million to $170 million for next year's primaries.

"Turning the corner does not mean we've crossed the finish line," Gregory told reporters.

The latest raid came as US lawmakers debate a report that accuses Saudi Arabia of not doing enough to counter terrorism.

Doctors who knowingly violate the ban could face up to two years in prison.

The delegation leaves Chicago today, then will take another week to ready the remains for reburial.

As planned, the services will be rolled into Yukon when it ships (see story).

Toronto Police Chief Chief Julian Fantino confirmed Friday morning that a man had been arrested in the slaying of Toronto girl Holly Jones.

They later fell out and have backed a series of rival Congolese militias in recent years.

Marshall pressed the practical case that a quite similar civil-rights bill based on the 14th Amendment was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1883.

But she said it will be difficult for investigators to directly tie any decline in shuttle funding to the February disaster.

The special tests were developed to measure student progress in meeting the state's standards for the content taught in each grade.

At least 1,750 people were ordered to evacuate their homes shortly before 9 a.m. as a precaution, said Steve Powers, Marquette County administrator.

It is essential that proceedings against accused terrorists both be fair and appear fair to outside observers, he said.

Some 95 million Americans -- half of all households -- invest in mutual funds.

The technology is available for download on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) site.

Meningitis is an infection of the spinal cord fluid and the tissue around the brain.

It is for that reason that legal scholars said the Denver ruling is at least plausible.

The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI finished down 31.23 points, or 0.33 percent, at 9,317.64.

School officials said Van-Vliet reported the accident using the bus’ radio.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX shed 1.8 points, or 0.18 percent, to 991.

But he said labor would see whether other senators can increase the value of awards proposed by Hatch and create a mechanism to ensure the fund remains solvent.

He was referring to John S. Reed, the former Citicorp chief executive who became interim chairman and chief executive of the exchange last Sunday .

Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro hailed the appellate court ruling.

In an appearance before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday, Mr. Blair suggested that only "evidence of weapons programs" rather than the weapons themselves would be uncovered.

The banks neither admit nor deny the SEC charges under the settlements.

On the other hand, if this will help further establish Steve's innocence, we welcome it."

The April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building came on the second anniversary of the fiery end of the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, Texas.

The year-ago comparisons were restated to include Compaq results.

Investment bank Merrill Lynch raised its investment rating on the business software maker Oracle to "buy" from "neutral" with a 12-month price target of $15.

The report confirmed the ACLU's view that the civil liberties and rights of immigrants "were trampled in the aftermath of 9/11," said Romero.

The report also claims that there will be up to 9.3 million visitors to hot spots this year, up again from the meagre 2.5 million in 2002.

United is working closely with the Air Transportation Stabilization Board to replace the aspects of its loan guarantee bid that were rejected as inadequate in December.

The moves came within four days of the crash and before the National Transportation Safety Board finished investigating.

On Tuesday, the central bank left interest rates steady, as expected, but also declared that overall risks were weighted toward weakness and warned of deflation risks.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index advanced 6.48, or 0.7 per cent, to 990.51.

They also found shortness was associated with a family history of hearing loss.

He said the FDA was hoping Congress and the courts would bring clarity to the situation and some financial relief to consumers.

On Friday, the Concorde started up around sunrise and seemed to launch itself straight out of the rising sun.

Navistar shares were down 44 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $41.19 on the New York Stock Exchange after falling as low as $39.93.

Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.

The appeals court judges were in sharp disagreement over what should be done when they ruled in February.

Bremer, 61, is a onetime assistant to former Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry Kissinger and was ambassador-at-large for counterterrorism from 1986 to 1989.

Another is investor disenchantment with US investments, leading them to pull out of US assets - selling dollars as they do so and driving the dollar exchange rate down.

Mr Morse is charged with assault and Mr Darvish is charged with filing a false report.

The best-performing stock was Altria Group Inc., which rose more than 27 percent to close at $42.31 a share.

"Whatever has happened to you by way of punishment is certainly more than enough," Covello told the 49-year-old, whose family, friends and supporters filled half the courtroom.

Eight firefighters also suffered minor injuries, including burns, heat exhaustion, bruises and muscle strain, and were treated and released from the hospital, fire officials said.

Hundreds of soldiers took part in the early morning raid, an apparent signal to Hamas that Israel would not limit itself to airstrikes in Gaza.

State health officials said today a young northeast Kansas woman likely has the state's first case of monkeypox among humans or animals.

Last year, he made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination for governor.

Search technology powerhouse Google has released a new beta of its popular Internet Explorer toolbar, adding bells and whistles for surfers.

The last time the S&P had a larger one-day point loss was also May 19, when it gave back 23.53 to close at 920.77.

I was going to the court believing I could do this, only if I played my best tennis.

A promotional poster, complete with countdown dial, reminds readers of the upcoming release of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

Texans saddled with skyrocketing homeowners premiums might finally be getting relief.

The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite Index gained 2.90 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,606.87.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index shot up 5.7 percent for the week.

Lowe's, with about half as many stores, reported a 33 percent increase in third-quarter profit behind a 12 percent jump in same-store sales.

Blair's government included the charge that Saddam sought uranium from Niger in a September 2002 dossier setting out the case for military action.

Part of the accord was the implementation of a special health council that would monitor health spending and progress in reforming the health system.

Delta personnel at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport scrambled all day to find alternate flights including seats on other airlines for passengers.

Three undocumented immigrants were found dead inside a railroad hopper car Tuesday, two days after fellow immigrants escaped the sweltering car and left behind their weakened companions.

A company spokeswoman declined to say how much Qwest receives in annual revenue from government contracts.

For the week ended June 15, a total of 28.2 million DVDs were rented in the United States, compared with 27.3 million VHS cassettes.

Genentech Inc., the world's second-biggest biotechnology company, and Xoma Ltd. said their Rapitva drug failed to help patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a study.

PeopleSoft will commit $863 million in cash and issue 52.6 million new shares, the companies said.

Halliburton on Tuesday reiterated its contention that KBR had "delivered fuel to Iraq at the best value, the best price and the best terms".

He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and barred from the complex - home to his mother and two children.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> rose 17.26 points, or 1.06 percent, to 1,640.06, based on the latest data.

"As a professional," he added, "I think I'd like to be thought of as a good storyteller.

Federal prosecutors, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the mortgage company's regulator launched investigations into Freddie Mac's shake-up.

Forecasters predict the storm will reach Earth at 3 p.m. eastern time Friday and could last up to 18 hours.

Yet another big fight has been over a White House proposal to privatize air-traffic control at major airports.

"If you pass this bill, Big Brother will be watching you," said Rep. John Mabry, D-Waco.

Officers threw him to the ground and handcuffed him, and Reyna dropped a knee into his back, according to testimony.

Buoyed by some of the advice imparted by Nicklaus, Howell shot an 8-under 64 for a one-stroke lead over Kenny Perry.

Jack Ferry, company spokesman, said a search is ongoing but would not comment on the status.

After a seven-day trial last year, Thompson found the monument to be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion by the state.

They reported symptoms of fever, headache, rash and muscle aches.

Today, he will find out whether he is still in the running to buy back the U.S. entertainment business of troubled Vivendi Universal SA.

The victims were not identified, although authorities said at least one of the bodies had been there about a year.

Ahold Chairman Henny de Ruiter offered shareholders at the meeting his "sincere apologies" for the scandal.

Retailers J.C. Penney Co. Inc.JCP.N and Walgreen Co.WAG.N kick things off early in the week.

Defense lawyers had objected in pretrial hearings to the videotape and the photo, saying they were too unclear to identify Muhammad.

"I have lots of bad dreams, I have flashbacks, I have lots of anger.

The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.67, or 1.3 percent, to 1523.71, its highest since June 18.

The American decision provoked an angry reaction from the European Commission, which described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful".

The petition alleges that Huletts unfair sales have damaged the U.S. industry, sending market prices below sustainable levels.

Australia,Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru and Uruguay will also support the challenge.

Gateway will release new Profile 4 systems with the new Intel technology on Wednesday.

The government and private technology experts warned Wednesday that hackers plan to attack thousands of Web sites on Sunday in a loosely coordinated "contest" that could disrupt Internet traffic.

Mrs. Clinton said she was incredulous that he would endanger their marriage and family.

Ray Brent Marsh, 29, faces multiple counts of burial service fraud, making false statements, abuse of a dead body and theft.

Schroeder cancelled his Italian holiday after Stefani refused to apologise for the slurs, which came after Berlusconi compared a German politician to a Nazi concentration camp guard.

Tony winners will be announced June 8 at the Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Revenues for "The Hulk" came in well below those of last month's Marvel Comics adaptation, "X2: X-Men United," which grossed $85.6 million in its opening weekend.

Tony-award winning dancer and actor Gregory Hines died of cancer Saturday in Los Angeles.

In April, it had forecast operating earnings in the range of 60 to 80 cents a share.

Hampton Township is a few miles northeast of Bay City, about 100 miles away.

And his justification for the bombing was that while it caused short-term material damage, it was for the long-term moral good of Bali.

It indicates, Robert said, “that terrorists really don’t care who they attack.

The Supreme Court long ago held that students could not be compelled to join in the pledge.

Kids, adults, booksellers and postal workers all are preparing for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

Colgate shares closed Monday at $56.30 on the New York Stock Exchange.

Iraq's nuclear program had been dismantled and there was no convincing evidence it was being revived, the report said.

Cadbury Schweppes plc plans to cut 5500 jobs and shut factories after a 4.9 billion ($A11.9 billion) acquisition spree over the past three years inflated costs.

"These foods have an almost identical effect on lowering cholesterol as the original cholesterol-lowering drugs."

"I felt that if I disagreed with Rosie too much I would lose my job," she said.

State Supreme Court Justice Ira Gammerman said in court this morning, "It was an ill-conceived lawsuit."

The former president also gave numerous speeches in 2002 without compensation, said his spokesman Jim Kennedy.

Mayor Joe T. Parker said late Thursday that the three workers were two men and a woman who were inside the building when the first blast occurred.

Kaichen appeared Wednesday in federal court on two bank robbery charges.

The monkeys could track their progress by watching a schematic representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.

Magner, who is 54 and known as Marge, has been the consumer group's chief operating officer since April 2002, and sits on Citigroup's management committee.

The Nasdaq composite index advanced 20.59, or 1.3 percent, to 1,616.50, after gaining 5.7 percent last week.

Closed sessions are routinely held at the United Nations tribunal that deals with Balkan war crimes, but usually to protect witnesses's safety.

Although it's unclear whether Sobig was to blame, The New York Times also asked employees at its headquarters yesterday to shut down their computers because of "system difficulties."

The incubation period in cattle is four to five years, said Stephen Sundlof of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

His band in the early 1930's included the pianist Teddy Wilson, the saxophonist Chu Berry, the trombonist J. C. Higginbotham and the drummer Sid Catlett.

We feel so strongly about this issue that we are suspending sales and distribution of SCOLinux until these issues are resolved," Sontag said.

Aiken's study appears in the Sept. 24 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Slightly more than half of the profit shortfall results from a sales slump, with weakness spread across the company's various geographic and end markets.

Iran has yet to sign an additional protocol to the NPT treaty which would allow U.N. inspections at short notice.

They came despite what BA called a "difficult quarter", which it said included unofficial industrial action at Heathrow.

In addition, the Justice Department said that the FBI has conducted ''fewer than 10'' investigations involving visits to mosques.

He refused to reveal what percentage of flights carried sky marshals, or whether they would be increased.

Dean told reporters traveling on his 10-city "Sleepless Summer" tour that he considered campaigning in Texas a challenge.

The victim, whose name was not released, underwent surgery at the hospital.

Those conversations had not taken place as of Tuesday night, according to an Oracle spokeswoman.

Other features include FileVault, which secures the contents of a home directory with 128-bit AES encryption on the fly.

An arrest warrant claimed Bryant assaulted the woman June 30 at a hotel.

Investigators uncovered a 4-inch bone fragment from beneath the concrete slab Thursday, but it turned out to be an animal bone, authorities said.

After Saddam's regime crumbled in early April, it had to wait for legal hurdles to be crossed before sales could resume.

The number of extremely obese adults -- those who are at least 100 pounds overweight -- has quadrupled since the 1980s to about 4 million.

The research firm earlier had forecast an increase of 4.9 percent.

Investigators used a jackhammer and hand tools to conduct the search but halted work for several hours while waiting for the anthropologist to arrive from Indianapolis.

Stripping out the extraordinary items, fourth-quarter earnings were 64 cents a share compared to 25 cents a share in the prior year.

The company will be able to start recording profits from HPS immediately, Perot Systems spokeswoman Mindy Brown said.

White House officials also deleted a reference to a 1999 study showing that global temperatures had risen sharply in the previous decade compared with the last 1,000 years.

The leading actress nod went to energetic newcomer Marissa Jaret Winokur as Edna's daughter Tracy.

In January 2000, notebooks represented less than 25 percent of sales volume.

Federal and local officials, including Bush, saw no apparent sign of terrorism.

U.N. inspectors later said the documents were old and irrelevant -- some administrative material, some from a failed and well-known uranium-enrichment program of the 1980s.

Griffith, a Mount Airy native, now lives on the North Carolina coast in Manteo.

A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters.

It will also delay the retirement of Mr Wightwick, 62, who agreed to stay on until the deal was completed and Buhrmann bedded down in PaperlinX.

OS ANGELES - ''The Hulk'' was a monster at the box office in its debut weekend, taking in a June opening record of $62.6 million.

Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, turned himself in in June; his deputy was killed in a recent shootout with Saudi forces.

Several current and former ferry officers have said the rules were routinely ignored and seldom enforced.

"Further testing is still under way, but at this stage, given the early detection, the outlook in such instances would be positive," the specialist said yesterday.

It will also help reform the Royal Solomon Islands Police, strengthen the courts and prisons system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry from intimidation.

Heavy weekend rain and runoff from heavy snowmelt sent a mountain creek on a rampage, washing out a culvert and opening the sinkhole in I-70 east of Vail.

Spinal Concepts, launched in 1996, makes orthopedic medical devices used during spinal fusion surgical procedures.

The spacecraft is scheduled to blast off as early as tomorrow or as late as Friday from the Jiuquan launching site in the Gobi Desert.

State Republican Chairman Kris Warner said the GOP would not shy away from referring to Wise's problems in the 2004 gubernatorial campaign.

The others were given copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" and told to follow it.

Druce is still being held at the prison and is now in isolation, she said.

NBC also announced it has struck a deal to keep ER on the air for three more seasons.

Also weighing on the market was news that General Motors GM.N planned to issue $10 billion in debt, in part to plug a hole in its pension plan.

In court, she briefly waved to courtroom sketch artists seated in the jury box and quietly made notes in a spiral-bound notebook.

On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured in southern Iraq when a munitions dump exploded.

The new research will be published soon in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"These allegations are completely out of character of the Kobe Bryant we know," the statement read.

Jackson's visit came after a relatively peaceful night in Benton Harbor, which sits in southwestern Michigan about 100 miles northeast of Chicago.

The attacks came as Mr Sharon faced down the hardline central committee of his Likud party in Jerusalem.

The third appointment was to a new job, executive vice president and chief staff officer.

The hearing occurred a day after the Pentagon for the first time singled out an officer, Dallager, for not addressing the scandal.

SARS went on to claim the lives of 44 people in the Toronto area, including two nurses and a doctor.

The World Health Organization — another Lilly partner, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Purdue University — has declared TB a global emergency.

Five Jordanian embassy staff were wounded but were in stable condition.

This northern autumn US trainers will work with soldiers from four North African countries on patrolling and gathering intelligence.

U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled that the Akron-based company should have determined that changes at one of its plants would increase overall pollution emissions.

"The case has been ready to go for some time," said FBI Special Agent Craig Dahle in Birmingham.

"One can say that the euro at the moment is about at the level which better reflects the fundamentals," he said.

Thats why the Americans with all their technology cant find him.

U.S. District Judge William Steele set a hearing tomorrow on the lawsuit.

Board Chancellor Robert Bennett declined to comment on personnel matters Tuesday.

The router will be available in the first quarter of 2004 and will cost around $200, the company said.

The nation's median household income, adjusted for inflation, declined 1.1 percent, to $42,409 in 2002, the Census Bureau reported Friday.

The picture changes a bit should Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton be the Democratic presidential candidate.

Bremer said one initiative is to launch a $70 million nationwide program in the next two weeks to clean up neighborhoods and build community projects.

Her lawyers filed a lawsuit against the Dallas County district attorney, Henry Wade, challenging Texas's abortion laws.

Police said the suspected Marriott suicide bomber was Asmar Latin Sani, 28, from the island of Sumatra.

Both were a few metres apart, Mr Laczynski pressing against the metal fence dividing court officials from the crowd.

The European Union was due Monday to demand Iran accept "urgently and unconditionally" tougher nuclear inspections and to link compliance with a pending trade deal.

Advances in AIDS treatments in recent years, some experts are saying, could be undermining efforts to promote safe sex.

Viles' body was discovered four hours later after he failed to respond to a call to return to his housing unit.

Every Thursday, a grains management committee meets in the Commission's agriculture directorate to decide the outcome of a weekly export tender.

About 1,500 firefighters here and north of the neighboring city of Rancho Cucamonga battled flames with helicopters, air tankers and bulldozers.

Once seated, the anonymous jurors will be driven back and forth to court in vans with tinted windows to protect their identities.

She was taken by ambulance to Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith.

Pappas said he wouldn't hesitate about asking Graham to substitute.

"There is no doubt about the chemical programme, biological programme, indeed nuclear programme, indeed all that was documented by the UN," he said.

He said the attackers left behind leaflets urging staff at the Ishtar Sheraton to stop working at the hotel and demanding U.S. forces leave Iraq.

Deirdre Hisler, Government Canyon's manager, said the state has long had its eye on this piece of property and is eager to complete the deal to obtain it.

With the Expose feature, all open windows shrink to fit on the screen but are still clear enough to identify.

He faces a maximum sentence of 59 to 87 years in prison if convicted.

Elan would receive an additional $25 million in January if Skelaxin retains patent exclusivity, and get a cut of sales on a sliding scale through 2021.

Still, he noted Miami must decide whether to seek ACC membership for the next school year by June 30 to adhere to Big East guidelines.

Police today charged three men, one aged 28 and two aged 26, with attempted murder, torture, rape, assault occasioning bodily harm, armed robbery and burglary.

The new policy gives greatest weight to grades, test scores and a student's high school curriculum.

McGill also detailed the hole that had been cut in the Caprice's trunk.

ImClone Systems Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. are developing similar medications, designed to target tumor cells while sparing healthy ones.

Jirsa is being introduced as Marshall head coach today at a noon news conference in the Bob Hartley/Big Green Room of Cam Henderson Center, The Herald-Dispatch learned.

Richard Grasso quit as chairman last week after losing the support of his board amid public furor over his $140 million pay package.

Police Chief Superintendent Jesus Verzosa, who heads the national police intelligence group that had custody of Ghozi, has offered to resign, according to Ebdane.

Powerful Mistral winds were fanning the flames, which have destroyed more than 8,000 hectares (20,000 acres) of pinewood since the blazes started Monday afternoon.

And as more than 100 people on death rows have been exonerated, other states have abridged or considered abridging the use of the death penalty.

The differences between Grassley and Thomas on energy and Medicare have become so pointed that other members say their angry personal relationship is embarrassing the party.

Numan was the Baath Party's regional command chairman responsible for west Baghdad.

Instead, prosecutors dismissed charges and Rucker left the courtroom a free man.

LLEYTON Hewitt yesterday traded his tennis racquet for his first sporting passion - Australian football - as the world champion relaxed before his Wimbledon title defence.

Microsoft says customers can install applications and software on their handset wirelessly or from a PC via USB connection.

Shares of Schering-Plough were off 2 cents at $16.78 near midday on the New York Stock Exchange.

The Episcopal Church ''is alienating itself from the Anglican Communion,'' said the Very Rev. Peter Karanja, provost of the All Saints Cathedral, in Nairobi.

"The issue has been resolved," Marlins President David Samson said through a club spokesman.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX was down 0.04 points, or 0 percent, at 971.52.

"I don't see the urgency of this, and I am not going to grant this request."

In its statement, the bank said it believed "the long-term prospects for the energy sector in the United Kingdom remain attractive."

The tour plans to make stops in 103 cities before rallying in Washington on Oct. 1-2, and in New York City on Oct. 3-4.

"City-grown pollution, and ozone in particular, is tougher on country trees," says Cornell University ecologist Jillian Gregg.

Elecia Battle, of Cleveland, told police she dropped her purse as she left the Quick Shop Food Mart last week after buying the ticket.

When fully operational, the facility is expected to employ up to 1,000 people.

The Senate agreed Tuesday to lift a 10-year-old ban on the research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons.

Shares of McDonald's rose $1.83, or 8.3 percent, to close at the day's high of $23.89.

The girls and three of the cadets were cited for underage drinking.

Oracle Corp's Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison didn't rule out sweetening the company's unsolicited offer to acquire rival PeopleSoft Inc.

Former Indiana Rep. Frank McCloskey, 64, died Sunday in Bloomington after a battle with bladder cancer.

The bill also requires the FCC to hold at least five public hearings before voting on future ownership changes.

State government sources said Travis' move was a direct result of the controversy over the Boudin parole decision.

The Nikkei average closed up 1.5 percent at 8,152.16, a one-month high.

According to the Census Bureau, the Hispanic population increased by 9.8 percent from the April 2000 census figures.

The company said it would cut the wholesale price of most top-line CDs to $9.09 from $12.02.

The plane was estimated to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.

The House has passed prescription-drug legislation in the last two sessions, but the Senate has failed to do so.

He failed a field sobriety test and a blood-alcohol test produced a reading of 0.18 -- well above Tennessee's level of presumed intoxication of 0.10, police said.

TI further said that, as a result of the license agreement, it will not change its prices for OMAP devices.

Perkins will travel to Lawrence today and meet with Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway.

Continuing the record-setting pace of recent years, personal bankruptcies rose 7.8 percent in the 12 months ending Sept. 30, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said Friday.

Three Southern politicians who ``stood up to ancient hatreds'' were honored Monday with Profile in Courage Awards from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.

Enstrom and Kabat focused their work on 35,561 people who had never smoked but had spouses who did.

Symantec yesterday bought SSL VPN appliance vendor SafeWeb for $26 million in cash.

More than 100 police officers were involved in the busts that were the culmination of a two-year operation investigating the cocaine importing and money laundering gang.

But the plan was dropped because some of the terrorists were uncomfortable that schoolchildren would be their victims.

A senior Whitehall official said: "It devalued the currency, there is no question about that.

"The recent turnaround in the stock market and an easing in unemployment claims should keep consumer expectations at current levels and may signal more favorable economic times ahead."

Early Wednesday, the benchmark 10-year US10YT=RR had lost 16/32 in price, driving its yield up to 3.33 percent from 3.26 percent late Tuesday.

The army said the raid, which comes just days after Israeli troops shot and killed Abdullah Kawasme, the Hamas leader in the city, targeted militants in Hamas.

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin, R-La., said Friday that he will hold a hearing on the blackout as soon as lawmakers return in September.

Also, businesses throughout Utah are volunteering to display Amber alerts on their signs.

Says IBM: "Electrons come down from the poly-silicon emitter, accelerate through the SiGe base, and make a turn in the SOI layer towards the collector contact electrode.

In March, SCO Group filed a lawsuit against IBM charging unfair competition and breach of contract.

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., is leading the opposition.

According to market research from The NPD Group, the number of people downloading music dropped from 14.5 million in April to 10.4 million in June.

Beleaguered telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies is being investigated by two federal agencies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.

Extra guidance on countering suicide bombers is now being given to officers in London and will be extended over the next month to police around the country.

The Passion will feature actor James Caviezel as Christ and actress Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene.

U.S. officials say the six were, like other prisoners at the U.S. Naval base in Cuba, suspected of involvement with al-Qaida, Afghanistan's Taliban or some other group.

Perry has called lawmakers into two special sessions to address congressional redistricting.

"Saddam is gone, but we want the (U.S.) occupation to end," said Hit resident Abu Qasim.

A report on the finding appears in Friday's issue of the journal Science.

The autopsy was ordered sealed at the request of both the prosecution and defense.

The Dodgers won their sixth consecutive game their longest win streak since 2001 as they edged Colorado, 3-2, Wednesday in front of a crowd of 25,332 at Dodger Stadium.

"I feel like the weight of the world has been lifted from my shoulders," Ms McCorvey said at a news conference in Dallas on Tuesday.

Mr Pollard said: "This is a terrible personal tragedy and a shocking blow for James's family.

Meanwhile, the U.S. civilian administrator for Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, paid a two-hour visit to the northern cities of Erbil and Sulaimaniyah.

The lawsuit names Shelley, a Democrat, and registrars in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was off 11.64 points, or 0.60 percent, at 1,912.65.

Additionally, the h2210’s cradle has room to charge a second battery.

He was taken to a hospital for precautionary X-rays on his neck.

Still, Jessica Biel (of "7th Heaven" fame) brings an athletic intensity to the role of Leatherface's last elusive victim.

Police and officials said about 200 people were rescued by fishing boats or managed to struggle to shore.

In that case, the court held that Cincinnati had violated the First Amendment in banning only the advertising pamphlets in the interest of aesthetics.

The Senate version has no coverage for annual costs between $4,450 and $5,800.

"PeopleSoft management entrenchment tactics continue to destroy the value of the company for its shareholders," said Deborah Lilienthal, an Oracle spokeswoman.

Stocks dipped lower Tuesday as investors opted to cash in profits from Monday's big rally despite a trio of reports suggesting modest improvement in the economy.

Michaela Cuomo, youngest daughter of Andrew Cuomo and Kerry Kennedy, is 8 months old.

Pataki said if power was restored, state workers would be back on the job Friday morning.

"That said, however, no actual explosives or other harmful substances will be used."

The district also sent letters yesterday informing parents of the situation.

The two-year note US2YT=RR fell 5/32 in price, taking its yield to 1.23 percent from 1.16 percent late on Monday.

"The Leading Economic Index finally points to a recovery, almost a year and a half after the end of the recession," Conference Board economist Ken Goldstein said.

Shares of McDonald's Corp. and Wendy's International Inc. continued a modest run-up on the New York Stock Exchange Monday.

In winter, it is transformed into a treacherous embankment, a mountain of ice and snow that blankets everything.

The intelligence service, headed by Mr. Fujimori's spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, was accused of tortures, drug trafficking and disappearances.

Fed policy-makers signaled they were prepared to cut rates, now at a 41-year low, to ward off even the threat of deflation.

"It appears that many employers accused of workplace discrimination will be considered guilty until they can prove themselves innocent," he said.

The formula for its baby food is prepared by the German-owned Humana Milchunion.

Nearly one in 10 people have a gene mutation that can raise their risk of cancer by a quarter or more, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

The findings are published in the November 6 edition of the journal Nature.

The man wasn't on the ice, but trapped in the rapids, swaying in an eddy about 250 feet from the shore.

Texas Instruments climbed $1.37 to $19.25 yesterday and Novellus Systems Inc. advanced $1.76 to $36.31.

Net profit was $275m, or 23 cents per American Depositary Receipt, for the period ending March 31.

Agrawal said her research does not suggests that PCOS causes lesbianism, only that PCOS is more prevalent in lesbian women.

"The economy, nonetheless, has yet to exhibit sustainable growth.

Yee is a Chinese-American who converted to Islam after graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Meanwhile, students and others at Pacific Lutheran University near Tacoma, about 40 miles to the south, acted out a second, simultaneous attack on campus.

The suspect has been charged with juvenile delinquency, based on intentionally causing damage to computers.

Cisco executives said they were encouraged by $1.3 billion in cash flow and the increase in net income, but hoped for a rebound.

Jail warden Gene Fischi said said Selenski and Bolton broke their 12-inch-by-18-inch cell window, threw a mattress to the ground and shimmied down the rope to a second-story roof.

Linda Saunders pleaded guilty in federal court to six charges, including extortion, money laundering and conspiracy.

Trans fats are created when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil, solidifying it and increasing the shelf life of certain food products.

MEN who drink tea, particularly green tea, can greatly reduce their risk of prostate cancer, a landmark WA study has found.

Full classes of 48 each are booked through the end of next month, he said, and the agency plans to double its classes in January.

Anything less is unacceptable," said Gordon, the ranking Democrat on the House Space and Aeronautics subcommittee.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and Sandra Day O'Connor agreed with Thomas.

The tech-loaded Nasdaq composite rose 20.96 points to 1595.91, ending at its highest level for 12 months.

"I still don't think it is a trade secret," Bunner said yesterday.

Optima first registered www.optimatech.com with Network Solutions at the end of 1990.

Bashir felt he was being tried by opinion not on the facts, Mahendradatta told Reuters.

According to Saunders, the gunman said he was frustrated by the U.S. Postal Service's response to an accident involving a postal vehicle.

Spokesmen for the FBI, CIA, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police declined to comment on El Shukrijumah's stay in Canada.

In the interview, Mr. Reed said board members could not defend themselves by saying they did not realize the size of Mr. Grasso's package.

It estimated on Thursday it has a 51 percent market share in Europe.

A conviction could bring a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

He was tracked to Atlanta where he was arrested on Tuesday night.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, agreed.

Pepper spray and four arrests marked a Monday evening march and rally by about 400 activists protesting an annual training seminar of the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit.

Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports of dead blue jays and crows, Jayroe said.

A powerful typhoon hit southern areas of South Korea, killing at least 42 people and forcing thousands to flee, authorities said yesterday.

The mother also alleged in the lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards.

Also demonstrating box-office strength - and getting seven Tony nominations - was a potent revival of Eugene O'Neill's family drama, Long Day's Journey Into Night.

Under the legislation, a physician who performed the procedure could face up to two years in prison.

The German envoy, Gunter Pleuger, told reporters today, "The important issues are how the political process is being organized."

The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.

Captain Robert Ramsey of US 1St Armored Division said a truck had exploded outside the building at around 11 am.

Los Angeles- The deep-sea adventure "Finding Nemo" hooked the top spot at the box office yesterday with an estimated $70.6-million opening weekend.

Excluding litigation charges, RIM's loss narrowed even further to 1 cent a share.

Larger publishers such as Viacom Inc.'s VIAb.N Simon & Schuster and Bertelsmann AG's BERT.UL Random House decided against pursuing the books group, the sources said.

"We think this planet formed with its star, 12.713 billion years ago when the (Milky Way) galaxy was very young, just in the process of forming."

The meat, poultry, butter, cheese and nuts were impounded a year ago at a LaGrou Cold Storage warehouse in Chicago.

Born in 1953 in Baghdad, her father was Salih Magdi Ammash, a former Vice-President, Defence Minister and member of the Baath party leadership.

It was better under Saddam," said 28-year-old Mushtaq Talib, a job-seeking army deserter, when asked what message he would like to convey to Powell.

Shares of Littleton, Colorado-based EchoStar rose $1.63, or 5.3 percent, to $32.26 at 10:55 a.m.

He admits that the law "has several weaknesses which terrorists could exploit, undermining our defenses."

Among the Group of Seven nations, the leading indicator rose to 119.1 from 118.2 in April.

Mr Kerkorian said: "We believe that recent trading prices of MGM's common stock do not reflect MGM's full value and that the stock represents and attractive investment."

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, wasn't rushing to endorse the legislation.

"We hope all parties will continue to make efforts and continue the process of dialogue," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

In an E-mail statement to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Shumaker said, ''I am not giving any consideration to resignation.

New building hasn't put any drag on the skyrocketing median home price, up 14.8 percent to $364,000 in April from a year ago.

Dealers said the single currency's downward momentum against the dollar could pick up speed if it broke below $1.15.

INTEL TODAY disclosed details of its next-generation XScale processor for mobile phones and handheld devices here in San Jose.

News Corp., whose empire spans Hollywood's Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. to publishing house HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., owns 35 per cent of BSkyB.

KEDO Spokesman, Roland Tricot said: "The executive board decided to refer this question to capitals.

"It seems to me you're trying to protect privacy of theft," she said to Barr.

West Nile Virus -- which is spread through infected mosquitoes -- is potentially fatal.

As of Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,602 human cases of West Nile so far this year, including 28 deaths.

The company said that based on first-quarter results it expects to earn 90 cents per share for the quarter.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 7.60 points, or 0.46 percent, at 1,653.62.

After that, college President Paul Pribbenow told him to wrap up his speech.

The statement said Mr Turner transferred 10 million shares of the stock to a charitable trust, which then sold them.

His lawyer, Harriet Newman Cohen, said later that Cuomo "was betrayed and saddened by his wife's conduct during their marriage."

"Spending taxpayer dollars to create terrorism betting parlors is as wasteful as it is repugnant," they announced at a press conference yesterday.

A coalition of states petitioned a federal appeals court Thursday in an effort to force the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

The results beat the 54 cents loss per share consensus estimate of 23 analysts polled by Thomson First Call.

People with two copies of the mutated gene have double this risk, the researchers said.

Russian stocks fell after the arrest last Saturday of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, chief executive of Yukos Oil, on charges of fraud and tax evasion.

"I'm amazed at the number of people who think there is a silver bullet for security," Capellas said.

State air regulators and two automakers have settled a lawsuit challenging the nation's toughest auto emissions program, a spokesman for California's air board said Monday.

"We've become like total strangers," Klein quotes him as saying.

"This action in no way reduces our commitment to the North American market or changes our long-term plan for growth," said O'Neill, who is based in California.

Critics say the law violates civil liberties, something House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to.

Staff Sgt. Georg-Andreas Pogany, however, is waiting for that decision in writing.

Negotiators said Friday they made good progress during their latest round of talks on creating a Central American Free Trade Agreement.

But at age 15, she had reached 260 pounds and a difficult decision: It was time to try surgery.

Ending the picketing at Ralphs frees up about 18,000 union members.

The author is one of several defense experts expected to testify.

The program only spreads further when a computer user clicks on the attached program that then secretly mails itself to e-mail addresses on the user's computer.

The jawbone is similar to those of other early modern humans found in Africa, the Middle East and later in Europe.

"Unlike many early-stage Internet firms, Google is believed to be profitable.

The bishop told police he thought he had hit a dog or a cat or that someone had thrown a rock at his vehicle.

Joe Kernan, who had been lieutenant governor for the past seven years, was sworn in as governor after O'Bannon died Saturday.

The fines are part of failed Republican efforts to force or entice the Democrats to return.

For the year, it expects sales of $94 million and a profit of 26 cents a share from continuing operations.

Researchers found the fossils in a semidesert area of Venezuela, about 250 miles west of Caracas.

"Just as before, it will be up to the council to decide the direction and the timing of the process."

The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX inched up 3 points, or 0.32 percent, to 970.

Ms. Cripps-Prawak left last Friday, two days after the department introduced a plan to distribute medical marijuana through doctors' offices.

An injured woman co-worker also was hospitalized and was listed in good condition.

Woodley, 44, died of liver and kidney failure Sunday at a hospital in his native Shreveport, La., said his niece, Lucy Woodley.

Grinspun’s concerns came after two emergency room nurses tried to warn doctors at the hospital in mid-May that five family members had SARS-like symptoms, according to the newspaper.

MediaQ's customers include major handheld makers Mitsubishi, Siemens, Palm, Sharp, Philips, Dell and Sony.

Each hull will cost about $1.4 billion, with each fully outfitted submarine costing about $2.2 billion, Young said.

"It is safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of cap," King said.

The report forecasts there will be 71,079 hot spots worldwide this year, up from just 14,752 in 2002 and 1,214 in 2001.

But other sources close to the sale said Vivendi was keeping the door open to further bids and hoped to see bidders interested in individual assets team up.

Tuition at the six two-year community colleges will leap by $300, to $2,800.

The club's board of directors, chaired by president Florentino Perez, decided against renewing the 52-year-old's contract.

Joining Boston on Monday were the Massachusetts communities of Watertown, Saugus and Framingham.

Others keep records sealed for as little as five years or as much as 30.

In addition, Panther includes FileVault, a new feature that secures the contents of a home directory with 128-bit AES encryption.

President George W. Bush said he's appointed Paul Bremer, a security and counter-terrorism expert, as the top U.S. official overseeing the reconstruction of Iraq.

Xcel shares were up 20 cents, to close at $14.10 Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange.

Young has 28 days to file a response and ask the NASD for a hearing.

"Some of us find the collateral damage greater than it needs to be in the conduct of this war," said Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif.

"Our strong preference is to achieve a financial restructuring out of court, and we remain hopeful we can do so," chief executive Marce Fuller said.

However, in the New Jersey case, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit upheld the government by a 2-1 vote.

In Sweden, 99 percent of women are literate while at the other end of the scale, only eight percent of women in Niger are literate.

The officials did not say whether U.S. forces crossed into Syrian territory and were vague about how the Syrian border guards became involved.

Urban hospitals have traditionally been reimbursed at higher rates on the belief that medical treatment is less expensive in small cities and towns.

The deal means the original agreement, signed in August 2001 by the two companies, is now extended through 2006.

The security official's backup couldn't fill in because he was on active military duty, Strutt said.

"To have people say we did this for the money is foolish and dead wrong," Thomas quoted Jackson as saying.

Apple Computer's new online music service sold more than 1 million songs during its first week of operation, the company said Monday.

A summary of his remarks says: all the group's savings have been lost to raids and arrests, and JI is totally dependent on al-Qa'ida for money.

It predicted that a 7.0 percent rise to $204.9 billion in 2006 would push the industry's yearly sales slightly past its highest-ever level in in 2000.

Other countries and private creditors are owed at least $80 billion in addition.

The Pentagon had hoped to retain control of the postwar effort, so the decision is a victory for Secretary of State Colin L. Powell.

His hatred for these people had germinated from these discussions and helped cement his belief that violence was the panacea.

He suddenly found himself confronted with dozens of panicked guests and face to face with one of the men involved in the attack.

Unit volumes also set a record as notebooks accounted for more than 40 percent of sales.

If found guilty, Samudra could be sentenced to death under anti-terror laws passed soon after the bombings.

Counties with population declines will be Vermillion, Posey and Madison.

Agents found more than 1,000 credit cards and credit card duplicating machines during a search of Ragin's address.

Michael Bloomberg, NYC Mayor: "I'm gonna try march with a number of different groups.

Gemstar's shares gathered up 2.6 percent, adding 14 cents to $5.49 at the close.

NBC also is introducing three new dramas, including one starring West Wing fugitive Rob Lowe as a Washington lawyer.

A poll showed that the FBI bugging of the mayor had given a boost to his reelection effort against GOP opponent Sam Katz.

The survey of 60,000 people, conducted in 2001 and 2002, found 91 percent of commuters use their own car or truck.

Brian Lara, the West Indies captain, was unbeaten on 93 at the rain interval while Marlon Samuels was five not out.

Mr. Bremer said Iran continued to interfere in fledgling political reconstruction, including Tehran s intelligence service.

And of those, 149, or 55%, "claimed to treat, prevent, diagnose or cure specific diseases."

"PNC regrets its involvement" in the deals, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James Rohr said in a statement.

"If we could do that throughout the world, we could end terrorism," he said.

She says the King County medical examiner's office has confirmed the remains are human.

For the full 12-month period ending June 30, 2003, advanced services lines for ADSL increased by 37 percent and cable modem connections increased by 75 percent.

Macugen dries up those blood vessels by blocking a protein in the body that promotes blood-vessel growth.

She recently got the endorsement of the National Organization for Women and the National Women's Political Caucus.

I think he has to disembrace Putin and put him on notice that he is taking the country in the wrong direction," Soros said.

Sen. John Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said that provision of the Senate bill undermined a basic tenet of Medicare.

The GameCube, which badly underperformed expectations in the last fiscal year, trails both Sony's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O Xbox.

Before Thursday's matinee, Baker called a clubhouse meeting, concerned that the controversy had distracted the Cubs.

State police said as many as 30 workers were trapped immediately after the garage collapsed.

The Bush administration should make public the fact about Saudi Arabia's complicity with terrorists rather than worry about offending the kingdom, lawmakers said Sunday.

The agent reported his contacts to Texas Department of Public Safety and told officers another legislator, Rep. Gabi Canales, D-Alice, they sought also was in Ardmore.

"These changes may affect a large number of existing Web pages," the statement continued.

Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking at his monthly news conference, played up the danger and stressed the very grave threat that Britons were under and urged vigilance.

OPEC producers at a meeting on Wednesday are set to pressure independent oil exporters to contribute to the cartel's next supply cut to allow for the return of Iraqi oil.

The Democratic governor said the budget passed by the legislature May 9 would reduce or eliminate services to 5,800 developmentally disabled people.

"The lies and deceptions from Saddam have been well documented over 12 years."

Microsoft Corp. this week is releasing the second in a line of seven Microsoft Office Solution Accelerators for its suite.

Analyst Mike King of Banc of America Securities downgraded Genentech on Monday to a "sell" before the company released its statement on the colon-cancer research.

The four suspects are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday or Wednesday, said Philip Murgor, Kenya's deputy public prosecutor.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that an Ohio law banning a controversial late-term abortion method passes constitutional muster and the state can enforce it.

The case comes out of Illinois and involves a for-profit company called Telemarketing Associates Inc.

Christensen most recently served as VP of Microsoft's mobile devices division.

The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 22.25 points, or 2.23 percent, to 1,018.22, based on the latest available figures.

The camp hosts summer religious retreats for children and other events year-round, according to its Web site.

In Uganda, the Rev Jackson Turyagyenda, an Anglican spokesman, said his church was "very disappointed".

His family and friends said he had travelled to the region for a cultural visit.

All of a sudden, its like a bullet went through them its like a state of shock.

On Monday during an annual biotechnology meeting in Washington, President Bush criticized Europe for aggravating hunger in Africa by closing its markets to genetically modified food.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index added 11.98 points, or 0.72 percent, to 1,680.42.

Casteen has been under pressure from Gov. Mark R. Warner and other state officials to do whatever he could to protect Virginia Tech's athletic viability.

Intel Corp. narrowed its second-quarter revenue forecast Thursday, saying sales of microprocessors were at the high end of normal while demand for communications chips remained soft.

He met members of the nation's biggest business lobby and was quoted as saying he wanted China to adopt flexible trade and foreign exchange policies.

The subject was scarcely mentioned in his campaign, or in the national security strategy that is his administration's bible.

"It is about a third of what I owe in the world," he told reporters.

The House barely had the necessary 100 members present for a quorum.

The Agriculture Department already has issued a recall for 10,410 pounds of beef slaughtered Dec. 9 at Vern's Moses Lake Meat Co. in Moses Lake, Wash.

"The SEC believes that Lay has personal knowledge of several matters under investigation," the commission said in the suit.

Im very proud of the citizens of this state, said Gov. John Baldacci, a casino foe.

Huge fires in Arizona and Colorado scorched forests where portions of projects meant to reduce the fire threat were tied up in appeals.

"Each institution helped Enron mislead its investors by characterizing what were essentially loan proceeds as cash from operating activities," the SEC said in a statement.

When Olvera-Carrera was moved to the bus, Perez said the officers dragged him across the ground.

The MTA will not discuss the matter because of pending litigation.

"Enron company executives engaged in widespread and pervasive fraud," prosecutor Samuel Buell told the Associated Press.

It features clasped hands and a peace pipe overlapping a hatchet.

The industry's largest association is urging its members not call the more than 50 million home and cellular numbers on the list.

This study's researchers, from the Institute of Child Development of the University of Minnesota, had earlier found the same pattern in children aged three and four.

Shares of SCO closed at $10.93, down 28 cents, in Monday trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

He presented the map at last week's Sixth International Conference on Mars in Pasadena, Calif.

"This is an easy case in my view and wholly without merit, both factually and legally."

Graham is expected to be nominated and elected to a second one-year term today and will deliver the presidential address.

The injured passenger at John Peter Smith Hospital died later Friday morning, Jones said.

Enter Miami Police Chief John Timoney, an avowed enemy of activist "punks" who repeatedly classified FTAA opponents as "outsiders coming in to terrorize and vandalize our city."

The weather service reported maximum sustained winds of nearly 105 miles an hour with stronger gusts.

On Thursday, Taiwan reported 131 suspected cases of the disease -- up 11 cases from a day earlier.

The updated products include Pylon Pro, Pylon Conduit, Pylon Anywhere, and Pylon Application Server.

Malvo, 18, will go on trial Nov. 10 for the fatal shooting of FBI analyst Linda Franklin outside a Home Depot store in Falls Church, Va.

No. 2 HP saw its Unix server sales dropped 3.6 percent to $1.36 billion.

Misfeldt agreed to pay $US346,807 in allegedly ill-gotten gains and $US111,595 in interest.

Penn Traffic a week ago disclosed that it was considering filing for bankruptcy, among other options.

The software giant announced at its company-sponsored TechEd conference in Dallas that two key products will enter customer testing.

Sayliyah was the command base for the Iraq war, but Central Command sent hundreds who ran the war back home to Tampa, Florida.

Quinn was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment.

Tornadoes tore through Kansas, Missouri and other states in the Midwest, killing as many as 29 people, the Associated Press reported.

The magazine glorifies the soldiers but not necessarily the Bush administration, which put them in Iraq.

The nation's largest retailer has told its 100 top suppliers they have to start using electronic tags on all pallets of goods by Jan. 25, 2005.

Only New Jersey now bans holders of learners permits or intermediate licenses from using cell phones, pagers or other wireless devices while driving.

State Democratic Chairman Herman Farrell, who is also chairman of the state Assembly's Ways and Means Committee, seemed perfectly happy to make it a political fight.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7 per cent to 9,547.43 while the S&P 500 was 0.8 per cent weaker at 1,025.79.

Its maker, MedImmune Inc., based in Gaithersburg, made 4 million to 5 million doses this year.

Michael W. Stout, 56, was named executive vice president and chief information officer.

UBS Warburg added to pressure on tobacco stocks by downgrading Altria to neutral from buy based on valuation.

JetBlue shares slipped nearly 5 percent Tuesday morning on the Nasdaq Stock Market in New York after the deal was announced.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade yesterday warned Australians to defer all nonessential travel to Indonesia because of reports of planned terrorist attacks.

The University of Michigan released today a new admissions policy after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in June the way it previously admitted undergraduates.

The only other person who had not been accounted for Sunday was a man from Fort Worth, Texas.

And they ordered state troopers to prevent camera crews from filming Private Lynch outside her home.

Waksal, in a letter to the court, said: "I tore my family apart.

"There is nothing Rob Furst did in any way that was not abetted and approved by senior officials at Merrill Lynch."

E Ink is one of several companies working to develop electronic ``paper'' for e-newspapers and e-books, and other possible applications -- even clothing with computer screens sewn into it.

But the inadequate performance of students in various subgroups tagged the state as deficient under the federal No Child Left Behind act.

Officials involved in the Howard project rejected the idea that it could harm black people.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> added 12.64 points, or 1.28 percent, to 997.48.

I felt like it was a special day, but I didn't want to get ahead of myself," Stanford said.

Captain Robert Ramsey of the US 1st Armoured Division said a truck had exploded outside the building about 11am, and that one of the compound's outer walls had collapsed.

WORLD No. 2 Lleyton Hewitt has accused the Association of Tennis Professionals of malice, including an alleged attempt last year to dupe him into refusing a drug test.

Along with chipmaker Intel, the companies include Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Gateway Inc. and Nokia Corp.

Express Scripts ESRX.O shares fell 3.6 percent to close at $66.89 on the Nasdaq.

Benchmark Treasury 10-year notes gained 17/32, yielding 4.015 percent.

Nationwide, there have been 4,416 cases with 84 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Friday tally.

The indictment follows a criminal complaint filed by federal prosecutors on April 23.

Rork said he thought Walker would ask him to appeal the ruling in state court and perhaps in U.S. District Court.

"There are a number of locations in our community, which are essentially vulnerable," Mr Ruddock said.

At least 11 more cases in Indiana and three in Illinois are suspected.

The high court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether companies can be sued under the ADA for refusing to rehire rehabilitated drug users.

Merck also on Monday affirmed plans to spin off Medco to shareholders in the third quarter.

Joining Stern and McEntee on stage was International Union of Painters and Allied Trades President James Williams.

At this writing, the fate of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore hangs precariously in the hands of the states court of the judiciary.

Penn Traffic's stock closed at 36 cents per share on Wednesday on Nasdaq, up two cents.

They said they had concluded that the film failed "to present a balanced portrayal" of the Reagans.

Its chief executive, Lawrence J. Lasser, resigned under pressure last Monday.

Rusch has also allowed five or more earned runs in each of his last three starts.

Lacy's last column, filed from the hospital, appeared in Friday's editions.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was down 25.36 points, or 1.53 percent, at 1,628.26.

The weakness exists in the way that VBA looks at the properties of documents passed to it when the document is opened by a host application.

According to reports, Knight allegedly punched a parking attendant outside a Los Angeles nightclub.

Parsons holds engineering degrees from the University of Mississippi and the University of Central Florida.

The findings appear in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association (news - web sites).

"But unfortunately we find that attacks on Iraqis have increased."

The Bush administration said Monday it will propose a rule change allowing governors to seek exemptions from a policy blocking road-building in remote areas of national forests.

This Wednesday, the 127th anniversary of Custer's defeat, formal recognition is coming to the Indian warriors who prevailed that hot day, June 25, 1876.

After 10 years of debate, the government is requiring food labels to reveal exact levels of the artery clogger.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 4.77, or 0.5 percent, to 929.62.

The witness, a 27-year-old Kosovan parking attendant with criminal convictions for dishonesty, was paid 10,000 by the News of the World.

Although sex crimes Det.-Sgt. Dave Perry is in command of the case, homicide Det.-Sgt. Gerry Cashman appeared last evening at the home near Finch Ave. and Hwy. 404.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.

"The day may come when courts properly can and should declare the ultimate sanction to be unconstitutional in all cases," Wolf wrote.

Excluding the charges, analysts, on average, expected a loss of 11 cents a share.

Montreal-based Bombardier's Class B shares rose 6 Canadian cents to C$3.80 in Toronto on Friday.

Snow made his comments to Reuters on Friday but they were embargoed until Tuesday.

At least 150 people are scheduled to testify at the hearings in Gaithersburg, Md., on Tuesday and Wednesday, with experts and activists lining up on each side.

The mock explosion, the first event in the drill, occurred in a car in industrial south Seattle.

He playfully chided the Senate's "little bitty tax relief plan."

"The hard-core fans came out for Reloaded and then moved on," says John Shaw of the box office tracking firm Movieline International.

From Broadway comedies like "The Seven Year Itch" (1952), "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"

Pollack said the plaintiffs failed to show that Merrill and Blodget directly caused their losses.

Prosecutors did an about-face in May and asked that the autopsy reports be unsealed after portions of Conner Peterson's autopsy report favorable to the defense were leaked to the media.

In the latest top-level shuffle at CNN, Teya Ryan is leaving her post as general manager of U.S. programming, the network announced.

"For us that doesn't make a difference, the sexual orientation," Tutu told television reporters in Soweto.

Judge Leroy Millette Jr. can reduce the punishment to life in prison without parole when Muhammad is formally sentenced Feb. 12, but Virginia judges rarely take such action.

With diplomacy heating up in the nearly 10-month-old nuclear crisis, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing is slated to visit South Korea from August 13 to 15.

So far, they have searched Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, authorities in those state said.

Besides battling its sales slump, Siebel also has been sparring with some investors upset about huge stock option windfalls company managers have pocketed.

Dennehy, who transferred to Baylor last year after getting kicked off the University of New Mexico Lobos for temper tantrums, became a born-again Christian in June 2002.

Pascal Lamy, the EU’s Trade Commissioner, insisted: “The EU’s regulatory system for GM goods authorisation is in line with WTO rules.

Customers include Mitsubishi, Siemens, DBTel, Dell, HP, Palm, Philips, Sharp, and Sony.

Mr Sahel said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14-strong cell believed to have carried out the five almost simultaneous attacks on Saturday.

Boeing said the final agreement is expected to be signed during the next few weeks.

A cost analysis is under way, said Michael Rebell, CFE's executive director.

Bond bulls would like the Fed to recognize that risks are biased toward economic weakness.

In recent years, Hampton kept in touch with friends and stayed in trouble: He faced charges of fare-beating and credit card theft.

Five-year notes US5YT=RR rose 6/32 in price for a yield of 3.08 percent, down from 3.12 percent late on Tuesday.

The women said those rape victims who did come forward were routinely punished for minor infractions while their assailants escaped judgement, prompting most victims to remain silent.

At least 154 people, most of them opposition activists or officials, were arrested across the country Monday, police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena said in a statement.

Lesser rewards of $15 million each were offered for the same information about his sons, Uday and Qusay.

"The steps that the Iranians claim to have taken in terms of capturing al-Qaida are insufficient," said Ari Fleischer, the White House press secretary.

"They drive around in their cars, while people are being killed 500 metres away," he said on Sunday.

"This case was both mentally challenging and emotionally exhausting," said the foreman, Jim Wolfcale, a 41-year-old minister.

United hasn't set a starting date for the unit, known within the Chicago-based company as Starfish.

Vial estimated that 250 to 500 vehicles were stranded overnight after the pass through the Siskiyou Mountains was closed Sunday night.

They said they only wanted to entertain people and win the best float prize and were fired for exercising their free-speech rights.

"This is one of the most important solutions for portable gaming," Nintendo R&D general manager Satoru Okada said in a statement.

The United States says 1,882 Americans remain listed as missing in action and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.

Intel spokesman Dan Francisco said the chip maker is looking into the issue, but declined to elaborate.

Feith said people have misconstrued the purpose of the small intelligence review team he assembled in October 2001.

Also in the majority were Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer.

Netanyahu and his advisers say the changes are necessary to permit Israel to compete successfully in the global marketplace and attract investment.

Treasuries were dragged lower on Friday as shorter-dated debt was roiled by conflicting reports on the likelihood of an aggressive easing in U.S. interest rates.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 14.35 points, or 0.89 percent, at 1,617.91.

"What can I say to you?" he told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.

But the Quartet is divided three-to-one, the United States against the rest, on the question of whether they should treat Arafat as the representative of the Palestinian people.

Kaichen's former landlord, Carol Halperin of Chappaqua, said Kaichen told her she volunteered at Ground Zero after the attack.

The American women, who are defending champions, will play in Philadelphia on Sept. 25 and conclude group competition in Columbus on Sept. 28.

When the bomb exploded at the Casa de España, customers were eating dinner and playing bingo.

Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of a handful of companies that still make the flu vaccine.

The Labor Day race for Fontana has gained momentum since the series visited the Speedway for the Auto Club California 500 last April.

To date, 152 communities and the legislatures of Alaska, Hawaii and Vermont have approved resolutions condemning the act.

The warning was the most serious the 15-nation bloc has sent Iran since they began negotiating a trade and cooperation agreement late last year.

London-based NCRI official Ali Safavi told Reuters: "We condemn this raid, which is in our view illegal and morally and politically unjustifiable."

That comment undercut his remarks in an interview on Tuesday that the ECB had not exhausted its ammunition for rate cuts.

The committee was appointed by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld under orders from Congress.

In two weeks, he'll probably send out Peace Rules in the Preakness.

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labour reported that the U.S. economy shed another 48,000 jobs in April, while the jobless rate jumped to 6 per cent.

At a press conference Thursday, the group claimed it had obtained 1.1 million signatures on petitions opposing the recall, although the petitions have no legal effect.

The American Stock Exchange biotech index .BTK surged 5 percent.

The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI climbed 164 points, or 1.91 percent, to 8,765.38, brushing its highest levels since mid-January.

The study also found that consumer goods advertisers continued to spend the most dollars online, representing 35% of all Web advertising.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 3.42 points, or 0.34 percent, to 1,007.84.

A fifth member of the "Lackawanna Six," young Yemeni-American men accused of training at an al-Qaida terrorist camp, pleaded guilty Monday to supporting terrorism.

Another big gainer was Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people), which shot 32 percent higher.

"We are expending all available resources toward the investigation," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Greenberg, a counterterrorism prosecutor in Seattle.

The impact of these shortages, U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham warned yesterday, "will touch virtually every American."

The U.S. State Department travel warning said the threat to aircraft by terrorists using shoulder-fired missiles continues in Kenya and includes Nairobi.

Lawyers and others familiar with the federal investigation say it remains focused on Campbell, though prosecutors declined to discuss the probe.

Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, has expanded its anti-discrimination policy to protect gay and lesbian employees, company officials said Tuesday.

She was 26 then, and a friend tipped her to another position and told her whom to call.

If successful, the "Muses-C" will be the first probe to make a two-way trip to an asteroid.

The first of those discussions is expected to get under way in the next three to five months.

The support will come as a free software upgrade called WebVPN for current customers that have support contracts.

A bill that would have fully legalized marijuana for medical purposes in Connecticut was narrowly defeated in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Terri Schiavo, 39, suffered severe brain damage following a heart attack 13 years ago.

I never punished a victim,'' said Brigadier General Taco Gilbert, the school's former number two officer.

"If they want to replace 11i with PeopleSoft, now that would make sense."

Dixon was otherwise the class of the field at Pikes Peak International Raceway.

Simon shares Tuesday closed up 42 cents, or about 1 percent, at $39.45 on the New York Stock Exchange.

While waiting for a bomb squad to arrive, the bomb exploded, killing Wells.

Anhalt said children typically treat a 20-ounce soda bottle as one serving, while it actually contains 2 1/2 servings.

Sabri Yakou, an Iraqi native who is a legal U.S. resident, appeared before a federal magistrate yesterday on charges of violating U.S. arms-control laws.

That fire devastated timber on the reservation, charred 469,000 acres and destroyed 491 homes in surrounding communities.

Sliding down the ice, Moriarty and Carella hit the spongy, rocky floor of the river and immediately felt the pull.

Waksal has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and is to be sentenced next week.

But skeptics are concerned about the ease with which vendors can use these hardware-based security features to set digital rights management policies.

Strayhorn said it was the first time in Texas history a comptroller had not certified the appropriations act.

The company added, "until more facts are presented, Lindows.com will not take a position as to the validity of the claims presented by either side."

U.S. Wireless restated its financial results when fraud was uncovered, increasing its fiscal year 2000 loss to $17 million from $11 million.

"I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply," said Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase.

The valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be collected and turned in to county election officials by Sept. 2.

But Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said: ''Mention the word prohibition and everyone knows what happened there.

Dotson was arrested July 21 after calling 911, saying he needed help because he was hearing voices, authorities said.

After his retirement, Foley served as assistant secretary of energy for defense programs under President Ronald Reagan.

Still, the "somewhat ambiguous ruling" might be a setback for Static Control depending on how it developed its competing product, Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich said.

According to Tuesday's report, consumers' assessment of current conditions was less favourable than a month earlier.

Barbini said the union may reach a compromise with the United States but it wants a system for labeling such foods, something the industry successfully fought here.

"It seems clear the climate is changing," he said, asked to explain the flooding that keeps ravaging the southeast.

Hilsenrath was also indicted on 33 counts of wire fraud, which each carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and restitution.

In September, Hewlett-Packard signed a development and marketing deal with the company.

Telemarketers who call numbers on the list after Oct. 1 could face fines of up to $11,000 per call.

AFTRA members approved the merger by a vote of 75.88% to 24.12%.

Two of them are on an initial list of six detainees who could be tried by the military tribunal.

The dead cavalry have been honored for more than a century with a hilltop granite obelisk and white headstones.

Under the new pricing scheme, Universal would lower its wholesale price on a CD to $9.09 from $12.02.

They boy's father, Terrance Cottrell Sr., 33, said yesterday he wants everyone involved in his son's death to be held responsible.

The two companies said PowderJect's strong U.S. position would complement Chiron's European presence.

Higher courts have ruled that the tablets broke the constitutional separation of church and state.

The interest rate sensitive two year Schatz yield was down 5.8 basis points at 1.99 percent.

It represents an important opportunity to put a halt to a national effort aimed at removing any religious phrase or reference from our culture."

The new sensor -- dubbed CANARY for ''cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields'' -- hijacks this natural process with two important changes.

Started on Christmas Day in 1931, the Met's matinee broadcasts have introduced opera to millions of people around the world.

Guidant said it will continue to ship the product and provide support to doctors and patients through October 2003.

The boy also sprayed the room full of retardant from fire extinguishers, which made it hard to see, the chief said.

Security experts are warning that a new mass-mailing worm is spreading widely across the Internet, sometimes posing as e-mail from the Microsoft founder.

But JT was careful to clarify that it was "not certain about the outcome of the discussion at this moment".

The U.S. Capitol was evacuated yesterday after authorities detected a possibly hazardous material in the basement of the Senate wing, Capitol Police said.

Campaign officials said the moves may have been a source of some friction with Fowler.

Troubled Devil Rays prospect Josh Hamilton's promising future is in doubt after an announcement Monday he will miss the season because of unspecified personal problems.

He arrives later this week on the first state visit by a US President.

July 1st is the sixth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule.

The commission dropped charges that Patton improperly appointed Conner to the Kentucky Lottery Board and that he improperly appointed Conner's then-husband, Seth, to the Agriculture Development Board.

The 2 1/2 -ton probe will plunge into the thick Jovian atmosphere today at 3:49 p.m. Eastern time, disintegrating moments later from the friction generated by its 108,000-mph free-fall.

Sen. Michael Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the subcommittee that will consider the nomination, is a longtime friend.

If Senator Clinton does decide to run in 2008, she cannot announce her candidacy before 2006, which is when she faces re-election for the Senate.

People who have opposed these actions throughout are now trying to find fresh reasons to say this wasn't the right thing to do."

Intel sells the current top Pentium for US$637 in quantities of 1,000.

Six Democrats are vying to succeed Jacques and have qualified for the Feb. 3 primary ballot.

The volatile mix could drag the session beyond the four days allotted by Bush, said Senate President Jim King.

Reuters witnesses said many houses had been flattened and the city squares were packed with crying children and the homeless, huddled in blankets to protect them from the cold.

"Good cause has been clearly shown that such change of venue is necessary to ensure a fair and impartial trial," Prince William County Circuit Judge LeRoy Millette Jr. wrote.

John Hickenlooper had 65 percent of the vote to 35 percent for City Auditor Don Mares.

EnCana also reaffirmed its forecast of 10 per cent internal sales growth in 2003 and 2004.

New Line Cinema's prequel comedy, "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd" opened with $11.1 million.

"It still remains to be seen whether the revenue recovery will be short or long lived," he said.

That compared with a year-earlier profit of $102 million, or 13 cents a share.

Chavez said investigators feel confident they've got "at least one of the fires resolved in that regard."

"We've got quality players," said Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon.

"We believe that it is not necessary to have a divisive confirmation fight over a Supreme Court appointment," Daschle wrote.

Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo told Reuters there was no damage to the vital rice crop as harvesting had just finished.

Since it expanded its shipments to the United States, Hulett has captured a significant share of the U.S. market.

China's Health Ministry said five more people had died of Sars and a further 159 were infected.

"The figures are becoming catastrophic," said Dr. Patrick Pelloux, the president of the association of emergency room physicians.

This is a good day for Americas farmers, said Sen. Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, in reaction to the administration announcement.

Russin did not comment; his lawyer did not attend the hearing and did not return phone messages.

"He's made it plain that if we think we are facing a suicide bomber, we should shoot first and ask questions later," one senior officer said.

Tight media controls and the remote location of the northern village where the fighting broke out made it impossible to confirm what happened.

Several shots rang out in the darkness, but only one gator had been killed by 11 p.m.

Sales of $21.6 billion, up 10 percent from $19.7 billion a year ago, were ahead of Wall Street's estimate of $21.4 billion.

Dr. Sutherland, 65, was a co-founder of Evans & Sutherland, an early maker of high-performance computers.

Kodak said the PracticeWorks deal is expected to add about $215 million to its revenue in the first full year after the acquisition.

He also said the academy will get its own internal report next week detailing the seriousness of the remaining problem.

The bill says that a woman who undergoes such an abortion couldn't be prosecuted.

International rescue workers are scouring flattened debris for survivors in Iran's shattered ancient Silk Road city of Bam after a violent earthquake killed more than 20,000 people.

Unless their parents submit written objections, students, regardless of citizenship status, would be required to participate in the pledges and the minute of silence.

Shares of Allergan fell 14 cents to close at $78.12 on the New York Stock Exchange (news - web sites).

Scott McClellan, a White House spokesman, called the decision "troubling and flawed."

Team President Ken Sawyer told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette Sunday that Lemieux has not spoken to him about selling his interest in the Penguins or about playing for another team.

"Until this site was reported, the earliest site in Bering land-bridge area was dated at about 11,000 years ago," Grayson said.

The Nasdaq composite index added 30.46 points, or 2 percent, to 1,520.15.

Stanford (51-17) and Rice (57-12) will play for the national championship tonight.

An outspoken opponent of terrorism, Said's key political allies were Palestinian intellectuals and civic leaders outside the Arafat-dominated PLO and Palestinian Authority.

"In fact, I was physically sick several times at this stage, because he looked so desperate," she said.

The Sunshine Group LTD represented the developers, The Related Companies and Apollo Real Estate Advisors LP, on the deal.

The lawyer for Hollins Jr., Thomas Royce, has said his client had no link to the company that owned and operated E2.

The attack seemed similar to others staged near foreign compounds in Riyadh on May 12.

The exotic animal trade is enormous, and it continues to spiral out of control.

Proposition 34, a campaign financing initiative that voters passed in 2000, limits fund raising and spending by gubernatorial candidates.

The 90-minute exchange in Boston took place at a debate focusing on the issues of interest to young people.

He wounded a security guard and then fled, stabbing two passersby as he ran off along the promenade.

Police believe Wilson shot Reynolds, then her mother once in the head before fatally turning the gun on herself.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked Congress today for additional authority to fight unwanted Internet spam, which now accounts for up to half of all e-mail traffic.

The companies, Chiron and Aventis Pasteur, together made about 80 million doses of the injected vaccine, which ordinarily would have been enough to meet U.S. demand.

The combined companies' commercial and personal lines will be consolidated under the Travelers brand and will be based in Hartford, Conn., Travelers' current headquarters.

The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> dipped 6.62 points, or 0.34 percent, to 1,917.67.

The government did not identify the taikonauts — a term coined from ‘‘taikong,’’ the Chinese word for space — who would travel on the second mission.

A Merrill Lynch spokesman said "we are pleased with the judge's decision."

Among the workers, the researchers found short workers had worse hearing than expected for their age.

That fire devastated timber on the reservation, while charring 469,000 acres and destroying 491 homes in surrounding communities.

The body of one of the four teens, 17-year-old Max Guarino, was found April 25 in Long Island Sound.

The number of reported rapes rose by 4 percent and the number of murders grew by 0.8 percent, the FBI said.

If he is successful in reaching a cease-fire, known as a "hudna," Abbas will hold more talks with Sharon, their third one-on-one meeting in a month.

Tail wagging, Abbey trotted on stage with Conway before a crowd of more than 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual customer conference at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Altria shares fell $1.23, or 2.8 percent, to $42.44 and were the Dow's biggest percent loser.

It warned that London, along with several other foreign cities, was facing an increasing threat of a suicide bomb attack.

The launch coincides with the JavaOne developers' conference in San Francisco this week.

The meeting was scheduled to end Wednesday night, with attendees approving resolutions that express the denomination's view on issues but that are not binding on churches.

He cut his rating for XL shares to "neutral" from "buy," and said the shares "will not rebound quickly."

Igen's stock closed $4.70 or nearly 13.7 percent higher at $39.10 on the Nasdaq market.

According to security sources, London Metropolitan Police Commissioner John Stevens placed his force on its highest state of alert last week following the warning.

"This has been a persistent problem that has not been solved," investigation board member Steven Wallace said.

Median household income declined 1.1 percent between 2001 and 2002 to $42,409, after accounting for inflation.

Advanced Micro Devices said Fujitsu Siemens Computers is offering a high-end workstation based on AMD's Opteron 200 Series.

It will take time to oust die-hard remnants of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday.

The Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida became one of the first in the nation Saturday to officially reject the national denomination's policies on homosexuality.

Ms Lanier's first heart tumour was removed from the upper part of her heart in 1997, returning in 1999, in 2001 and again this year.

On May 22, 2002, a man walking his dog came across some of Levy's bones in Washington's Rock Creek Park.

Democrats now hope to increase the value of awards proposed by Hatch and to create a mechanism to ensure the fund remains solvent.

Both strain 121 and Pyrolobus belong to a branch on the tree of life known as the archaea.

These days, even death penalty proponents in the Legislature say they are solidly outnumbered by opponents.

At issue is the scholarship program that helps high-achieving students pay for studies in fields such as business or engineering, but not theology.

The biggest cut ordered was for Hanover Lloyds Insurance Co. -- 31 percent.

"We're making these commitments first and foremost because we think it's the right thing to do," company spokesman Michael Mudd said yesterday.

Revenue plunged 19 percent to $2.07 billion from $2.56 billion in the year-earlier quarter.

The broad Standard & Poor's 500-stock index was up 4.83 points or 0.49 per cent to 980.76.

He told FBI agents that he shot Dennehy after the player tried to shoot him, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.

Ridge said no real explosives or harmful devices will be used in the exercise.

Prosecutors maintained that Durst murdered Black to try to assume Black's identity.

The agency said it would not release the name of the person involved because he is a minor.

The Bush administration blames Hussein loyalists and foreign Muslim militants who have entered Iraq to fight U.S. troops for the wave of bombings and guerrilla attacks.

The 51-year-old nurse worked at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the latest outbreak.

"And the swagger of a president who says 'Bring 'em on' does not bring our troops peace or safety."

One, Fort Carson-based Sgt. Ernest Bucklew, 33, had been on his way home to attend his mother's funeral in Pennsylvania.

Analysts spent yesterday running the red pen through the accounts and are expected to announce more cuts to their valuations.

Acer said its Veriton 7600G incorporates the Intel 865G chipset and is priced starting at $949.

The row intensified after Culture Minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon said the government would go ahead with planned cuts to unemployment benefits despite howls of protest from actors.

From Florida to Alaska, thousands of revelers vowed to push for more legal rights, including same-sex marriages.

The leader of Myanmar's National League for Democracy won a 1990 election by a landslide but was never allowed to govern.

The Foundation said telephone support would cost $39.95 per incident.

It is the first major industrial plant for Leighton as project manager.

The settlement taking effect this week was reached less than two months after O'Malley took the helm of the nation's fourth-largest archdiocese.

But for a meaningful dialogue to begin, cross-border terrorism should end and terror infrastructure must be dismantled.

It is priced at $5,995 for an unlimited number of users tapping into the single processor, or $195 per user with a minimum of five users.

The blast occurred at 5 a.m. in the capital's Al-Bayaa district, police said.

The report finds that 6.5 percent of American adults were diagnosed with diabetes in 2002 compared with 5.1 percent in 1997.

Omar's brother, Zahid, and wife, Tahari, were arrested on May 2 in Derbyshire.

The company has 30 days to respond to the charges before the FCC makes a final ruling.

The study results were presented Tuesday at a meeting of the American Thoracic Society in Seattle, and will be published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.

Associated Press Writer Marc Humbert in Albany contributed to this report.

He said he thought he had hit a dog or a cat, or someone had thrown a rock at his car, the police said.

The audiotape aired last week by the Arab Al-Jazeera television network appears to be an effort to incite attacks.

Lovett's father, Ron Lovett, issued a statement apologising for his son's behaviour.

"But HRT should not be used to prevent heart disease or any other chronic condition."

Former South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Sunday he did not see what "all the fuss" was over appointing a gay bishop, but urged homosexual clergy to remain celibate.

Bridges is a retired Air Force major general and a former shuttle pilot.

You can reach George Hunter at (313) 222-2027 or ghunter@detnews.com.

"This sale is part of our efforts to simplify our Foodservice Products business and improve its cost structure," said Gary Costley, Multifoods chairman and chief executive.

The study adds to the evidence that diet might affect a person's chances of developing the mind-robbing disease that affects 4 million Americans.

The CGT warned of prolonged industrial action unless Raffarin agreed.

"But they did not, as of the time of this particular tragic event, provide the security we had requested," Jordan said.

Voters in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, approved a proposal allowing same-sex couples - and also unmarried heterosexual couples - to officially register as domestic partners.

State air regulators and three automakers have settled a lawsuit challenging the nation's toughest auto emissions program, a spokesman for California's air board said Monday.

"Spin and manipulative public relations and propaganda are not the answer," it said.

In comparison, 86 percent of Israeli Jews say they have a favorable opinion of the United States.

But they don’t realize that until it’s too late (of course) because they’re potential victims in a horror movie.

Sales -- a figure watched closely as a barometer of health -- rose 5 percent instead of falling as many industry experts predicted.

Doud was shot in the shoulder and underwent surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in satisfactory condition.

The third case involved contracts signed by Sierra Pacific Resources SRP.N utility Nevada Power Co. and two municipal utilities.

The three grocery chains were relying on store managers and replacement workers to keep their stores open.

Merseyside police found the truck, without the books, the next morning about 20 miles from the warehouse.

The work appears in the Oct. 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The significant highs Beijing chalked up before APEC was China's first space mission on October 15.

ABC broadcast a special "World News Tonight" report out of Washington anchored by Ted Koppel.

Microsoft has identified the freely distributed Linux software as one of the biggest threats to its sales.

The indictment said he attended important meetings to plan the attacks, recruited fellow bombers and coordinated the operation.

It also said it would reconsider its support for the 2003 show, which took place last month.

The two Democrats on the five-member FCC panel held a news conference to sway opinion against Powell.

If no candidate wins 50 percent plus one in today's election, the top two will meet in a runoff June 3.

LURD's Ja'neh also called for an interim government and the deployment of a U.S.-led Western peacekeeping force.

The bomb exploded in Helmand province aboard a bus en route to the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, according to news agency reports.

The UMass president has acknowledged talking to him once since he went on the lam in 1995, just before federal indictments were handed down.

Eric Gagne earned his 17th save in as many opportunities as he struck out three in the ninth and allowed only an infield single by Greg Norton.

The jury awarded TVT about $23 million in compensatory damages and roughly $108 million in punitive damages.

Air Commodore Pietsch said a 9-11 style aircraft suicide attack was the key concern.

The report was sponsored by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA).

Families stuck on the highway remained in their cars, and used their cell phones to call home.

"While the rest of America grapples with an economic downturn, recession has become a permanent way of life for much of rural America," Edwards said in a speech.

"First, the target was not clear . . . we should have authentic evidence of the target that they really hate Islam," he said.

Sharpton nearly jumped out of his chair, saying, "That sounds more like Stonewall Jackson than Jesse Jackson.

The SharePoint Portal Server application, which facilitates teamwork, retails for $5,619.

Dogs, he said, are second only to humans in the thoroughness of medical understanding and research.

The Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission have the final say.

"I really liked him and I still do," Cohen Alon told the Herald yesterday.

Argentine Guillermo Coria and Netherlander Martin Verkerk are in the other half.

Hidalgo County Judge Ramon Garcia remembers how he and his friends used to have to sneak around the school yard to speak Spanish.

Hovan did not speak, but his lawyer, John Speranza, said his client "did not wake up that day" intending to hurt anyone.

Microsoft will pay Time Warner AOL $750 million to settle an outstanding antitrust suit brought by Time Warner's Netscape division.

Kollar-Kotelly has scheduled another antitrust settlement compliance hearing for January.

The House voted 425 to 2 to clear the bill, the first of 13 that Congress must pass each year to fund the federal government.

UN armored personnel carriers trained machine guns on Bunia's main street but did not open fire.

National Breast Cancer Centre chief executive Professor Christine Ewan said it was too early to quantify the risk to women.

For the fourth quarter, Intel expects revenue between $8.1 billion and $8.7 billion.

In version 4.1, a new web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning interface speeds up the flow of information between workstations and the server.

The highest-paid Washington private-college president is Susan Resneck Pierce, who heads the University of Puget Sound.

At midnight, Erika was about 90 miles east of Brownsville and moving toward the west at about 20 mph, with sustained winds near 70 mph.

Not counting energy prices, wholesale prices were down 0.9 percent.

The 30-year bond US30YT=RR firmed 31/32, taking its yield to 4.16 percent -- another record low -- from 4.22 percent.

Antonio Monteiro de Castro, 58, currently director of the group’s Latin America & Caribbean operations, will become chief operating officer from the same date.

The government began on September 1 to add the word "Taiwan" in English to the cover of new passport, a decision slammed by Beijing.

A floating airfield with a flight deck covering 4.5 acres, the ship took about five years to build.

Pollack said yesterday the plaintiffs failed to show that Merrill and Blodget directly caused their losses.

The exam is a requirement for graduation, but Mills reversed course after an estimated 60 percent of students statewide failed it.

Ms O'Hare will take time off from studying history at New York University to be in Australia during October for national breast cancer awareness week.

Hurricane Claudette moved toward the Texas coast on Tuesday and was expected to strengthen before making landfall later in the day, forecasters said.

This led to the recovery of the 270-kilogram Cancuen altar, announced on Wednesday by the Vanderbilt University in Nashville and the National Geographic Society.

A Royal Duty is based on his experiences with Diana, Princess of Wales and letters allegedly to and from her.

BAT BATS.L also said Managing Director Paul Adams would step up to chief executive from January 1, 2004, to ease the transition.

On May 1, he crawled through a narrow, winding canyon, rappelled down a 60-foot cliff and walked some six miles down the canyon.

"Close co-operation between law-enforcement agencies and intelligence services lie at the heart of the ongoing fight against terrorism," Mr Howard said.

Stout previously worked for General Electric subsidiary GE Capital Service Inc., where he was vice president and chief technology and information officer.

Only one test, the effect on financial services, was deemed to be passed.

Knight agreed to a two-year, $2.38 million contract that included a $300,000 signing bonus.

The prosecutor said the company knowingly underestimated to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the number of safety complaints involving the device.

"We're going to do everything in our power to get money back to ratepayers as quickly as possible," Kennedy said.

Officials said it will take lengthy testing to determine if all anthrax spores have been killed.

Fletcher said he expects to have the support of lawmakers from agricultural states, many of whom are on the committee.

EDS said that it was "responding to a subpoena and providing documents and information to the SEC".

It is not clear whether the apology was written on the orders of Mr Blair or at Mr Campbell's initiative.

The soldiers, from the 3rd Armored Cavalry, were hurt when their Humvee vehicle struck a mine in Hit.

Several protesters were injured by a speeding police van that drove through the crowd.

Vice President Dick Cheney and Mississippi Republican gubernatorial candidate Haley Barbour acknowledge the cheering crowd.

Trailing Arsenal by eight points two months ago, United rallied from its worst start since 1989 with an unbeaten streak stretching back to Dec. 26.

Deputies said the incident began at 9:40 a.m. when deputies received a phone call from a person requesting assistance regarding a domestic disturbance at 54346 Avenida Velasco.

The Russell 2000 index, the barometer of smaller company stocks, fell 2.52 to 410.23.

In a mixture of ancient pagan and modern Christian rites, the villagers have staged a series of ceremonies hoping to erase the misfortunes they believe have kept them poor.

"We put a lot of effort and energy into improving our patching process, probably later than we should have and now we're just gaining incredible speed.

Shares of Halliburton fell 71 cents, or 3 percent, to close at $21.59 yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange.

He also recruited others to participate in the scheme by convincing them to receive fraudulently obtained merchandise he had ordered for himself.

Goldman Sachs said: "We believe this is the right decision for the company, for its employees and for its creditors."

Allegiant shares rose $4, or $17.2 percent, to $27.43 in Thursday morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Jim Williams, director of the US-VISIT project, said that by the middle of November, many arriving passengers in Atlanta will be fingerprinted and photographed.

Before it was removed, the site listed in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.

In one scene from the film's final script, Reagan says of AIDS patients, "They that live in sin shall die in sin."

About 100 firefighters are in the bosque today, Albuquerque Fire Chief Robert Ortega said.

The pill, which they call the "polypill," would contain aspirin, a cholesterol-lowering drug, three blood pressure-lowering drugs at half the standard dose and folic acid.

On Thursday, a Washington Post article argued that a 50 basis point cut from the Fed was more likely, contrary to the Wall Street Journal's line.

Laotian officials yesterday called on France, the former colonial power, to help the country find an alternative investor to EdF.

Loan losses, investment writedowns and legal costs led to the largest-ever loss for a European bank last year.

Handspring's shareholders will receive 0.09 Palm shares (and no shares of PalmSource) for each share of Handspring common stock they own.

"It was a final test before delivering the missile to the armed forces.

The samples would be used to find genes involved in diseases with particularly high rates among blacks like hypertension and diabetes.

To examine the uranium enrichment program -- ElBaradei's priority -- the IAEA says it must inspect facilities that are not officially declared as nuclear sites.

She said her son followed his father and grandfather into the military.

Yesterday, Mr. Cuomo's lawyer, Harriet Newman Cohen, read a statement over the phone: "Mr. Cuomo was betrayed and saddened by his wife's conduct during their marriage.

"I don't think he's been that good from the get-go," said Limbaugh.

"To be wedged between these two monsters and hold as well as we did makes it that much better," said Rory Bruer, Sony head of distribution.

"This is my sweatshirt which my brother Jaafar used to borrow from me all the time," said Mekki.

The shooting victim was taken to Kings County Hospital Center, where he later died, the police said.

Thursday, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper will consider the second motion.

If it's a Bill Gates Comdex keynote, it must be time for new Tablet PCs.

The supercomputer is actually an eServer and storage system with a peak speed of 7.3 trillion calculations per second.

Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo told Reuters there was no damage to the rice crop as harvesting had just finished.

Is it in the food supply?" says David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.

"The mission of the CAPPS II system has been and always will be aviation security," said the administration, part of the Homeland Security Department.

Expenses are expected to be approximately $2.3 billion, at the high end of the previous expectation of $2.2-to-$2.3 billion.

America has accused Syria of not doing enough to prevent foreign fighters infiltrating through its eastern border into Iraq to attack U.S.-led coalition forces.

Elwin Hermanson and the SaskParty would put the future of our Crown corporations — and our economy — at risk,” the platform reads.

They also showed the greatest increase in early rapid head growth compared with those children with milder forms of the disorder.

Site Finder has been visited 65 million times since its introduction, Galvin said.

U.S. and European leaders pledged on Wednesday to work together to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons, presenting a united front after months of bitter acrimony over Iraq.

Djerejian said that in the last month Syria has taken steps in response to the pressure, such as relocating the militant group offices out of Damascus.

That took the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR down 9/32, its yield rising to 3.37 percent from 3.34 percent late on Thursday.

The index, which measures activity in the service sector, climbed to 50.7 last month from 47.9 in March.

Bryant previously said that hike had a greater impact on demand than officials expected.

Agrawal said her research neither suggests nor indicates PCOS causes lesbianism, only that PCOS is more prevalent in lesbian women.

Writing for the minority, Justice John Paul Stevens said the interrogation was akin to "an attempt to obtain an involuntary confession from a prisoner by torturous methods."

The Memory Stick Pro Duo card will be theoretically able to transfer data at a rate of up to 20 megabytes per second under optimal conditions, according to Sony.

Westfield also will continue discussions over the other co-owned centres, such as Knox City in Melbourne, where Deutsche Bank owns a 50 per cent stake.

Richard Miller remained hospitalized after undergoing a liver transplant, but his wife has recovered.

Her lawyer Donald Levine told The Telegraph she had been offered $US250,000 to tell her story exclusively to Australian TV.

While rising consumer confidence is welcomed, it is not a component of gross domestic product, whereas new home sales are.

Historians believe it was carrying 9 tons of gold coins aimed at buying the loyalty of the Duke of Savoy, a potential ally in southeastern France.

Both markets rallied this past week on bets the Fed will lower rates at its next meetings on June 24-25.

Dell's OpenManage software includes Dell Update Packages with SMS to help automate the management of server hardware, applications and operating systems patches with a single tool.

His lawyer, Pamela MacKey, said Bryant expects to be completely exonerated.

The conference, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is focused on eliminating world hunger through genetically modified foods and other technologies.

Doctors have speculated that the body’s own estrogen protects against cell damage and improves blood flow.

During the hearing, Morales expressed "sincere regrets and remorse" for his actions.

The Oct. 9 hearing date is two days after the Lakers open their pre-season with two games in Hawaii.

A police spokesman confirmed: "Greater Manchester Police, with the support of the German authorities and the FBI, have arrested Toby Studabaker in Frankfurt, Germany."

US military officials say rotor wash from the helicopter might have blown down the banner.

Stanford (46-15) plays South Carolina (44-20) today in a first-round game at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb.

The final report on the investigation could take as long as a year, Engleman said at a news briefing.

Mr Colpin did not specify whether it was this system that was at the centre of the investigation.

The benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR lost 11/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.21 percent from 3.17 percent late on Monday.

Doctors had planned to deliver him two weeks early, on or around November 14.

The study indicated that men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer.

The Portuguese weather service said Europe's heatwave was caused by a mass of hot, dry air moving from the southeast.

The other 24 members are split between representatives of the securities industry and so-called "public" board members.

A spokesman said: "Since November, we have co-operated fully with the police.

It indicates, Roberts said, "that terrorists really don't care who they attack.

The traditional Mediterranean diet puts the emphasis on vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts, cereals and olive oil.

She and her husband left behind two sons: Robert, who was six, and Michael, who was 10.

Ultimately, she will earn more than the $900,000 that Kenny Perry got for winning the PGA Tour event.

The rapper's lawyer, Mark Gann, didn't return calls for comment.

That triggered a 47-hour police standoff that inconvenienced thousands of commuters, as traffic backed up in Downtown Washington and northern Virginia.

The news service reports wages among all nongovernment workers rose an average 2.7 percent from July 2002 through June 2003, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

AirTran officials and a Boeing official declined to comment yesterday.

The tech-loaded Nasdaq composite rose 20.96 points to 1595.91 to end at its highest level for 12 months.

The unemployment rate inched up one-tenth of a percentage point from April's 6 percent to its highest since July 1994.

"She was very affectionate with them," said Blossom Medley, who also looked after the children.

By March 2003, 67 percent of broadband users connected using cable modems, compared with 28 percent using DSL.

Prof Sally Baldwin, 63, from York, fell into a cavity which opened up when the structure collapsed at Tiburtina station, Italian railway officials said.

Box cutters were used as a weapon by the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers and have since been banned as carry-on items.

"Australians are very upset and angry by what took place . . . upset because innocent people lost their lives," he said.

From Justin to Kelly, a romance starring American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson and runnerup Justin Guarini, opened at No. 11 with $2.9-million.

Veritas will also expand its storage resource management (SRM) suite with the Precise StorageCentral software, focused on file and quota management in Windows environments.

PeopleSoft's board of directors has said it will meet soon to consider the Oracle offer.

The new servers will run either Linux or the x86 version of Solaris, he said.

A few miles further east is Tehuacan, where corn may first have been domesticated 4,000 years ago.

Hundreds of people have signed petitions calling for Dr Kelly's resignation for his handling of allegedly sexually abusive priests.

U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 21 others, the military said.

Both devices implement the v1.2 standard's eSCO facility to provide the basis for new cordless telephony applications.

The first time was in 1999, when Bashir replaced the former leader of JI, Abdullah Sungkar, who had died.

Former roommate and teammate Carlton Dotson, 21, was arrested and charged with murder July 21 after reportedly telling authorities he shot Dennehy after Dennehy tried to shoot him.

Three other fires in or near the park were contained on Wednesday.

"The integration is exceeding almost every expectation we set for ourselves," Mr Roberts said on Thursday.

The Vatican devised a mini-lift to allow the pope to get on and off helicopters.

Chante Jawan Mallard, 27, went on trial Monday, charged with first-degree murder.

Mr. Suen said this evening, after the ruling, that Hong Kong's cabinet would meet "very soon" to decide whether to resume construction.

Geraldine Andrews, the pastor's daughter-in-law, said Robinson recently took her daughter out of a mental health facility.

Some psychiatrists, Dr. Lieberman among them, noted that other studies of S.S.R.I.'s in children had also failed to find large differences in effectiveness between the drugs and placebos.

The CWA, which represents more than 2,300 Comcast employees, called that excessive when a typical union employee makes about $27,000 a year.

In Montana, tensions were high yesterday morning as officials prepared for what one official called an "ugly" forecast: more dry lightning and windstorms.

After posting $3 million bail, Jackson flew to Las Vegas, where he had been working on a video.

Still, analysts said they were disappointed by the company's 68 million pretax charge for weather-related and test failure costs on its Polar Tanker crude oil tanker program.

In addition, UDDI will have to significantly be improved to handle those aspects of SOAs.

In fresh bloodshed last night, four Palestinian militants were killed by an explosion in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses and medics said.

Get it all out," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm based in New York City.

Warden Gene Fischi said the two inmates broke a 12-by-18-inch cell window, threw a mattress to the ground, and shimmied down the makeshift rope to a second-story roof.

They described the abductor as a Hispanic man in his 30s or early 40s, 5-feet-2 to 5-feet-5, weighing about 160 pounds.

According to Microsoft's latest proxy report, Ballmer held nearly 471 million shares as of Sept. 9, 2002.

Bush plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, in the Jordanian port of Aqaba on Wednesday.

Ultimately, however, Mrs Clinton decided she still loved her husband – although "as a wife, I wanted to wring Bill's neck".

At 12 months there was still a difference in function, although it was not a significant one.

RAAF officers said yesterday a fully armed F/A-18 Hornet fighter-bomber was positioned to intercept the intruder.

They certainly reveal a very close relationship between Boeing and senior Washington officials.

AMD made the announcement on Tuesday at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston.

Trans fats are created when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil, solidifying it and increasing the shelf life of certain products.

Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 11.13 to 9,228.48, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.74 to 982.33.

Shares of Corixa were gaining 71 cents, or 10%, to $7.91 on the Nasdaq.

Small-business customers paying $1,200 to $3,200 a year could save $60 to $120.

After the Houston event, Bush returned to his Crawford, Texas, ranch, where he will host Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday and Monday.

The minister said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14-member cell believed to have carried out the five almost simultaneous attacks in Casablanca on Friday night.

The WiFi potties were to be unveiled this summer, at music festivals in Britain.

"I carried 100 percent of the votes in San Jose -- of all the Austrian-born body builders," Schwarzenegger said during the benefit at the Fairmont Hotel.

Dubbed Project Mad Hatter, the Linux-based desktop is being promoted by Sun as a more secure and less expensive alternative to Windows.

"It was going to involve others," said prosecutor Kenneth Karas at a Jan. 30 court hearing, reports the Associated Press.

It was third time lucky for Hempleman-Adams, 46, after two previous abandoned attempts to make ballooning history.

In fact, Fatima Haque's prom tonight had practically everything one might expect on one of a teenage girl's most important nights.

A federal grand jury indicted them on Tuesday; the document was sealed until yesterday to allow authorities to make arrests.

He has been at UCSD since 1991 and was appointed chancellor in 1996, after spending 22 years with AT&T Bell Labs, where he worked on superconductors and other materials.

The stock rose $2.11, or about 11 percent, to close on Friday at $21.51 on the New York Stock Exchange.

She had only a single condition, that the book not be published until her death.

"Your withdrawal from our country is inevitable, whether it happens today or tomorrow, and tomorrow will come soon."

Former company chief financial officer Franklyn M. Bergonzi pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy on June 5 and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

In 2006, the group says the market will rebound 29.6 percent to $21.3 billion in sales.

The commission estimates California lost $1.34 billion -- the most of any state -- to tax shelters in 2001.

Trading volume was light at 726.40 million shares, but above the 642.73 million exchanged at the same point Wednesday.

Shares of Corixa fell 12 cents to $6.88 on the Nasdaq stock market.

The plan is to convert half of its eight million local phone lines within the next six years.

It aims to end 31 months of violence in which at least 2,034 Palestinians and 737 Israelis have been killed.

A spokeswoman at Strong Memorial Hospital said Doud was in satisfactory condition Tuesday night.

Halabi's military attorney, Air Force Maj. James Key, denied the charges, which could carry a death penalty.

The report by the independent expert committee aims to dissipate any suspicion about the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS crisis.

The new companies will begin trading on Nasdaq today under the ticker symbols PLMO and PSRC.

There's a Jeep in my parents' yard right now that's not theirs,'' said Perry, whose parents are vacationing in North Carolina.

"But they did not, as of the time of this particular tragic event, provide the security we had requested," Mr Jordan said.

Avery Dennison estimated second-quarter revenue between $1.2 billion and $1.23 billion, up 14 percent to 16 percent from a year earlier.

Mehr said police had no way of knowing what Kilpatrick was shooting at when he fired his gun.

If Fortigel, a testosterone gel, had been approved, Cellegy would have reached profitability by the second half of 2004, Mr. Juelis said.

Authorities identified the tipster as Richard Powell, who is imprisoned for killing his landlady in 1982.

But an agency employee lent the tape to a friend, who lent it to Mr. Gonzalez.

"Due to economic and creative realities, many key people will not be returning," producer David E. Kelley said in a statement.

The technology-packed Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> dropped 37.78 points, or 1.94 percent, to 1,912.36.

The new analysis found that 32 of the 16,608 participants developed ovarian cancer during about 5 years of follow-up.

Prairie dogs sold as exotic pets are believed to have been infected in an Illinois pet shop by a Gambian giant rat imported from Africa.

Of 24 million phoned-in votes, 50.28 percent were for Studdard, putting him 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.

Thirty-three of the 42 men had been arrested by Wednesday evening, said Daniel Bogden, U.S. attorney in Nevada.

Hispanics, the fastest growing ethnic group in the US, have overtaken blacks to become the largest minority in the US, according to newly released government figures.

The events mark the latest twists in an unfolding scandal involving a form of trading that takes advantage of delays in the ways funds are priced.

The number of lung transplantations also increased from 30 to 64, and the mean waiting time on the transplant list decreased from 290 days to 87 days.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Tuesday introduced its Athlon MP 2800+ processor for entry-level one- and two-way servers and workstations.

The University of Louisville also is auditing Shumaker's expenses while he was president there.

Though she defeated Williams on May 17 in the semifinals at Rome, Mauresmo isn't favored today.

As a result of the decision, Brown said CareFirst subscribers won't have access to Blue Cross Blue Shield nationwide and to international service providers.

Delmon was 5 when Dmitri was drafted with the fourth pick by St. Louis in 1991.

"Tomorrow at the Mission Inn, I have the opportunity to congratulate the governor-elect of the great state of California.

Then it temporarily retracts the hard drive's read-write head until the system is stabilized again.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 3.47 points, or 0.36 percent, to 977.59.

In morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 40.12, or 0.5 percent, at 8,571.69, having fallen 51 points Monday.

The poll shows Bill White supported by 53 percent of surveyed voters -- Orlando Sanchez by 35 percent.

The government recently shelved peace talks with the MILF, being brokered by Malaysia, after a string of attacks, including three bombings, on Mindanao.

On Monday, Lynch was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Prisoner of War medals at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.

"Mr Gilbertson would have been entitled to these (pension) payments irrespective of the circumstances in which he left the company," Mr Argus said.

They found that 18 percent of the men who took finasteride, or 803 men, developed prostate cancer.

He is suspected of being a key figure in Jemaah Islamiyah, the al-Qa'eda-linked terror group which has been blamed for the bombings.

Mr. Day said that the consequences had been "catastrophic" for the women involved and for the many mixed-race children shunned in their communities.

The Conference Board reported its U.S. Consumer Confidence Index slipped to 83.5 in June from 83.6 in May.

A cul de sac with homes burned to the foundation was visible from above.

The billing mix-up, for between $100,000 and $250,000, went unnoticed until after their legal defense fund paid out roughly $7 million in fees.

His attorney said he is disputing the accusations through the securities dealers association's hearing process.

Black Democratic leaders were trying to arrange a meeting with Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe to discuss the layoffs of 10 minority staffers at party headquarters.

Douglas Robinson, a senior vice president of finance, will take over as chief financial officer on an interim basis.

United States State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said: 'It is our judgment that the possible avenues to a peaceful resolution were not fully explored at the Tokyo conference.

The same survey a month ago had Street leading Katz 42 percent to 34 percent, with 21 percent undecided.

A search for three missing teenagers uncovered at least two bodies buried beneath freshly poured concrete in the basement of a house, authorities said Wednesday.

Amazon also reported that the New York Attorney General's office had settled civil fraud charges with one of the spoofers it identified.

In the latest violence, insurgents threw a bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing one soldier.

Once converted, BayStar will own an aggregate of approximately 2.95 million shares of SCO common stock or 17.5 percent of the company's outstanding shares.

Worldwide, the disease has now infected 6,727 people in 30 countries and caused 478 deaths.

"It would be completely irresponsible to reverse course and kill country-of-origin labeling," said Daschle.

Change will take time, but is necessary for the nation's largest home improvement store chain if it is to grow amid increasing competition, chief executive Bob Nardelli said.

The new version, W32/Sobig.C-mm, had already reached a "high level" outbreak status by Monday, according to security analysts.

If convicted of the spying charges, he could face the death penalty.

Lucas Goodrum, 21, of Scottsville was arrested Sunday in the death of Katie Autry, of Pellville.

Police said they arrested a man on suspicion of burglary, which covers unauthorized entry.

Dennehy, who transferred to Baylor last year after getting kicked off the University of New Mexico Lobos for temper tantrums, had begun to read the Bible daily.

Bulger's brother is now on the agency's ''10 Most Wanted'' list, sought in connection with 21 murders.

Complicating the situation is the presence of battle-hardened Liberians who have been fighting on both sides.

"We're pleased with the judge's decision," said Mark Herr, spokesman for Merrill Lynch.

Her lawyer, M. H. Reese Norris, called the decision an injustice and promised to appeal.

"From Justin to Kelly," starring "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson and runner-up Justin Guarini, opened at No. 11 with only $2.9 million.

"A more favorable job market was a major factor in the turnaround," said Lynn Franco, Director of the Conference Board Consumer Research Center.

The veteran rock group's four-disc DVD set, called Four Flicks and due Nov. 11 from TGA Entertainment, is expected to be one of the holiday season's top sellers.

Compounding the pain for bonds, housing starts jumped a strong 6.1 percent in May while industrial output edged up 0.1 percent, just beating forecasts of a flat outcome.

Her body was found at the foot of a back staircase in the couple's expensive home in Durham.

TVT Records sought $360 million in punitive damages and $30 million in compensatory damages, officials said.

The euro was at 126.38/43 yen little changed from its late U.S. level of 126.35 yen but down sharply from around 127.60 yen the same time on Tuesday.

The loss ends the run of four straight Williams vs. Williams major finals, all won by Serena.

"It just seems like all the issues that we support, he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus of LULAC.

Mr. Heatley, who suffered a broken jaw and torn knee ligaments, faces several charges.

The film is the second of a trilogy, which will wrap up in November with The Matrix Revolutions.

ONA explicitly stated that it did not receive intelligence material indicating that Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist network was planning to mount an operation in Bali.

The body's hair, sources said, appeared to be blond with dark roots, the same as Aronov's.

The state wanted every insurer doing business in California to turn over records of Holocaust-era insurance policies or risk losing its license to operate in the state.

Selenski descended down the wall and used the mattress to climb over razor wire.

It added that unless the problems are fixed, "the scene is set for another accident."

Canadian officials have agreed to run a complementary threat response exercise.

"There is the real potential for a secondary collapse," Gov. James McGreevey said.

Certain to give Democrats hope was Bush's hypothetical matchup with a generic Democrat; the president prevailed 43 percent to 38 percent.

Oracle followed with 33.8 percent of the market and Microsoft came in third with an 18 percent share.

Weather forecasters are sending out warnings for heavy rainfall that could wash out the tail end of the holiday weekend.

"It seems to me ... we're just dealing with bragging rights here, who wins and who loses," said Gammerman, who heard the case without a jury.

In addition, primary care trusts (PCTs) were given star ratings for the first time this year.

Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.

For legal purposes, J.P. Morgan and Citigroup neither admit nor deny the SEC charges under the settlements.

Even as little as 2 or 3 grams of trans fat a day — a glazed doughnut has 4 grams — can increase health risks.

During 2001 and 2002, Morgenthau said, wire transfers from just four of Beacon Hill's 40 accounts totaled more than $3.2 billion.

House Democrats are planning a series of town meetings throughout the nation this month to lay out their complaints about the House bill.

Opponents of the ban also are planning a protest rally at City Hall tomorrow at 1 p.m. to coincide with the scheduled start of the state ban.

He left the army for Syria where he received religious training.

He fought for laws that kept his daughter segregated and in an inferior position.

Also Wednesday, a minibus detonated a roadside bomb in a Baghdad traffic tunnel, killing two people and wounding two others, hospital officials said.

Buchan responded by first noting that, in crafting the tax relief packages, "the president has always had both the short-term and the long-term in mind."

The Ottoman Dignity will carry the oil to a Turkish refinery on the Aegean coast.

Police using pepper spray arrested 12 people Monday night at a march and rally by about 400 activists protesting an annual training seminar of the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit.

According to SunnComm's Peter Jacobs, "MediaMax performs exactly as 'advertised' to the companies who purchased it.

Swartz, indicted in February, had argued that New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.

Batters faced: Sheets 28, Vizcaino 2, DeJean 4, Clement 26, Alfonseca 4, Guthrie 2, Farnsworth 4.

Police launched an international hunt for Shevaun Pennington after she ran away with 31-year-old Toby Studabaker Saturday.

Then, suddenly, the ONS reported a fresh 0.6 per cent slump in manufacturing output.

Qantas issued its second profit downgrade in six weeks yesterday, as the airline warned of more job cuts owing to the ongoing impact of SARS on passenger demand.

The company said industrywide sales of consumer film in China during April and May were nearly half of the amount sold during the same two months a year ago.

Gyorgy Heizler, head of the local disaster unit, said the coach had been carrying 38 passengers.

A Chinese court yesterday jailed two people for life and imprisoned 12 others for organising a sex party involving hundreds of Japanese tourists.

It's one of the nicer rounds I have ever played and the best chance I have ever had of a 59."

Mr. Mask said Mr. Cullen would be taken from the Somerset County Jail by Thursday and moved to the Ann Klein Forensic Hospital just outside Trenton for psychiatric care.

Ohmer ruled the law warranted further review by the Missouri Supreme Court and would have caused irreparable harm had it taken effect Saturday.

Chera Larkins, 32, of Manhattan, charged with three sham marriages, is also charged with perjury and filing a false instrument.

Muhammad and Malvo, 18, are not related, but have referred to each other as father and son.

Five foreign embassies, including the Singapore embassy in Bangkok, were among those targeted," the Singapore statement said.

A company spokesman declined to comment further Wednesday, and a Redding Medical Center official didn't immediately return telephone calls.

The Cleveland Cavaliers won the right to draft James by winning the NBA's annual lottery Thursday night.

The organizers of the University Games, which began Thursday, were hoping North Korea's participation would help boost inter-Korean reconciliation in the leadup to this week's summit.

"Intel will use this advancement along with other innovations, such as strained silicon and tri-gate transistors, to extend transistor scaling and Moore's Law," he added.

Arthur Benson, attorney for the case's plaintiff schoolchildren, said he will appeal.

He explained that he found Antetonitrus when he came to Wits in 2001 as a post-doctoral research assistant at England's University of Bristol.

The bodies of some of the dead, pulled out from under the train, were laid out beside the tracks while emergency services brought in wooden coffins.

"I had no direct interest and Craxi begged me to intervene because he believed the operation damaged the state," he told a packed courtroom during a 45-minute address.

The Winston-Salem, North Carolina company opened six stores during the quarter, bringing the total to 282.

Besides Hampton and Newport News, the grant funds water testing in Yorktown, King George County, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.

Kim Clijsters reached the French Open final for the second time, benefiting from a little luck Thursday to erase a set point and beating unseeded Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-1.

However, we have decided to opt for the European consortium's engine as the best overall solution and due to the substantial price efforts made".

The department ordered an 18.2 percent reduction for Allstate Texas Lloyds and a 12 percent reduction for State Farm Lloyds.

The study was published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine (news - web sites).

On Tuesday, the Nikkei Average dropped 107.08 points, or 1.3 percent, to close at 8,120.24.

Volume was moderate at 827.68 million shares, up from 798.95 million at the same point Tuesday.

A magnitude 8 quake hit the area Friday, setting off a fire in another tank that consumed 188,700 barrels, of crude oil.

"The European Union is basically absent," said Tito Barbini, regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy.

The drop in core wholesale prices in April reflected falling prices for cars, trucks, men's and boy's clothes and cigarettes.

Yunos allegedly prepared the bombs' wiring while Al-Ghozi reportedly admitted preparing the switch on the alarm-clock triggers and packing the explosives, the prosecutors said.

Veteran entertainer Bob Hope celebrates his 100th birthday - and many years in showbusiness - on Thursday.

Iraq is selling about 10 million barrels of oil that's currently in storage.

A 114-year-old Japanese woman who had assumed the title of the world's oldest person last month died Thursday, a spokesperson for Hiroshima city said.

So was Edie Falco, the critically praised co-star of "Frankie and Johnny."

All 180,000 DHS employees soon will receive a lapel pin and personalized certificate bearing the seal, DHS said.

Althardt said there was no indication that any of the sick children needed to be hospitalized.

Hatab suffered a broken hyoid bone, a U-shaped bone that supports the tongue.

Until now, sales of the entertainment-oriented PCs have been limited to the United States, Canada and Korea.

A Stage 1 episode is declared when ozone levels reach 0.20 parts per million.

A Global Crossing spokeswoman and a Pentagon spokesman declined to comment.

State Education Commissioner Kent King said Wednesday that the scores on the Missouri Assessment Program tests disappointed him.

His mother contacted the Federal Public Defender's office in Sacramento, which has agreed to handle his surrender, she says.

A $50 million plan to keep Detroit Receiving and Hutzel Women's hospitals open was offered Tuesday under proposed funding from state officials.

Dean aides estimated the plan would cost about $88 billion annually, and Dean said he would pay for it by eliminating portions of Bush's tax cuts.

Meanwhile, Harrison said, investigators were working through the holiday to prevent a potential outbreak of the deadly disease and to calm public fears about the food supply.

Added Mr. Prodi: "Maybe, but the old age helps us to understand our strengths and our weakness."

A jury convicted rapper C-Murder, also known as Corey Miller, of second-degree murder Tuesday night in the shooting death of a 16-year-old in a Jefferson Parish nightclub.

Consolidated operating income for the fourth quarter was $570 million, up 26% from the $452 million reported a year ago.

He'll be swept over any minute or just die of the cold, Moriarty thought.

Baz Luhrmann's opulent version of the Puccini opera will fold June 29 after a disappointing seven-month run and losses of about $6 million.

FRIENDS of Robert De Niro yesterday rallied around him after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Consumer groups are against the changes, saying they hurt individuality in markets.

The bodies of 17 undocumented immigrants who suffocated in a stifling trailer were discovered yesterday at a south Texas truck stop where smugglers had abandoned them.

If convicted of violating the Truth in Domain Names Act, Zuccarini could face up to four years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Dewhurst's proposal calls for an abrupt end to the controversial "Robin Hood" plan for school finance.

Dynes came to UC San Diego in 1991 after 22 years as a physicist with AT&T Bell Labs.

Lawmakers at the closed-door hearing focused on the National Intelligence Estimate reports on Iraq's chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs.

This left the Eurotop 300 benchmark about six points off its highest level since January 17 -- hit earlier in the session.

One of the 14 Kurds pointed at the word "refugee" in an English/Turkish dictionary.

The military said it had killed 12 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, for the loss of six soldiers wounded.

Last year, he made his first foray into public politics, running a successful proposition campaign to secure state funding for after-school programs.

Officials are trying to retrieve the bodies from the water," police officer J.D. Tambe told Reuters, adding 26 of the dead were women.

Two convicted killers and another inmate escaped from a state prison on a busy street Wednesday by cutting through a fence, a Corrections Department official said.

The court case does not include another rule, which also took effect Nov. 29, that allows cell customers to keep their phone numbers when they switch wireless companies.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI added 47.9 points, or 0.52 percent, to 9,174.35.

Mitchell Garabedian, an attorney representing many young men who have claimed they were molested by Geoghan, said he was shocked and surprised to hear of the jail death.

Leung faces a sentence of up to 50 years if convicted on all counts.

Belcher said the airport's conference room became a shelter for several families who had hiked up hillsides ahead of rising water.

The company posted a profit of $54.3 million, or 22 cents per share, in the year-ago period.

Both sets of findings were presented Dec. 1 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago.

Duque arrived with Foale and Kaleri but will return to Earth with Lu and Malenchenko.

The talks, the first involving Washington and Pyongyang since April, had their share of fireworks.

The confusion capped a tumultuous week for the list, which is intended to block about 80 percent of telemarketing calls.

The blaze then spread to several surrounding structures on the property and destroyed them.

Among those waiting a turn was Jodie Singer, a sixth-grader from Washington, D.C.

"We can presume that we've prevented a very large number of infections and some significant amount of clinical disease," he said.

In an editorial in the journal, two breast-cancer researchers said hormones' effect on the breast created a double-whammy that is "almost unique" in medicine.

Consumers still would have to get a descrambling security card from their cable operator to plug into the set.

Mr. Turner transferred about 10 million shares to a charitable trust before they were sold.

NASA officials are delicately seeking advice on what to do with the 84,000 shattered pieces from Columbia, cautiously broaching the idea of putting some shuttle parts on display.

Customers can use Release Candidate 1 of Exchange Server 2003--available Monday--as a stepping stone to the final release this summer.

Air Canada, the largest airline in Canada and No. 11 in the world, has been under court protection from creditors since April 1.

Mr. Sweeney outlined plans for the campaign in a speech last night in Philadelphia at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.

The fire began about two hours later, the result of an explosion that was likely caused by a steam leak, officials said.

For the entire season, the average five-day forecast track error was 259 miles, Franklin said.

He urged Congress to "send me the final bill as soon as possible so that I can sign it into law."

"Clearly, the debate (over recent developments) has had an effect," says David Smith of the Human Rights Campaign.

The commission estimated California lost $937 million to corporate tax shelters in 2001.

These men "are entitled to respect for their private lives," Kennedy said.

The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek authorization to create a separate group.

The elderly and those with weakened immune systems are also urged to protect against mosquito bites.

Turkish authorities have said all the suicide bombers were Turks.

Kadyrov was not injured, but four of his bodyguards were among those killed.

Green wrote, The documents show that in one two-month period, Bennett wired more than $1.4 million to cover losses.

A subsequent report claimed that Jackson had actually become a member of the Nation of Islam.

Palm Wednesday announced plans to acquire Handspring, a company started by Jeff Hawkins, regarded by many as the father of the Palm handheld.

Seven of the nine major Democratic presidential candidates will address the forum.

Declining issues outnumbered advancers nearly 2 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange.

The new system costs between $1.1 million and $22 million, depending on configuration.

Monday said it has its first customer for its controversial Intellectual Property Compliance License for SCO UNIX Rights.

Patients' rights advocates crashed it by squeezing into camera range, protesting the FMA's acceptance of major financial support from First Professionals Insurance.

The dollar fell as low as $1.1624 per euro from $1.1486 on Friday, and traded at $1.1594 at 10:15 a.m. in London.

German prosecutors have ruled out any charges in Germany, meaning extradition "could happen very soon," Ullrich said.

The trial is entering a crucial stage as Italy prepares to assume the rotating presidency of the European Union on July 1.

"I've stopped looters, run political parties out of abandoned buildings, caught people with large amounts of cash and weapons," Williams said.

There were conflicting reports about the number of casualties yesterday.

The first health-care worker in the country to die of SARS was a Filipina-Canadian who contracted the disease at North York General Hospital, the site of the second outbreak.

Nextel Partners Inc. NXTP.O , which provides wireless phone service, fell 59 cents, or 9.8 percent, to $5.41.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was off 0.11 percent, or 1.78 points, at 1,594.13.

Tennessee officials are setting up relief services and mobile communications in Jackson after power was wiped out in the town.

Colin Powell, the Secretary of State, said contacts with Iran would not stop.

The workers accuse General Dynamics of "reverse age discrimination" because of a change in retirement benefits in 1997.

South San Francisco's Genentech, the world's second-biggest biotechnology company, rose 6.6 percent to $66.73.

Wyoming and New Mexico both reported two deaths within the past week.

Net revenue rose to $3.99 billion from $3.85 billion during the same quarter last year.

"I'm not going to be sponsoring it because it is not our proposal but I'm not going to be negative about it".

Sources within the racing industry have told the Daily Bulletin that Fontana will get a second NASCAR race on Labor Day weekend starting next season.

Another shooting linked to the spree occurred Nov. 11 at Hamilton Central Elementary in Obetz, about two miles from the freeway.

Common side effects include nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat and cough, the FDA said.

NBC probably will end the season as the second most popular network behind CBS, which is first among the key 18-to-49-year-old demographic.

The judge said Congress is the best forum for weighing the prescription drug importation issue.

NBC will probably end the season as the second most popular network behind CBS, although it's first among the key 18-to-49-year-old demographic.

Happy Family has ex-Night Court star Larroquette and Christine Baranski as a couple whose children move back home after college.

And because it is so far out in international water, salvage company Odyssey Marine Exploration does not have to share the wealth with coastal state governments.

The European Commission has developed a set of guidelines to help public administrators decide whether to migrate their enterprises to Open Source Software or not.

Thirty-seven per cent of CEOs who expect stronger profits cited reduced costs as the main reason.

Nine seconds later, it broke the sound barrier and continued its steep powered ascent.

"New Yorkers didn't embrace these units like they could have," said Matthew Daus, chairman of the commission.

The NLC advised motorists to stay at home and petrol stations to shut down during the strike.

The resolution was approved with no debate by delegates at the bar association's annual meeting here.

Reacting to Thompson's attack, Ed Skyler, a spokesman for Bloomberg, said the controller's statements, "while noteworthy for their sensationalism, bear no relation to the facts."

New chief executive Mark McInnes has already said that capping costs would be the number one priority for David Jones as part of the review process.

The currency briefly weakened slightly on Monday to trade at 55.34/39, not far from its record low of 55.75.

Its former chief Mickey Robinson was fired for cause when he left in September, the company said.

Announcing the selection, Kmart CEO Julian Day said Grey will help the retailer "find creative ways to communicate the unique strengths of Kmart to the new America consumer."

Today's barrage could have been a show of force as the military steps up security against threats of intensified attacks over the Christmas holiday by Baghdad's 14 identified guerrilla cells.

This year the Audubon Society once again hosts its annual Christmas Bird Count.

Dotson told FBI agents that he shot Dennehy after the player tried to shoot him, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.

The final price will be the lower of a 5 per cent discount to the average trading price over the period or $5.50, the institutional placement price.

The Coast Guard airlifted the survivors to Bartlett Regional Hospital, Wetherell said.

"For one thing, it says, 'Come on, it's working,' " said Don Marti, editor in chief of the Linux Journal.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI edged up 13.33 points, or 0.15 percent, to 9,196.55.

Google's investors include prominent VC firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital, the paper noted.

Since then, Acacia had only had supervised visits with her grandmother, she said.

The last month has been a whirlwind for an 18-year-old who led his high school team to the Ohio state championship.

It seemed like an isolated incident," said Ariel Dean of Washington D.C., who earned a degree in political science.

"For the same reason Dell and Gateway can get TVs, there's no reason Wal-Mart can't get computers," said Steve Baker, an analyst with NPD Group.

Congratulations on being named Time magazine's Person of the Year.

A new study, conducted in Europe, found the medicine worked just as well as an earlier disputed study, sponsored by ImClone Systems, said it did.

"People are obviously inconvenienced," said Dr. Jim Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.

"I had never wanted the matter to come to court and have been overwhelmed by the whole court process and the media coverage that has surrounded the case.

The US will take on Canada in the third-place play-off in Carson on Saturday.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield <US10YT=RR> dipped below 4.20 percent on Tuesday.

The industry groups non-manufacturing index rose to 50.7 during the month, up from Marchs reading of 47.9.

Named after the msblast.exe file that contains the program, MSBlast continued to spread to new computers on Thursday, but the rate of infection has slowed significantly.

The nation, Bush said, "will not stand by and wait for another attack, or trust in the restraint and good intentions of evil men."

The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> advanced 11 points, or 1.25 percent, to 931.

Another recent study shows that about 12 million adults have been diagnosed with diabetes and an additional 5 million adults have it but do not know it.

A weak cold front could bring thunderstorms into South Texas on Sunday at the same time a tropical wave moves in from the Yucatan.

"I feel that my supervision was inadequate," Minister of Health Twu Shiing-jer told parliament after he tendered his resignation to the island's premier.

An incremental step reported by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, is the latest in a decade-long effort.

The plan, which Pataki has said is unconstitutional as written, would cost the state $5.1 billion over the next 30 years.

U.S. prosecutors have arrested more than 130 individuals and have seized more than $17 million in a continuing crackdown on Internet fraud and abuse.

"Arifin has disclosed to the ISD that he is involved with a group of like-minded individuals in planning terrorist attacks against certain targets in Thailand," the government said.

Davey graduated Saturday from Northwest College, which is affiliated with the Assemblies of God, with a bachelor of arts degree in religion and philosophy.

The pressure may well rise on Thursday, with national coverage of the final round planned by ESPN, the cable sports network.

On Monday, as first reported by CNET News.com, the RIAA withdrew a DMCA notice to Penn State University's astronomy and astrophysics department.

Nottingham found speech is treated unequally because the list applies to calls from businesses but not charities.

"IT is the only vehicle on which established economies will be able to compete," Barrett said.

Some opposition leaders said they would reserve comment until mourning was over, but others called for the immediate withdrawal of troops.

The consumer group generated $4.47 billion of profit and $20 billion of revenue from January to June, 53% of Citigroup's profit and revenue.

Kiernan testified that Seifert had received a gunshot wound to the back.

There was no immediate comment from Savage, who did not respond to E-mail requests for an interview.

Sources say agents confiscated "several" documents he was carrying.

In the ensuing gun battle two Palestinian militants were killed and 17 people were wounded.

"If you have more turnovers, if you're at the bottom of the league in turnover ratio [Washington was 29th], your chances aren't good.

Women who eat potatoes and other tuberous vegetables during pregnancy may be at risk of triggering type 1 diabetes in their children, Melbourne researchers believe.

ALBANY, N.Y. State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno announced Friday he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

"The £5m would give BA a considerable return on the £5 it originally paid the government for the aircraft."

There is only one drug on the market for macular degeneration, and it is approved to treat only one subtype that represents a minority of cases.

And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".

The local people say four Iraqis were killed and four were injured.

Veteran stage and screen actor Hume Cronyn died of cancer Sunday.

Tongue-in-cheek, it recounts incidents where the Chief Executive and his administration let the people of Hong Kong down.

The gunman, identified as Harold Kilpatrick Jr., 26, had left a note saying he "wanted to kill some people and die today."

Several thousand 3rd Infantry troops, including the 3rd Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Benning in Columbus, began returning last week.

The new department is charged with patrolling borders, analyzing U.S. intelligence, responding to emergencies and guarding against terrorism, among other tasks.

The broadside came during the recording Saturday night of a Christmas concert attended by top Vatican cardinals, bishops and many elite of Italian society, witnesses said.

So in his State of the Union address in January, Bush declared that the British government "has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

Several witnesses have told the court Bashir heads JI, accused of seeking to create an Islamic state in the region.

People who once thought their blood pressure was fine actually may be well on their way to hypertension under new U.S. guidelines published on Wednesday.

A 32-count indictment "strikes at one of the very top targets in the drug trafficking world," U.S. Attorney Marcos Jimenez said.

The jury also found Gonzales guilty of using excessive force by dousing Olvera-Carrera with pepper spray.

The council includes 13 Shiites, five Kurds, five Sunnis, one Christian and one Turkoman.

Oran Smith, president of the Palmetto Family Council, said the assassination marked the end of America's innocence.

Yee is a 1990 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.

Militias also attacked local United Nations offices and, according to a United Nations spokesman, have fired into crowds seeking shelter near the airport in Bunia.

Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertsons Inc. bargain jointly with Safeway and locked out their union workers the next day.

When ex-Mepham head coach Kevin McElroy walked into the court to testify, some of the victims' supporters turned their backs on him.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI ended up 56.79 points, or 0.67 percent, at 8,588.36 -- its highest level since January 17.

SUVs parked on residential streets in Monrovia were tagged with "ELF" and other slogans, and another was set ablaze in front of a house, Sgt. Tom Wright said.

The number of public WiFi hot spots will grow from the current 50,000 to 85,000 by the end of 2004, IDC said.

The launch marks the start of a new golden age in Mars exploration.

Brendsel and chief financial officer Vaughn Clarke resigned June 9.

Among those awaiting Schwarzenegger's decision was former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan.

As a precaution, NASA instructed space station astronauts to periodically seek shelter from the storm's effects in the station's Russian module.

National City shares were down 15 cents to $32.43 on the New York Stock Exchange.

Entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the network's chokepoints and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them.

The village last said sorry in 1993, when it presented the Methodist Church of Fiji with Baker's boots - which cannibals had tried unsuccessfully to cook and eat.

"I came basically to Washington to establish relationships and to make sure that we are getting more federal money to California," Schwarzenegger said after meeting with congressional Republicans.

Southwest said its traffic was up 4.6 percent in the quarter, and it ended the quarter with $2.2 billion in cash.

The vulnerability affects an interface with RPC that deals with message exchange over TCP/IP port 135, according to Microsoft.

Smith, 59, is charged with fraud for allegedly filing false reports to FBI headquarters about Leung's reliability and with gross negligence for allegedly allowing her access to classified materials.

The proportion of people covered by employers dropped from 62.3 percent in 2001 to 61.3 percent last year.

Miss Stewart is being prosecuted not because of who she is but what she did," Mr Comey continued.

THE compact disc could be history within five years after scientists invented a replacement the size of a fingertip.

Authorities questioned O'Dell in Pennsylvania over the weekend after identifying her through records at the self-storage company.

The delay comes on the heels of Boeing Chairman Phil Condit's resignation Monday.

Fighting erupted after four North Korean journalists confronted a dozen South Korean activists protesting human rights abuses in the North outside the main media centre.

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. Annika Sorenstam drew the crowds, Michelle Wie got the publicity but Angela Stanford took her first LPGA victory.

Founders of the group are Matsushita Electric, Sony, Hitachi, NEC, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba.

Global Crossing wants documents related to the regulatory-approval process and information on XO employee Carl Griver, who used to work for Global Crossing.

Roy Moore, the suspended chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, stood accused but unrepentant Wednesday in the same courtroom he recently presided over.

Faced with these circumstances, Halliburton "is left with no option for providing these services from Kuwait other than to continue obtaining them from Altanmia," Sumner wrote.

The three-story brick building has apartments on the upper floors and the Snack Bar and Café downstairs.

But the technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 5.91 points, or 0.35 percent, at 1,674.35.

The teenager was in surgery at a hospital and the extent of his injuries was not available, police said.

But a senior State Department official said: "We'll decide how to keep the proper incentives there for countries to sign and for countries that have signed to ratify."

Yahoo accounts for 159,354 of the BSD sites, with 152,054 from NTT/Verio and 129,378 from Infospace, the survey found.

First Essex, with $1.8 billion of assets, employs about 360 people and operates 11 offices in Massachusetts and nine in southern New Hampshire.

Mark Longabaugh, the league's vice president for political affairs, said that Kempthorne has "shown a distinct contempt for environmental protection."

Stanford bested a 144-player field that included former winners Sorenstam and Juli Inkster, as well as 13-year-old phenom Michelle Wie.

But those modest gains weren't nearly enough to offset the loss of 43,000 jobs in Santa Clara County and 18,000 jobs in the San Francisco-Peninsula-Marin area.

According to law enforcement officials, the person arrested was a known sophisticated hacker.

The stunning art robbery on Sunday was one of the biggest in Europe in recent years.

The new orders index rose to 52.2 percent from 51.9 percent in May.

Bush turned out a statement yesterday thanking the commission for its work, and said, "Our journey into space will go on."

After three months, Atkins dieters had lost an average of 14.7 pounds compared to 5.8 pounds in the conventional group.

"I would rather be talking about positive numbers than negative.

Pataki praised Abraham's decision, and LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said the cable should be kept in operation permanently.

Mr McDonnell is leading Grant Thornton International's inquiry into the Italian business.

The Tuesday Supreme Court announcement stems from an appeal involving Michael Newdow, a California atheist whose 9-year-old daughter, like most elementary schoolchildren, hears the pledge recited daily.

Several states and the federal government later passed similar or more strict bans.

Immunizing mice with pneumococcusleads tothe generation of antibodies that the researchers think lead to the protection from heart disease, he said.

After Freitas' opening statement, King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel recessed trial until after the Thanksgiving weekend.

He said McKevitt was "the man who has the blood of innocent people on his hands".

The governor is going to Jackson, where 13 of the state's 16 fatalities were reported.

The Ministry of Defence said that "an investigation is being conducted into allegations that have been made against a British officer who was serving in Iraq".

Mr. Malik assured him that he would be considered a martyr if he did not return, the witness testified.

Florida Sen. Bob Graham was not identifiable by 61 percent of those polled.

That kept the records sealed as Limbaugh's attorneys prepared to file an appeal.

States of emergency were declared in all four states as well as West Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey and Washington DC.

At midnight on Wednesday, 68 percent of voters said "no" to the tax, with 97 percent of the votes counted.

PwC itself paid $5m last year over alleged violations of independence rules.

The addition of the house shooting expands the investigation area east by two miles, with the police now examining a seven-mile section of the freeway.

He planned to stay all day until the river crested, which was forecast for late last night.

The New York Yankees took third baseman Eric Duncan from Seton Hall Prep in New Jersey with the 27th pick.

Gehring waived extradition Monday during a hearing in San Jose, and authorities said they expected him back in New Hampshire on Tuesday.

"I am advised that certain allegations of criminal conduct have been interposed against my counsel," said Silver.

Crews worked to install a new culvert and prepare the highway so motorists could use the eastbound lanes for travel as storm clouds threatened to dump more rain.

The deal, approved by both companies' board of directors, is expected to be completed in the third quarter of Nvidia's fiscal third quarter.

After Hughes refused to rehire Hernandez, he complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Bethany Hamilton remained in stable condition Saturday after the attack Friday morning.

Last week the power station’s US owners, AES Corp, walked away from the plant after banks and bondholders refused to accept its financial restructuring offer.

Sobig.F spreads when unsuspecting computer users open file attachments in emails that contain such familiar headings as "Thank You!," "Re: Details" or "Re: That Movie."

Current Chief Operating Officer Mike Butcher and Group Chief Financial Officer Alex Arena will report to So.

Domestic sales at both GM and No. 2 Ford Motor Co. declined more than predicted as a late summer sales frenzy prompted a larger-than-expected industry backlash.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there were 19 reported cases of measles in the United States in 2002.

A tropical storm rapidly developed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday and could have hurricane-force winds when it hits land somewhere along the Louisiana coast Monday night.

But company officials expect the costs of the replacement work to run into the millions of dollars.

Under the agreement, the settling companies will also assign their potential claims against the underwriters to the investors, he added.

Air Commodore John Quaife said the security operation was unprecedented.

The countys first and only human case of West Nile this year was confirmed by health officials on Sept. 8.

General Moseley and a senior aide presented their assessments at an internal briefing for American and allied military officers at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada on Thursday.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 7.42 points, or 0.45 percent, at 1,653.44.

To watch pay television, consumers would insert into the set a security card provided by their cable service.

The gain came as a result of fewer credit losses and lower interest rates.

The product also streams Internet radio and comes with a 30-day free trial for RealNetworks' Rhapsody digital music subscription service.

Australia was flat, Singapore was down 0.3 percent by midday and South Korea added 0.2 percent.

Evidence suggests two victims were taken by surprise, while the others may have tried to flee or perhaps defend themselves or their friends, police said.

In the memo, Ballmer reiterated the open-source threat to Microsoft.

A plane carrying 75 people, including 62 Spanish peacekeepers returning from Afghanistan, crashed in thick fog in Turkey early on Monday, killing all aboard, officials said.

Moroccan Interior Minister Al Mustapha Sahel told state-run 2M television late Saturday the investigation "points to a group that has been arrested recently" an apparent reference to Salafist Jihad.

"I'm delighted that David Chase has decided to give us another chapter in the great Sopranos saga," said HBO Chairman Chris Albrecht in a statement.

He and Zilkha believed that only a new board would have had the credibility to restore El Paso to health.

"There's no reason for you to keep your skills up," U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz told McGriff after he was sentenced.

"I'm absolutely confident we're going to have a bill," Frist, R-Tenn., said Thursday.

"She should be ashamed of herself for playing politics with this important issue," said state budget division spokesman Andrew Rush.

Federal investigators are looking for possible connections between the theft of 1,100 pounds of an explosive chemical from construction companies in Colorado and California in the past week.

Comcast has about 21.3 million cable subscribers, many in the largest U.S. cities.

But under cross-examination by O'Donnell's attorney, Lorna Schofield, Toepfer conceded she had ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.

A Cuban architect was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday for using two fake grenades to hijack a passenger plane from Cuba to Florida in April.

In a series of raids, Moroccan police arrested 33 suspects Saturday, including some linked to the radical Djihad Salafist group, a senior government official said.

The son of circus trapeze artists turned vaudevillians, O'Connor was carried onstage for applause when he was 3 days old.

Missouri kicked Ricky Clemons off its team, ending his troubled career there.

In his new position, Dynes will earn $395,000, a significant increase over Atkinson's salary of $361,400.

The daily Hurriyet said the raid aimed to foil a Turkish plot to kill an unnamed senior Iraqi Kurdish official in Kirkuk, but Gul has denied any Turkish plot.

"We're in the Stanley Cup finals, and it was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games.

The dollar was at 117.85 yen against the Japanese currency, up 0.1 percent.

Snow's remark on the dollar's effects on exports ``has a psychological impact,'' said Hans Redeker, head of foreign- exchange strategy at BNP Paribas.

The women said victims of rape who came forward were routinely punished for minor infractions while their attackers escaped judgment, prompting most victims to remain silent.

"The National has no interest in acquiring AMP while AMP owns its U.K. business," NAB chief executive Frank Cicutto said.

"As is the case with all appointees, Commissioner Anson is accountable to me," Rowland said.

Oracle on Friday launched a $5.1 billion hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft.

Taha's husband, former oil minister Amer Mohammed Rashid, surrendered to U.S. forces on April 28.

Seven 20- and 21-year-old male cadets were caught in an off-campus hotel room early Saturday with two female teens, 16 and 18 years.

"It's always fun to come to Colorado," said Dixon, who moved into second in the IRL standings behind Kanaan.

Last year, Congress passed similar, though less expensive, buyout legislation for peanut farmers to end that program that also dated from the Depression years.

Moore of Alabama says he will appeal his case to the nation's highest court.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI jumped 2.09 percent, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX leapt 2.23 percent.

The euro's rise against the yen and speculation of Japanese intervention helped the dollar firm to 117.25 yen , well above a 10-month low of 116 yen hit on Thursday.

Stocks closed largely unchanged, with the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index dipping 1.17 points, to 1,046.94.

Investigators "were chipping away at the concrete to get to the body," said Chris Butler, who lives across the street in the quiet city neighborhood.

Mr. Nicolas is an uncle of Abner Louima, who was tortured by New York City police officers in 1997.

The technique is used during the second and, occasionally, third trimester of pregnancy.

"Sitting around in base camp knocking back cans of beer - that I don't particularly regard as mountaineering."

Hope is survived by his wife; sons Anthony and Kelly; daughters Linda and Nora Somers; and four grandchildren.

The letter bomb sent to Prodi exploded in his hands but he was unhurt.

The British Foreign Office said it had mediated the two men's release.

With the remaining three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia accident, the rookies will have to wait even longer.

Israeli soldiers began tearing down settlement outposts in the West Bank yesterday - an Israeli obligation under a new Mideast peace plan.

"These documents are indecipherable to me," the lawyers said, "and the fact is that this investigation has led nowhere."

Despite problems in the job market, the latest snapshot of the labor markets was slightly better than economists were expecting.

Two more bodies were seen floating down the river on Thursday, but could not be retrieved due to the strong currents, local reporters said.

However, the Saudi interior minister, Prince Nayef, denied the reports.

Other members of the organization are believed to be in Pakistani cities, where many of the arrests of key Al Qaeda operatives have taken place.

The defense said the woman testified under an immunity deal protecting her from punishment for lying and other violations of the academy's honor code.

Legato stockholders will get 0.9 of a share of EMC stock for every share of Legato they own.

"Our prognosis for a continued and steady recovery is being realized and the outlook remains bright," said Greg Stuart, president and CEO of the IAB.

South Africa's James Kingston is also on five under after blitzing six birdies on his back nine.

"At least two of [the suspects] were supposed to be in positions of leadership," he said.

"My understanding of this is that there is a lower percentage of successful impregnations with frozen," Ezzell said.

"McDonald's Canada only purchases beef from facilities federally inspected and approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency."

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman kicks off the three-day Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology on Monday.

The UN has approximately 600 troops in the town, but they were "neither trained nor equipped" to deal with inter-ethnic violence, Mr Eckhard said.

In late morning trading, Coke shares were down 2 cents at $43.99 on the New York Stock Exchange.

Former prisoner of war Pfc. Jessica Lynch is winning admiration in her hometown all over again for the courage to reveal she was raped by her Iraqi captors.

Taking the pill would lower the risk of heart attack by 88 percent and of stroke by 80 percent, the scientists said.

Shares of Allergan were up 14 cents at $78.40 in late trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

But the United States' ultimate goal was not just to topple Mr. Hussein but to stabilize the country and install a friendly government.

Retail pricing for SMS 2003 with 10 device client access licenses is $1,219.

Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 15.66 to 1,046.79, its best advance since Oct. 1, when it gained 22.25.

She also pledged to bring peace to Iraq: "Americans don't cut and run, we have to see this misadventure through."

The MSN Messenger 6 software will be available from 11 a.m. PST on Wednesday, according to Microsoft.

If the Democrat certifies that there are enough valid signatures, the lieutenant governor must call an election within 60 to 80 days.

It was the most serious breach of royal security since 1982 when an intruder, Michael Fagan, found his way into the Queen's bedroom at Buckingham Palace.

Shares of LendingTree rose $6.03, or 41 percent, to close at $20.72 on the Nasdaq stock market yesterday.

She, in turn, occasionally told John that she was still sleeping with an ex-boyfriend, "Baywatch" hunk Michael Bergin.

"These vulnerabilities all relate to a lack of effective FAA oversight and, if not corrected, could lead to an erosion of safety," said the report.

The network will drop one edition of "Dateline," its newsmagazine franchise.

"I'm really excited about going to Cleveland," James told ESPN.com.

The five main banks are ABN AMRO AAH.AS , ING ING.AS , J.P. Morgan JPM.N , Goldman Sachs GS.N and Rabobank [RABN.UL].

WorldCom's financial troubles came to light last year and the company subsequently filed for bankruptcy in July, 2002.

They underwent more tests over the weekend, and are now warded at Raffles Hospital.

Rich Media interactive ad formats doubled their share from 3% in second quarter of 2002, to 6% in the second quarter of 2003.

The star, who plays schoolgirl Nina Tucker in Neighbours, went to a specialist on June 30 feeling tired and unwell.

Supermarket chains are accusing union leaders of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend as grocery clerks gear up for a possible strike.

Shares of Fox Entertainment Group Inc., News Corp.'s U.S. media and entertainment arm, fell 45 cents to $26.85 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading.

In a telephone interview, Don Asper called the attack "bothersome," before he and his wife contacted the firm's web site provider to have the vandalised page replaced.

York had no problem with MTA's saying the decision to shift funds was within its powers.

License sales, a key measure of demand, fell 21 percent to $107.6 million.

Cheney returned Barbour's favorable introduction by touting Barbour's work as chair of the Republican National Committee.

If Rosie lost more than $4.2 million in a fiscal year, O'Donnell - by contract - would have been permitted to quit.

They say second-quarter earnings reports will be key in giving investors that guidance.

During her two-day visit, Rocca will not meet the rebels since the United States has banned them as a "terrorist organisation".

There were 293 human cases of West Nile in Indiana in 2002, including 11 deaths statewide.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average [$INDU] ended at session highs, gaining 64.64 points, or 0.7 percent, to 9,191.09.

By the time that Reagan left office in 1989, the Navy had nearly 600 ships - about twice the number that it has today.

Macromedia is piloting this product activation system in Contribute to test whether to roll it out to other products.

The issue is unlikely to be resolved until Congress reconvenes in early September.

"We will clearly modify some features of our plans as well as their administration," Reed said in a letter to the NYSE's 1,366 members.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was up 9.05 points, or 0.94 percent, at 972.64.

Best Minister, Scrimshaw, and Ten Most Wanted all had workouts on Monday morning.

In dissent, Judge Gerald W. Heaney said the authorities should have allowed Mr. Singleton to be medicated without the consequence of execution.

The per-share earnings were also 4 cents per share higher than the expectations of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call.

SCO's filings also assert that "the GPL violates the U.S. Constitution, together with copyright, antitrust and export control laws."

NASA plans to explore the Red Planet with ever more sophisticated robotic orbiters and landers.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC rose 17.33 points, or 1.07 percent, to 1,640.13.

Garner said self-proclaimed Baghdad mayor Mohammed Mohsen Zubaidi was released 48 hours after his detention in late April.

The dividend, the company's second this calendar year, is payable on Nov. 7 to shareholders of record at the close of business Oct. 17.

She took the highly unusual step of skipping cabinet to attend a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.

They will not elect as president a Democrat who sounds an uncertain trumpet in these dangerous times."

The jury asked to have Mr. Quattrone's testimony about his role in the allocation of stock offerings read to them.

"I have said throughout ... I have absolutely no doubt about the existence of weapons of mass destruction.

Kroger's Ralphs chain and Albertsons immediately locked out their grocery workers in a show of solidarity.

Tour doctors later confirmed that he had broken his right leg near the hip and also sustained wrist and elbow fractures.

The judge in U.S. District Court in Manhattan said the plaintiffs had failed "to draw an adequate casual connection between the consumption of McDonald's food and their alleged injuries."

A neighbor said a woman's body was dug up in a duffel bag, and the other was encased in concrete.

At least five class-action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of hormone users.

Southwest said it had already inspected its fleet of 385 aircraft and found no additional suspicious items.

Intel Corp.'s second-quarter profits doubled and revenues grew 8 percent from a year ago as the chip-making giant reported stronger-than-expected demand for personal computer microprocessors.

The South Korean Agriculture and Forestry Ministry said it would scrap or return all Canadian beef in store.

Said Mr. Burke: "It was a textbook landing considering the circumstances."

"The Domino application server will be around for the next decade," he said.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> edged down 9 points, or 0.98 percent, to 921.

A spokesman for SCO could not be reached for comment this afternoon.

Mr. Swan's group supported the governor's Democratic opponent, Bill Curry, in the 2002 election.

"The panel told the U.S. to correct its flawed determination," Mr. Pettigrew said in a statement.

Kay was sent to Iraq this summer to coordinate efforts to find the weapons that U.S. intelligence reported before the war that Saddam Hussein had.

"It's a recognition that we were provided faulty information," Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota told reporters.

They were the deadliest terrorist attacks against Americans since September 11.

The MDC called the week-long protest to urge Mugabe either to resign or to negotiate a settlement of the crisis gripping the country.

Police met with school officials Oct. 24 and agreed to increase their presence after reports of increased violence and gang activity.

"We started our investigation of the child porn ring last year in August and soon realised that it was a big thing," Mr Beer told a packed press conference.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan may jump in by the Aug. 9 deadline to file.

But plans to expand Wagerup had been caught up in a heated debate about the existing pro-ject's impact on the amenity of local residents.

PeopleSoft is equipped with an anti-takeover defence, known as a "poison pill," designed to thwart undesired suitors.

Legislation that would change state takeover law and help Bloomfield Hills-based Taubman Centers Inc. fend off a $1-billion takeover won committee approval Tuesday.

The Mets took Lastings Milledge, an outfielder from Florida, with the 12th pick.

A leading U.K. medical journal called Friday for a complete ban on tobacco, prompting outrage from smokers' groups.

"We hope it's symbolic," said Michael Hill, a Sun reporter and member of the guild's bargaining committee.

The write-down will cut a quarter of a penny per share from second-quarter earnings, according to Coca-Cola.

The Pentagon statement said that allowing Hamdi access to a lawyer "is not required by domestic or international law and should not be treated as a precedent."

Clijsters was simply too powerful for Spanish veteran Conchita Martinez, winning 6-2, 6-1.

Fayette City Councilman Cedric Wilson identified the dead as Cpl. James Crump, Officer Arnold Strickland and dispatcher Ace Mealer.

But there is no mention of the economic recovery or the creation of wealth during his administration.

The interview Thursday came a day after Britain's Daily Mirror reported Sahhaf had been taken into custody.

Lay had refused to turn over the papers, asserting his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

Walker said he expects that the president’s budget will include a request for 3 to 5 percent budget increases for NASA for each of the next five years.

Shares in BA were down three percent at 165-1/4 pence by 0933 GMT, off a low of 164 pence, in a stronger market.

Amnesty International said that over the past 20 years it had collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq.

Twenty-nine-year-old Iranian sisters Ladan and Laleh Bijani are willing to accept the slim chance of success just for an opportunity to lead separate lives.

She had been critically ill since having surgery at Baptist Hospital on May 7 to replace a heart valve.

BlueCore3-Multimedia contains an open platform DSP co-processor and also includes a 16-bit stereo audio codec with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.

He told "Today" that authorities, as part of protocol, were talking with other children Cruz had had access to.

The state will consider the police memorial after planning is completed on another memorial to all the victims, said Micah Rasmussen, a spokesman for Gov. James E. McGreevey.

Mr. Stewart said the ring was most likely a work in progress, and that flaws, like being tied to a single server, would be eliminated over time.

Among other things, Microsoft is to comment on proposed remedies in its response.

The State Court of Appeals did not explain its reasons for not disturbing the Appellate Division's unanimous opinion issued in July.

The Standard & Poor's 500 stock index ended the quarter up 120 points, a gain of 14 percent, the best performance for that broad market benchmark since 1998.

Powell changed the story earlier this year, telling officers that Hoffa's body was buried at his former home, where the aboveground pool now sits.

Meantime, the Direct Marketing Association said its members should not call the nearly 51 million numbers on the list.

Stock futures were trading lower early on Thursday, below fair value, pointing to a lower open.

Taiwan reported 22 new cases, for a total of 360 with 13 deaths.

Details on pricing will be announced within a few weeks, McBride said.

Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in American men and the eighth in women.

Above that, seniors would be responsible for 100 percent of drug costs until the out-of-pocket total reaches $3,600.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gained 5.51 points, or 0.56 percent, to 981.73.

The study appears in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

His sport utility vehicle was found June 25, abandoned without its license plates in Virginia Beach, Va.

Spitzer was among a group of federal and state regulators who negotiated a $1.4 billion settlement with 10 brokerages over analyst conflict-of-interest allegations.

Symptoms include chronic diarrhoea, abdominal pain, weight loss and extreme tiredness.

He attributed some of the communication gap to doctors feeling pressed for time; patients cited discomfort discussing financial issues.

Defense lawyers asked the High Court to dismiss the charges, saying the state has failed to present a solid case.

A Florida grand jury indicted 19 people for contaminating and diluting prescription drugs desperately needed by AIDS and cancer patients in a multimillion-dollar scheme, prosecutors said Monday.

The administration's hope is that by increasing the efficiency of older coal-fired plants - the most affected segment - more power can be produced more cheaply.

The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 86.56 points, or 0.94 percent, to 9,109.99, after giving up more than 1 percent earlier.

A lawyer for Bashir, Mahendradatta, said earlier his client was mentally prepared for a heavy sentencing demand and had felt the Marriott bombing would affect the decision.

That comes as Alba is lifting its aluminium output by 307,000 tonnes a year and accelerating plans for another 307,000 tonnes-a-year increase.

The Mobile 3200+, 3000+ and 2800+ cost $293, $233 and $193 for a thousand units.

The main psychologist in the Rodriguez case, Dwight Close, referred questions to an agency spokeswoman, who didn't immediately return a call.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC declined 16.68 points, or 1.01 percent, at 1,636.94.

The survey also found that more executives feel that current economic conditions have improved, at 35 per cent compared to 15 per cent in the first quarter.

It has sought observer status for seven years, but was again rebuffed May 19 at the annual WHO conference in Geneva.

And it's not in the regular season, but right now," Babcock said.

"I would like the FCC to start all over again," said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, who expressed concern about "potentially dangerous" newspaper-broadcast combinations.

Dave Tomlin, AP's assistant general counsel, said the parties are deciding whether to appeal the order.

Weyerhaeuser, one of the world's largest producers of softwood, can produce about 7.6 billion board feet a year.

But if their circulatory systems are not properly separated, it could kill them, doctors say.

As we go down the licensing path, our goal is not to start suing companies," McBride said.

A key player in former state Treasurer Paul Silvester's corruption scheme testified on Tuesday about kickbacks and bribes Silvester traded for state business.

Total shipments reached 19.5 million units last year, compared with 8.9 million units in 2001.

"I marched in the streets against Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War," she said.

Hussein's other son, Uday, surrendered yesterday, but the Americans are keeping it quiet because he's a US agent.

NASA is scheduled to launch the Space Infrared Telescope Facility on Monday morning.

There are 625 U.N. troops in Bunia, while there are between 25,000 and 28,000 tribal fighters in the region, with thousands of them deployed in and around Bunia.

But police say the driver of the truck has not been found and is wanted for questioning.

On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured when a munitions dump they were guarding exploded in southern Iraq.

David Brame shot his wife and then himself April 26 in a Gig Harbor parking lot as their two children sat in his car nearby.

"But I just hope that this event, whatever it was, doesn't tarnish his career or take away all that Sammy Sosa's done.

And Robert B. Willumstad, 57, who is currently president of Citigroup, was named chief operating officer.

This solution includes the BTS 10200 soft switch, uBR7246VXR cable modem termination system and MGX 8850 voice gateway products.

In the past two years scientists say there have been vaccine shortages for diphtheria-tetanus-whooping cough, measles-mumps-rubella, pneumococcal disease, tetanus and chicken pox.

Judge Tim Harley declared a mistrial in the Adrian McPherson gambling trial today after the jury was unable to reach a verdict.

Pingeon said an attorney for his organization, Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, interviewed Assan Tuesday.

Former model Lady McCartney lost a leg in a road accident in 1993 and is understood to have steel plates fitted in her hips which would make natural childbirth difficult.

Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended it to Oct. 17.

The powerful CGT and other unions remained opposed to the plans, however, and demanded the government renegotiate the reform with them.

The New Democrats also renewed their commitment to no health-care privatization and no premiums.

Peregrine sold its Remedy business unit to BMC Software in November for $355 million.

Klarman was arrested by FBI agents Monday morning at his home in New York.

Chi-Chi's has agreed to keep the restaurant closed until Jan. 2 -- two months after it voluntarily closed when the disease was first reported.

The new worm affects these Windows systems: 2000, XP, NT 4.0 and Server 2003.

The agency has yet to fully formulate a strategy for the creation of an independent engineering technical authority.

SCO changed its name to Tarantella, and Caldera later changed its name to the SCO Group.

The family was last seen July 6 and their bodies were found Tuesday.

The 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey released Wednesday by Statistics Canada says living standards have improved but still lag for the Inuit and those who leave their often impoverished reserves.

Software developers use compilers to translate a programming language, such as C++, into the machine language understood by the processor.

In Kingston, only about 15 percent of students who took the exam passed it.

Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was arrested Thursday and charged with drunken driving and possession of a handgun.

That second dossier, passed to journalists on Mr Blair's trip to Washington to discuss war plans, said it drew upon "a number of sources, including intelligence material".

The other, much less likely semifinal will match seventh-seeded Guillermo Coria of Argentina against the unseeded Dutchman Martin Verkerk.

For the full year period ending June 30, 2003, high-speed lines increased by 45 percent.

As expected, Dean led the field in the second quarter with $7.6 million raised.

While some other parts of Africa have been used as Al Qaeda staging grounds, Malawi had previously not been a major focus of investigations into the group.

Police said on Monday they believed Cruz knew of the fourth-grade girl through one of her former schoolmates, although neither the girl nor her family knew him.

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Mr Ota deserved to be criticised.

Michael Jackson spoke out for the first time Sunday night since the latest accusations of child molestation.

The FBI also failed to pursue other leads, including a San Diego imam who dealt with several 9/11 figures, it adds.

"I notice a mood change in their priorities," said one Iraqi politician after meeting with Mr. Bremer.

With Johnson's injury, the fight card at the Staples Center in Los Angeles is in question.

Stardust was designed to gather thousands of dust particles streaming from Wild 2.

A home handyman is building a missile in his garage with parts bought over the internet and shipped through Customs.

Papandreou said EU leaders would discuss the appointment of Bank of France governor Jean-Claude Trichet as president of the European Central Bank on Thursday or Friday.

It also added that both proposals would allow Vivendi Uni to maintain "a substantial minority interest in a U.S. media corporation with excellent growth potential."

Zilkha and other shareholders, including Coastal Corp. founder and vocal El Paso critic Oscar Wyatt Jr., had called for Wise's termination for months.

The boy's mother, Patricia Cooper, started coming to the church about three months ago after she met one of its members at a doctor's office, Hemphill said.

The treaty must be signed by the president and ratified by Congress to take effect.

Macklowe has signed a sale contract, which is expected to close shortly, said his spokesman, Howard Rubenstein.

Intelligence officials told key senators a week ago to expect a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) said yesterday.

The panel will not begin a formal investigation because the statute of limitations has expired, Plofsky said.

Spansion Flash memory solutions are available worldwide from AMD and Fujitsu.

The legislation would replace the current Texas law, which gives school districts the option of holding a period of silence and reciting the pledge.

Talabani told him Iraqi leaders would "need U.N. assistance and advice in implementing the new decisions which have been taken" on organising an interim Iraqi government by June.

If enacted, federal agencies would have six months to develop and implement these plans.

Coke's unit case volume, a key measure of financial health in the beverage sector, grew 5 percent in the quarter.

The security personnel performed ``well within standards'' and the two staff aides were ``very sorry all this happened,'' Gainer said.

Both will compete in today's third round, which is all oral examination.

Lord Archer is likely to be released from Hollesley Bay open prison at Woodbridge, Suffolk, on July 21.

The helicopter was owned by Las Vegas-based Sundance Helicopters Inc., according to the sheriff's office.

Texas, which has more than three times Michigan's inmate population, is treating 328 of its 16,298 infected inmates.

Surrounded by singers from Harlem, Bush said: ''The artistry of black musicians has conveyed the experience of black Americans throughout our history.

As the holiday shopping season peaks, industry experts predict the coming week could make or break Christmas 2003 for many retailers.

The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> fell 0.70 points, or 0.07 percent, to 1,069.42.

The euro has slipped as much as four cents since matching a record peak near $1.1935 last week and hitting a record high of 140.90 yen in late May.

"The FBI informed Easynews.com that an individual had used the Easynews.com UseNet server to upload the SoBig.F virus on Monday, August 18th.

"It is very difficult to do large syndicated loans in Japan," says one banker.

But Peterson added, I dont know anybody in the conference committee whos fighting to keep it out completely.

The executives fined included former Chief Executives Paul A. Allaire and G. Richard Thoman as well as former Chief Financial Officer Barry Romeril.

The Jacksons each were charged with four counts of aggravated assault and 14 counts of child endangerment.

"I didn't think our team engaged at all," lamented Anaheim coach Mike Babcock.

The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on Tuesday, when Donaldson will be questioned about hedge and mutual funds.

In other markets, U.S. Treasuries inched higher as declining stocks raised the appeal of safe-haven debt.

Analysts had forecast second quarter sales of $614 million, according to the Thomson First Call Web site.

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, who reached the summit with Sir Edmund, died in 1986.

Tatar was being held without bail in Armstrong County Prison today.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's original application in December 2001, saying the trial had been sloppily conducted.

In his letter, McBride charges the Free Software Foundation and Red Hat with trying to undermine U.S. copyright laws.

Mark Beaumont, a staff writer at music magazine NME, said he doesn't expect a rapturous welcome for Jackson if he goes ahead with his visit to England.

Florida's Speaker of the House Johnnie Byrd, is expected to introduce ''Terri's Bill'' during a one-day special session of the state legislature being held today in Tallahassee.

Shares jumped almost 7 percent in pre-open trading, rising to $18.26 from $17.05 at Tuesday's close.

Investors reacted little, with GE shares edging 7 cents lower to end at $28.12 on the New York Stock Exchange.

The scientist also quarantined himself at home as soon as he developed SARS symptoms, officials said.

Five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is in Denver today for a meeting about surviving cancer.

The statement concluded, "This ruling is so wrong that we are extremely confident that it will not withstand our appeal" to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court.

Neither authorities nor Granquist would release identities of the victims pending family notification.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gave up 11.91 points, or 1.19 percent, at 986.60.

The reductions are expected to save Texas consumers $510 million, and most policyholders will see reductions, said Robert Black, an Insurance Department spokesman.

"The regime of Saddam Hussein possessed and used weapons of mass destruction, sponsored terrorist groups and inflicted terror on its own people."

At least 80 will make it to Thursday's final rounds of competition, which will be broadcast on ESPN.

At the hearing he pleaded not guilty to the burial service fraud and false statements charges.

But church members and observers say they anticipate that the decision here could pose doctrinal problems for some Episcopalians who believe the Bible prohibits homosexuality.

He is roughly halfway to his goal of raising between $150 million and $170 million in the primaries.

"But turning the corner doesn't mean crossing the finish line," Gregory said at the bishops' annual meeting here.

The latest in the kingdom's almost weekly raids on alleged terror cells comes after a US Congress report accused Saudi Arabia of not doing enough to counter terrorism.

Under the measure, doctors who perform the procedure would be subject to two years in prison and unspecified fines.

They leave Chicago on Saturday, then will take another week to ready the remains for reburial.

The reporting services will also be rolled into Yukon as planned, sources said.

Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino said Friday morning that an arrest has been made in the slaying of local girl Holly Jones.

The two invading countries later fell out, and have since backed rival factions.

Mr. Marshall pressed the practical case that quite similar rights legislation based on the 14th Amendment had been struck down by the Supreme Court in 1883.

She cautioned that it will be difficult for investigators to tie any decline in shuttle funding directly to the February tragedy.

The Toronto Stock Exchange said it will be business as usual on Friday morning.

The tests measure how well students are meeting the state's standards for learning the content taught in each grade.

At least 1,752 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in the north part of Marquette about 8:45 a.m. EDT, said Steve Powers, Marquette County administrator.

It is essential that the proceedings against accused terrorists be fair -- and appear to be so to outside observers, Sonnett said.

Meningitis is an infection of the fluid in a person's spinal cord and around the brain.

It is for that reason that legal scholars said Judge Nottingham's decision was at least plausible.

In the first hour of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 27.02, or 0.3 percent, 9,321.84, having lost 74.81 on Friday.

Van-Vliet, who was also injured, called in the accident on the school bus radio.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was off 24.44 points, or 1.39 percent, at 1,739.87.

Next week, John S. Reed, the former Citicorp chief executive who Sunday became interim chairman and chief executive of the exchange, will take up his position.

Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro was pleased by the ruling, spokesman Mark Gribben said.

On Tuesday, Blair suggested that only "evidence of weapons programs" rather than the weapons themselves would be uncovered.

The banks neither admitted nor denied the charges as part of the agreement.

Runners are often injured by bulls and 13 have been killed since 1900.

If draining the ponds in Maryland will further help establish Steve's innocence, we welcome it."

The April 19, 1995, bombing came on the second anniversary of the end of the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, Texas.

The year-ago numbers do not include figures from Compaq Computer.

Merrill Lynch upgraded the business software maker to "buy" from "neutral" with a 12-month price target of $15.

The inspector general's findings confirm our long-held view that civil liberties and the rights of immigrants were trampled in the aftermath of 9/11."

There will be 9.3 million visitors to hot spots in 2003, up from 2.5 million in 2002, Gartner said.

United is working closely with the ATSB to replace those aspects of the company's original loan guarantee bid that were rejected as inadequate in December.

The promises of lawsuits came within four days of the crash and before the National Transportation Safety Board had finished the investigation.

The central bank's policy board left rates steady for now, as widely expected, but surprised the market by declaring that overall risks were weighted toward weakness.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 6.48 points, or 0.66 percent, to 990.51.

He said FDA hopes Congress and the courts will bring clarity to the situation and some financial relief to consumers — perhaps before the 2004 elections.

Yesterday, the Concorde seemed to launch itself straight out of the rising sun.

Navistar shares rose a penny to $41.64 at late afternoon on the New York Stock Exchange after earlier falling as low as $39.93.

Steve Squyres, a Cornell University scientist, is principal investigator for the missions' science instruments.

The appellate judges were in sharp disagreement when they ruled in February.

Bremer, 61, is a former assistant to former Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry Kissinger.

Another is investor disenchantment with U.S. investments, leading them to pull out of U.S. assets--selling dollars as they do so, and driving its exchange rate down.

His partner Bijan Darvish is charged with filing a false police report.

Altria Group Inc. MO.N fell 50 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $41.81.

"What has happened to you, sir, by way of punishment, is certainly more than enough," Covello said.

Eight firefighters also suffered minor injuries, including burns, heat, bruises and muscle strain, fire officials said.

Hundreds of soldiers were involved, an apparent signal to Hamas that Israel would not limit itself to air strikes in Gaza.

Health officials confirmed today that a northeast Kansas woman has the state's first case of monkeypox and the first case west of the Mississippi River.

He ran last year for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor, but lost the primary to multimillionaire Tony Sanchez.

Search technology powerhouse Google has released a new beta of its popular toolbar for Internet Explorer, adding a pop-up blocker, a controversial Blogger feature, and form-filling functionality.

The last time it had a larger one-day loss was July 1, 2002, when it shed 59.41 to close at 1,403.80.

"I was believing that I was confident I could do this, but only in the case I would play my best tennis.

The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

Relief is in sight for Texans saddled with skyrocketing homeowners insurance premiums.

At 12:10 p.m. EDT, Canada's benchmark S&P/TSX composite index was up 6.87 points or 0.1 per cent to 6,979.29.

Home Depot reported a 22 percent jump in third-quarter profit behind a nearly 8 percent rise in same-store sales.

Britain included the accusation in a September 2002 dossier setting out the case for war in Iraq.

A key portion of the accord was the implementation of a special council to monitor health spending, set goals for the system and measure progress in reforming health care.

Delta personnel at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport were scrambling all day to find alternate flights -- even on other airlines, when necessary -- to move the inconvenienced passengers.

The remains of three illegal immigrants were found Tuesday in a sweltering railroad car after fellow immigrants escaped and left their weakened companions behind.

A Qwest spokeswoman, Kate Varden, declined to say how much in sales the company received from the United States government.

The Video Software Dealers Association said 28.2 million DVDs were rented out last week, compared to 27.3 million VHS cassettes.

Genentech Inc., the world's second-largest biotechnology company, and Xoma Ltd. said they will terminate Phase II testing of their Raptiva rheumatoid-arthritis drug after finding no benefit for patients.

The new deal would be valued at $1.75 billion, including $863 million in cash and 52.6 million PeopleSoft shares.

"We believe KBR delivered fuel to Iraq at the best value, the best price and the best terms," Halliburton spokeswoman Wendy Hall said.

He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and was barred from the complex.

Shares of Goodyear rose 2 cents on Wednesday and closed at $6.83.

"As a professional, I'd like to be thought of as a storyteller."

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney have opened investigations into Freddie Mac over its accounting practices.

It is expected to reach Earth about 3 p.m. EDT Friday, and its effects could last 12 to 18 hours.

Yet another fight has been waged over a White House proposal to privatize air traffic control at major airports, such as those in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

"If you pass this bill," Rep. John Mabry Jr., D-Waco, told colleagues, "Big Brother will be watching you."

That's when officers threw him to the ground and handcuffed him, according to testimony.

Buoyed by advice imparted by Nicklaus, Howell shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday to enter today's round with a one-stroke lead over Kenny Perry.

Company spokesman Jack Ferry said a search is ongoing but declined comment on its status.

Last year, Thompson ruled that the monument was an unconstitutional endorsement of religion by the state.

Symptoms include a stiff neck, fever, headache and sensitivity to light.

An investment group led by former Seagram Inc. boss Edgar Bronfman Jr. is still in the running to buy the U.S. entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal SA.

The two victims buried in the yard were not identified, though authorities said at least one has been there about a year.

Board Chairman Henny de Ruiter offered shareholders at the meeting his "sincere apologies" for events at Foodservice and elsewhere in the embattled group.

Retailers J.C. Penney Co. Inc. JCP.N and Walgreen Co. WAG.N kick things off on Monday.

Defense lawyers had objected in earlier hearings to showing the videotape and the photo, saying they were too unclear to identify the person in them.

The S&P 500 had climbed 16 percent since its March low and yesterday closed at its highest since Dec. 2.

The European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body, described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful."

Those unfair sales have damaged the US industry by eroding market prices below sustainable levels, says Alcoa.

Nine other countries, including Australia, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador and Mexico, are supporting the case.

Gateway's all-in-one PC, the Profile 4, also now features the new Intel technology.

THE US government and private technology experts have warned that hackers plan to attack thousands of websites on Sunday in a loosely co-ordinated "contest" that could disrupt Internet traffic.

She hadn't believed he would jeopardize their marriage and family.

Ray Brent Marsh, 29, also faces charges of abuse of a body, and theft.

Stefani's remarks further stoked tension after Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi last week compared a German member of the European Parliament to a Nazi concentration camp guard.

Winners will be announced in a June 8 ceremony broadcast on CBS from Radio City Music Hall.

The Hulk trailed last month's Marvel Comics adaptation, X2: X-Men United, which grossed $85.6-million in its opening weekend.

Hines died yesterday in Los Angeles of cancer, publicist Allen Eichorn said.

Hampton Township is located a few kilometers northeast of Bay City, near Michigan's Thumb.

And he justified bombing Bali by saying that while it had caused material devastation, it was for the island's long-term moral good.

"It also indicates the terrorists really don't care who they attack."

The U.S. Supreme Court has previously ruled that students are not compelled to say the Pledge of Allegiance.

Colgate shares were down 30 cents at $56 in morning trade on the New York Stock Exchange.

Iraq's nuclear program had been dismantled, and there "was no convincing evidence of its reconstitution."

Cadbury Schweppes has unveiled plans to slash 5,500 jobs and 20 percent of its factories over four years to cut costs brought about by an acquisition spree.

We have now proven that these foods have an almost identical effect on lowering cholesterol as the original cholesterol-reducing drugs.

Cavender did say: "I felt that if I disagreed with Rosie too much I would lose my job."

New York Supreme Court Justice Ira Gammerman said in his statement that the lawsuit was "ill-conceived."

His spokesman Jim Kennedy said the former president also gave more than 70 speeches in 2002 without compensation.

The missing workers, two men and a woman, were inside the building when the first blast occurred, Mayor Joe T. Parker said.

She appeared in federal court Wednesday, but did not enter a plea.

The arm was kept in a separate room, but the monkeys could track their progress by watching a representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.

Twenty-four players broke par in the first round, the third highest figure in U.S. Open history.

She has been the consumer unit's chief operating officer since April 2002, and sits on Citigroup's management committee.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,615.02.

Closed sessions are routinely held at the U.N. tribunal that deals with Balkan war crimes, but they are usually closed to protect witnesses who fear for their safety.

The New York Times asked employees at its headquarters to shut down their computers yesterday because of "computing system difficulties."

The incubation period in cattle is four to five years, said Dr. Stephen Sundlof of the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites).

His band in the early 1930s included pianist Teddy Wilson, saxophonist Chu Berry, trombonist J.C. Higginbotham and drummer Sid Catlett.

We feel so strongly about this issue that we are suspending sales and distribution of SCO Linux until these issues are resolved."

The findings appear in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.

Slightly more than half of the earnings miss was due to a sales slump, with weakness was spread across the company's various geographic and end markets.

Iran has yet to sign an additional protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which it signed in 1970, that would allow IAEA inspections at short notice.

BA said the second quarter, which included unofficial industrial action at Heathrow, had been difficult.

In addition, "fewer than 10" FBI offices have conducted investigations involving visits to Islamic mosques, the Justice Department said.

He refused to say what percentage of domestic flights had security officers on board.

Today, Dean ends his four-day, 10-city "Sleepless Summer" tour in Chicago and New York.

The wounded doctor, whose name was withheld, underwent surgery at the hospital for three gunshot wounds.

Those talks have not taken place, according to an Oracle spokeswoman.

A new feature dubbed FileVault, also new in Panther, secures the contents of a user's home directory with 128-bit AES encryption.

According to an arrest warrant, Bryant, 24, attacked a woman on June 30.

Investigators uncovered a 4-inch bone fragment Thursday night, but authorities said it was from an animal.

After Saddam's regime crumbled in early April, legal hurdles had to be cleared before sales could resume.

The number of Americans considered extremely obese, or at least 100 pounds overweight, has quadrupled since the 1980s to a startling 4 million, the research shows.

The firm had predicted earlier this year a 4.9 percent increase.

Investigators used a jackhammer and hand tools to conduct the search but halted it until an anthropologist arrived in the northwestern Indiana city from Indianapolis.

Earnings were 59 cents a share for the three months ended May 25 compared with 15 cents a share a year earlier.

The company will begin adding to Perot Systems' profits immediately, the company said.

The revised draft removed a reference to a 1999 study showing global temperatures had risen sharply in the past decade compared to the previous 1,000 years.

Marissa Jaret Winokur, as Tracy, won for best actress in a musical.

That compares with January 2000, when laptops represented less than 25 percent of sales volume, NPD said.

Federal officials earlier said there is no evidence of terrorism.

They said some of the documents were administrative paper work and some about a failed and well-known uranium-enrichment program of the 1980s.

The Supreme Court said Monday the government can require public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters, rejecting librarians' complaints that the law amounts to censorship.

It will delay the retirement of Mr Wightwick, 62, who agreed to stay on until Buhrmann is bedded down inside PaperlinX.

"The Hulk" took in $62.6 million at the box office, a monster opening and a new June record.

Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, surrendered in June; his deputy was killed in a shoot-out with Saudi forces recently.

Some current and former ferry employees have said those rules were often ignored.

"But at this stage, given the early detection, the outlook in such instances would be positive," he said.

The intervention force will confiscate weapons, reform the police, strengthen the courts and prison system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry.

"He hasn't got much choice," said the Bishop of Armidale, Peter Brain.

Rain and runoff from heavy snow sent a mountain creek on a rampage, washing out a culvert and opening a 22-foot-wide sinkhole in Interstate 70 east of Vail.

Spinal Concepts makes spinal fixation products used during spinal fusion surgery.

The spacecraft is scheduled to blast off between next Wednesday and Friday from a launching site in the Gobi Desert.

State GOP Chairman Kris Warner said the GOP would not shy away in 2004 from referring to Wise's problems.

The researchers gave copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" to the carb-cutters.

NBC also announced that it has extended its deal with Warner Brothers Television to keep ER on the air for at least three more seasons.

Also hurting was news General Motors GM.N was to issue $10 billion in debt, in part to plug a hole in its pension plan.

Stewart waved to courtroom sketch artists seated in the jury box and took notes in a spiral-bound notebook during the hearing.

It will appear in the next few weeks on the Web site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"These allegations are completely out of character of the Kobe Bryant we know," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said.

Jackson's visit followed a relatively peaceful night Thursday in Benton Harbor, about 100 miles northeast of Chicago.

News of the Hebron incident filtered out as Mr Sharon was facing the hardline central committee of his Likud Party in Jerusalem.

Bruce N. Hawthorne, 53, was named executive vice president and chief staff officer.

The hearing came one day after the Pentagon for the first time singled out an officer - Dallager - for failing to address the scandal.

The virus killed 44 people in the Toronto area, including one doctor and two nurses.

The World Health Organization -- which is participating in the initiative along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Purdue University -- has declared TB a global emergency.

Some media reported that Jordanian embassy staff were killed in the attack.

Later this year, the command will send trainers with soldiers from four North African nations on patrolling and intelligence gathering missions.

FirstEnergy Corp. should have determined that modernizing one of its plants would increase overall pollution emissions, U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled Thursday.

"The case has been ready to go for some time," said Dahle, a spokesman for the Birmingham office.

"The euro at the moment is at a level that better reflects the fundamentals," the ECB president said.

That's why the Americans - with all their technology - can't find him."

U.S. District Judge William Steele has set the hearing on the suit for Wednesday.

Mr. Mills declined to comment yesterday, saying that he never discussed personnel matters.

"We are electing a president of the United States, not a staff," Kerry said.

Netgear prices the WGT634U Super Wireless Media Router, which will be available in the first quarter of 2004, at under $200.

The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.7 million last year, and the median household income declined by 1.1 percent, the Census Bureau reported yesterday.

The picture changes slightly should New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton end up as the Democratic presidential candidate.

Bremer said he would launch a $70-million program in the next two weeks to clean up neighborhoods across Iraq and build community projects, but gave no details.

In 1969, Ms. McCorvey's attorneys filed suit against Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade challenging the state's abortion laws.

A sibling also identified Sani, 28, who was from the island of Sumatra, police said.

Separated by a few metres, Mr Laczynski pressed against the metal fence which divides court officials from the crowd.

The European Union was due on Monday to demand that Iran accept "urgently and unconditionally" tougher inspections of its nuclear program, linking compliance to a pending trade deal.

Advances in AIDS treatments in recent years, some experts say, may be undermining efforts to promote safer-sex practices.

Viles was found dead after the three failed to respond to a routine call to return to their housing units.

A grains management committee normally meets each Thursday in the Commission's agriculture unit -- another target of Wednesday's raids -- to decide the outcome of a weekly export tender.

About 1500 firefighters in Fontana and the neighbouring city of Rancho Cucamonga battled flames with helicopters, air tankers and bulldozers.

The judge planned to have the anonymous jurors driven back and forth to court in vans with tinted windows to protect their identities.

She was taken to Charing Cross Hospital, where she remained critically ill last night.

Pappas, the teacher, said he wouldn't hesitate having Graham as a substitute.

He added: "There is no doubt about the chemical programme, the biological programme and indeed the nuclear weapons programme.

He said the attackers left behind leaflets urging workers at the Ishtar Sheraton to stop working at the hotel.

Deirdre Hisler, Government Canyon's manager, said the state long has coveted this piece of property, and is eager to complete the deal.

With the Expose (ex-poh-SAY) feature, all the open windows on the desktop immediately shrink to fit on the screen but are still clear enough to identify.

Iffel was hit with 22 weapons charges and faces up to 87 years in prison if convicted.

Elan would receive an additional $25 million in January if Skelaxin retains patent exclusivity and would also get a five percent share of sales from 2005.

Still, he noted that Miami must decide whether to seek A.C.C. membership by June 30 to adhere to Big East guidelines.

Four men were arrested and have been charged with attempted murder, torture, rape, assault, armed robbery and burglary.

Academic achievement -- including grades, test scores and high school curriculum -- are given the highest priority.

McGill also said a dark glove was stuffed into a hole that had been cut in the Caprice's trunk.

Iressa is similar to medicines being developed by ImClone Systems Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc., designed to precisely target tumor cells while sparing healthy ones.

Shares of EDS closed Thursday at $18.51, up 6 cents on the New York Stock Exchange.

Jirsa will be introduced as the 25th Marshall basketball coach today at a press conference in the Henderson Center’s Big Green Room.

Grasso quit last week in the wake of a firestorm of criticism over his $140 million compensation package.

Police chief Superintendent Jesus Verzosa, who heads the national police intelligence group, which had custody of Al-Ghozi, offered his resignation, and Ebdane accepted it.

Powerful Mistral winds were fanning the flames, which have destroyed more than 8000 hectares of pinewood since the blazes began on Monday afternoon.

As more than 100 people sentenced to death have been exonerated across the nation, other states have abridged or considered abridging the use of the death penalty.

Their differences on energy and Medicare have become so pointed other members say it is embarrassing to the party.

Al-Numan was a longtime member of the regional command of the Baath party.

Instead he left the courtroom a free man after authorities dismissed criminal charges.

LLEYTON Hewitt yesterday traded his tennis racquet for his first sporting passion – Australian rules football – as the world champion relaxed ahead of his Wimbledon defence.

Additional applications and software can be downloaded via the phone or from a PC via a USB connection.

Shares of Schering-Plough closed down 4 cents at $16.76 in Thursday trade on the New York Stock Exchange.

In Nairobi, the provost of All Saints Cathedral, the Very Reverend Peter Karanja, said the US Episcopal Church was alienating itself from the Anglican Communion.

Standard & Poor's 500 stock index futures for June were down 2.60 points at 965.70, while Nasdaq futures were down 7.50 points at 1,183.50.

"I don't see the urgency in this so I'm not going to grant it," West said.

"We believe the long-term prospects for the energy sector in the UK remain attractive," Goldman said.

The tour will stop in 103 cities before rallying in Washington on Oct. 1 and 2, and New York on Oct. 3 and 4.

"I know this sounds counterintuitive, but it's true: City-grown pollution -- and ozone in particular -- is tougher on country trees," U.S. ecologist Jillian Gregg said.

Elecia Battle dropped her purse after buying the Mega Millions Lottery ticket last week and believes the ticket blew away.

The plant would employ 1,000 people when fully built out, the company said.

Both the House and Senate bills would end the ban on research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons.

McDonald's shares rose $1.83 to close Friday at $23.89 on the New York Stock Exchange.

The girls, ages 16 and 18, were ticketed for underage drinking along with three of the cadets.

Oracle chairman Larry Ellison has hinted that the company could yet again increase its offer for rival PeopleSoft.

McCloskey died Sunday afternoon in his home after a year-long battle with bladder cancer.

Another component of the bill would require the FCC to hold at least five public hearings on future ownership rule changes before voting.

Sources say this decision was a direct result of the decision to release Boudin.

The Nikkei average ended the morning up half a percent at 8,071.00.

The Hispanic population increased by 9.8per cent from the April 2000 census figures, despite less favourable social and economic conditions than in the 1990s.

The company also said it would cut wholesale prices on cassettes and change the suggested retail price to $8.98.

US Airways Flight 5481, which crashed Jan. 8, was judged to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.

The House has passed bills the past two Congresses, but the Senate has not.

The player's eyes were bloodshot and a blood-alcohol test produced a reading of 0.18 - well above Tennessee's level of presumed intoxication of 0.10, the report said.

In a joint statement, the companies said that as a result of the license agreement, TI will not be changing its prices.

Perkins and Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway declined comment Sunday night.

The record-setting pace of new personal bankruptcies continued in the 12 months ending Sept. 30, with their number rising 7.8 percent, according to data released Friday.

Barnes is one of three politicians honored Monday by the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum with the Profile in Courage Award.

The study focused on the 35,561 people who had never smoked, but who lived with a spouse who did.

Symantec Monday said it will acquire SSL VPN appliance provider Safeweb for $26 million in cash.

More than 100 officers launched the London raids in the final phase of a two-year operation investigating a cocaine and money laundering ring.

But the plan was abandoned as some in the group were uncomfortable the victims would be schoolchildren.

A senior Whitehall official said recently: "It devalued the currency, there is no question about that . . . It was a monumental cock-up."

The recent turnaround in the stock market and an easing in unemployment claims "may signal more favorable economic times ahead," she said.

Further out the curve, the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR shed 26/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.27 percent from 3.17 percent.

The arrests came just days after Israeli troops shot and killed Abdullah Kawasme, the militant group's leader in Hebron.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin, R-La., said his committee will hold a hearing on the power outage in September.

Other businesses are volunteering to put the alerts on their electronic signs and billboards.

"Electrons come down from the polysilicon emitter, accelerate through the SiGe base and make a turn in the SOI layer towards the collector contact electrode," the company said.

SCO is suing IBM for misappropriation of trade secrets, tortious interference, unfair competition and breach of contract.

"I think it will pass," Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said in Washington.

The number of households acquiring music fell from a high of 14.5 million in April to 12.7 million in May and 10.4 million in June, according to NPD.

Two federal agencies are investigating telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.

Extra guidance on countering suicide bombers is now being given to officers in London, and will be extended to other forces next month.

Directed by Gibson, the reported $25 million production stars Jim Caviezel as Jesus and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene.

US officials say the six, like other prisoners at Guantanamo, were suspected of involvement with al-Qaeda, Afghanistan's Taliban or some other group.

Perry has since called two special legislative sessions to try force the redistricting plan through.

The results were announced at a NASA headquarters news conference Thursday and in today's issue of the journal Science.

Girolami ordered the records conditionally sealed May 15 at the request of prosecution and defense attorneys.

The Dodgers won their sixth consecutive game and seventh in their last nine as they beat Colorado 3-2 on Wednesday in front of a crowd of 25,332 at Dodger Stadium.

"I feel like the weight of the world has been lifted from my shoulders," Ms. McCorvey said at a downtown Dallas news conference.

Nick Pollard, the head of Sky News said: "This is a shocking blow for James's family.

Elsewhere in the north, the American administrator for Iraq, L. Paul Bremer III, paid a brief, low-profile visit to the cities of Erbil and Suleimaniya.

The lawsuit named Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, a Democrat, and the registrars of voters in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC: Quote, Profile, Research) ended off 2.96 points, or 0.15 percent, at 1,921.33.

The cradle for the h2200 has space for recharging a second battery.

Harvey was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for precautionary neck X-rays, which came back negative.

Still, Jessica Biel (formerly of the WB’s “7th Heaven”) brings an athletic intensity to the role of Leatherface’s last elusive victim.

About 200 people were rescued by fishing boats or managed to reach shore, police and officials said.

In that case, the court held that the city of Cincinnati had violated the First Amendment in banning, in the interest of aesthetics, only the advertising pamphlets.

They would receive no help with costs between $4,500 and $5,800.

"PeopleSoft's management's entrenchment tactics continue to destroy the value of the company for its shareholders," Oracle spokeswoman Jennifer Glass said Tuesday.

Wall Street moved tentatively higher Tuesday as investors weighed a trio of reports showing modest economic improvement against an urge to cash in profits from Monday's big rally.

Kerry Kennedy Cuomo and Andrew Cuomo have been married 13 years.

Both Bloomberg and Pataki said were confident electricity would be restored by the morning.

Ridge said that no actual explosives or other harmful substances will be used.

Parents received letters informing them of the possible contamination yesterday.

Conference Board economist Ken Goldstein said the improved reading "finally points to a recovery, almost a year and a half after the end of the recession.

Shares of McDonald's and Wendy's continued their recent recovery Monday, rising more than 1 percent on the New York Stock Exchange in afternoon trade.

In winter, Terrapin Point is transformed into a treacherous embankment of ice and snow that blankets everything -- the park, the railings, even the lampposts.

The head of the intelligence service under Mr. Fujimori, Vladimiro Montesinos, was accused of tortures and disappearances.

Fed policy-makers last week signaled they are prepared to cut that rate to ward off even the threat of deflation.

"Employers accused of workplace discrimination now are considered guilty until they can prove themselves innocent.

The formula is produced for Remedia by German company Humana Milchunion.

Nearly one in 10 people have a gene mutation that can raise their risk of cancer by 25 percent or more, US researchers reported yesterday.

Both studies are published on Thursday in Nature, the British weekly science journal.

The man was trapped about 250 feet from the shore, right at the edge of the falls.

Texas Instruments climbed $US1.37 to $US19.25 and Novellus Systems advanced $US1.76 to $US36.31, each having been raised to "overweight" by Lehman.

News Corp. posted net profit of $275 million, or 21 cents per American Depositary Receipt, for the fiscal third quarter ended March 31.

She continued: "Our research neither suggests nor indicates that PCO/PCOS causes lesbianism, only that PCO/PCOS is more prevalent in lesbian women.

Meanwhile, volunteers at Pacific Lutheran University near Tacoma, about 40 miles to the south, simulated a second, simultaneous attack.

A news release from the office said the arrest was for an act of juvenile delinquency based on intentionally causing damage to protected computers.

Cisco executives were encouraged by $1.3 billion in cash flow and the increase in net income, but said they remained ``cautiously optimistic'' about a rebound.

Warden Gene Fischi said the two inmates broke a 12-by-18-inch cell window, threw a mattress to the ground, and clambered down the makeshift rope to a second-story roof.

Former Phipps aides Linda Saunders and Bobby McLamb have both pleaded guilty to federal charges including extortion.

Trans fats are created when vegetable oil has been partially hydrogenated, solidifying it and increasing the shelf life of certain products.

DRINKING green tea can dramatically reduce the risk of men contracting prostate cancer, a study by Australian researchers has discovered.

Full classes of 48 are booked through September, he said, and the Transportation Security Administration plans to double its classes in January.

Gordon is the senior Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.

He was joined by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Antonin Scalia.

Network Solutions returned the domain name back to Optima in 2001.

Bashir also felt he was being tried by opinion rather than facts of law, he added.

Sheriff's Department spokesman Chris Saunders said the man told them he was frustrated by the Postal Service's response to an accident involving a postal vehicle.

The FBI, CIA, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police declined to comment on the Washington Times report.

Reed said board members can't defend themselves by saying they didn't realize the size of Grasso's package.

On Tuesday, a Florida appeals court again refused to block removal of the tube.

Boston Scientific said it has gained 51 percent of the coated-stent market in Europe.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

He was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday night by police acting on a tip-off.

"We have been somewhat lucky," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

A typhoon packing record strength winds slammed into South Korea killing at least 48 people and forcing about 25,000 to flee from their homes, authorities said on Saturday.

The mother also contended that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards during the 1998 confrontation.

Also demonstrating box-office strength -- and getting seven Tony nominations -- was a potent revival of Eugene ONeills family drama, Long Days Journey Into Night."

Physicians who perform the procedure would face up to two years in prison, under the bill.

"The important issues are how the political process is being organized," Pleuger told reporters.

Shares of M&T, which is based in Buffalo, fell 41 cents, to $91.51.

Earlier, Captain Robert Ramsey of the First Armoured Division said a truck had exploded outside the buildings at around 11am.

The deep-sea adventure netted the top spot at the box office Sunday with an estimated $70.6 million US opening weekend.

Excluding patent litigation, RIM's loss for the quarter was $700,000, or 1 cent per share.

Larger publishers such as Simon & Schuster and Random House decided not to pursue the books group, sources familiar with the situation said.

We think this planet formed with its star 12.713 billion years ago, when the [Milky Way] galaxy was . . . just in the process of forming.

The meat, poultry, butter, cheese and nuts were being stored by more than 100 wholesalers in Chicago.

Mr Blair went on: "I think we did the right thing in relation to Iraq.

Born in 1953 in Baghdad, she is the daughter of Saleh Mahdi Ammash, a former vice-president, defence minister and member of the Baath party's leadership.

"It was better under Saddam...The war did nothing for us," said 28-year-old Mushtaq Talib, a job-seeking army deserter, when asked what message he would give to Powell.

On Monday, EchoStar (DISH: news, chart, profile) shares shrank $1.40, or 4.4 percent, to $30.63.

But he also told the House Judiciary Committee the law "has several weaknesses which terrorists could exploit, undermining our defenses."

The Group of Seven nations, meanwhile, also saw some improvement, with the leading indicator rising to 119.1, from April's 118.2.

"We believe that recent trading prices of MGM's common stock do not reflect MGM's full value and that the stock represents an attractive investment," Kerkorian said in a statement.

Sen. Richard Shelby, a Republican from Alabama, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, wasn't rushing to endorse the legislation, said committee spokesman Andrew Gray.

China's foreign ministry said: "We hope all parties will continue to make efforts and continue the process of dialogue."

I am not giving any consideration to resignation," Shumaker said in a statement.

New construction has not put a drag on the skyrocketing median home price, which is $364,000 in April, up 14.8 percent from a year ago.

Dealers said the euro's downward momentum may pick up speed should it break below $1.15.

Intel on Wednesday unveiled its next-generation processor for cell phones, PDAs, and other wireless devices.

News Corp., whose empire spans Hollywood's Twentieth Century Fox to publishing house HarperCollins, owns 35 percent of BSkyB.

"The executive board decided to refer this to the capitals," the Korean Energy Development Organization said.

"It seems to me they are attempting to protect privacy of theft."

West Nile is a bird virus that is spread to people by mosquitoes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there have been 1,602 human cases of West Nile virus nationwide this year and 28 deaths.

The company, based in Winston-Salem, reported first-quarter profit of $13.1 million, or 22 cents per share.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> shed 2.38 points, or 0.24 percent, at 995.10.

After Hedges' microphone was unplugged for a second time, Pribbenow told him to wrap up his speech.

Zambrano pitched seven innings and allowed two runs on five hits and four walks.

"Spending taxpayer dollars to create terrorism betting parlors is as wasteful as it is repugnant," Wyden and Dorgan said Monday in a letter to the Pentagon.

New Jersey was one of eleven states that asked a federal appeals court Thursday to force the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

The risk is doubled for people with two copies of the mutated gene, the researchers said.

The weekend arrest of Russia's richest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, chief executive of oil major YUKOS, on charges of fraud and tax evasion unnerved financial markets.

"I'm amazed at how many people think there is a silver bullet for security," he said.

State air regulators and three automakers have agreed to settle a lawsuit challenging the nation's toughest auto emissions program, according to a spokesman for California's air board.

"We've become like total strangers," John told a pal two days before his death.

This action in no way reduces our commitment to the North American market or changes our long-term plan for growth,"O'Neill said.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to civil liberties complaints.

Watches or warnings could be issued for eastern Cuba later on Thursday.

But Staff Sgt. Georg-Andreas Pogany's military career remains in limbo.

Negotiators said Friday they made progress during their latest round of free-trade negotiations between the United States and five Central American countries this week in Houston.

But at the age of 15, she weighed a whopping 117kg and came to a difficult decision: it was time to try surgery.

About 70,000 union members are on strike, including about 18,000 Ralphs employees.

The program spreads further only when a computer user selects the attached program that then secretly mails itself to e-mail addresses stored in the user's computer.

Most of their features were similar to those of early humans whose fossils have been found at sites in Africa, the Middle East, and later in Europe.

Bishop O'Brien, aged 67, had told police he thought he had hit a dog or cat.

Kernan, who was O'Bannon's lieutenant governor, friend and political partner, was sworn in six hours after O'Bannon died Saturday.

Perry said he backs the Senate's efforts, including the fines, to force the Democrats to return.

This is an increase from the $22.5 million and 5 cents a share previously forecast.

Phoberomys' skeleton was unearthed 250 miles west of Caracas, Venezuela.

Just as before, it will be up to the Council to decide the direction and process.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC lost 2 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,649.

The director of the Office of Medical Access, Cindy Cripps-Prawak, left her job after the department introduced a plan to distribute marijuana through doctors' offices.

A woman was listed in good condition at Memorial's HealthPark campus, he said.

Mr. Woodley died Sunday at age 44 of liver and kidney failure in his native Shreveport, La.

Ms Grinspun's concerns came after two emergency room nurses tried to warn doctors at the hospital in mid-May that five family members had SARS-like symptoms.

Nvidia will take advantage of MediaQ customers, which include such players as Siemens AG, Sharp, Philips, Dell, Mitsubishi and Sony Corp.

Each hull produced by the yards will cost about $1.4 billion, and the completed submarines will cost about $2.2 billion each, Young said.

Its safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of a cap....The level of it is to be debated.

But other sources close to the sale said Vivendi was keeping the door open for further bids in the next day or two.

And tuition at two-year community colleges jumps $300, or 12 percent, to $2,800.

A meeting of the clubs board of directors, chaired by president Florentino Perez, had decided against renewing the 52-year-olds contract as Real Madrid coach.

Along with Boston, Watertown, Saugus and Framingham also are going smoke-free Monday.

Some states make them available immediately; others keep them sealed for as much as 30 years.

U.S. President George W. Bush said he's appointed Paul (Jerry) Bremer, a security and counter-terrorism expert, as presidential envoy to Iraq.

Following the news, shares of the power company climbed 20 cents to close at $14.10.

Under NASD regulations, Mr. Young can file a response and request a hearing before an NASD panel.

Added Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif.: "Some of us find that the collateral damage is greater than it needs to be in the conduct of this war."

"Our strong preference is to achieve a financial restructuring out of court," Mirant CEO Marce Fuller said in a prepared statement early Friday.

Though a federal judge in New Jersey agreed, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit disagreed.

In Sweden, 99 percent of women are literate, compared with only 8 percent of women in Niger.

U.S. officials did not say whether American forces, who were acting on intelligence, crossed into Syrian territory and were vague about how the Syrian guards were involved.

The federal government has traditionally reimbursed urban hospitals at higher rates on the belief that medical treatment is less expensive in small cities and towns.

The original agreement, signed in August 2001 and now extended through 2006, has enabled both companies to successfully deliver high-availability and high-performance end-to-end data center solutions.

The security official's backup was on active duty, and the lottery association didn't have a replacement in New Jersey, Strutt said.

"To have people say that we did this for the money is foolish and dead wrong," Raymond Jackson said through the pastor.

Apple Computer Inc. said Monday it exceeded record industry expectations by selling more than 1 million songs since the launch of its online music store a week ago.

In addition, Hambali laments, "all the group's savings have been lost to raids and arrests," and "JI is now totally dependent on al-Qaeda for money."

It also predicted that a 7.0 per cent rise to $204.9bn in 2006, topping the industry's yearly sales record set in 2000.

Other countries are owed at least $US80 billion ($108.52 billion).

The Pentagon had hoped to retain control of the postwar effort, so the decision was seen by some insiders as a victory for Powell and the State Department.

His hatred had germinated and cemented his belief that violence was the best panacea.

He suddenly found himself confronted with dozens of panicked guests and face to face with one of three men who led the attacks.

In May 2002, LCDs accounted for only 22 percent of monitor sales.

If found guilty, he could be executed under anti-terror laws passed in the weeks after the bombings.

"The other guy, he's ashamed of his party, and I don't blame him.

When Ragin's address was raided, authorities found more than 1,000 credit cards and duplicating machines.

"I'm going to try to march with a number of different groups," Bloomberg said.

Gemstar shares moved higher on the news, closing up 2.6 percent at $5.49 on Nasdaq.

Three new dramas, including one starring The West Wing refugee Rob Lowe, will also be on the schedule, NBC announced yesterday.

A poll released this week showed that the FBI bugging of the mayor has given a boost to his re-election effort.

The Transportation Department survey of 60,000 people, conducted in 2001 and 2002, found 91 percent of people who commute use their own cars or trucks.

Lara was unbeaten on 93 when the torrential rain stopped play with Marlon Samuels on five.

Mr. Bremer said that Iran, including its intelligence service, continued to interfere in fledgling political reconstruction.

And of those, 55 percent, or 149, claimed to treat, prevent, diagnose or cure specific diseases -- despite the regulations prohibiting that kind of statement.

James Rohr, chairman and chief executive officer, said PNC regretted the incident.

This is a hospital that treats everybody as people, and if we could do that throughout the world, we could end terrorism."

At 2:25 p.m., the King County medical examiner confirmed the remains were human, Larson said.

The Connecticut Hospital Association joined the Red Cross Monday in calling for more blood donors.

Macugen dries up those blood vessels by blocking a protein in the body called vascular endothelial growth factor that promotes blood vessel growth.

Moseley Braun has scored endorsements from the National Organization for Women and the National Women's Political Caucus.

"President Bush has to put Putin on notice that he is taking Russia in the wrong direction," Soros said.

Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, Democrat of West Virginia, said that provision of the Senate bill undermined a basic tenet of Medicare.

The GameCube, a major disappointment in the last fiscal year, trails both Sony's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft' Xbox.

Baker called a pregame meeting, believing the the corked-bat episode had distracted the team.

As many as 30 people were believed to be trapped inside initially, the state police said.

The Bush administration should make public facts about purported Saudi Arabian complicity with terrorists rather than worry about offending the kingdom, several legislators said yesterday.

The agent reported his contacts to Texas law enforcement officials and told them another legislator being sought was in Ardmore.

Still, changes to IE "may affect a large number of existing Web pages," according to the W3C's notice.

Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking at his monthly news conference, repeated his warning that Britons were under threat and urged vigilance.

OPEC this week is set to pressure independent exporters to back the cartel's next supply cut to prevent the resumption of Iraqi exports undercutting oil prices.

The governor said budget cuts in mental health care would cut services to 5,800 developmentally disabled Missourians.

It has been well documented over 12 years of lies and deception from Saddam."

Microsoft Monday released the second in a planned series of Solution Accelerators for its Office product lineup.

Indeed, analyst Mike King of Banc of America Securities downgraded Genentech yesterday to a "sell" before the company released its colon cancer news.

All four are expected to appear in court Tuesday or Wednesday, he said.

An Ohio law that bans a controversial late-term abortion procedure is constitutionally acceptable and the state can enforce it, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.

The case decided Monday centered around an Illinois fund-raiser, Telemarketing Associates.

He most recently served as corporate vice president of Microsoft's Mobile Devices Marketing Group.

The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 11.22 points, or 1.13 percent, at 1,007.19.

The Saint Sophia Camp hosts religious retreats for children during the summer months as well as other events year round, according to its Web site.

In Uganda, Anglican spokesman Jackson Turyagyenda said the church was "very disappointed".

Family and friends of the west Belfast man insist he was in the West Bank on a "cultural visit".

"All of a sudden, it's like a bullet went through them - it's like a state of shock.

President Bush on Monday accused Europe of aggravating hunger in Africa by closing its markets to genetically modified food.

The union said it would reveal later which chain would be targeted.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX was off 1.07 points, or 0.11 percent, at 1,010.59.

Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner has been urging other state officials to do whatever they could to protect Virginia Tech's interests.

Intel Corp., the world's biggest semiconductor maker, narrowed its second-quarter sales forecast as demand for microprocessors is reaching the high end of the company's expectations.

Japan's business lobby quoted Snow as saying he wanted China to be flexible on its trade and foreign exchange policies.

The subject was scarcely mentioned in his 2000 campaign, or in his administration's national security strategy.

It ain't coming to me, but it's only about a third of what I owe in the world.

The Agriculture Department already has issued a recall for beef slaughtered along with the infected cow Dec. 9 at a meat company in Moses Lake, Wash.

"The commission's staff believes that Lay has personal knowledge of several matters under investigation," the SEC said.

"I´m very proud of the citizens of this state," Gov. John Baldacci said after votes from Tuesday´s referendum were counted.

Huge fires in Arizona and Colorado scorched forests in areas where thinning projects had meant to reduce the fire threat, but were tied up in appeals, Bush said.

The SEC said each bank helped Enron mislead investors by characterizing "what were essentially loan proceeds" as cash from operating activities.

When Olvera-Carrera was moved to the bus, the officers dragged his paralyzed body across the ground, Perez said.

MTA spokeswoman Marisa Baldeo Sunday night declined to discuss the matter because of the pending litigation.

"Enron company executives engaged in widespread and pervasive fraud to manipulate the company's earnings results," Buell said.

Above the clasped hands is a tomahawk crossed by a peace pipe, signifying peace.

This study's researchers, from the Institute of Child Development of the University of Minnesota, had earlier found the same pattern in 3- and 4-year-olds.

IBM shares closed up $1.75, or 2.11 percent, at $84.50 on the New York Stock Exchange.

Feldman presented the most recent findings and the new map Friday at the sixth International Conference on Mars in Pasadena, Calif.

"This case is wholly without merit, both factually and legally," Judge Denny Chin scoffed.

Later Tuesday, Graham was expected to be re-elected for a second one-year term.

The injured passenger at John Peter Smith died later in the morning; his name has not been released, Jones said.

Enter the Miami police chief, John Timoney, an avowed enemy of activist "punks", who classified FTAA opponents as "outsiders coming in to terrorise and vandalise our city".

Maximum sustained winds were around 40 mph, with stronger gusts.

The new products on the desktop side include the latest versions of Pylon Conduit and Pylon Pro.

Malvo, 18, is charged in the fatal shooting of FBI analyst Linda Franklin outside a Home Depot store in Falls Church.

HP fell to second place with server sales growing 0.4 percent to $2.9 billion.

Mr. Misfeldt agreed to surrender $346,807 in trading profits and $111,595 in interest.

That began on May 21, after Penn Traffic announced it was considering bankruptcy.

At the company-sponsored TechEd conference in Dallas, Microsoft executives will announce that two key products will enter customer testing this U.S. summer.

As Sayliyah was the command base for the Iraq war, but hundreds who ran the war have returned to the United States.

Quinn was assigned to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based in Fort Carson, Colo.

Tornadoes continue to tear across the U.S. Midwest after ripping through six states, killing as many as 29 people, the Associated Press reported.

The magazine glorifies soldiers but not the Bush administration for putting them in Iraq, calling troops the bright sharp instrument of a blunt policy.

Wal-Mart has told its top 100 suppliers that they'll need to have radio-frequency ID systems in place for tracking pallets of goods through the supply chain by Jan. 25, 2005.

In addition, the NTSB also recommended to NHTSA that state legislation be enacted to prohibit holders of learners permits and intermediate licenses from using mobile phones while driving.

State Democratic Chairman Herman Farrell, who is also chairman of the Assembly's Ways and Means Committee, supports the Legislature's budget plan.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 44 points, or 0.46 percent, to 9,568.

MedImmune Vaccines, the maker of FluMist, made between 4 million and 5 million doses this year.

UBS Warburg downgraded Altria, a Dow member, to "neutral" from "buy," based on valuation.

JetBlue shares fell $1.86, or 5.4 percent, to $32.75 in late morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market after the deal was announced.

The Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday updated its travel warning on Indonesia, recommending all non-essential travel be deferred because of concerns that more terrorist attacks were planned.

"In my mind this is not an issue on the horizon right now," he was quoted as saying.

The University of Michigan plans to release a new undergraduate admissions policy Thursday after its acceptance requirements were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.

They ordered state troopers to close the roads leading to her home after her motorcade passed, to prevent camera crews from pursuing her.

In seeking leniency, Waksal apologized to the court, his employees and his family.

"There is nothing that Rob Furst did that was not vetted and approved by senior individuals at Merrill."

E Ink is one of several groups trying to develop electronic "paper" for e-newspapers and e-books, and other uses - even clothing with computer screens sewn into it.

But the inadequate performance of students in various subgroups, such as race, pushed the state onto the needs-improvement list under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Officials involved in the Howard library rejected the idea of harming African-Americans.

The Standard & Poor's Oil and Gas Exploration Index <.GSPOILP> was up 3.6 percent.

"I thought it was going to be a special day, but I didn't want to get ahead of myself," she said.

World No.2 Lleyton Hewitt has accused his professional peers of long-standing malice, including an attempt last year to dupe him into refusing a drug test.

Along with chip maker Intel, the companies include Sony, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, International Business Machines, Gateway, Nokia and others.

Shares of Express Scripts ESRX.O fell about 4 percent to $66.73 on the Nasdaq in late morning trade.

Fire Chief John Jacoby arrived, joining Moriarty at the top of the embankment.

The benchmark 10-year note was recently down 17/32, to yield 4.067 percent.

This year there have been 4,416 confirmed cases of West Nile virus nationwide with 20 in Missouri, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Monday's three-count indictment replaces a criminal complaint filed by prosecutors on April 23.

Defense attorney William Rork said he thought Walker would ask him to appeal Parrish's ruling to a higher state court and perhaps U.S. District Court.

"There are a range of risks which are being seriously examined by competent authorities," Mr Ruddock said.

There’s also at least three suspected cases in Illinois and 11 in Indiana.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday on whether companies can be sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act for refusing to rehire rehabilitated drug users.

Merck plans to spin off all the shares of Medco to company shareholders in the third quarter.

The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades endorsed Mr Dean several weeks ago.

Moore, the suspended chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, stands trial before the Alabama Court of the Judiciary.

Penn Traffic stock closed Wednesday at 36 cents, up 2 cents, or 6.2 percent, from Tuesday's close.

CBS said the show "does not present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans for CBS and its audience.

On Monday, Putnam said chief executive Lawrence J. Lasser had resigned.

Redman has allowed two earned runs or less in six of his nine starts.

The vulnerability exists in the way Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications checks document properties passed to it when a document is opened.

He was arrested last week for allegedly punching a parking attendant outside a nightclub in LA.

He received a master's in engineering management in 1991 from the University of Central Florida.

The results are to be published in Wednesday's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

"But unfortunately we have found that attacks against Iraqis have increased," he added.

The Bush administration wants to let governors seek exemptions from a ban on mining, drilling and logging in one-third of the national forests.

Today, June 25, the 127th anniversary of Custer's defeat, formal recognition is coming to the Indian warriors who prevailed that hot June day in 1876.

That's about to change, now that the government is requiring food labels to reveal exact levels of the artery clogger.

The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX shed 0.17 of a point, or just 0.02 percent, to 934.

The witness was a 27-year-old Kosovan parking attendant, who was paid by the News of the World, the court heard.

Although sex crimes Det.-Sgt. Dave Perry is in command of the case, homicide Det.-Sgt. Gerry Cashman appeared last night at the Finch Ave.-Hwy. 404 area home.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 79.43 points, or 0.86 percent, to 9,117.12 on Friday.

"The day may come," Judge Wolf continued, "when a court properly can and should declare the ultimate sanction to be unconstitutional in all cases.

Analysts polled by Thomson Financial First Call had been expected to see a loss of about 11 cents a share from continuing operations.

Bombardier's class B shares were up 13 Canadian cents or 3.2 percent at C$3.93 on the Toronto Stock Exchange late Monday morning.

Snow's interview was conducted on Friday but embargoed until Tuesday.

At least 150 people are scheduled to testify at the hearings next week, with experts and activists lining up on both sides.

The mock explosion of a radioactive "dirty bomb," the first event in the weeklong drill, occurred on several acres in the south Seattle industrial area.

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose to its highest since early December.

"The casting was a big key," says John Shaw of box office firm Movieline International.

Playwright George Axelrod, who anticipated the sexual revolution with The Seven Year Itch and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Basically, the plaintiffs did not show that omissions in Merrill's research caused the claimed losses.

They asked that the autopsy reports be unsealed after portions of the autopsy report on Peterson's unborn son that were favorable to the defense were leaked to the media.

In CNN's latest move to rejuvenate ratings, the network has ousted Teya Ryan, general manager of U.S. programming.

"For us, that doesn't make a difference - the sexual orientation," Archbishop Tutu said in the black urban centre of Soweto.

Though the judge can reduce the punishment to life in prison without parole, experts say Virginia judges rarely take that opportunity.

With diplomacy heating up in the nearly 10-month-old crisis, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing flies to Japan on Sunday en route to South Korea on August 13.

So far, authorities also have searched areas in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.

Besides a sales slump, Siebel is sparring with some shareholders over management stock option windfalls.

Dennehy, who transferred to Baylor last year after getting kicked off the team at New Mexico for temper tantrums, became a born-again Christian in June 2002."

"The EU regulatory system for GM authorisation is in line with WTO rules: it is clear, transparent and non-discriminatory.

He said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14 bombers who launched five almost simultaneous raids Friday night.

The Korean Air deal is expected to be finalized "in the next several weeks," Boeing spokesman Bob Saling said.

"We're not looking for a Robin Hood remedy," said Michael Rebell, the campaign's executive director.

The Fed also said the risks to the economy were biased toward weakness.

In recent years, Mr. Hampton continued to run into trouble, facing charges of fare-beating and credit-card theft.

Five-year notes US5YT=RR added 2/32 to give a yield of 3.10 percent from 3.12 percent.

Police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena said in a statement that at least 154 people, most of them opposition activists or officials, were arrested across the country Monday.

Similar rewards were offered for his two sons and lieutenants, Uday and Qusay.

"The steps that the Iranians claim to have taken in terms of capturing al-Qaeda are insufficient," Fleischer said.

"What they are doing right now is they drive around in their cars, while people are being killed 500 metres away.

Jim Wolfcale, the jury foreman and a minister, said, "This case was both mentally challenging and emotionally exhausting."

Starfish is United's second attempt at a low-cost unit within the larger company.

John Vial, district manager for the Oregon Department of Transportation, estimated that 250 to 500 vehicles were stranded overnight after the Siskiyou Pass was closed Sunday night.

They said they only wanted to be entertaining and win the a prize and were fired for exercising free-speech rights.

This is one of the most important solutions for portable gaming," said Satoru Okada, general manager of Nintendo's research and engineering department.

"It's a waste of water and money," said Adan Ortega, a Metropolitan vice president.

America says 1,882 of its service personnel are listed as missing in action and unaccounted for.

Intel spokesman Daniel Francisco said the company "is looking into the problem" identified by Nortel, but he declined to provide any details.

Feith said critics have misrepresented the work of the special intelligence group he set up in October 2001.

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day OConnor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer agreed with Souter.

The government says the changes are necessary if Israel is to compete successfully in the global marketplace and attract investment.

Treasury prices slouched lower on Friday as conflicting messages on the prospects of an aggressive cut in U.S. interest rates left some investors nursing losses and a grudge.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 13.68 points, or 1.42 percent, at 977.27.

Mr. Powell told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.

But quartet members are divided 3-1, the United States against the rest, on whether they should treat Arafat as the representative of the Palestinian people.

Kaichen's former landlord, Carol Halperin of Chappaqua, said Kaichen claimed to have volunteered at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the attack.

The U.S. women, who are defending champions, will play on Sept. 25 in Philadelphia and conclude group competition on Sept. 28 in Columbus, Ohio.

The battle around VeriSign"s three-week-old Site Finder service rages on.

At the Casa de Espaa, customers were eating dinner and playing bingo when a bomb went off.

Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of the leading producers of the vaccine and one of a handful of companies that still make it.

The push to schedule a Labor Day race at California Speedway has gained momentum since the series visited the race track for the Auto Club California 500 in April.

About 150 local governments, including those of Carrboro, Alaska, Hawaii and Vermont, have approved similar resolutions.

It would be most serious warning since the 15-nation bloc has sent Iran since they began negotiating a trade and cooperation agreement late last year.

"We condemn this raid which is in our view illegal and morally and politically unjustifiable," London-based NCRI official Ali Safavi told Reuters by telephone.

His comments diluted remarks reported in an interview on Tuesday saying the ECB had not exhausted its ammunition for rate cuts.

The public hearing is the second for the panel created by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld under pressure from Congress.

Frankel said Peace Rules will run in the Preakness Stakes on May 17.

Those numbers showed the U.S. economy shed another 48,000 jobs in April, while the jobless rate jumped to 6 per cent.

Opponents said they had 1.1 million signatures on petitions opposing the recall, though those petitions would have no legal effect.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange's semiconductor index .SOXX jumped 6.10 percent.

The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI tacked on 97 points, or 1.14 percent, to 8,699.

In the second quarter, consumer advertisers continued to spend the most online, slightly increasing their share.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was down 1.55 points, or 0.09 percent, at 1,744.91.

A fifth member of an alleged terrorist sleeper cell in a Buffalo suburb pleaded guilty Monday to supporting terrorism.

Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people) shot up 38 percent, making it the biggest percentage gainer on the Nasdaq.

"We are aware of the situation," said Assistant US Attorney Todd Greenberg, a counter-terrorism prosecutor in Seattle.

The U.S. administration cranked up concerns of impending natural gas shortages yesterday, a supply crunch that officials said "will touch virtually every American."

"The threat to aircraft by terrorists using shoulder-fired missiles continues in Kenya, including Nairobi," it said.

While federal prosecutors refuse to discuss the investigation, lawyers and others familiar with it say it remains focused on Campbell.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest private employer, will now include gays and lesbians in its anti-discrimination policy, company officials said Wednesday.

Westermayer was 26 then, and a friend and former manager who knew she was unhappy in her job tipped her to another position.

If successful, it will be the first to bring back a rock sample from an asteroid, Kawaguchi said.

We hope to have the first of these discussions within the next three to five months."

The upgrade will be available as a free download for current customers with SmarNet support in January 2004.

A move to legalize marijuana for medical use was defeated yesterday in the state House of Representatives, 79-64.

She suffered severe brain damage following a heart attack in 1990.

I never blamed a victim, I never punished a victim,'' said Brig. Gen. Taco Gilbert, the school's former No. 2 officer.

To replace Oracle 11.9 with PeopleSoft--that would be a move that makes sense."

Scott Dixon eventually made winning the Honda Indy 225 look easy Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway.

Simon Property's shares rose 42 cents to $39.45 at the close of New York Stock Exchange trading Tuesday.

The bomb exploded while authorities waited for a bomb squad to arrive.

For example, Anhalt said, children typically treat a 20-ounce soda bottle as one serving, although it actually contains 2 ½ 8-ounce servings.

The elder Yakou, an Iraqi native who is a legal U.S. resident, appeared before a federal magistrate Wednesday on charges of violating U.S. arms control laws.

That fire devastated the reservation, a nearby national forest and several communities, burning 469,000 acres and destroying 491 homes.

Sliding down the embankment, the two rescuers hit the spongy, rocky floor of the river and immediately felt the pull.

Waksal pleaded guilty to insider trading charges last year, and he is scheduled to be sentenced June 10.

But skeptics are concerned about the ease at which these hardware-based security features could be used to set digital rights management policies by vendors.

In a news release Thursday, Strayhorn said this was the first time a comptroller rejected a budget.

"Until more facts are presented, Lindows.com will not take a position as to the validity of the claims presented by either side," Lindows said in a statement.

After the fraud was discovered, San Ramon-based U.S. Wireless restated its financial results, increasing its fiscal year 2000 loss from $11.4 million to $17.7 million.

Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase, said "I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply."

To force a recall election of Davis, the valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be turned in to election officials.

Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said it had greeted The Lancet's call with "amusement and disbelief'".

Authorities picked up Dotson on July 21 after he called 911, saying he needed help because he was hearing voices, authorities said.

After retiring, he was appointed assistant secretary of energy for defense programs by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1985.

But Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich said the "somewhat ambiguous ruling" by regulators might be a setback for Static Control depending on how it developed its competing product.

Consumers' assessment of current conditions was less favorable than last month.

Barbini said the EU may reach a compromise but it wants a system for labeling such foods, something the industry has resisted.

"It seems clear the climate is changing," he said when asked to explain flooding that has ravaged this part of southeast France two years in succession.

Each of those counts carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine plus restitution.

The McLean, Virginia-based company said newspaper revenue increased 5 percent to $1.46 billion.

Four months later it signed a joint marketing agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co.

Under the law, telemarketers who call numbers on the list can be fined up to $11,000 for each violation.

AFTRA, on the other hand, approved the merger by a whopping 75 percent.

Begg and Abbasi feature on an initial list of six detainees who could be tried by the military tribunal.

The dead cavalrymen are honored with a hilltop granite obelisk and white headstones.

Terrance's father, Terrance Cottrell Sr., told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday that he wants everyone involved in his son's death to be held responsible.

PowderJect's strong U.S. position will complement Chiron's European presence, analysts said.

The federal courts have ruled that the monument violates the constitutional ban against state-established religion.

The Swedish central bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points to 3.0 percent.

"This case represents an important opportunity to put a halt to a national effort aimed at removing any religious phrase or reference from our culture," Sekulow said.

The team has named the sensor Canary, for cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields.

Started on Christmas Day in 1931 with Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel," the Met matinee broadcasts have introduced opera to millions of people around the world.

Guidant officials said Monday that Menlo Park, Calif.-based Endovascular would continue to ship the device and provide support to patients until October.

The boy fired once into a wall and sprayed the room with fire extinguishers, making it hard to see, the chief said.

A new worm has been spreading rapidly across the Internet, sometimes pretending to be an e-mail from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, antivirus vendors said Monday.

"However, we are not certain about the outcome of the discussion at this moment."

U.S. Capitol Police evacuated the Capitol yesterday after a sensor detected a possible biohazard in the Senate wing, but authorities later said it was a false alarm.

Aides to the general said Mr. Segal's arrival could have been the source of friction with Mr. Fowler.

Troubled Devil Rays prospect Josh Hamilton's promising future is in doubt after the Devil Rays announced Monday night that he will miss the season because of unspecified personal problems.

Mr Bush arrives on Tuesday on the first state visit by an American President.

The rally overshadowed ceremonies marking the sixth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China on 1 July 1997.

Patton also appointed Conner to the Kentucky Lottery Board and appointed Seth Conner to the Agriculture Development Board, the commission says.

The 2 1/2-ton probe will plunge into the thick Jovian atmosphere today at 1:49 p.m. MDT, disintegrating moments later from the friction generated by its 108,000 mph free-fall.

And Sen. Michael Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the subcommittee that first will take up the nomination, is a longtime friend of Kempthorne's.

If Mrs Clinton does decide to contest the 2008 election, she cannot announce her candidacy before 2006, which is when she faces re-election for the Senate.

"What is happening here is that people who have opposed this action throughout are trying to find fresh reasons why it was not the right thing to do."

Six Democrats and two Republicans are running for her seat and have qualified for the Feb. 3 primary ballot.

The Senate might support capping noneconomic damages beyond the $250,000 Gov. Jeb Bush proposes, said Senate President Jim King.

Reuters witnesses said public squares were packed with crying children and people left homeless, huddled in blankets to protect them from the cold.

Circuit Judge LeRoy Millette said it "has been clearly shown that such a change of venue is necessary to ensure a fair and impartial trial."

Hickenlooper clobbered city Auditor Don Mares, 46, in the Tuesday runoff.

Looking ahead the company confirmed its forecast of 10 per cent internal sales growth in 2003 and 2004.

The idiot-buddy prequel Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd debuted at No. 6, with $11.1 million.

"It remains to be seen whether the revenue recovery will be short- or long-lived," said James Sprayregen, UAL bankruptcy attorney, in court.

That was more than double the $102 million, or 13 cents a share, for the year-earlier quarter.

Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez said investigators felt confident that with the arrests they had "at least one of the fires resolved."

There was some counterpunching out there, Manager Lloyd McClendon said.

"We believe that it is not necessary to have a divisive confirmation fight," Daschle of South Dakota wrote the Republican president.

Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo said there was no damage to the vital rice crop as the harvest had ended.

Since Hulett dramatically expanded its shipments to the US in 2000, it has captured a significant share of the US market.

On Monday, China said nine more people had died from SARS and that 160 more were infected with the virus.

This is unacceptable," said Patrick Pelloux, the president of France's Association of Emergency Doctors.

"This is a good day for America's farmers," said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, in reaction to the administration announcement.

The American Cancer Society and several scientists said the study was flawed in several ways.

His lawyer, a cousin, Basil Russin, did not attend the hearing and did not return phone messages.

One senior officer said: "He's made it plain that if we think we are facing a suicide bomber, we should shoot first and ask questions later."

Tight media controls and the remote location of the clash made it impossible to confirm what happened.

Several shots rang out Wednesday night, but no gators were killed then.

Microsoft posted sales of $8.1 billion, up from $7.3 billion a year ago and ahead of analysts' estimates of $7.9 billion.

Sutherland is the 65-year-old computing pioneer who co-founded Evans & Sutherland, which made high-performance graphics computers.

The PracticeWorks acquisition is expected to add about $215 million to Kodak's revenue in the first full year, be slightly dilutive through 2005, and accretive thereafter.

The academy will get its own internal report next week and it will be made public, Rosa said.

A woman who underwent such an abortion could not be prosecuted under the bill.

International rescue workers hacked desperately through flattened debris for survivors and cemeteries overflowed in Iran's ancient Silk Road city of Bam yesterday.

Unless their parents submitted a written objection, students, regardless of citizenship status, would be required to participate in the pledges and moment of silence.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan called the Padilla ruling "troubling and flawed.

Team President Ken Sawyer said yesterday that Lemieux has not spoken to him about selling his interest in the Penguins or about playing for another team.

"Until this site was reported, the earliest site in the Bering land bridge area was dated at about 11,000 years ago."

The Nasdaq had a weekly gain of 17.27, or 1.2 percent, closing at 1,520.15 after gaining 30.46 yesterday.

Rice (57-12) and Stanford (51-17) will meet in a winner-take-all matchup at 6:05 p.m. Monday.

Grassley and Baucus said they had rejected that approach in their plan.

An outspoken opponent of terrorism, Professor Said's principal political allies were among the Palestinian intellectuals and civic leaders who have stood aside from the Arafat-dominated PLO and Palestinian Authority.

Speaking about the day before he was found dead, she said: "I was physically sick several times at this stage because he looked so desperate.

The developers, The Related Cos. and Apollo Real Estate Advisors, hope sales top $1 billion.

Calvin Hollins Jr.'s attorney, Thomas Royce, repeatedly has said his client had no link with the company that owned and operated E2.

The attack seemed similar to attacks staged near foreign compounds in Riyadh on May 12, for which officials have also blamed al-Qaida.

Some say the exotic animal trade is second only to the drug trade.

Proposition 34, a campaign financing initiative passed by the voters in 2000, limits fund-raising and spending by candidates for governor.

The 90-minute exchange took place at a debate, focusing on the issues of interest to young people, broadcast live from Faneuil Hall in Boston.

He then stabbed two passersby as he fled along a promenade by the Mediterranean Sea.

Police believe Wilson then shot Jennie Mae Robinson once in the head before turning the gun on herself.

The Federal Trade Commission asked Congress yesterday for broader powers to attack the rapidly growing problem of spam, which new studies show accounts for half of all e-mail traffic.

Chiron and Aventis Pasteur together made about 80 million doses, ordinarily enough for U.S. demand, The Associated Press reported.

The combined company's commercial lines and personal lines business will be consolidated under the Travelers brand and based in Hartford, Connecticut.

The government did not identify the taikonauts -- a term coined from taikong, the Chinese word for space.

"We are very pleased with the judge's decision," Merrill said yesterday.

"Short workers had worse hearing than expected by age -- three times more often than taller workers," writes Barrenas.

Max Guarino, 17, was found April 25 in the water off City Island.

Still, the FBI said in the report released Monday, the number of reported rapes rose by 4 percent and the number of murders grew by 0.8 percent.

If he is successful in reaching a so-called "hudna," he will hold more talks with Sharon, their third one-on-one in a month.

On Monday, Abbey trotted on stage, tail wagging, with Conway before a crowd of 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual customer conference.

Its shares fell $9.61 to $50.26, ranking as the NYSE's most-active issue and its biggest percentage loser.

It warned that London, among a number of other cities, was facing an increasing threat of a suicide bomb attack.

The news also comes in conjunction with Suns annual JavaOne developers conference in San Francisco.

On Wednesday, attendees will vote on resolutions that express the Southern Baptist view on issues, but are not binding on individual churches.

He cut his rating for XL shares from "buy" to "neutral" and said the shares would not "rebound quickly".

The company's shares surged $4.70, or 13.7 percent, to $39.10 on the Nasdaq Stock Market yesterday.

The Telegraph can reveal that Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, placed his force on its highest alert last week.

"This was a persistent problem which has not been solved, mechanically and physically," said board member Steven Wallace.

The same survey found the median household income rose by $51, when accounting for inflation, to $43,057.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers on Tuesday made good on a promise to offer a workstation based on Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday it will take time to locate die-hard remnants of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime in Iraq.

The Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida voted Saturday to repudiate a decision by the denomination's national convention to confirm a gay man as bishop.

Her first heart tumor was removed in 1997 in the upper part of her heart, but it returned in 1999, 2001, and again this year.

On May 22, 2002, the first of Levy's weathered bones were found in Washington's Rock Creek Park.

But he said labor wanted other senators to increase the value of awards proposed by Hatch and create a mechanism to ensure the fund remains solvent.

Both Strain 121 and Pyrolobus fumarii are members of the unusual life domain known as Archaea.

These days, death-penalty backers in the legislature acknowledge that they are outnumbered.

At issue in yesterday's case is a Washington state scholarship program that helps high-achieving students pay for studies in fields such as business or engineering, but not theology.

The department ordered Hanover Insurance to cut its rates by 31 percent.

"We're making these commitments first and foremost because we think it's the right thing to do," said Michael Mudd, spokesman for the company.

The company had revenue of $2.56 billion in the first quarter of 2002.

Standard & Poor's 500 stock index futures declined 4.40 points to 983.50, while Nasdaq futures fell 6.5 points to 1,206.50.

Carlton Dotson, Dennehy’s former teammate, reportedly told FBI agents he shot Dennehy after the player tried to shoot him, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.

Prosecutors called Durst a cold-blooded killer who shot Black to steal his identity.

The agency said it had no plans to release the name of the teenager involved because he was a minor.

The Bush administration blames the wave of bombings and guerrilla attacks on Saddam loyalists and foreign Muslim militants who have entered Iraq to fight U.S. troops.

Emile Laroza, 51, contracted SARS while working as a nurse at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the second SARS outbreak.

And the swagger of a president saying `bring `em on' will never bring peace," Kerry said.

Sgt. Ernest Bucklew, 33, was coming home from Iraq to bury his mother in Pennsylvania.

Analysts spent yesterday running the red pen through the accounts and are expected to announce further cuts to the company's value.

The Intel 865G chipset is priced at $44 with integrated software RAID, $41 without RAID.

The move came after Culture Minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon announced the government would impose cuts to unemployment benefits despite howls of protest from actors.

Thousands of revellers, celebrating the decision, vowed to push for more legal rights, including same-sex marriages.

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won a landslide election in 1990 but has never been allowed to govern.

The group is also offering end user telephone support for $39.95 per incident.

It is the first major industrial plant project that Leighton has managed.

The $85 million agreement was reached in September, less than two months after Archbishop Sean O'Malley took over as leader of the nation's fourth-largest diocese.

"But for a meaningful dialogue to begin, cross-border terrorism should end and its infrastructure should be dismantled."

It is priced at $5,995 or $195 on a per user licensing plan with a minimum of five users.

In a special section on diabetes, the report notes that 6.5 percent of American adults were diagnosed with diabetes in 2002, compared to 5.1 percent in 1997.

Zahid and Paveen Sharif were arrested in Derbyshire and Tabassum, Mr Sharif's wife, in Nottinghamshire, last Friday.

AT&T has 30 days to respond to the charges before the F.C.C. issues a final order.

The study results were released at a meeting in Seattle of the American Thoracic Society and also will be published in tomorrow's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

Associated Press Writer Carolyn Thompson contributed to this report from Buffalo.

The bishop told police he thought he had struck a dog or a cat or that someone had thrown a rock at his vehicle.

An audiotape aired last week by the Arab al-Jazeera television network may be the strongest evidence yet that Saddam survived the war.

Defense lawyers cannot appeal the ruling until after trial, in the appellate courts.

The father, Ron Lovett, issued a statement through a family member Monday, apologizing for his son's behavior.

"The clear message is it should not be used to prevent cardiovascular disease," Manson said.

South Africa's Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he does not understand all the fuss about appointing a gay bishop, but he has urged homosexual clergy to remain celibate.

OKeefe called Bridges, a retired Air Force Major General, to ask him to switch centers on Wednesday.

"This sale is part of our efforts to simplify our Foodservice Products business and improve its cost structure," chairman and CEO Gary Costley said in a statement.

The research adds to the evidence that diet may affect a person's chances of developing the mind-robbing disease that afflicts more than four million North Americans.

"But they did not, as of the time of this tragic event, provide the additional security we requested."

Voters in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, were asked to decide whether to allow same-sex couples - and also unmarried heterosexual couples - to officially register as domestic partners.

The report added that "spin" and manipulative public relations "are not the answer," but that neither is avoiding the debate.

But in Jordan and in the Palestinian Authority, only 1 percent of the Muslim population say they have a favorable opinion of the United States.

But they don't realize that until it's too late (of course) because they're potential victims.

It also disclosed that sales -- a figure closely watched by analysts as a barometer of its health -- were significantly higher than industry experts expected.

A separate case seeking to renegotiate contracts was filed by Sierra Pacific Resources SRP.N utility Nevada Power Co. and two municipal utilities.

The supermarket chains have used managers and replacement workers to keep their stores open, often at reduced hours.

Police said they were checking a white articulated trailer truck found about 20 miles from the warehouse for forensic evidence.

The study appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association (news - web sites).

One of the significant highs Beijing chalked up before APEC was Chinas first space mission on Oct 15.

Partly as a result, ABC chose to broadcast its special report out of Washington with Ted Koppel as anchor.

The company has publicly identified Linux as one of its biggest competitive threats.

Samudra not present in Bangkok, the indictment said, but attended a series of meetings before the attacks, recruiting fellow bombers and coordinating the operation.

The company added that it would reevaluate its commitment to the remaining New York show, which took place last month.

The two Democrats on the five-member FCC held a news conference to sway opinion against Powell and the panel's two other Republicans.

If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters are headed to a runoff on June 3.

The rebels are also calling for the deployment of a U.S.-led peacekeeping force.

The bomb exploded in Helmand Province aboard a bus headed for the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, according to wire reports.

The UMass president, who testified before a congressional committee last week, has acknowledged talking to him once since he went on the lam in 1995.

Closer Eric Gagne earned his 17th save in as many opportunities as he struck out three of the four batters he faced in the ninth.

Air Commodore Dave Pietsch said the main concern was a September 11-style aircraft suicide attack.

"I don't even worry about that anymore," the 38-year-old center fielder said.

The paper was released by the Computer and Communications Industry Association in Washington.

Families stuck on the highway were being urged to remain in their cars, and to use their cell phones only in case of emergency.

"While the rest of America grapples with an economic downturn, recession has become a permanent way of life for much of rural America."

In jihad, the target must be clear, meaning that we should have authentic evidence of the target that they really hate Islam," Imron said.

"That sounds more like Stonewall Jackson than Reverend (Jesse) Jackson," he retorted.

Server software, however, costs thousands of dollars, such as SharePoint Portal Server, which retails for $5,619.

He said that dogs are second only to humans in terms of being the subject of medical research.

But the deal must get approval from the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department's antitrust division.

Hidalgo County Judge Ramon Garcia says when he was growing up, he wasn't allowed to speak Spanish at school.

Hovan "did not wake up that day" intending to hurt anyone, defense attorney John Speranza said.

Microsoft on Thursday agreed to pay AOL Time Warner $750 million to settle AOL Time Warner's private monopoly lawsuit against Microsoft.

The bill is among the first of 13 that Congress must pass each year to fund the federal government.

Prairie dogs, usually found in southwestern and western states, aren’t indigenous to Wisconsin.

Uruguayan armoured personnel carriers trained mounted machine guns down Bunia's empty main street, but they were under orders not to open fire.

National Breast Cancer Centre head Professor Christine Ewan said there was no need for panic.

At the end of the second quarter, Intel initially predicted sales of between $6.9 billion and $7.5 billion.

Openexchange Server 4.1 includes a web-based distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV) interface and Outlook connector to speed information flows.

The highest-paid private-college president in Washington is University of Puget Sound President Susan Resneck Pierce at $314,160, the Chronicle said.

Late Friday evening, forecasters said Erika was 130 miles east of Brownsville and tracking due west at 21 mph with sustained winds of about 70 mph.

Energy prices dropped by 8.6 percent, the biggest decline since July 1986.

The 30-year bond <US30YT=RR> firmed 24/32, taking its yield to 4.18 percent, after hitting another record low of 4.16 percent.

BAT also said Antonio Monteiro de Castro, director for Latin America and the Caribbean, would become chief operating officer on January 1, 2004.

The government recently added the word 'Taiwan' in English to the cover of its new passports, a move slammed by Beijing.

The Reagan, a floating airfield with a flight deck covering 4.5 acres, is the ninth Nimitz-class carrier to be built at the Newport News shipyard.

The Regents math exam is required for graduation, but Mills reversed course after an estimated 63 percent of students statewide failed the exam.

Ms O'Hare, who has taken time out from studying history at New York University, will be in Australia throughout October in which is national breast cancer awareness week.

The US National Hurricane Center said the hurricane was heading toward the Texas coast and could strengthen before it hits land later in the day.

This led last month to the recovery of the 600-pound Cancun altar, Vanderbilt University in Nashville and the National Geographic Society announced Wednesday.

The royal household was bracing itself for any more revelations in A Royal Duty, based on the former servant’s time with Diana, Princess of Wales.

"The concrete barriers (between lanes) were being tossed around like feathers."

As part of the changes BAT said managing director, Paul Adams, 50, would become chief executive from January 1.

He crawled through a narrow, winding canyon, rappelled down a 60-foot cliff, and walked some six miles down the canyon near Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah.

Close cooperation between regional law enforcement agencies and intelligence services was at the heart of the fight against terrorism, he said.

Stout comes to Sprint from GE Capital, where he served as chief technology and information officer.

Only the positive effect on the financial services industry was assured, he said.

ESPN reported that Knight's two-year deal is worth $2.38 million, including a $300,000 signing bonus.

They said the company knowingly underestimated to the FDA the number of safety complaints involving the device.

"There's very strong interest in getting money back to the ratepayers as quickly as possible," Commissioner Susan Kennedy said.

Still, officials said it will take several more months of testing to determine whether the anthrax spores have been successfully killed.

He said he also expects to have the support of lawmakers from other agricultural states.

EDS is "in the process of responding to a subpoena and providing documents and information to the SEC," the company said.

It is not clear whether the apology to Sir Richard - known as "C" - was written on the orders of the Prime Minister or on Mr Campbell's own initiative.

The pipeline exploded only a few hours after two U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry were wounded when their Humvee vehicle detonated a land mine in the same area.

Anger grew after a police van injured several protesters by speeding through the crowd.

Vice President Dick Cheney says Mississippi Republican Haley Barbour would be a good governor because of his government and business savvy.

Trailing the Londoners by eight points two months ago, United rallied from its worst league start since 1989 with an unbeaten streak starting Dec. 26.

The incident began at 9:40 a.m. when deputies said they received a phone call requesting assistance with a domestic disturbance at the home in the 54-300 block of Avenida Velasco.

The Russell 2000 index, which tracks smaller company stocks, fell 1.40, or 0.3 percent, to 408.83.

In a mixture of ancient Melanesian pagan and modern Christian ceremonies the people tried again to erase the misfortunes they believe have kept them poor since that long-ago meal.

"We've put a lot of effort and energy into improving our patching progress, probably later than we should have.

Halliburton shares fell 54 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $21.76 a share in midday New York Stock Exchange trade.

He also recruited other people to take delivery of fraudulently obtained merchandise he had ordered.

"We believe this is the right decision for the company (Jinro), for its employees and for its creditors," it said.

Allegiant's stock closed Wednesday at $23.40, up 64 cents, in trading on the Nasdaq market.

Jim Williams, director of the US-VISIT project, said that by the middle of November, inspectors will be fingerprinting and photographing many foreign passengers arriving in Atlanta.

Organizers established a Web site, http://defacerschallenge.com, listing in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.

In one scene the film showed Mr Reagan's character saying of Aids patients: "They that live in sin shall die in sin."

"We were seconds away from having that happen," Albuquerque Fire Chief Robert Ortega said.

The ingredients of such a polypill would contain aspirin, a cholesterol-lowering statin, three blood pressure-lowering agents in half dose, and folic acid.

But neither he nor Peace Rules could keep Funny Cide from drawing away.

On Thursday, a Post article argued that a 50 basis point cut from the Fed was more likely.

Lao officials on Friday called on France, its former colonial ruler, to help the country find an alternative investor to replace EdF.

Loan losses, investment writedowns and legal costs led to the loss last year, the largest ever for a European bank.

The transaction will grant Handspring stockholders 0.09 of a share of Palm--and no shares of PalmSource--for each share of Handspring common stock.

State radio said it was the last test before the missile was delivered to the armed forces.

The samples would be used to find genes involved in diseases that have a particularly high incidence among African-Americans, such as hypertension and diabetes.

However, to verify Iran's claims about its controversial uranium-enrichment program, the IAEA says it must inspect facilities that are not officially declared as nuclear sites.

He followed his father and grandfather into the military, his mother said.

Cuomo's lawyer, Harriet Newman Cohen, said in a statement that he "was betrayed and saddened by his wife's conduct during their marriage."

This is what Limbaugh actually said about McNabb: "I don't think he's been that good from the get-go.

"To be wedged between these two monsters and hold as well as we did makes it that much better."

One villager, Ali Mekki, said: "This is my sweatshirt which my brother Jaafar used to borrow from me all the time."

The victim, who was not identified, was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper is to consider the motions Thursday.

If it's the Sunday night before Comdex, it must be time for yet another Bill Gates keynote.

It's a cluster of 44 IBM servers with a peak speed of 7.3 trillion calculations per second.

"It's not zero," said David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.

"The mission of the CAPPS II system has been and always will be aviation security," they said.

Spending on research and development is expected to be $4.4 billion for the year, compared with the previous expectation of $4.3 billion.

US officials accuse regional states, particularly Syria, of not doing enough to prevent foreign fighters from entering Iraq to attack US-led coalition forces.

Elwin Hermanson and the Sask. Party would put the future of our Crown corporations - and our economy - at risk."

Those children later diagnosed with the most severe autism showed the greatest increase in early rapid head growth compared to those children with milder forms of the disorder.

Through Sunday, Sept. 21, Site Finder has been visited over 65 million times by Internet users.

Bush said U.S. and European Union leaders, at an annual Washington summit, agreed on the need to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

Mr Djerejian said that in the past month Syria had taken some steps in response to the pressure, such as moving the militant group offices out of Damascus.

That saw the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR slip 5/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.36 percent from 3.34 percent late on Thursday.

The Arizona-based ISM reported Monday that its non-manufacturing index rose to 50.7 last month, from 47.9 in March.

Chief financial officer Andy Bryant has said that hike had a greater affect volume than officials expected.

Justice John Paul Stevens compared the interrogation to "an attempt to obtain an involuntary confession from a prisoner by torturous methods."

It will theoretically be able to transfer data at a rate of up to 20 megabytes per second under optimal conditions, according to Sony.

Westfield also will continue discussions about the other co-owned centres such as Knox City in Melbourne, half-owned by Deutsche Bank.

"These are real crimes that disrupt the lives of real people," Smith said.

Richard Miller, 57, survived a lifesaving liver transplant but remains hospitalized.

Mr Levine said she had been offered $400,000 to tell her story to an Australian TV network.

While news on consumer confidence rising is welcomed, it is not a factor in determining gross domestic product whereas new home sales do.

Historians believe that the 157-foot warship was carrying 9 tons of gold coins to buy the loyalty of the Duke of Savoy, a potential ally in southeastern France.

Both markets rallied last week on bets the Fed will lower rates at its next meeting June 24 and 25.

The update packages help "automate the management of server hardware, applications and operating systems patches using one tool," which is unpleasantly vague.

"Mr. Bryant is innocent and expects to be completely exonerated," Mackey said in a statement.

Detective Sergeant Bernie Magee said police were keeping an open mind on the disappearance.

The conference was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to discuss ways to end world hunger and poverty.

Their belief was based on speculation that estrogen prevents cell damage and improves blood flow.

Morales, who pleaded guilty in July, expressed "sincere regret and remorse" for his crimes.

Bryant's hearing date falls two days after the Lakers open the preseason with two games in Hawaii.

"Greater Manchester Police, with the support of German authorities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have now arrested Toby Studabaker in Frankfurt, Germany," a police spokeswoman said.

US officials said downward "rotor wash" generated by the hovering helicopter stripped the flag from the tower.

Stanford (46-15) plays South Carolina (44-20) on Friday in the opening game of the double-elimination tournament.

Engleman said the final report on the investigation could take as long as a year.

Neither OLAF nor the Belgian prosecutors have specified if it was this system that was at the centre of the investigation.

Further out the curve, the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR shed 18/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.24 percent from 3.17 percent.

A Caesarean had originally been planned in mid- November, two weeks early.

Those who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop serious prostate cancer in later life.

The heatwave was due to a mass of hot, dry air from the southeast, said Mario Almeida of Portugal's weather service.

Of the 24 directors who are not exchange executives, half are representatives of the securities industry and half are designated public members.

"Our outcomes are very encouraging," George Mason researcher Ken Alibek said.

The traditional Mediterranean diet contains many components, including a high intake of fruits and vegetables, nuts and cereals, and olive oil.

But she'll earn more than the $900000 (about R7.5-million) Kenny Perry got for winning.

The 27-year-old rapper's attorney in the civil matter, Mark Gann, did not return calls for comment.

His protest led to a 47-hour standoff with police that caused huge traffic jams in downtown Washington and northern Virginia.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wages among all nongovernment workers rose an average 2.7 percent from July 2002 through June 2003.

Trish York, a spokeswoman for Boeing, declined to comment on the deal.

Harkleroad was one of five American women who advanced to the third round.

The unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percentage point to 6.1%, the highest level since July 1994.

"She loved them so much," added Blossom Medley, who also looked after Johnson's foster kids.

In March 2002, 63 percent of home broadband users connected via cable modem; 34 percent used a DSL service.

Sally Baldwin, from York, was killed instantly when a walkway collapsed and she fell into the machinery at Tiburtina station.

Box cutters were the weapons used by the 19 hijackers in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Asked how his nation felt, he replied: "Australians are very upset and angry by what took place . . . upset because innocent people lost their lives."

"From Justin to Kelly," a romance starring "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson and runner-up Justin Guarini, bombed with just $2.9 million, opening at No. 11.

The first product, StorageCentral, is entry-level storage resource management (SRM) software focused on file and quota management in Windows environments.

Thursday morning, PeopleSoft's board rejected the Oracle takeover offer.

The servers can run Solaris x86 operating system or the standard Linux operating system.

A few miles west are the pyramids of Teotihuacan, where corn may first have been domesticated 4,000 years ago.

Hundreds of people have signed petitions calling for Archbishop Thomas Kelly's resignation for his handling of the crisis.

U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 99 others during 1,729 patrols and 25 raids conducted over 24 hours.

BlueCore3 also implements v1.2's eSCO facility to provide the basis for advanced cordless telephony applications for Bluetooth transmission.

The first time in 1999 was when Bashir replaced JI's former leader, Abdullah Sungkar, who had died.

Dotson, 21, was arrested and charged on July 21 after reportedly telling authorities he shot Dennehy after Dennehy tried to shoot him.

Two fires inside the park and one just outside the park were contained Wednesday afternoon.

It's manageable, and the integration is exceeding "almost every expectation we set for ourselves."

The Vatican has devised a mini-lift to allow John Paul to board and descend from the helicopter without tackling stairs.

Chante Jawaon Mallard, 27, is charged with murder and tampering with evidence.

Michael Suen, the secretary for housing, planning and lands, said after the ruling that Hong Kong's cabinet would meet "very soon" to decide whether to resume construction.

Geraldine Andrews, Reynolds' daughter-in-law and a friend of Wilson's family, said Robinson had recently taken Wilson out of a mental health facility.

Lieberman and other psychiatrists noted that other studies of SSRIs in children also have failed to find large differences in effectiveness between the drugs and placebos.

The Communications Workers Union, which represents more than 2,300 Comcast employees, called the executive pay package excessive when a typical union employee makes about $27,000 annually.

In Montana, tension was high Friday morning as officials prepared for what one official called an ``ugly'' forecast: more dry lightning and wind storms.

British Airways plans to retire its seven Concordes at the end of October.

Since posting a $3 million bond, Jackson has been keeping a low profile in Las Vegas, where he had been filming a music video.

Analysts also said they were disappointed by the company's $68 million pre-tax charge for weather-related and overhead costs on its Polar Tanker crude oil tanker program.

Even then, UDDI will have to be improved to handle those features.

On Sunday, four Palestinian militants were killed by an explosion in the northern Gaza Strip.

Innocent or not, "she's damaged goods," said Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm in New York.

France Telecom shares dropped 3.6 percent while Orange surged 13 percent.

They described the intruder as being in his 30s to early 40s, from 5-feet-2 to 5-feet-5-inches tall, weighing about 160 pounds.

Mr. Ballmer held a split-adjusted 470.9 million Microsoft shares as of Sept. 9 - second only to Chairman Bill Gates.

He said yesterday that the film is "meant to inspire, not offend."

On Wednesday next week, Mr Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Aqaba, Jordan.

She says she stayed in the marriage because she still loved him, although, "as a wife, I wanted to wring Bill's neck".

At 12 months, there was still a difference between the groups, but it was not considered significant.

Air Commodore Dave Pietsche said RAAF controllers had positioned a fully armed F/A-18 Hornet fighter to prepare to intercept the aircraft.

The e-mails reveal the close relationship between Boeing and the Air Force.

The Sunnyvale, Calif., chipmaker announced its plans Tuesday at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston.

After a weak start, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day up 26.26 to 9,217.35, while the S&P 500 index rose 3 to 980.59.

In late-morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Corixa was up 74 cents, or 10%, at $7.94.

Small-business customers paying between $1,200 and $3,200 a year would save between $60 and $120 per year, the commission estimated.

Bush is spending the weekend at his Crawford ranch, where he will play host to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The world's first portal potty was soon to be rolled out at summer festivals in Great Britain.

"I carried 100 percent of the votes in San Jose - of all the Austrian-born body builders," Schwarzenegger quipped.

Designed to compete with Microsoft Corp., Project Mad Hatter is being positioned by Sun as a cheaper, secure alternative desktop operating system to Microsoft's various desktop offerings.

"It was going to involve others," federal prosecutor Kenneth Karas said at a Jan. 30 court hearing, without further elaboration.

It was third time lucky for the 46-year-old explorer who twice had to abandon attempts to make ballooning history.

In fact, Fatima Haque's prom had practically everything one might expect on one of the most important nights of a teenage girl's year.

Federal officials said the document remained sealed until Thursday morning to allow authorities to make arrests in five Western states.

Dynes has been at UC San Diego since 1991 after spending 22 years with AT&T Bell Labs, where he worked on superconductors and other materials.

PG&E Corp. shares jumped $1.63 or 8 percent to $21.03 on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.

She insisted, though, that it not be published until after her death.

"Your withdrawal from our country is inevitable, whether it happens today or tomorrow," added the voice, which signed off giving the date as "mid-September."

Last week, former chief financial officer Franklyn Bergonzi pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with the government's investigation.

In 2006, Asia Pacific will report growth of 7.9 percent to $81.8 billion.

Trading volume was extremely light at 1.05 billion shares, below an already thin 1.19 billion on Tuesday.

Corixa's stock barely flinched on the news, dipping 12 cents to close at $6.88.

Sprint plans to move half of its 8 million local lines from hard-wired circuits to packet networks in the next six years.

At least 2,036 Palestinians and 737 Israelis have been killed since the revolt began in September 2000.

A spokesman at Strong Memorial Hospital said Doud was under evaluation Tuesday evening in the emergency room.

The attorney representing al-Halabi, Air Force Maj. James Key III, denied the charges, according to The Associated Press.

A long awaited report on the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS outbreak has been released.

Also as part of the deal, PalmSource stock will begin trading on the NASDAQ stock market Wednesday under the ticker symbol: PSRC.

"There's a Jeep in my parents' yard right now that's not theirs," she said.

"They did not ... provide the security that we had requested," Jordan said in a CBS interview.

The company estimated second-quarter revenue of $1.2 billion to $1.23 billion, up 14 percent to 16 percent from a year earlier.

Mehr said police had no way of knowing who or what Kilpatrick was shooting at with the single shot.

If Fortigel had been approved, Cellegy would have reached profitability by the second half of 2004, said Richard Juelis, chief financial officer.

Powell is serving time in a different case -- killing his landlady in 1982.

An ad agency employee gave the copy to a friend, who passed the movie to Gonzalez, prosecutors said.

"Due to economic and creative realities, many key people will not be returning, including Dylan," Kelley said Monday.

The Nasdaq composite index fell 2.95, or 0.2 percent, for the week to 1,912.36 after stumbling 37.78 yesterday.

The new analysis found that 32 of 16,608 participants developed ovarian cancer in about 5 1/2 years of follow-up, including 20 women taking hormones.

Prairie dogs are believed to have become infected in a pet shop through a Gambian rat imported from Africa.

Of the 24 million phone votes cast, Studdard was only 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.

Thirty-four of the men have been arrested and the others are being sought, US Attorney Daniel Bogden said yesterday.

Hispanics have officially overtaken African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, according to a report released by the US Census Bureau.

The charges would mark the latest effort to crack down on a form of trading that takes advantage of delays in the ways funds are priced.

The number of lung transplants also increased from 30 to 64 and the average waiting time for a lung fell from 290 days to 87 days.

Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday launched its newest Athlon chip for workstations and servers.

Shumaker was the president of the University of Louisville when he was hired by UT.

Even though she defeated Williams on May 17 in the semifinals at Rome, Mauresmo cannot be favored in this match.

But if the trademark is withdrawn, subscribers won't have access to Blue Cross Blue Shield nationwide and international service providers.

Dmitri Young was the fourth overall selection by St. Louis in the 1991 draft.

"I have the opportunity to congratulate the governor-elect of the great state of California, and I'm looking forward to it."

When such acceleration occurs, the drive's read/write head gets temporarily parked until the system is stabilised.

Judge Elizabeth Long heard arguments in the state case Thursday.

The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC shed 8 points, or 0.45 percent, to 1,645.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average a gauge of 30 blue chip stocks was up 3.29 points or 0.04 per cent to 8,585.97.

The latest 11 News/Houston Chronicle Poll shows White supported by 53 percent of surveyed voters, far ahead of Orlando Sanchez's 35 percent.

The government recently shelved peace talks being brokered by neighbouring Malaysia after a spate of attacks on Mindanao, including three deadly bombings, that it blamed on the MILF.

Lynch, who returns to the hills of West Virigina Tuesday, also received the Purple Heart and Prisoner of War medals at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.

"Mr Gilbertson would have been entitled to those superannuation payments irrespective of the circumstances in which he left the company," he said.

About 24 percent of men who took the placebo, or 1,147 men, developed prostate cancer.

Samudra, 32, is suspected of being a key figure in the al-Qaida-linked terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, which has been blamed for carrying out the bombings.

He said the consequences of the rapes had been "catastrophic" for the women involved and for the many mixed-race children they bore, who have been shunned in their communities.

The consumer-confidence index came in at 83.5 in June, down slightly from a revised 83.6 in May, the Conference Board said.

A cul-de-sac with homes burned to their foundations was visible from above.

The bill, for somewhere between $100,000 and $250,000, went unnoticed until after the couple's legal defense fund paid out roughly $7 million in fees.

His attorney, Christopher Wilson, said Young is disputing the accusations through the NASD's hearing process.

Leading black Democrats in Congress and the national party are protesting the layoffs of 10 minority staffers at the party's headquarters.

Douglas Robinson, CA senior vice president, finance, will fill the position in the interim.

"It's our judgment that the possible avenues to a peaceful resolution were not fully explored at the Tokyo conference," US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said.

One month ago in the same poll, Katz was leading 46 to 40 percent.

Authorities performed an autopsy Thursday on one of three bodies recovered from beneath a layer of freshly poured concrete in the basement of a northwest Indiana home.

Amazon and the New York attorney general's office have already settled with one of the alleged e-mail forgers.

Early Monday, insurgents threw a homemade bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing an American soldier.

The investment gives Larkspur, Calif.-based BayStar more than 2.9 million shares of SCO common stock, or 17.5 percent of the company's outstanding shares.

The disease has infected 6,583 people in over two dozen countries, WHO said yesterday.

"It would be completely irresponsible to reverse course," said Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, of South Dakota.

The change will take time, but Nardelli said it is necessary for the nation's largest home improvement store chain if it is to grow amid increasing competition.

Security analysts said the new version, W32/Sobig.C-mm, had already reached a "high level" outbreak status by mid-afternoon on Monday.

The charges of espionage and aiding the enemy can carry the death penalty.

Another Scottsville man, Lucas Goodrum, 21, had been arrested early Sunday.

Ernst & Young spokesman Kenneth Kerrigan said the firm admits no wrongdoing.

Mr Barschak was arrested on suspicion of burglary, which covers unauthorised entry.

Bulger's brother, a former FBI informant, is now on the law enforcement agency's "10 Most Wanted" list.

Fighting has continued sporadically in the west, where it is complicated by the presence of battle-hardened Liberians on both sides.

Scruggs refused to comment as she left the courthouse but her lawyer, Reese Norris, called the verdict an injustice.

An improving job market was a "major factor," said Lynn Franco, director of the board's consumer research center.

The Stone's Four Flicks DVD, set to be released Nov. 11 from TGA Entertainment, is expected to be one of the holiday season's best sellers.

Rubbing salt in the wounds, housing starts jumped a strong 6.1 percent in May while industrial output edged up 0.1 percent, just beating forecasts of a flat outcome.

Kathleen Peterson's body was found in December 2001 at the bottom of a staircase in the couple's home.

The damages included $24 million in compensatory damages and $52 million in punitive damages for IDJ.

The euro was around 126.50 yen compared to its late Tuesday U.S. level of 126.35 yen but down sharply from around 127.30 yen in early Asian trade on Tuesday.

The loss ends a run of four straight "Sister Slam" major finals — all won by Venus' sister, Serena.

"It just seems like all the issues that we support he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus, the league's director of policy and legislation.

Heatley underwent surgery Saturday for a broken jaw and an MRI found two torn ligaments in his right knee.

"Reloaded" is the second installment of a trilogy; "The Matrix Revolutions" is slated for debut in November.

"But at no stage did ONA receive intelligence material indicating that Jemaah Islamiyah was planning to mount an operation in Bali."

The body had blond hair with dark roots, and was roughly the same height and build as the 5-foot-4 Ms. Aronov, the officials said.

The state wanted any insurer doing business there to turn over records of Holocaust-era insurance policies or risk losing their license to do business in the state.

Selenski used the mattress to scale a 10-foot razor wire, Fischi said.

Without reform, "the scene is set for another accident", the report warned.

Canadian officials will participate through a command post exercise.

The damaged area of the garage was not stable, with ``the real potential for a secondary collapse,'' McGreevey said.

In a Bush hypothetical matchup with a generic Democrat; the president prevailed 43 to 38 percent.

IBM ranked second with 24 percent share there, and Microsoft ranked third.

Weather forecasters are warning of heavy rainfall that could wash out part of the holiday weekend.

"Leaving aside attorney fees, we're dealing with bragging rights of who wins and who loses," said Gammerman.

Primary Care Trusts and Mental Health Trusts have also been formally rated for the first time this year.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had expected Kodak to earn 68 cents a share for the quarter.

The banks did not admit or deny the SEC charges under the settlements.

Even as little as 2 or 3 grams of trans fat a day can increase the health risk.

Wire transfers from four of the 40 accounts open at Beacon Hill totaled more than $3.2 billion from 2001 to 2002, Morgenthau said.

House Democrats plan town meetings this month to lay out their complaints about the House bill.

In New York City, opponents of the ban are planning a protest rally at City Hall Thursday at 1 p.m.

He moved to Syria, where he underwent further religious training in traditional Islamic beliefs.

Sen. Thurmond "never acknowledged his daughter and fought for laws that kept his daughter segregated.

Also today, a bomb explosion in a Baghdad traffic tunnel killed one civilian and wounded two others, Iraqi police said.

"In crafting the tax relief packages, the president has always had both the short-term and the long-term in mind," Buchan said.

The cargo was to be taken to a Turkish refinery on the Aegean coast.

Sales fell to $3.3bn in 2002, as the bad news from the Women's Health Initiative hit the US market.

Police used pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse a downtown march and rally last night by activists protesting an annual police intelligence-training seminar.

"MediaMax performs EXACTLY as "advertised" to the companies who purchased it," Jacobs said in the statement.

Swartz had sought to have the charges dismissed, saying New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.

Batters faced: Franklin 25, Kieschnick 7, Foster 2, Leskanic 3, DeJean 4, Prior 28, Alfonseca 2, Guthrie 2, Cruz 7, Remlinger 6.

Shevaun Pennington disappeared on Saturday morning after arranging to meet 31-year-old Toby Studabaker.

The ONS this week reported a surprise 0.6 per cent fall in manufacturing output in August.

Qantas yesterday issued its second profit downgrade in six weeks and warned of more job cuts as the continuing affect of the SARS scourge took its toll on passenger demand.

It said sales of film in China during April and May were about half the amount sold in the year-ago period.

The head of the local disaster unit, Gyorgy Heizler, said the coach driver had failed to heed red stop lights.

A court in southern China yesterday jailed two people for life for organising a three-day sexual romp with hundreds of prostitutes by visiting employees of a Japanese company.

"That's one of the nicer rounds I've ever played, and the best chance I've ever had for a 59.

Charles Cullen, 43, was transferred from the Somerset County Jail in Somerville to the Anne Klein Forensic Center, a 150-bed psychiatric treatment facility in Trenton.

Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer ruled Friday that the law needed a further review by the state Supreme Court and would have caused irreparable harm had it taken effect Saturday.

Chera Larkins, 32, of Manhattan, charged with perjury and filing a false instrument in three marriage applications.

He's not related to Malvo, but the two have referred to each other as father and son.

Five foreign embassies in Bangkok, including the Singapore embassy, were among those targeted.

A Tenet spokesman declined to comment Wednesday and a Redding Medical Center official did not return telephone calls seeking comment.

Such was the case Thursday night when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the "LeBron James Lottery," otherwise known as the NBA draft lottery.

The organizers of the University Games were hoping North Korea's participation would help boost inter-Korean reconciliation in the leadup to a crucial summit in Beijing this week.

Intel said it will use this advancement along with other innovations, such as strained silicon and tri-gate transistors, to extend transistor scaling and Moore's Law (define).

An attorney for plaintiff schoolchildren said he plans to appeal.

He explained that he found antetonitrus when he came to Wits in 2001 while a post-doctoral research assistant at Bristol University in Britain.

The bodies of many of the dead, pulled from under the partially derailed train, were laid out by the tracks awaiting identification.

"I had no direct interest, and Craxi begged me to intervene because he believed that the operation damaged the state," Mr. Berlusconi said.

Six new Krispy Kreme stores were opened in the first quarter, bringing the total number of stores to 282.

The grant also funds beach testing in King George County, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.

Kim Clijsters also reached the French Open final on Thursday benefiting from a little luck to erase a set point and beat unseeded Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-1.

However, we have decided to opt for the European consortium's engine as the best overall solution."

The department ordered a 12 percent reduction for State Farm Lloyds, the state's largest insurer, and an 18.2 percent reduction for Allstate Texas Lloyds, the third-largest.

The study was published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The Nikkei Average closed up 42.56 points, or half a percent, at 8,227.32.

Volume came to 439.66 million shares, below 450.39 million at the same point Wednesday.

The magnitude 8 earthquake last Friday gutted another tank, consuming 188,700 barrels of crude oil.

Tito Barbini, a regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy, criticized the absence Tuesday in Sacramento.

That was the biggest drop since August 1993 and stemmed from falling prices for cars, trucks, men's and boys' clothes and cigarettes.

Yunos prepared the bombs' wiring, and Ghozi admitted that he prepared the switch on the alarm-clock triggers and packed the explosives, the prosecutors said.

Hollywood and the world are gearing up to celebrate legendary entertainer Bob Hope's 100th birthday on Thursday.

Before the war began in March, Iraq pumped about 2.1 million barrels a day.

A 114-year-old Japanese woman who just weeks ago assumed the title of the world's oldest person died today, a Hiroshima official said.

All 180,000 DHS employees will soon receive a DHS lapel pin and a personalized DHS certificate.

The sick children have been staying home and Althardt said there was no indication any had needed to be hospitalized.

Hatab suffered broken ribs and a broken hyoid bone, according to Rawson, who is at Camp Pendleton.

The computers are currently sold in Canada, the United States, and Korea.

Missouri Education Commissioner Kent King said he was disappointed by the scores.

His family approached the federal defender's office in Sacramento Friday about arranging his surrender.

Leaders from the city of Detroit, Wayne County and the Detroit Medical Center must still approve a financial plan to keep Detroit Receiving and Hutzel Women's hospitals open.

Dean said his plan would cost about $88 billion annually -- to be paid for by eliminating some of Bush's tax cuts.

Investigators worked through the Christmas holiday to prevent a potential outbreak of the deadly disease and to calm public fears about the food supply, Harrison said.

"Maybe, but the old age helps us to understand our strength and our weakness and the reality of the world.

Rapper C-Murder has been convicted of second-degree murder, a crime that carries an automatic life sentence, in the shooting death of a 16-year-old inside a Jefferson Parish nightclub.

Operating income rose 26 percent to $570 million from $452 million in the same period a year ago.

From the top of the embankment, Moriarty thought, "He'll be swept over any minute or just die of the cold."

Baz Luhrmann admitted it was a risk, and now the Australian director's Broadway version of La Boheme will close on June 29 after a disappointing seven-month run.

Hollywood actor Robert De Niro has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokesman said today.

Consumer groups oppose the changes, saying they would concentrate too many outlets in too few media empires.

The bodies of 18 illegal Mexican immigrants who died from suffocation and heat exhaustion were discovered on Wednesday in a packed tractor trailer abandoned at a rest stop.

If convicted under the new law, Zuccarini faces a maximum of four years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The committee would propose a replacement for the "Robin Hood" school finance system.

Lawmakers on the House panel will question intelligence analysts at the closed-door hearing about the factors that went into compiling the National Intelligence Estimate reports on Iraq's weapons programs.

The left the Eurotop 300 benchmark trading just short of its highest level since January 17 -- hit earlier in the session.

One man had brandished an English-Turkish dictionary and pointed to the word "refugee".

The military said it had killed 16 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, with one soldier killed and six wounded.

Last year, he ran a successful proposition campaign to secure state funding for after-school programs.

Officials are trying to retrieve the bodies from the water," police official J.D. Tambe told Reuters.

A convicted killer and two other inmates cut through two fences topped with razor wire and escaped from a state prison on a busy street.

The court case does not involve another rule that that allows cell customers to keep their phone numbers when they switch wireless companies.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI ended up 64.64 points, or 0.71 percent, at 9,191.09, according to the latest available data.

Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who represents many young men who say they were molested by Geoghan, said he was shocked and surprised to hear of Geoghan's death.

Smith, who faces a maximum 40 years in prison if convicted, is free on $250,000 bond.

Belcher said the airport's conference room was serving as a makeshift shelter for several area families who hiked up the wooded hillside in advance of rising water.

That was up from the year-ago quarter, when the company earned $54.3 million, or 22 cents a share.

The study was presented yesterday in Chicago at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

Duque will return with Lu and Russia's Yuri Malenchenko when they leave the station next week.

The talks were the first meeting between US and North Korean negotiators since this April.

The free service was originally intended to block about 80 percent of telemarketer calls.

The fire spread to several surrounding structures on the property and destroyed them as deputies held back firefighters.

Jodie Singer, a sixth-grader from Washington, D.C., anxiously awaited her turn at the microphone.

"We have prevented a very large number of infections and a significant amount of clinical disease," Goodman said.

In an accompanying editorial, two breast cancer researchers said that the effect of hormones on the breast created a double whammy that was "almost unique" in medicine.

NASA officials are seeking advice about what to do with the 84,000 shattered pieces of the space shuttle Columbia, cautiously broaching the idea of putting some parts on display.

Customers can deploy Release Candidate 1 of Exchange Server 2003, which is available Monday, as a stepping stone toward the final release, which is due this summer.

The No. 11 airline in the world, Air Canada has been under court protection from creditors since April 1.

Sweeney was to outline plans for the campaign in a speech on Saturday night at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.

The fire began about two hours later after an explosion likely caused by a steam leak, Miami-Dade Police Director Carlos Alvarez said.

"The average track error for the five-day (forecast) is 323 nautical miles.

"I urge Congress to quickly resolve any differences and send me the final bill as soon as possible so that I can sign it into law," he said.

"Clearly, the debate and the discussion have had an effect," says David Smith, a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign.

California's lost tax revenue was mostly due to international corporate tax shelters.

"The petitioners are entitled to respect for their private lives."

The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek authorization to create a separate province in North America because of last week's actions.

But for the elderly and those with weakened immune systems, it can be fatal.

But Itar-Tass news agency said four of his bodyguards were among those killed by the bomb.

Over one two-month period, Newsweek said Bennett wired more than $1.4 million to one casino to cover losses.

Palm said on Wednesday it plans to buy Handspring, a company created by renegade Palm co-founder Jeff Hawkins.

Seven of nine Democratic candidates for president also said they would participate in the conference Monday.

Advancers outnumbered decliners by nearly 8 to 3 on the NYSE and more than 11 to 5 on Nasdaq.

The system is priced from US$1.1 million to $22.4 million, depending on configuration.

SCO says it has signed the first enterprise customer to its controversial Intellectual Property Compliance License.

It was crashed by patients' rights advocates who squeezed into camera range, protesting the FMA's acceptance of major financial support from First Professionals Insurance.

The dollar dropped to $1.1564 per euro at 7:30 a.m. in London from $1.1486 on Friday.

Studabaker told the court he would not contest extradition and German prosecutors have ruled out any charges here, meaning extradition "could happen very soon," Ullrich said.

The prime minister is poised to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union on July 1.

"I've stopped looters, run political parties out of abandoned buildings, caught people with large amounts of cash and weapons," said U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Cody Williams.

There were sharply conflicting reports tonight on the death toll.

Nextel Partners Inc. (nasdaq: NXTP - news - people), which provides wireless phone service, fell 45 cents, or 7.5 percent, to $5.55.

The state is setting up relief services and mobile communications after power was wiped out in the town.

Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday that contacts with Iran would continue.

General Dynamics was sued when it changed its retirement benefits in 1997.

South San Francisco, Calif.'s Genentech, the world's No. 2 biotech company, advanced 6.6 percent to $66.73.

Wyoming and New Mexico reported their first deaths from the virus this past week.

That is up from $1.14 billion during the same quarter last year.

"I'm not going to be sponsoring it because it's not our proposal, but I'm not responding to it in a negative way," he said.

Sources in the racing industry said Fontana will get a second NASCAR race on Labor Day weekend starting next season.

The latest shooting linked to the spree was a Nov. 11 shooting at Hamilton Township Elementary School in Obetz, about two miles from the freeway.

The most common side effects after getting the nasal spray were nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat and cough.

NBC probably will end the season as the second most popular network behind CBS, although it's first among the key 18-to- 49-year-old demographic.

The judge said Congress is the best forum to address the high cost of prescription drugs.

NBC will probably end the season as the second most-popular network behind CBS, which is first among the key 18-to-49-year-old demographic.

Happy Family has ex-Night Court star Larroquette and Christine Baranski as a couple with grown children who won't leave their lives.

It is so far out in international water that the finder Odyssey Marine Exploration, of Tampa, Fla., does not have to share the wealth with any governments.

A European Commission initiative has issued guidelines to member governments on how to migrate to open source software on both servers and desktops.

In addition, 37 per cent of executives who expect to make more money cited reduced costs as the main reason.

Nine seconds later, SpaceShipOne broke the sound barrier, the company said.

Unemployment, at 6 percent, matched the highest since August 1994.

"New Yorkers didn't embrace these units like they could have," Matthew W. Daus, the commission's chairman, said yesterday.

It has ordered motorists to stay off the streets and petrol stations to shut down during the strike.

The resolution was approved with no debate by delegates, who met in San Francisco for the bar association's annual meeting.

Responding, Edward Skyler, a spokesman for the mayor, said later: "The comptroller's statements, while noteworthy for their sensationalism, bear no relation to the facts.

Newly appointed chief executive Mark McInnes has already said that capping costs would be the number one issue David Jones would tackle as a result of the review.

The currency briefly weakened on Monday morning but rebounded to trade at 55.25/29, little changed from Friday.

Chief Executive Mickey Robinson was fired for cause in September, the company said last month.

Vivendi shares were 0.3 percent up at 15.62 euros in Paris at 0841 GMT.

Together, we will find creative ways to communicate the unique strengths of Kmart to the 'new America' consumer."

Kimmitt said the operation was a show of force as the military steps up security against threats of attacks over the Christmas holiday by Baghdad's 14 identified guerrilla cells.

It's the National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count, now in its 104th season.

Sunnis make up 77 percent of Pakistan's population, Shiites 20 percent.

Dotson was arrested July 21 after telling FBI agents he shot Dennehy when Dennehy tried to shoot him, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.

Micron's numbers also marked the first quarterly profit in three years for the DRAM manufacturer.

The final price will be a 5 per cent discount to the volume-weighted average of trading between June 23 and July 11.

Soon after, a Coast Guard helicopter landed and took the men to Bartlett Regional Hospital, Mills said.

"For one thing, it says, 'Come on, it's working,' " Don Marti, editor in chief of the Linux Journal told the New York Post. "

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was off 7.75 points, or 0.08 percent, at 9,175.47.

Google's early stage backers in include California-based Stanford University and VC firms Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital.

The last month has been a whirlwind for the 18-year-old from Akron, Ohio.

It seemed like an isolated incident,'' said graduate Ariel Dean of Washington, D.C.

"For the same reason Dell and Gateway can get TVs, there's no reason Wal-Mart can't get computers," Baker said.

Time magazine named the American soldier its Person of the Year for 2003.

Doctors concluded Erbitux, the cancer drug that enmeshed ImClone Systems in an insider trading scandal, worked just as well as an earlier company-sponsored study said it did.

"We're being hyper-vigilant," said Dr. James Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.

I never wanted the matter to come to court and have been overwhelmed by the whole process and the media coverage that has surrounded it."

The United States will play Canada in the third-place game Saturday.

Prices for Treasury securities also rose, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note falling to 4.19 percent.

Named after the msblast.exe file that contains the program, the MSBlast Internet worm infected more than 300,000 computers since Monday.

The United States ``will not stand by and wait for another attack, or trust in the restraint and good intentions of evil men,'' he declared.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 10.89, or 1.2 percent, to 931.12 as of 12:01 p.m. in New York.

Another recent study found that 12 million adults have been diagnosed with diabetes and another 5 million adults have the condition but don't know it.

As of today, forecasts show a weak cold front bringing thunderstorms into South Texas on Sunday at the same time a tropical wave moves in from the Yucatan.

"I feel that my supervision was inadequate," Taiwan's minister of health, Twu Shiing-jer, told parliament after tendering his resignation.

The incremental step, reported by researchers at UC San Francisco, is the latest in a decade-long effort to infect mice with the virus.

The plan would cost the state $170 million per year over the next 30 years.

More than 130 people have been arrested and $17 million worth of property seized in an Internet fraud sweep announced Friday by three U.S. government agencies.

"Arifin has disclosed . . . that he is involved with a group of like-minded individuals in planning terrorist attacks against certain targets in Thailand.

Davey started attending Northwest College, which is affiliated with the Assemblies of God, in 1999 with plans to become a minister.

The pressure will intensify today, with national coverage of the final round planned by ESPN and words that are even more difficult.

Last Thursday, the RIAA sent a stiff copyright warning to Penn State's department of astronomy and astrophysics.

In that order, Nottingham ruled the do-not-call list unconstitutional on free-speech grounds because it applied to calls from businesses but not charities.

"IT is the only vehicle on which established economies will be able to compete" with fast-growing economies such as China and India, Barrett said.

Some opposition leaders called for withdrawing troops, but others said they would reserve comment until mourning was over.

It generated $4.47 billion of profit and $20 billion of revenue in the year's first half, 53 percent of Citigroup's totals.

There was no immediate comment from Savage, according to a spokesman at his office in California.

Agents confiscated several classified documents in his possession and interrogated him.

Two 15-year-olds were also killed by Israeli fire and 17 people were wounded, according to the witnesses.

"If you have more turnovers or you're in the bottom of the league in turnovers, your chances aren't very good.

Australian researchers believe they have found a trigger of type 1 diabetes in children - their mothers eating potatoes and other tuberous vegetables during pregnancy.

LBANY, Aug. 8 Joseph L. Bruno, the State Senate majority leader, announced today that he had prostate cancer.

The £5m gives BA a considerable return on the £5 they originally paid for Concorde.

There is only one drug on the market for macular degeneration, and it is approved for the treatment of one subtype representing a minority of cases.

Asked if he felt any regret about theOctober 12 attack, the answer was an adamant "no".

Witnesses said four Iraqis were killed and 14 injured during the protest and clash with British forces.

Character actor Hume Cronyn, 91, died Sunday at his home in Connecticut.

Chief executive Tung Chee-hwa doesn't answer to the people of Hong Kong.

The gunman, 26-year-old Harold Kilpatrick jnr, had left a note saying he "wanted to kill some people and die today".

A few thousand troops, most from the division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Benning in Columbus, began returning last week, with flights continuing through Friday.

They patrol borders, analyze U.S. intelligence, respond to emergencies and guard against terrorism, among other tasks.

The announcement was made during the recording of a Christmas concert attended by top Vatican cardinals, bishops, and many elite from Italian society, witnesses said.

In his Jan. 28 State of the Union message, Bush said, "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

A number of witnesses have told the court Bashir heads Jemaah Islamiah, accused of wanting an Islamic state in the region.

People who once thought their blood pressure was fine actually need to start exercising and eating better, according to new U.S. guidelines published on Wednesday.

The newly unsealed 32-count indictment alleges money laundering and conspiracy and "strikes at one of the very top targets in the drug-trafficking world," Jiménez said.

Gonzales was found guilty of using excessive force by spraying Olvera with pepper spray.

There are five ethnic Kurds, five Sunni Muslims, a Christian and a Turkoman.

Oran Smith, president of the Palmetto Family Council, said the assassination marked the end of America’s innocence, giving way to the if-it-feels-good-do-it 1960s and ’70s.

Yee grew up in the United States and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Militias also attacked local U.N. offices and, according to a U.N. spokesman, had fired into crowds seeking shelter near the airport in Bunia.

In a show of corporate solidarity, Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertson Inc. locked out their workers the next morning.

When varsity coach Kevin McElroy walked into the courthouse with his attorney, the crowd turned their backs on him.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJ: news, chart, profile) rose 56 points, or 0.7 percent, to 8,588.

Several SUVs parked on residential streets in Monrovia were tagged with ``ELF'' and other slogans, said Sgt. Tom Wright.

Wi-Fi will continue to grow: The number of public Wi-Fi hot spots will grow from the current 50,000, to 85,000 by the end of the year, IDC said.

The launch marks the start of a race to find life on another planet.

The searches were conducted simultaneously with raids on strip clubs in San Diego and Las Vegas.

The company's chief executive retired and chief financial officer resigned.

A no-go from Schwarzenegger would clear the track for another Republican, former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan.

But NASA has instructed space station astronauts to periodically seek shelter from the storm's effects.

National City's stock ended the day at $32.58, up 9 cents, in trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

It may be dying because entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the Internet's choke-points and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them."

In 1993, villagers presented the Methodist Church of Fiji with Baker's boots — which cannibals tried unsuccessfully to cook and eat.

"I came to Washington basically to establish relationships and make sure we are getting more federal money," Schwarzenegger said after one meeting.

Southwest said its traffic was up 4.6 percent in the quarter on a capacity increase of 4.2 percent.

The security hole was detected into the section of RPC that deals with message exchange over TCP/IP, Microsoft explained.

Smith, 59, is charged with filing false reports to FBI headquarters about Leung's reliability and allowing her access to classified materials.

The proportion of Americans with insurance from employers declined to 61.3 percent, from 62.6 percent in 2001 and 63.6 percent in 2000.

"Martha Stewart is being prosecuted not because of who she is but because of what she did," he said.

COMPACT discs could be history within five years after scientists made a fingertip-sized replacement.

Authorities interviewed O'Dell in Pennsylvania over the weekend after identifying her through records at Customer Storage Rentals.

On Monday, it also announced the resignation of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Phil Condit.

Trouble flared when at least four North Korean reporters rushed from the Taegu media centre to confront a dozen activists protesting against human rights abuses in the North.

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. >> Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie drew the crowds, but Angela Stanford took her first LPGA victory.

CELF's founding members are Hitachi, Matsushita, NEC, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, and Toshiba.

Global Crossing wants documents related to the regulatory-approval process and information on XO Chief Executive Carl J. Grivner, who used to be Global Crossing&apos;s chief operating officer.

"KBR is left with no option for providing these services from Kuwait other than to continue obtaining them from Altanmia," the document said.

The three-story brick building houses apartments in the upper floors and the Snack Bar and Caf on its downstairs.

The teen was in surgery at Sacred Heart Medical Center, and the extent of his injuries was not available, Bragdon said.

"We'll decide how to keep the proper incentives there for countries to sign and for countries that have signed to ratify," the official said.

Another 152,054 are from IP services company NTT/Verio, and 129,378 from InfoSpace, the survey found.

First Essex operates 20 banking offices in two counties in Massachusetts and three counties in southern New Hampshire.

Kempthorne has ''shown a distinct contempt for environmental protection,'' said Mark Longabaugh, the league's vice president for political affairs.

She did — and then some, besting a 144-player field that included former winners Sorenstam and Juli Inkster, as well as Wie.

But those tiny gains weren't nearly enough to offset the loss of nearly 62,000 jobs in the Santa Clara County-San Francisco areas.

According to law enforcement officials, the individual decrypted passwords on the server.

Art historians said it was one of the significant art thefts in Europe in recent years.

The New Orders Index rose by 0.3 percentage points from 51.9 percent in May to 52.2 percent in June.

Mr. Bush did not discuss this when he issued a brief statement yesterday thanking the commission for its work, and saying, "Our journey into space will go on."

Three months into the study, the Atkins group had lost an average of about 15 pounds, compared with five for the low-fat group.

But I would rather be talking about high standards rather than low standards."

LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said that meant the cable could be used "as we see fit.

Mr McDonnell wants to establish if the Italian business followed Grant Thornton's audit procedures.

The Supreme Court justices agreed to hear an appeal involving a California atheist whose 9-year-old daughter, like most elementary school children, hears the Pledge of Allegiance recited daily.

Following California's lead, several states and the federal government passed similar or tougher bans.

Immunizing mice with pneumococcus means generating antibodies that the researchers believe lead to the protection from heart disease, he said.

King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel will then recess the trial until Monday.

McKevitt is a terrorist, a man who has the blood of innocent people on his hands."

The Ministry of Defence said yesterday: “We can confirm that an investigation is being conducted into allegations surrounding a British officer who served in Iraq.

Mr. Malik assured him that he would be considered a martyr if anything happened to him as a result of his trip, the witness said.

Kerry was viewed favorably by 66 percent of those polled; Dean at 57 percent.

A day later, Winikoff sealed the records again to give Limbaugh's attorneys time to appeal.

States of emergency were declared in North Carolina, Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

With 97 percent of precincts counted tonight, 68 percent of voters opposed the tax.

In July 2002, PWC paid $5 million to settle alleged violations of auditor independence rules.

The house shooting expands the investigation area east by three kilometres, with the police now examining an 11-kilometre section of the freeway.

He and the other lawyers planned to stay until the river starts receding.

The Yankees selected Eric Duncan, a third baseman from Seton Hall Prep in New Jersey, with the 27th pick.

Gehring waived extradition Monday during a hearing in Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose and was expected Tuesday in New Hampshire.

"I am advised that certain allegations of criminal conduct have been interposed against my counsel, J. Michael Boxley,'' the Silver statement said. "

Crews worked to install a new culvert and repave the highway so motorists could use the eastbound lanes for travel.

The acquisition has been approved by both companies' board of directors and is expected to close in the third quarter this year.

Hernandez filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint and sued.

Democrats dominate the Assembly while Republicans control the Senate.

Bethany, who remained in stable condition after the attack Friday morning, talked of the attack Saturday.

The news comes after Drax's American owner, AES Corp. AES.N , last week walked away from the plant after banks and bondholders refused to accept its restructuring offer.

The virus spreads when unsuspecting computer users open file attachments in emails that contain familiar headings like "Thank You!" and "Re: Details".