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The federal government intends to introduce legislation later this year that will ban unsolicited commercial e-mail, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston announced today.

Australia will introduce legislation later this year to ban spam, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston, announced today.

Legal experts said the case may mark the first time a parent has been convicted of contributing to a child's suicide.

Experts said the case marks one of the first times in which a parent was charged with contributing to a child's suicide.

Five 17-year-olds have been charged with robbery and impersonating a police officer.

All five suspects were charged with robbery and criminal impersonation of a police officer.

Doctors have speculated that estrogen protects against cell damage and improves blood flow.

Their belief was based on speculation that estrogen prevents cell damage and improves blood flow.

They fear the treatment would leave 12-year-old Parker Jensen sterile and stunt his growth.

The Jensens have said they fear the treatment would stunt Parker's growth and leave him sterile.

No charges have been filed in those deaths, but prosecutor David Lupas said authorities were making progress in the case.

No charges have been filed in those deaths, but Luzerne County District Attorney David Lupas said authorities were "continuing to make significant progress" in the case.

Costner plays Charlie Waite, a cowboy with a violent past.

In "Open Range," Costner plays a cowboy who works with cattleman Robert Duvall.

"You know I have always tried to be honest with you and open about my life," Limbaugh, 52, said during a stunning admission aired nationwide.

"You know I have always tried to be honest with you and open about my life," Limbaugh said Friday on his program.

The Turkish troops also could be targets for attack, the ambassador acknowledged.

Turkish troops almost surely would become targets for terrorists, the ambassador said.

You can reach her at (248) 647-7221 or send e-mail to lberman@detnews.com.

You can reach George Hunter at (313) 222-2027 or ghunter@detnews.com.

Estonia's place in the European mainstream and safeguard its independence regained in 1991.

Estonia was forcibly incorporated in the Soviet Union in 1940 and regained its independence only in 1991.

The indictment ``strikes at one of the very top targets in the drug trafficking world,'' said U.S. Attorney Marcos Jimenez.

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.

Lee, 33, told the newspaper that the girl had dragged the food, toys and other things into her mother's bedroom, where he found her.

Lee, 33, said the girl had dragged the food, toys and other things into her mother's bedroom.

Microsoft presented several options at the meeting, the consortium said in the statement.

Microsoft officials presented "several options" it is considering, the W3C posting said.

About 25 governments have signed in the last four months, about half of those in the last three weeks.

According to the State Department list, about 25 nations have signed bilateral agreements in the past four months, about half in the past three weeks.

"The committee will define the role of the interim chairman and recommend an individual to fill that role," said lead director H. Carl McCall in a statement.

"The committee will define the role of the interim chairman and recommend an individual to fill that role," said Carl McCall, the lead director of the NYSE board.

Franklin County Judge-Executive Teresa Barton said a firefighter was struck by lightning and was taken to the Frankfort Regional Medical Center.

A county firefighter, was struck by lightning and was in stable condition at Frankfort Regional Medical Center.

Some 55 gang members and associates were arrested in a coordinated sweep across the West on Wednesday, some for charges not related to the casino brawl.

About 57 gang members and associates were arrested across the West on Wednesday, some on charges not related to the casino brawl.

Sirius recently began carrying National Public Radio, a deal pooh-poohed by XM because it doesn't include popular shows like "All Things Considered" and "Morning Edition."

Sirius carries National Public Radio, although it doesn't include popular shows such as "All Things Considered" and "Morning Edition."

At the hearing yesterday, High Court Judge Frank Kapanda ordered the men immediately released on bail, evidently unaware they had already left the country.

At a hearing Wednesday morning, High Court Judge Frank Kapanda ordered the men released on bail immediately.

Former Secretary of State Bill Jones has also expressed interest in the race but has not yet announced plans.

Former Secretary of State Bill Jones, another potential major candidate, had not divulged his plans Tuesday.

Lt. Scotty Smither, a county firefighter, was struck by lightning.

A county firefighter, was struck by lightning and was in stable condition at Frankfort Regional Medical Center.

"The flu season has had an earlier onset than we've seen in many years," said Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

We're seeing some very high levels of widespread flu infections in some places," said Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Johnsons site is www.katyjohnson .com. Maxs is www.tuckermax.com.

Ms. Johnson's site is www.katyjohnson .com. Mr. Max's is www.tuckermax.com.

Gold's rise pulled other precious metals higher, shunting silver to $4.81/83 an ounce from $4.77/79 last quoted in New York.

Gold's bounce pulled other precious metals higher, sending silver to $4.83/85 an ounce from $4.80/82 last quoted in New York.

Trade deals between manufacturers and grocery retailers or distributors have long been governed by complicated contracts that offer retailers discounts, money for advertising or payments for prominent shelf space.

Manufacturers and grocers or distributors have a long history of complicated contracts offering retailers discounts, money for advertising or payments for prominent shelf space.

Based on the history and success of The Winston in Charlotte, I believe theres no place but Lowes Motor Speedway that can do it justice.

"Based on the history and success of The Winston in Charlotte, I believe there's no place but Lowe's Motor Speedway that can do it justice."

It was the first speech by a US president to a joint session of the Philippines Congress since 1960.

President Bush on Saturday became the first American president to address a joint session of the Philippine National Congress since Dwight Eisenhower in 1960.

We think they have the right to choose.

"We think PeopleSoft customers deserve the right to choose," Ellison said.

Pressed for details, Mr Warner said: "All six of them are dead, we were told by Harold and his group".

"All six of them are dead, we were told by Harold and his group," Warner said.

Both rebels and government forces have been accused of pillaging villages in Liberia's countryside despite the peace agreement.

Both rebels and government forces, including those loyald to Taylor, have been accused of pillaging villages in Liberia's countryside despite a peace deal.

He worked out how to get through the bone with his cheap "multitool"-type knife, made duller from futile attempts to scratch away at the rock.

He worked out how to get through the bone with his ``multi-tool''-type knife, made duller by futile attempts to chip away at the rock.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Stock Markets composite index added 14.17 points or 0.94 per cent to 1,517.05.

The Nasdaq Composite index, full of technology stocks, was lately up around 18 points.

The juvenile arrested yesterday allegedly authored a variant of the worm known as "RPCSDBOT."

The variant the juvenile allegedly created was known as "RPCSDBOT."

"I believe it is my duty to not only represent Australia but the people of the world as one as a stance against terrorism," he replied.

"I believe it is my duty to not only represent Australia but the people of the world as one to take a stance against terrorism. "

A draft statement, obtained by Reuters on Friday, stopped short of endorsing the U.S. charge but said some aspects of Iran's programme raised "serious concern".

The EU statement stopped short of endorsing the U.S. charge that Tehran is seeking nuclear weapons but said some aspects of Iran's programme raised "serious concern".

Jim Eisenbrandt, Wittig's attorney, also was not available for comment immediately; his secretary said he was reviewing the report.

A secretary for James Eisenbrandt, Wittig's attorney, said Eisenbrandt was reviewing the report this morning.

Police suspected that Shaichat, 20, had been abducted either by Palestinians or by Israeli Arabs.

Nobody claimed responsibility for Schaichat's death, but police suspect that the 20-year-old soldier was abducted either by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs.

British ministers have been asked to explain why they gave undue prominence to the claim that Saddam Hussein could deploy chemical or biological weapons "within 45 minutes".

Ahead of the war, Blair cited British intelligence information that Saddam Hussein could deploy deadly chemical and biological weapons within 45 minutes.

During this year's August to October quarter, Lowe's opened 38 new stores, including two relocations.

During the third quarter, Lowe's opened 38 new stores and now has 932 stores in 45 states.

Staff writers Selwyn Crawford and Colleen McCain Nelson and Brian Anderson of DallasNews.com contributed to this report.

Staff writers Brandon Formby and Colleen McCain Nelson contributed to this report.

SCO intends to provide them with choices to help them run Linux in a legal and fully paid-for way, he said.

We intend to provide them with choices to help them run Linux in a legal and fully-paid for way."

Bush said the United States was reviewing documents and interviewing Iraqis in an intensive effort to support the still unproven claim that Saddam had forbidden weapons.

Bush said the United States was reviewing documents and interviewing Iraqis in an effort to support the administration's still unproven claim that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

South Asia follows, with 1.1 millions youths infected — 62 percent of them female.

Of the 1.1 million infected in south Asia, 62% are female.

Researchers have identified roughly 130 genes on chromosome six that may predispose humans to certain diseases.

Beck and his team have identified roughly 130 genes that somehow cause or predispose humans to certain diseases.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas told Palestinian Satellite TV the helicopter strike was a "terrorist attack."

Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas denounced the helicopter strike as a "criminal and terrorist" Israeli attack.

Government bonds sold off sharply after Greenspan told Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. economy "could very well be embarking on a period of extended growth".

Greenspan told Congress on Tuesday the U.S. economy "could very well be embarking on a period of sustained growth".

This is what Dr. Dean said: "I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.

He told the Register: "I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks."

A picture of the doctor's son holding the guitar appeared in the National Enquirer just two weeks after George died.

A photograph of the doctor's son holding the guitar appeared in the National Enquirer two weeks after Harrison's death.

Mayor Mike Bloomberg weighs in former football star William 'The Refrigerator' Perry for the 88th annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Ex-Bears star William 'the Refrigerator' Perry competes in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest Friday.

Stocks had surged on Tuesday as economic reports pointed to a thriving housing market and an uptick in consumer confidence.

Wall Street enjoyed a hefty rally on Tuesday as economic reports pointed to a thriving housing market and an uptick in consumer confidence.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> declined 25.78 points, or 1.56 percent, to 1,627.84.

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

A senior Administration official who briefed journalists on Friday said neither Mr Bush nor National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice read the estimate in its entirety.

The senior administration official said neither Bush nor National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice read the entire National Intelligence Estimate.

Shares of Mandalay closed down eight cents to $29.42, before the earnings were announced.

Shares of Mandalay closed down 8 cents at $29.42 Thursday.

Three each came from Africa, Asia and Latin America.

But 62% of Catholics live in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Muhammad will stand trial for the Oct. 9 slaying of Dean Harold Meyers, 53.

Muhammad, 42, is charged in the Oct. 9 slaying of Dean H. Meyers, 53, at a gas station in Manassas.

You have to dig deep and come up with the goods against guys who are out there competing with you."

You have to dig deep and come up with the goods against guys that are out there competing with the best of us.

The consensus estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call called for a profit of $1.70 per share.

Analysts polled by Reuters Research, a unit of Reuters Group Plc, on average forecast profit of $1.69 per share.

Poland has finished assembling a 9,200-strong multinational stabilisation force it will command in central and southern Iraq, Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said on Wednesday.

The advance guard of the 9,200-strong multinational stabilization force Poland will command in central and southern Iraq left Wednesday on the country's biggest military mission in nearly 60 years.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX ended up 1.03 points, or 0.10 percent, at 998.51, ending at its highest since late June 2002.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX was off 1.67 points, or 0.17 percent, at 995.81.

Shares in Tellabs were up 16 cents, or 2.2 percent, at $7.34 in morning trading on Nasdaq.

Shares in Tellabs, after initially rising, were unchanged at $7.18 on Nasdaq shortly after midday.

Sony said the PSP would also feature a 4.5-inch LCD screen, Memory Stick expansion slots.

It also features a 4.5 in back-lit LCD screen and memory expansion facilities.

Columbine gunman Dylan Klebold is shown firing a sawed-off shotgun in a video tape released by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.

Harris also appears in the tape released Wednesday by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

The yield fell 2 basis points to 1.41 percent, after reaching 1.4 percent on May 8, the lowest since March 12.

The yield fell 7 basis points to 3.61 percent, the lowest since March 12 and within 7 basis points of a 45-year low.

The artists say the plan will harm French culture and punish those who need help most--performers who have a hard time lining up work.

Artists are worried the plan would harm those who need help most - performers who have a difficult time lining up shows.

Excluding the impact of accounting changes, Ford would have earned 13 cents a share.

Excluding the $56 million charge and the accounting change, Ford's third-quarter earnings amounted to 15 cents a share.

Sharon says he is willing to free the two as holding them will not bring back Arad, who Israel believes is held by Iran.

Sharon has said he is willing to free Dirani and Obeid because holding them will not bring back Arad, who Israel believes is held by Iran.

PeopleSoft also said it expects the acquisition to close in the third calendar quarter of 2003.

PeopleSoft said the JD Edwards acquisition would close in the third quarter.

The dollar was also helped by concerns about possible yen- selling intervention by Japanese authorities.

The dollar was helped on Friday by talk of yen-selling intervention by Japanese authorities on Thursday and Friday.

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

Health officials confirmed Tuesday that a northeast Kansas woman has the state's first case of monkeypox and the first case west of the Mississippi River.

"It's hard to believe that we live in a society where parents wouldn't be notified of an abortion, which is a very profound decision."

"It's hard to imagine we live in a society where parents wouldn't be notified of an abortion," Bush said.

After hours of debate, the Senate passed the reform package 32-4.

The House passed the bill 87-26 after the Senate approved it, 32-4.

Despite such optimism, Taiwan's SARS crisis threatened to whirl out of control this month.

Despite such optimism, Taiwan's SARS crisis threatened to whirl out of control in the last week of May.

Baer said he had concluded that lawyers for the two victims "have shown, albeit barely . . . that Iraq provided material support to bin Laden and al-Qaida."

Judge Harold Baer concluded Wednesday that lawyers for two victims "have shown, albeit barely ... that Iraq provided material support to bin Laden and al-Qaida."

He'll present his proposals to the state Legislature in January.

The governor will present his budget proposals to the General Assembly in January.

Washington is wary of involvement, given its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The United States is wary of deep involvement in Liberia given commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq.

But U.S. District Judge Joseph DiClerico denied their request in a brief ruling.

In a brief ruling, US District Judge Joseph A. DiClerico Jr. denied their motion for an injunction.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, 870 pages, $29.99.

In ''The Order of the Phoenix,'' Harry is 15, and fully a teenager at last.

Also Thursday, the NYSE's board elected six new directors _ three non-industry representatives and three industry representatives.

Also Thursday, the NYSE's board elected six new directors to the board and re-elected six others.

Belcher said the airport's conference room became a shelter for several area families who had hiked up wooded hillsides in advance of rising water.

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.

A 1991 Florida straw poll helped catapult a little-known Bill Clinton to national prominence.

A similar Florida straw poll in 1991 brought attention to Bill Clinton, according to Democrats.

Clinton did not mention that two Democratic senators, Charles Robb of Virginia and Wendell Ford of Kentucky, voted to shelve the McCain bill.

Two Democrats, Sen. Charles Robb of Virginia and Wendell Ford of Kentucky, voted with the 40 Republicans.

"Our own history should remind us that the union of democratic principle and practice is always a work in progress," Rice said in reference to Iraq.

"Our own histories should remind us that the union of democratic principle and practice is always a work in progress," she said.

He was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to terrorists, and dealing arms without a licence.

Lakhani, 68, is charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to terrorists and acting as an arms broker without a license.

In Lytle Creek Canyon, a 4-foot-high mud flow crossed a road, trapping a car.

In Lytle Creek Canyon, the rain caused several mudslides, including a 4-foot-high flow across a road that trapped a car.

However, prosecutors have declined to take criminal action against guards, though Fine said his inquiry is not finished.

Prosecutors have declined to take criminal action against corrections officers, although Fine said his inquiry was not finished.

About 18 percent of men taking finasteride developed prostate cancer, compared with 24 percent on placebo.

They found that 6.4 percent of men on finasteride had high-grade tumors, compared to 5.1 percent taking a placebo.

Justices said that the Constitution allows the government to administer drugs only "in limited circumstances."

In a 6-3 ruling, the justices said such anti-psychotic drugs can be used only in "limited circumstances."

Dr. Greg Robinson -- an AIDS patient -- left Health Canada's advisory committee because of inconsistencies in pot access.

Greg Robinson, a doctor who has AIDS, resigned from Health Canada's advisory committee because of what he described as inconsistencies in the access program.

Some of the company's software developers will join Microsoft, but details haven't been finalized, said Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Microsoft's security business unit.

Some of the companys software developers will join Microsoft, but details havent been finalized, said Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Microsofts security business unit.

The Dow Jones industrials briefly surpassed the 9,000 mark for the first time since December."

The Dow Jones industrials climbed more than 140 points to above the 9,000 mark for the first time since December.

Peter Lyman and Hal Varian of Berkeley's School of Information Management and Systems say that information production has increased by 30 percent each year between 1999 and 2002.

That task appealed to two masters of the megabyte, Peter Lyman and Hal Varian, professors at the University of California-Berkeley's School of Information Management and Systems.

The league said it is not taking a position on whether Governor Gray Davis should be recalled in the Oct. 7 voting, and will not endorse a replacement candidate.

The group said it is not taking a position on whether Davis should be recalled and will not endorse a replacement candidate.

In 1999, NIST found, the Port Authority issued guidelines to upgrade the fireproofing to a thickness of 1 1/2 inches.

The NIST discovered that in 1999 the Port Authority issued guidelines to upgrade the fireproofing to a thickness of 1 1/2 inches.

Mr Annan said terrorism "will only be defeated if we act to solve the political disputes and long-standing conflicts which generate support for it".

Annan said terrorism would only be defeated "if we act to solve the longstanding conflicts which generate support for it."

Smackdown, first organized by WWE, registered more than 400,000 voters for the 2000 presidential election.

Since the election, the group has registered more than 400,000 voters.

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,615.02.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 13.68 points, or 1.42 percent, at 977.27.

"He did a bad job going up there," Mr. Villalona said.

Villalona put it more bluntly: ``He did a bad job going up there,'' he said.

"Michael is innocent," Jackson's mother, Katherine, said in a written statement.

"Michael Jackson is unequivocally and absolutely innocent of these charges," Geragos said.

The German financial regulator, BaFin, may prove critical of WestLB's risk assessment.

An investigation by BaFin, the German financial regulator, has condemned the bank's risk controls.