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On March 28, 2007, the Nebraska Independent Community Bankers Association (NCIB) is teaming up with Goldleaf Financial Solutions and Catbird Security for an on-line seminar covering the growing risk of Web site pharming.	3Sci/Tech
NewsFactor - British supermarket conglomerate Tesco (Nasdaq: TESOF) has announced it will extend its use of RFID across its supply chain in time for the Christmas rush.	2Business
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (8316.T: Quote, Profile, Research) laid out a $29 billion bid for UFJ Holdings (8307.T: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday, challenging	2Business
A teenager who sparked a national scandal after using a camera phone to film himself having oral sex was granted bail on Wednesday despite prosecution demands he be put in psychiatric care for showing "animal instincts".	0World
AP - FIFA said Thursday it opened disciplinary proceedings against Marco Materazzi for his conduct in France's World Cup final defeat.	1Sports
Australian tennis player Wayne Arthurs has lost his first round match at the Stockholm Open, losing in three sets to Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman.	1Sports
Lleyton Hewitt beats Juan Ignacio Chela to reach the Australian Open last 16.	0World
The sterner warnings are intended to satisfy New York State prosecutors who accused Facebook Inc. of falsely advertising itself as a safe online environment.	3Sci/Tech
The average Internet-enabled PC hosts 26 spyware programs, according to an audit by Internet service provider EarthLink, a sign of increasing bombardment by malicious software.	3Sci/Tech
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is targeting high-rolling government officials and executives at state-owned companies in a "relentless strike" against gambling, Xinhua news agency said.	0World
IBM on Thursday said it has joined the Liberty Alliance, indicating that industry support is shifting toward the identity-management group's standard for using a single ID and password to access Web services across organizations.	3Sci/Tech
By Valerie Russ, Philadelphia Daily News Feb. 27--IT IS EARLY, not quite time for the 9:30 a.m. English-composition class at Community College of Philadelphia to begin. Arielle Wilson is the first student in her seat. And she's ready to go.	3Sci/Tech
Nintendo and Opera Software are set to launch a free beta version of the Opera web browser for the Nintendo Wii games console on December 22, 2006, the two companies have revealed.	3Sci/Tech
Deanna Nolan scores 21 points to help Detroit even the WNBA Finals at a game apiece with 73-63 win over Sacramento on Friday night.	1Sports
AFP - Nigerian police late Saturday raided the New Shrine nightclub in Lagos founded by two of the children of the late Fela Kuti, Nigeria's most reknowned musician, the Kuti family and police said Sunday.	0World
If the dislocated tendon in his ankle cannot be stabilized before his scheduled start in Game 5 on Sunday, Bostons' Curt Schilling will have surgery.	1Sports
PC World - Google Inc. is making its controversial [	3Sci/Tech
Reuters - A deal to end Sudan's southern war that is due to be signed on Sunday must boost efforts to solve Darfur's "terrible conflict," Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Saturday.	0World
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- With Apple Computer's stock trading at more than twice where it was a year ago, Piper Jaffray raised the bar for the shares even higher due to an anticipated benefit from increased iPod sales.	3Sci/Tech
LAS VEGAS -- Suspended NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones will face two felony charges in a strip club melee that preceded a triple shooting in February, Las Vegas police and the Clark County District Attorney's office said Wednesday.	1Sports
The Chinese state pledges to bring to justice traffickers who enslaved children and adults to work in brick kilns.	0World
NEW YORK (AFP) - Marsh and McLennan Companies, Inc. the world's biggest insurance broker, announced a radical overhaul of its business practices after learning it would not face criminal charges for allegedly deceiving its customers.	2Business
The man behind the possible takeover of Leeds United Football Club has warned that the club will have to sell Elland Road if there bid is not accepted.	1Sports
Because of one elegant pass from Shalrie Joseph, the New England Revolution, not the Red Bulls, will be playing host to Chicago in the Eastern Conference final in Major League Soccer.	1Sports
The Air Transport Association says, due to cutbacks, industry labor expenses are about the same today as they were a decade ago -- at about 34 percent of total costs.	2Business
Kirk Hinrich is the driving force behind a Chicago Bulls team that, if the season ended today, would be in the playoffs for the first time since 1998.	1Sports
Tiger Woods advances to the next round of the World Match Play Championship as Justin Rose eliminates Phil Mickelson in an upset.	1Sports
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Apache helicopters thwarted a rocket attack on Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, the U.S. military said on Sunday, but the number of U.S. casualties rose with seven more soldiers reported killed.	0World
AP - Duke remained No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll and Ohio State matched its highest ranking in school history with a jump to third.	1Sports
Mr. Know-It-All tells how to get through customs (or not) with DVDs, send e-mails that make it past spam filters and whether or not to buy unlocked cellphones on eBay.	2Business
Barry Bonds hit his way out of his worst slump in 16 years, bringing himself to within two big swings from matching the career home-run record.	1Sports
The Linux community is split into two factions. And while some believe Linux should go mainstream, tech journalist Don Reisinger thinks otherwise.	3Sci/Tech
(CP) - With their depth and determination, there is little surprise the Seattle SuperSonics are the best team in the NBA. One night after Ray Allen helped Seattle become the first team to win in San Antonio	1Sports
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada may have found a new case of mad cow disease, officials said on Thursday, rekindling tensions in its hard-hit beef industry just one day after the United States announced plans to reopen the border to live Canadian cattle.	2Business
Reuters journalists are said to be close to striking over the outsourcing of reporting jobs to India.	3Sci/Tech
AP - Alexandre Vinokourov turned in a gutsy ride to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France Monday, and Michael Rasmussen held off several challenges to defend his overall lead.	1Sports
AP - The Boston Red Sox are beating up on the National League while the Pittsburgh Pirates keep losing to every team they face.	1Sports
The Red Sox' 6-0 victory may have been little more than a footnote for the home team, but it was still a matter of some urgency for the Minnesota Twins, who took the field knowing the Detroit Tigers had lost that afternoon, giving them a chance, with a victory last night, to vault ahead of the Tigers into first place ...	1Sports
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings rose 2 percent, beating expectations and capping a record year, but its shares fell after the investment bank cautioned that markets will remain challenging in the near future.	2Business
Tom Glavine lasted five innings against the Astros and struggled with his command, but showed no signs of being bothered by the circulation problem that interrupted his season.	1Sports
Senator Arlen Specter was under attack by some conservatives as too liberal to lead the Senate Judiciary Committee.	0World
Reuters - Hasbro Inc. , the second largest U.S. toy maker, reported a 15 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit on Friday, helped by strong sales of Nerf balls and Monopoly board games.	2Business
Bills defensive back Troy Vincent returns to the lineup and stars, recording an interception, a sack and a fumble recover as Buffalo beats up on Cleveland, 37-7, on Sunday.	1Sports
Shares of Internet travel firm Orbitz Inc. surged after it agreed to be acquired by Manhattan-based Cendant Corp. for about $1.25 billion.	2Business
AFP - A weather front that triggered deadly tornadoes in several southern US states could delay the scheduled lift-off of the Atlantis space shuttle, NASA experts said Wednesday.	3Sci/Tech
AP - China's second-largest mobile phone company plans to open 3,000 Internet cafes by the end of the year, exerting stronger state control over a sector once dominated by private enterprise, state-run radio reported Tuesday.	3Sci/Tech
All but a handful of his teammates had long since left the locker room late Sunday afternoon when Byron Leftwich, on crutches, emerged from the trainer's room and made his way to his dressing cubicle.	1Sports
Unable to settle into a rhythm, sophomore quarterback Jordan Palmer resembled a wide-eyed freshman, squeamish about playing under the lights.	1Sports
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Comeback mum Lindsay Davenport will return to the grand slam centre stage on Wednesday when she plays Maria Sharapova in the highlight of the third day's action at the Australian Open.	1Sports
Ramon Ortiz pitched eight shutout innings as Adam Kennedy and Garret Anderson homered to lead the Anaheim Angels to a 5-0 road win over the New York Yankees on Friday.	1Sports
Reuters - Ford Motor Co. posted its fourth consecutive month of weaker U.S. sales with a 7 percent drop in September results on Friday, and the automaker doubled its incentives on some models to kick-start sales this month.	2Business
PC World - Microsoft wants everyone to focus on Vista and forget about whatever may come down the operating system pike.	3Sci/Tech
LONDON (Reuters) - Police, hunting a serial killer who has murdered five prostitutes, are poring over 10,000 hours of CCTV footage and trying to trace some 50 to 100 people.	0World
Tim Cahill's goal in the 80th minute lifted Everton to a 1-0 victory Sunday at Portsmouth, keeping the Toffies firmly in third place in England and only three points behind league-leading Arsenal.	1Sports
AFP - Sri Lanka has vowed to wage more attacks against Tamil rebels but analysts warn it faces the prospect of devastating retaliation and risks international isolation over rising rights abuses.	0World
Falling flat screen prices hit Samsung's quarterly profits.	3Sci/Tech
West Indies may send a weakened squad to Australia for the forthcoming one-day series after most of their 25-man squad missed a deadline to make themselves available amid a dispute over sponsorship.	1Sports
By Chris Kahn A struggling Indian tribe is hoping to change its fortunes by luring tourists out over the edge of the Grand Canyon on a glass- bottom observation deck 4,000 feet above the Colorado River.	3Sci/Tech
Gold Fields, a gold producing company from South Africa, rejected a bid from its closest rival Harmony Gold as it seemed unattractive to it.	2Business
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney took the unusual step Friday of joining with lawmakers in signing a Supreme Court brief that goes further in support of gun rights than the one submitted by the Bush administration.	0World
Shares of Cochlear Ltd., the world's biggest maker of inner ear implants, surged 18 percent after Advanced Bionics Corp. recalled some devices, giving Cochlear an opportunity to regain lost market share.	2Business
Seattle coach Mike Holmgren prefers that new Seahawks players get weeks of preparation in his intricate offense. But in the case of receiver Deion Branch , he might make an exception.	1Sports
Reuters - Breathtaking coral reefs around India's Andaman and Nicobar islands may have suffered severe tsunami damage, but fears for those off Thailand have proven overblown, experts said on Friday.	3Sci/Tech
A Connecticut man facing economic espionage charges says he wasn't serious about selling already-leaked Microsoft source code, but an undercover investigator for the software giant was determined to pay him something.	3Sci/Tech
The nation's labor markets sputtered again last month as job growth, which surged in October, reverted to the lackluster pace that has marked the recovery for much of the year.	2Business
Kevin Brown's frustrating season finally reached a boiling point, and now his hot temper could cost the New York Yankees at the most important time. Brown broke his non-pitching hand when he punched a wall in the clubhouse last night during a 3-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles that cut New York's lead in the AL East ...	1Sports
Anonymous sources feed the rumor mill with tales of an upgraded input device. In Gear Factor.	2Business
With back-to-back World Cup qualifying games on the line, US team coach Bruce Arena has called in his heavy hitters from overseas.	1Sports
Giants Coach Tom Coughlin -- without the aid of his coordinators or defensive team captains -- was peppered with pointed questions Monday about his team which has allowed 80 points in the first two games.	1Sports
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) rose upon opening today, because market players were much more concerned about overseas events on the previous trading day than potential political events in Israel.	0World
Telephones and computers that were donated for use at the Republican National Convention will now be used to improve security and enhance New York City public schools.	3Sci/Tech
KABUL (Reuters) - Kidnappers of three U.N. workers in Afghanistan said on Thursday they expect the government to release 26 Taliban prisoners in exchange for their hostages before the Muslim Eid festival this weekend.	0World
Steven Spielberg is the producer. Giant, ass-kicking robots are the stars. So why are Transformers fans so freaked out? Two words: Michael Bay.	3Sci/Tech
My gut feeling about judges for years has been that they, among the three branches of government servants in our republic, are the most dangerous.	1Sports
AP - Pitchers Pedro Astacio of Boston and Brad Halsey of New York each were suspended Tuesday for three games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing at batters.	1Sports
NAGPUR, OCTOBER 28: After all the spin and counter-spin, itâs official: Sourav Ganguly is injured, itâs not serious but his participation in the Mumbai Test is still uncertain.	1Sports
It's been a season of milestones for the University of Massachusetts. The Minutemen played their 2,000th game earlier this season. They welcomed the 1 millionth fan into the 13-year-old Mullins Center. They are in the midst of their longest homestand in more than 70 years. And last night, they planned to celebrate the 500th game in the coaching ...	1Sports
In a blow to Brazil, Intel Corp. chief executive Craig Barrett on Thursday all but ruled out building a chip manufacturing plant in Latin America's largest country because of high labor costs.	2Business
Meeting next week to thrash out contracts The government is expected to concede some precious ground to the IT industry over difficult contractual negotiations that have just entered their third year.âŠ	3Sci/Tech
At yesterdayâs final Turkey-European Union Troika meeting at The Hague in the runup to next monthâs EU summit, high-level officials from both the EU and Ankara agreed to begin accession talks next July.	0World
Too much traffic and too little parking have already made Washington area drivers among the most enthusiastic adopters of car sharing -- and the two leading car-share companies are betting millions that many more area drivers are willing to give up their car keys.	2Business
We've marveled at his ability to be automatic, been blinded by his bread-and-cutter fastball, and appreciated how pitcher Mariano Rivera can close up shop better than any night watchman.	1Sports
AP - Yahoo Inc. thinks it's back on the right track now that co-founder Jerry Yang has replaced Terry Semel as chief executive, but analysts and investors already are wondering whether the shake-up is just a prelude to more radical measures, including a possible sale or breakup of the troubled Internet icon.	3Sci/Tech
(Reuters) - Houghton Mifflin Co. said it agreed to acquire Anglo-Dutch publisher Reed Elsevier's Harcourt education and trade arms in a deal valued at about $4 billion to strengthen its educational publishing business.	2Business
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The boos rained down on Rich "Goose" Gossage when he was introduced to the fans at Yankee Stadium on his home debut for the team he cheered on as a kid.	1Sports
Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (NWSa.N) and Dow Jones & Co. Inc. have "basically agreed" on safeguards to the editorial independence of Dow Jones' news operations, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, setting the stage for Dow Jones to accept a $5 billion buyout offer.	2Business
A Cal Tech astronomer tells how and why Pluto was downgraded from planet status. Bodyhack reports from AAAS.	2Business
AP - A couple and their 5-year-old son were tied up, locked in their car and burned to death during a robbery in southeastern Brazil, police said Tuesday.	0World
The man whom Tony La Russa may pass as the manager with the most victories in St. Louis Cardinals history is a Hall of Famer and one of his most trusted lieutenants.	1Sports
US scientists David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczeck win the Nobel physics prize for their insights into the deep structure of matter.	3Sci/Tech
Jewish leaders expressed growing frustration this week with continuing anti-Semitic violence in Europe following the torching of a Jewish community center in Paris early Sunday.	0World
Pizza parties, treasure hunts and programming contests are meant to create excitement around a company and impress potential recruits as young as college freshmen.	2Business
K.J. Choi has to work harder than he imagined to become the Sony Open champion everyone expected, holding off a late charge by Rory Sabbatini to close with a 1-over-par 71.	1Sports
Glasgow, Scotland (Sports Network) - Celtic captain Jackie McNamara suffered a severely sprained ankle and strained ligaments Tuesday in a Champions League match against Barcelona.	1Sports
The ink is barely dry on the four-year, $53 million contract that lured star pitcher Pedro Martinez to the Mets and excited fans of the woebegone franchise are wishing the frigid December	1Sports
Erik Guay won for the first time on the World Cup circuit yesterday to give Canada its first downhill victory in 13 years. He was joined in the top 10 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, by two other Canadians -- Jan Hudec (fifth) and Manuel Osborne-Paradis (seventh).	1Sports
Not exactly the things you'd like your boss to be saying about you in your performance appraisal. And wouldn't it be a little embarrassing if those opinions from the boss were somehow made public	2Business
Shares in Australian beer and wine firm Foster's jump by more than 9% after a report says it could be a bid target.	2Business
The new platform is designed to help companies speed the deployment of smart-tag systems and cut the costs of managing both hardware and software components from several suppliers.	3Sci/Tech
ATHENS, Greece -- Paul Hamm overcame a fall on the vault to become the first American to win an Olympics men's all-round gymnastics gold medal.	1Sports

On March 28, 2007, the Nebraska Independent Community Bankers Association (NCIB) is teaming up with Goldleaf Financial Solutions and Catbird Security for an on-line seminar covering the growing risk of Web site pharming.

3Sci/Tech

NewsFactor - British supermarket conglomerate Tesco (Nasdaq: TESOF) has announced it will extend its use of RFID across its supply chain in time for the Christmas rush.

2Business

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (8316.T: Quote, Profile, Research) laid out a $29 billion bid for UFJ Holdings (8307.T: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday, challenging

2Business

A teenager who sparked a national scandal after using a camera phone to film himself having oral sex was granted bail on Wednesday despite prosecution demands he be put in psychiatric care for showing "animal instincts".

0World

AP - FIFA said Thursday it opened disciplinary proceedings against Marco Materazzi for his conduct in France's World Cup final defeat.

1Sports

Australian tennis player Wayne Arthurs has lost his first round match at the Stockholm Open, losing in three sets to Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman.

1Sports

Lleyton Hewitt beats Juan Ignacio Chela to reach the Australian Open last 16.

0World

The sterner warnings are intended to satisfy New York State prosecutors who accused Facebook Inc. of falsely advertising itself as a safe online environment.

3Sci/Tech

The average Internet-enabled PC hosts 26 spyware programs, according to an audit by Internet service provider EarthLink, a sign of increasing bombardment by malicious software.

3Sci/Tech

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is targeting high-rolling government officials and executives at state-owned companies in a "relentless strike" against gambling, Xinhua news agency said.

0World

IBM on Thursday said it has joined the Liberty Alliance, indicating that industry support is shifting toward the identity-management group's standard for using a single ID and password to access Web services across organizations.

3Sci/Tech

By Valerie Russ, Philadelphia Daily News Feb. 27--IT IS EARLY, not quite time for the 9:30 a.m. English-composition class at Community College of Philadelphia to begin. Arielle Wilson is the first student in her seat. And she's ready to go.

3Sci/Tech

Nintendo and Opera Software are set to launch a free beta version of the Opera web browser for the Nintendo Wii games console on December 22, 2006, the two companies have revealed.

3Sci/Tech

Deanna Nolan scores 21 points to help Detroit even the WNBA Finals at a game apiece with 73-63 win over Sacramento on Friday night.

1Sports

AFP - Nigerian police late Saturday raided the New Shrine nightclub in Lagos founded by two of the children of the late Fela Kuti, Nigeria's most reknowned musician, the Kuti family and police said Sunday.

0World

If the dislocated tendon in his ankle cannot be stabilized before his scheduled start in Game 5 on Sunday, Bostons' Curt Schilling will have surgery.

1Sports

PC World - Google Inc. is making its controversial [

3Sci/Tech

Reuters - A deal to end Sudan's southern war that is due to be signed on Sunday must boost efforts to solve Darfur's "terrible conflict," Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Saturday.

0World

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- With Apple Computer's stock trading at more than twice where it was a year ago, Piper Jaffray raised the bar for the shares even higher due to an anticipated benefit from increased iPod sales.

3Sci/Tech

LAS VEGAS -- Suspended NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones will face two felony charges in a strip club melee that preceded a triple shooting in February, Las Vegas police and the Clark County District Attorney's office said Wednesday.

1Sports

The Chinese state pledges to bring to justice traffickers who enslaved children and adults to work in brick kilns.

0World

NEW YORK (AFP) - Marsh and McLennan Companies, Inc. the world's biggest insurance broker, announced a radical overhaul of its business practices after learning it would not face criminal charges for allegedly deceiving its customers.

2Business

The man behind the possible takeover of Leeds United Football Club has warned that the club will have to sell Elland Road if there bid is not accepted.

1Sports

Because of one elegant pass from Shalrie Joseph, the New England Revolution, not the Red Bulls, will be playing host to Chicago in the Eastern Conference final in Major League Soccer.

1Sports

The Air Transport Association says, due to cutbacks, industry labor expenses are about the same today as they were a decade ago -- at about 34 percent of total costs.

2Business

Kirk Hinrich is the driving force behind a Chicago Bulls team that, if the season ended today, would be in the playoffs for the first time since 1998.

1Sports

Tiger Woods advances to the next round of the World Match Play Championship as Justin Rose eliminates Phil Mickelson in an upset.

1Sports

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Apache helicopters thwarted a rocket attack on Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, the U.S. military said on Sunday, but the number of U.S. casualties rose with seven more soldiers reported killed.

0World

AP - Duke remained No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll and Ohio State matched its highest ranking in school history with a jump to third.

1Sports

Mr. Know-It-All tells how to get through customs (or not) with DVDs, send e-mails that make it past spam filters and whether or not to buy unlocked cellphones on eBay.

2Business

Barry Bonds hit his way out of his worst slump in 16 years, bringing himself to within two big swings from matching the career home-run record.

1Sports

The Linux community is split into two factions. And while some believe Linux should go mainstream, tech journalist Don Reisinger thinks otherwise.

3Sci/Tech

(CP) - With their depth and determination, there is little surprise the Seattle SuperSonics are the best team in the NBA. One night after Ray Allen helped Seattle become the first team to win in San Antonio

1Sports

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada may have found a new case of mad cow disease, officials said on Thursday, rekindling tensions in its hard-hit beef industry just one day after the United States announced plans to reopen the border to live Canadian cattle.

2Business

Reuters journalists are said to be close to striking over the outsourcing of reporting jobs to India.

3Sci/Tech

AP - Alexandre Vinokourov turned in a gutsy ride to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France Monday, and Michael Rasmussen held off several challenges to defend his overall lead.

1Sports

AP - The Boston Red Sox are beating up on the National League while the Pittsburgh Pirates keep losing to every team they face.

1Sports

The Red Sox' 6-0 victory may have been little more than a footnote for the home team, but it was still a matter of some urgency for the Minnesota Twins, who took the field knowing the Detroit Tigers had lost that afternoon, giving them a chance, with a victory last night, to vault ahead of the Tigers into first place ...

1Sports

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings rose 2 percent, beating expectations and capping a record year, but its shares fell after the investment bank cautioned that markets will remain challenging in the near future.

2Business

Tom Glavine lasted five innings against the Astros and struggled with his command, but showed no signs of being bothered by the circulation problem that interrupted his season.

1Sports

Senator Arlen Specter was under attack by some conservatives as too liberal to lead the Senate Judiciary Committee.

0World

Reuters - Hasbro Inc. , the second largest U.S. toy maker, reported a 15 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit on Friday, helped by strong sales of Nerf balls and Monopoly board games.

2Business

Bills defensive back Troy Vincent returns to the lineup and stars, recording an interception, a sack and a fumble recover as Buffalo beats up on Cleveland, 37-7, on Sunday.

1Sports

Shares of Internet travel firm Orbitz Inc. surged after it agreed to be acquired by Manhattan-based Cendant Corp. for about $1.25 billion.

2Business

AFP - A weather front that triggered deadly tornadoes in several southern US states could delay the scheduled lift-off of the Atlantis space shuttle, NASA experts said Wednesday.

3Sci/Tech

AP - China's second-largest mobile phone company plans to open 3,000 Internet cafes by the end of the year, exerting stronger state control over a sector once dominated by private enterprise, state-run radio reported Tuesday.

3Sci/Tech

All but a handful of his teammates had long since left the locker room late Sunday afternoon when Byron Leftwich, on crutches, emerged from the trainer's room and made his way to his dressing cubicle.

1Sports

Unable to settle into a rhythm, sophomore quarterback Jordan Palmer resembled a wide-eyed freshman, squeamish about playing under the lights.

1Sports

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Comeback mum Lindsay Davenport will return to the grand slam centre stage on Wednesday when she plays Maria Sharapova in the highlight of the third day's action at the Australian Open.

1Sports

Ramon Ortiz pitched eight shutout innings as Adam Kennedy and Garret Anderson homered to lead the Anaheim Angels to a 5-0 road win over the New York Yankees on Friday.

1Sports

Reuters - Ford Motor Co. posted its fourth consecutive month of weaker U.S. sales with a 7 percent drop in September results on Friday, and the automaker doubled its incentives on some models to kick-start sales this month.

2Business

PC World - Microsoft wants everyone to focus on Vista and forget about whatever may come down the operating system pike.

3Sci/Tech

LONDON (Reuters) - Police, hunting a serial killer who has murdered five prostitutes, are poring over 10,000 hours of CCTV footage and trying to trace some 50 to 100 people.

0World

Tim Cahill's goal in the 80th minute lifted Everton to a 1-0 victory Sunday at Portsmouth, keeping the Toffies firmly in third place in England and only three points behind league-leading Arsenal.

1Sports

AFP - Sri Lanka has vowed to wage more attacks against Tamil rebels but analysts warn it faces the prospect of devastating retaliation and risks international isolation over rising rights abuses.

0World

Falling flat screen prices hit Samsung's quarterly profits.

3Sci/Tech

West Indies may send a weakened squad to Australia for the forthcoming one-day series after most of their 25-man squad missed a deadline to make themselves available amid a dispute over sponsorship.

1Sports

By Chris Kahn A struggling Indian tribe is hoping to change its fortunes by luring tourists out over the edge of the Grand Canyon on a glass- bottom observation deck 4,000 feet above the Colorado River.

3Sci/Tech

Gold Fields, a gold producing company from South Africa, rejected a bid from its closest rival Harmony Gold as it seemed unattractive to it.

2Business

AP - Vice President Dick Cheney took the unusual step Friday of joining with lawmakers in signing a Supreme Court brief that goes further in support of gun rights than the one submitted by the Bush administration.

0World

Shares of Cochlear Ltd., the world's biggest maker of inner ear implants, surged 18 percent after Advanced Bionics Corp. recalled some devices, giving Cochlear an opportunity to regain lost market share.

2Business

Seattle coach Mike Holmgren prefers that new Seahawks players get weeks of preparation in his intricate offense. But in the case of receiver Deion Branch , he might make an exception.

1Sports

Reuters - Breathtaking coral reefs around India's Andaman and Nicobar islands may have suffered severe tsunami damage, but fears for those off Thailand have proven overblown, experts said on Friday.

3Sci/Tech

A Connecticut man facing economic espionage charges says he wasn't serious about selling already-leaked Microsoft source code, but an undercover investigator for the software giant was determined to pay him something.

3Sci/Tech

The nation's labor markets sputtered again last month as job growth, which surged in October, reverted to the lackluster pace that has marked the recovery for much of the year.

2Business

Kevin Brown's frustrating season finally reached a boiling point, and now his hot temper could cost the New York Yankees at the most important time. Brown broke his non-pitching hand when he punched a wall in the clubhouse last night during a 3-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles that cut New York's lead in the AL East ...

1Sports

Anonymous sources feed the rumor mill with tales of an upgraded input device. In Gear Factor.

2Business

With back-to-back World Cup qualifying games on the line, US team coach Bruce Arena has called in his heavy hitters from overseas.

1Sports

Giants Coach Tom Coughlin -- without the aid of his coordinators or defensive team captains -- was peppered with pointed questions Monday about his team which has allowed 80 points in the first two games.

1Sports

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) rose upon opening today, because market players were much more concerned about overseas events on the previous trading day than potential political events in Israel.

0World

Telephones and computers that were donated for use at the Republican National Convention will now be used to improve security and enhance New York City public schools.

3Sci/Tech

KABUL (Reuters) - Kidnappers of three U.N. workers in Afghanistan said on Thursday they expect the government to release 26 Taliban prisoners in exchange for their hostages before the Muslim Eid festival this weekend.

0World

Steven Spielberg is the producer. Giant, ass-kicking robots are the stars. So why are Transformers fans so freaked out? Two words: Michael Bay.

3Sci/Tech

My gut feeling about judges for years has been that they, among the three branches of government servants in our republic, are the most dangerous.

1Sports

AP - Pitchers Pedro Astacio of Boston and Brad Halsey of New York each were suspended Tuesday for three games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing at batters.

1Sports

NAGPUR, OCTOBER 28: After all the spin and counter-spin, itâs official: Sourav Ganguly is injured, itâs not serious but his participation in the Mumbai Test is still uncertain.

1Sports

It's been a season of milestones for the University of Massachusetts. The Minutemen played their 2,000th game earlier this season. They welcomed the 1 millionth fan into the 13-year-old Mullins Center. They are in the midst of their longest homestand in more than 70 years. And last night, they planned to celebrate the 500th game in the coaching ...

1Sports

In a blow to Brazil, Intel Corp. chief executive Craig Barrett on Thursday all but ruled out building a chip manufacturing plant in Latin America's largest country because of high labor costs.

2Business

Meeting next week to thrash out contracts The government is expected to concede some precious ground to the IT industry over difficult contractual negotiations that have just entered their third year.âŠ

3Sci/Tech

At yesterdayâs final Turkey-European Union Troika meeting at The Hague in the runup to next monthâs EU summit, high-level officials from both the EU and Ankara agreed to begin accession talks next July.

0World

Too much traffic and too little parking have already made Washington area drivers among the most enthusiastic adopters of car sharing -- and the two leading car-share companies are betting millions that many more area drivers are willing to give up their car keys.

2Business

We've marveled at his ability to be automatic, been blinded by his bread-and-cutter fastball, and appreciated how pitcher Mariano Rivera can close up shop better than any night watchman.

1Sports

AP - Yahoo Inc. thinks it's back on the right track now that co-founder Jerry Yang has replaced Terry Semel as chief executive, but analysts and investors already are wondering whether the shake-up is just a prelude to more radical measures, including a possible sale or breakup of the troubled Internet icon.

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(Reuters) - Houghton Mifflin Co. said it agreed to acquire Anglo-Dutch publisher Reed Elsevier's Harcourt education and trade arms in a deal valued at about $4 billion to strengthen its educational publishing business.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The boos rained down on Rich "Goose" Gossage when he was introduced to the fans at Yankee Stadium on his home debut for the team he cheered on as a kid.

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Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (NWSa.N) and Dow Jones & Co. Inc. have "basically agreed" on safeguards to the editorial independence of Dow Jones' news operations, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, setting the stage for Dow Jones to accept a $5 billion buyout offer.

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A Cal Tech astronomer tells how and why Pluto was downgraded from planet status. Bodyhack reports from AAAS.

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AP - A couple and their 5-year-old son were tied up, locked in their car and burned to death during a robbery in southeastern Brazil, police said Tuesday.

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The man whom Tony La Russa may pass as the manager with the most victories in St. Louis Cardinals history is a Hall of Famer and one of his most trusted lieutenants.

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US scientists David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczeck win the Nobel physics prize for their insights into the deep structure of matter.

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Jewish leaders expressed growing frustration this week with continuing anti-Semitic violence in Europe following the torching of a Jewish community center in Paris early Sunday.

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Pizza parties, treasure hunts and programming contests are meant to create excitement around a company and impress potential recruits as young as college freshmen.

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K.J. Choi has to work harder than he imagined to become the Sony Open champion everyone expected, holding off a late charge by Rory Sabbatini to close with a 1-over-par 71.

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Glasgow, Scotland (Sports Network) - Celtic captain Jackie McNamara suffered a severely sprained ankle and strained ligaments Tuesday in a Champions League match against Barcelona.

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The ink is barely dry on the four-year, $53 million contract that lured star pitcher Pedro Martinez to the Mets and excited fans of the woebegone franchise are wishing the frigid December

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Erik Guay won for the first time on the World Cup circuit yesterday to give Canada its first downhill victory in 13 years. He was joined in the top 10 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, by two other Canadians -- Jan Hudec (fifth) and Manuel Osborne-Paradis (seventh).

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Not exactly the things you'd like your boss to be saying about you in your performance appraisal. And wouldn't it be a little embarrassing if those opinions from the boss were somehow made public

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Shares in Australian beer and wine firm Foster's jump by more than 9% after a report says it could be a bid target.

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The new platform is designed to help companies speed the deployment of smart-tag systems and cut the costs of managing both hardware and software components from several suppliers.

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ATHENS, Greece -- Paul Hamm overcame a fall on the vault to become the first American to win an Olympics men's all-round gymnastics gold medal.

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