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Dixon was otherwise the a class of the a field at Pikes Peak International Raceway. | Scott Dixon eventually made winning the Honda Indy 225 look easy Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway. | 2.8 | 1,142 | 2 |
By Sunday a night, the fires had blackened 277,000 acres, hundreds of miles apart. | Major fires had burned 264,000 acres by early last a night. | 2.75 | 1,143 | 2 |
U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 21 others, the a military said. | 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. | 3 | 1,144 | 1 |
They came despite what BA called a "difficult a quarter", which it said included unofficial industrial a action at Heathrow. | BA said the second a quarter, which included unofficial industrial a action at Heathrow, had been difficult. | 3.6 | 1,145 | 4 |
The a author is one of several a defense experts expected to testify. | Spitz is expected to testify later for the a defense. | 3 | 1,146 | 3 |
The two-a year a note US2YT=RR fell 5/32 in a price, taking its a yield to 1.23 a percent from 1.16 a percent late on Monday. | The benchmark 10-year a note US10YT=RR lost 11/32 in a price, taking its a yield to 3.21 a percent from 3.17 a percent late on Monday. | 2 | 1,147 | 11 |
As a part of a restructuring Peregrine sold its Remedy help desk a software a unit last a year to BMC Software Inc. | Peregrine sold its Remedy a business a unit to BMC Software in November for $355 million. | 3 | 1,148 | 6 |
A Part of the a accord was the a implementation of a special a health a council that would monitor a health a spending and a progress in reforming the a health a system. | A key a portion of the a accord was the a implementation of a special a council to monitor a health a spending, set goals for the a system and a measure a progress in reforming a health a care. | 4.4 | 1,149 | 21 |
Shares in BA were down 1.5 a percent at 168 pence by 1420 GMT, off a a low of 164p, in a slightly stronger overall London a market. | Shares in BA were down three a percent at 165-1/4 a pence by 0933 GMT, off a a low of 164 pence, in a stronger a market. | 2.4 | 1,150 | 7 |
The companies, Chiron and Aventis Pasteur, together made about 80 million doses of the injected a vaccine, which ordinarily would have been enough to meet U.S. a demand. | Chiron and Aventis Pasteur together made about 80 million doses, ordinarily enough for U.S. a demand, The Associated Press reported. | 4.4 | 1,151 | 3 |
Investigators uncovered a 4-inch a bone a fragment from beneath the concrete a slab Thursday, but it turned out to be an a animal a bone, authorities said. | Investigators uncovered a 4-inch a bone a fragment Thursday a night, but authorities said it was from an a animal. | 4.4 | 1,152 | 9 |
Joining Stern and McEntee on a stage was International Union of Painters and Allied Trades President James Williams. | The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades endorsed Mr Dean several weeks ago. | 2.6 | 1,153 | 1 |
The Winston-Salem, North Carolina a company opened six stores during the a quarter, bringing the a total to 282. | Six new Krispy Kreme stores were opened in the first a quarter, bringing the total a number of stores to 282. | 3 | 1,154 | 5 |
The a report also claims that there will be up to 9.3 million visitors to hot spots this a year, up again from the meagre 2.5 million in 2002. | There will be 9.3 million visitors to hot spots in 2003, up from 2.5 million in 2002, Gartner said. | 4.5 | 1,155 | 2 |
Families stuck on the a highway remained in their cars, and used their a cell phones to call home. | Families stuck on the a highway were being urged to remain in their cars, and to use their a cell phones only in a case of a emergency. | 3 | 1,156 | 6 |
Orange shares jumped as much as 15 a percent. | France Telecom shares dropped 3.6 a percent while Orange surged 13 a percent. | 2 | 1,158 | 3 |
A a search for three missing teenagers uncovered at least two bodies buried beneath freshly poured a concrete in the a basement of a a house, authorities said Wednesday. | Authorities performed an autopsy Thursday on one of three bodies recovered from beneath a a layer of freshly poured a concrete in the a basement of a northwest Indiana a home. | 2.4 | 1,159 | 8 |
Beleaguered a telecommunications gear a maker Lucent Technologies is being investigated by two federal agencies for possible violations of U.S. a bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia. | Two federal agencies are investigating telecommunications a gear a maker Lucent Technologies for possible violations of U.S. a bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia. | 4.8 | 1,160 | 6 |
He claimed Red Hat and the Free Software Foundation with trying to undermine U.S. a copyright and a patent a law. | In his a letter, McBride charges the Free Software Foundation and Red Hat with trying to undermine U.S. a copyright laws. | 4 | 1,161 | 5 |
Police then called a a bomb a squad, but the a device exploded, killing Wells, before a bomb technicians arrived. | While waiting for a a bomb a squad to arrive, the a bomb exploded, killing Wells. | 4 | 1,162 | 7 |
At 12 months there was still a a difference in a function, although it was not a significant one. | At 12 months, there was still a a difference between the groups, but it was not considered significant. | 4.4 | 1,163 | 3 |
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 4.77, or 0.5 a percent, to 929.62. | The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index a .SPX shed 0.17 of a a point, or just 0.02 a percent, to 934. | 2.5 | 1,166 | 4 |
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7 per a cent to 9,547.43 while the S&P 500 was 0.8 per a cent weaker at 1,025.79. | The Dow Jones industrial a average <.DJI> fell 44 points, or 0.46 a percent, to 9,568. | 1.5 | 1,167 | 4 |
A School officials said Van-Vliet reported the a accident using the a bus’ a radio. | Van-Vliet, who was also injured, called in the a accident on the a school a bus a radio. | 3.75 | 1,169 | 8 |
Board Chancellor Robert Bennett declined to comment on personnel matters Tuesday. | Mr. Mills declined to comment a yesterday, saying that he never discussed personnel matters. | 1.75 | 1,170 | 1 |
Its former chief Mickey Robinson was fired for a cause when he left in September, the a company said. | Chief Executive Mickey Robinson was fired for a cause in September, the a company said last a month. | 4.4 | 1,171 | 5 |
Police believe Wilson shot Reynolds, then her a mother once in the a head before fatally turning the a gun on herself. | Police believe Wilson then shot Jennie Mae Robinson once in the a head before turning the a gun on herself. | 3 | 1,172 | 5 |
According to a security sources, London Metropolitan Police Commissioner John Stevens placed his a force on its highest a state of alert last a week following the a warning. | The Telegraph can reveal that Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, placed his a force on its highest alert last a week. | 3.8 | 1,173 | 7 |
Bulger's a brother is now on the a agency's ''10 Most Wanted'' a list, sought in a connection with 21 murders. | Bulger's a brother, a former FBI a informant, is now on the a law a enforcement a agency's "10 Most Wanted" a list. | 3.25 | 1,174 | 10 |
Florida's Supreme Court has twice refused to hear the a case. | On Tuesday, a Florida appeals a court again refused to block a removal of the a tube. | 2.75 | 1,175 | 4 |
From Broadway comedies like "The Seven Year Itch" (1952), "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" | Playwright George Axelrod, who anticipated the sexual a revolution with The Seven Year Itch and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | 2 | 1,178 | 1 |
Nine seconds later, it broke the sound a barrier and continued its steep powered a ascent. | Nine seconds later, SpaceShipOne broke the sound a barrier, the a company said. | 3 | 1,179 | 4 |
The a plane was estimated to be within 100 pounds of its maximum a takeoff a weight. | US Airways Flight 5481, which crashed Jan. 8, was judged to be within 100 pounds of its maximum a takeoff a weight. | 3.25 | 1,180 | 5 |
A Gainer said the two a staff aides are "very sorry this all happened," and the a security personnel had performed "well within standards." | The a security personnel performed ``well within standards'' and the two a staff aides were ``very sorry all this happened,'' Gainer said. | 5 | 1,181 | 5 |
He also said the a academy will get its own internal a report next a week detailing the a seriousness of the remaining a problem. | The a academy will get its own internal a report next a week and it will be made public, Rosa said. | 3.333 | 1,182 | 8 |
Gartner's a report said global WLAN a equipment shipments reached 19.5 million last a year, a 120 a percent a increase over 2001's 8.9 million units. | Total shipments reached 19.5 million units last a year, compared with 8.9 million units in 2001. | 3.6 | 1,183 | 6 |
Roy Moore, the suspended chief a justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, stood accused but unrepentant Wednesday in the same a courtroom he recently presided over. | Moore, the suspended chief a justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, stands a trial before the Alabama Court of the Judiciary. | 3.8 | 1,184 | 4 |
The blue-a chip Dow Jones industrial a average .DJI climbed 164 points, or 1.91 a percent, to 8,765.38, brushing its highest levels since a mid-January. | The blue-a chip Dow Jones industrial a average .DJI tacked on 97 points, or 1.14 a percent, to 8,699. | 3 | 1,185 | 7 |
An a arrest a warrant claimed Bryant assaulted the a woman June 30 at a a hotel. | According to an a arrest a warrant, Bryant, 24, attacked a a woman on June 30. | 4.25 | 1,186 | 7 |
FRIENDS of Robert De Niro a yesterday rallied around him after he was diagnosed with a prostate a cancer. | Hollywood a actor Robert De Niro has been diagnosed with a prostate a cancer, his a spokesman said a today. | 3.5 | 1,187 | 8 |
But A JT was careful to clarify that it was "not certain about the a outcome of the a discussion at this a moment". | However, we are not certain about the a outcome of the a discussion at this a moment. | 3.2 | 1,188 | 7 |
Shares of Halliburton fell 71 cents, or 3 a percent, to close at $21.59 a yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange. | Halliburton shares fell 54 cents, or 2.4 a percent, to $21.76 a a share in a midday New York Stock Exchange a trade. | 2.4 | 1,189 | 6 |
Tail a wagging, Abbey trotted on a stage with Conway before a a crowd of more than 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual a customer a conference at the Anaheim Convention Center. | On Monday, Abbey trotted on a stage, a tail a wagging, with Conway before a a crowd of 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual a customer a conference. | 4 | 1,190 | 11 |
At a midnight on Wednesday, 68 a percent of voters said "no" to the a tax, with 97 a percent of the votes counted. | With 97 a percent of precincts counted a tonight, 68 a percent of voters opposed the a tax. | 4.667 | 1,191 | 8 |
Graham is expected to be nominated and elected to a second one-a year a term a today and will deliver the presidential a address. | Later Tuesday, Graham was expected to be re-elected for a second one-a year a term. | 3.333 | 1,192 | 6 |
Barbini said the a union may reach a a compromise with the United States but it wants a a system for labeling such foods, a something the a industry successfully fought here. | Barbini said the EU may reach a a compromise but it wants a a system for labeling such foods, a something the a industry has resisted. | 3.25 | 1,194 | 9 |
The a blaze then spread to several surrounding structures on the a property and destroyed them. | The a fire spread to several surrounding structures on the a property and destroyed them as deputies held back firefighters. | 4 | 1,195 | 4 |
Sources say agents confiscated "several" documents he was carrying. | Agents confiscated several classified documents in his a possession and interrogated him. | 3.5 | 1,196 | 1 |
The a helicopter burst into flames upon a impact, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office. | The a helicopter was owned by Las Vegas-based Sundance Helicopters Inc., according to the a sheriff's a office. | 2 | 1,197 | 5 |
The new a research will be published soon in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. | It will appear in the next few weeks on the A Web a site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. | 3.4 | 1,199 | 3 |
Two convicted killers and another a inmate escaped from a a state a prison on a busy a street Wednesday by cutting through a a fence, a Corrections Department a official said. | A convicted a killer and two other inmates cut through two fences topped with a razor a wire and escaped from a a state a prison on a busy a street. | 3.5 | 1,200 | 12 |
John Hickenlooper had 65 a percent of the a vote to 35 a percent for City Auditor Don Mares. | Hickenlooper clobbered a city Auditor Don Mares, 46, in the Tuesday a runoff. | 2.4 | 1,201 | 5 |
Young has 28 days to file a a response and ask the NASD for a a hearing. | Under NASD regulations, Mr. Young can file a a response and request a a hearing before an NASD a panel. | 3.5 | 1,202 | 5 |
Stocks dipped lower Tuesday as investors opted to cash in profits from Monday's big a rally despite a a trio of reports suggesting modest a improvement in the a economy. | Wall Street moved tentatively higher Tuesday as investors weighed a a trio of reports showing modest economic a improvement against an a urge to cash in profits from Monday's big a rally. | 2.8 | 1,203 | 8 |
From the a start, however, the United States' declared a goal was not just to topple Saddam but to stabilize Iraq and install a friendly a government. | But the United States' ultimate a goal was not just to topple Mr. Hussein but to stabilize the a country and install a friendly a government. | 4.8 | 1,204 | 6 |
Selenski descended down the a wall and used the a mattress to climb over a razor a wire. | Selenski used the a mattress to scale a 10-foot a razor a wire, Fischi said. | 3 | 1,205 | 7 |
Common a side effects include a nasal a congestion, runny a nose, sore a throat and a cough, the FDA said. | The most common a side effects after getting the a nasal a spray were a nasal a congestion, runny a nose, sore a throat and a cough. | 3.4 | 1,206 | 14 |
Announcing the a selection, Kmart CEO Julian Day said Grey will help the a retailer "find creative ways to communicate the unique strengths of Kmart to the new America a consumer." | Together, we will find creative ways to communicate the unique strengths of Kmart to the 'new America' a consumer." | 3.25 | 1,207 | 4 |
A Supermarket chains facing a possible a grocery a clerk a strike this a week accused a union leaders Monday of breaking off a contract talks prematurely over the a weekend. | A Supermarket chains are accusing a union leaders of breaking off a contract talks prematurely over the a weekend as a grocery clerks gear up for a possible a strike. | 4.75 | 1,208 | 14 |
INTEL TODAY disclosed details of its next-a generation XScale a processor for mobile phones and a handheld devices here in San Jose. | Intel on Wednesday unveiled its next-a generation a processor for a cell phones, PDAs, and other wireless devices. | 3.6 | 1,209 | 6 |
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that an Ohio a law banning a controversial late-a term a abortion a method passes constitutional a muster and the a state can enforce it. | An Ohio a law that bans a controversial late-a term a abortion a procedure is constitutionally acceptable and the a state can enforce it, a federal appeals a court ruled a yesterday. | 4.2 | 1,210 | 13 |
The Nasdaq composite a index advanced 20.59, or 1.3 a percent, to 1,616.50, after gaining 5.7 a percent last a week. | The a technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 a percent, to 1,615.02. | 2 | 1,211 | 6 |
The a company said it would cut the wholesale a price of most top-a line CDs to $9.09 from $12.02. | The a company also said it would cut wholesale prices on cassettes and change the suggested retail a price to $8.98. | 1.6 | 1,213 | 5 |
Shares of Allergan fell 14 cents to close at $78.12 on the New York Stock Exchange (a news - a web sites). | Shares of Allergan were up 14 cents at $78.40 in late a trading on the New York Stock Exchange. | 3.25 | 1,214 | 3 |
The upcoming second-a quarter earnings a season will be particularly important in offering investors a guidance, they say. | They say second-a quarter earnings reports will be key in giving investors that a guidance. | 5 | 1,215 | 5 |
That took the benchmark 10-year a note US10YT=RR down 9/32, its a yield rising to 3.37 a percent from 3.34 a percent late on Thursday. | That saw the benchmark 10-year a note US10YT=A RR a slip 5/32 in a price, taking its a yield to 3.36 a percent from 3.34 a percent late on Thursday. | 3.417 | 1,216 | 11 |
The a bank's shares fell 45 cents in a trading a yesterday to $91.51 per a share. | Shares of M&T, which is based in Buffalo, fell 41 cents, to $91.51. | 2.75 | 1,217 | 4 |
In the latest a violence, insurgents threw a a bomb at a U.S. a convoy in northern Baghdad, killing one a soldier. | Early Monday, insurgents threw a homemade a bomb at a U.S. a convoy in northern Baghdad, killing an American a soldier. | 4.111 | 1,218 | 7 |
A Consumer groups are against the changes, saying they hurt a individuality in markets. | A Consumer groups oppose the changes, saying they would concentrate too many outlets in too few media empires. | 3.6 | 1,219 | 3 |
Every Thursday, a grains a management a committee meets in the Commission's a agriculture a directorate to decide the a outcome of a weekly a export a tender. | A grains a management a committee normally meets each Thursday in the Commission's a agriculture a unit -- another a target of Wednesday's raids -- to decide the a outcome of a weekly a export a tender. | 3.6 | 1,220 | 15 |
Colin Powell, the Secretary of State, said contacts with Iran would not stop. | Secretary of State Colin Powell said a yesterday that contacts with Iran would continue. | 4.333 | 1,221 | 1 |
Stout previously worked for General Electric a subsidiary GE Capital Service Inc., where he was a vice a president and chief a technology and a information a officer. | Stout comes to Sprint from GE Capital, where he served as chief a technology and a information a officer. | 3.2 | 1,222 | 9 |
Scrimshaw, Supervisor, Best Minister and Ten Most Wanted are expected to complete the Belmont a field. | Best Minister, Scrimshaw, and Ten Most Wanted all had workouts on Monday a morning. | 2.25 | 1,223 | 2 |
Former South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Sunday he did not see what "all the a fuss" was over appointing a gay a bishop, but urged homosexual clergy to remain celibate. | South Africa's Nobel a laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he does not understand all the a fuss about appointing a gay a bishop, but he has urged homosexual clergy to remain celibate. | 4.5 | 1,224 | 5 |
In September, Hewlett-Packard signed a a development and a marketing a deal with the a company. | Four months later it signed a joint a marketing a agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. | 2.75 | 1,225 | 6 |
Consumers would still have to get a descrambling a security a card from their a cable a operator to plug into the a set. | To watch pay a television, consumers would insert into the a set a a security a card provided by their a cable a service. | 4 | 1,226 | 11 |
On Friday, the Concorde started up around a sunrise and seemed to launch itself straight out of the rising a sun. | A Yesterday, the Concorde seemed to launch itself straight out of the rising a sun. | 3.4 | 1,227 | 4 |
A A Stage 1 a episode is declared when a ozone levels reach 0.20 parts per million. | The federal a standard for a ozone is 0.12 parts per million. | 2.2 | 1,228 | 5 |
While waiting for a a bomb a squad to arrive, the a bomb exploded, killing Wells. | The a bomb exploded while authorities waited for a a bomb a squad to arrive. | 3.25 | 1,229 | 6 |
The American women, who are defending champions, will play in Philadelphia on Sept. 25 and conclude a group a competition in Columbus on Sept. 28. | The U.S. women, who are defending champions, will play on Sept. 25 in Philadelphia and conclude a group a competition on Sept. 28 in Columbus, Ohio. | 4.75 | 1,231 | 4 |
Its a maker, MedImmune Inc., based in Gaithersburg, made 4 million to 5 million doses this a year. | MedImmune Vaccines, the a maker of FluMist, made between 4 million and 5 million doses this a year. | 3.5 | 1,232 | 4 |
Kaichen appeared Wednesday in federal a court on two a bank a robbery charges. | She appeared in federal a court Wednesday, but did not enter a a plea. | 3 | 1,233 | 5 |
An incremental a step reported by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, is the latest in a a decade-long a effort. | The incremental a step, reported by researchers at UC San Francisco, is the latest in a a decade-long a effort to infect mice with the a virus. | 3.25 | 1,234 | 7 |
Bush turned out a a statement a yesterday thanking the a commission for its a work, and said, "Our a journey into a space will go on." | Mr. Bush did not discuss this when he issued a brief a statement a yesterday thanking the a commission for its a work, and saying, "Our a journey into a space will go on." | 3.6 | 1,235 | 12 |
The a governor is going to Jackson, where 13 of the a state's 16 fatalities were reported. | The a governor is going to Jackson, where 13 people were killed. | 3.8 | 1,236 | 3 |
The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 3.42 points, or 0.34 a percent, to 1,007.84. | The a technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was down 1.55 points, or 0.09 a percent, at 1,744.91. | 1 | 1,237 | 3 |
Crews worked to install a new a culvert and prepare the a highway so motorists could use the eastbound lanes for a travel as a storm clouds threatened to dump more a rain. | Crews worked to install a new a culvert and repave the a highway so motorists could use the eastbound lanes for a travel. | 3.333 | 1,238 | 8 |
Buoyed by some of the a advice imparted by Nicklaus, Howell shot an 8-under 64 for a one-a stroke a lead over Kenny Perry. | Buoyed by a advice imparted by Nicklaus, Howell shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday to enter a today's a round with a one-a stroke a lead over Kenny Perry. | 4.25 | 1,239 | 8 |
Net a revenue rose to $3.99 billion from $3.85 billion during the same a quarter last a year. | That is up from $1.14 billion during the same a quarter last a year. | 1.75 | 1,240 | 5 |
The mock a explosion, the first a event in the a drill, occurred in a a car in industrial a south Seattle. | The mock a explosion of a radioactive "dirty a bomb," the first a event in the weeklong a drill, occurred on several acres in the south Seattle industrial a area. | 3.25 | 1,242 | 10 |
The a commission dropped charges that Patton improperly appointed Conner to the Kentucky Lottery Board and that he improperly appointed Conner's then-a husband, Seth, to the Agriculture Development Board. | Patton also appointed Conner to the Kentucky Lottery Board and appointed Seth Conner to the Agriculture Development Board, the a commission says. | 2.5 | 1,243 | 3 |
Aiken's a study appears in the Sept. 24 a issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. | The findings appear in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. | 3.091 | 1,244 | 2 |
Trans fats are created when a hydrogen is added to vegetable a oil, solidifying it and increasing the a shelf a life of certain a food products. | Trans fats are created when vegetable a oil has been partially hydrogenated, solidifying it and increasing the a shelf a life of certain products. | 4.8 | 1,246 | 8 |
But skeptics are concerned about the a ease with which vendors can use these a hardware-based a security features to set digital rights a management policies. | But skeptics are concerned about the a ease at which these a hardware-based a security features could be used to set digital rights a management policies by vendors. | 5 | 1,247 | 8 |
Crohn's a disease causes a inflammation of the a intestine and symptoms include a diarrhea, a pain, a weight a loss and a tiredness. | Symptoms include chronic a diarrhoea, abdominal a pain, a weight a loss and extreme a tiredness. | 3 | 1,248 | 13 |
Authorities identified the a tipster as Richard Powell, who is imprisoned for killing his a landlady in 1982. | Powell is serving a time in a different a case -- killing his a landlady in 1982. | 3.2 | 1,249 | 5 |
Netanyahu set to call early a vote | Israel's Netanyahu set to call early a vote | 4.4 | 1,250 | 2 |
Annan, UN a chief a call on Security Council to act on Syria | Russia, China a veto UN Security Council a resolution on Syria | 1.8 | 1,251 | 4 |
Green Lantern to be reintroduced as gay by DC Comics | Green Lantern to be relaunched as gay a superhero | 4 | 1,252 | 1 |
Military a plane crashes in south France: authorities | Military a plane crashes in southeastern Turkey, 1 dead | 1 | 1,253 | 2 |