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Google Auction Gets Under Way (Reuters)
Reuters - Friday the 13th was decision day for
investors weighing whether to bid for shares in Google Inc.'s
initial public offering. The big question now is, how many of
them were feeling lucky on an unlucky day. | 0 |
Weight Watchers Targets the Atkins-Weary (Reuters)
Reuters - Weight Watchers
International Inc. (WTW.N) is hoping to reel in U.S. dieters
disillusioned with low-carb plans like Atkins, though it
remains to be seen if its new program will help revitalize
battered profits and membership rolls. | 0 |
Art Looks Like Fine Investment for Funds (Reuters)
Reuters - Some mutual funds invest in stocks;
others invest in bonds. Now a new breed of funds is offering
the chance to own fine art. | 0 |
Uprising Keeps Iraq Oil Exports Halved (Reuters)
Reuters - Iraq's oil exports were still running
at half their normal rate Sunday as instability due to an
anti-U.S. uprising prevented the re-opening of a main pipeline
feeding the country's terminals in the Gulf. | 0 |
Oil and Economy Cloud Stocks' Outlook (Reuters)
Reuters - Soaring crude prices plus worries
about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to
hang over the stock market this week during the depth of the
summer doldrums. | 0 |
Strategies for a Sideways Market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bulls and the bears are in this together, scratching their heads and wondering what's going to happen next. | 0 |
Google Auction Gets Under Way
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Friday the 13th was decision day for investors weighing whether to bid for shares in Google Inc.'s initial public offering. The big question now is, how many of them were feeling lucky on an unlucky day. | 0 |
Weight Watchers Targets the Atkins-Weary
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Weight Watchers International Inc. <WTW.N> is hoping to reel in U.S. dieters disillusioned with low-carb plans like Atkins, though it remains to be seen if its new program will help revitalize battered profits and membership rolls. | 0 |
Art Looks Like Fine Investment for Funds
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some mutual funds invest in stocks; others invest in bonds. Now a new breed of funds is offering the chance to own fine art. | 0 |
Oil and Economy Cloud Stocks' Outlook
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Soaring crude prices plus worries about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to hang over the stock market this week during the depth of the summer doldrums. | 0 |
A Digital Doctor Treats Computer Contamination (washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com - Before me lies the patient, a Gateway computer running Windows 98. It is suffering from extremely clogged Internet arteries, unable to reach the Web. As one of The Washington Post's digital doctors, my task is to nurse the machine back to health so my colleague Kathleen Day can access her e-mail and file stories from home. | 6 |
Microsoft Lists Apps Affected by XP SP2 (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Microsoft has published a list of nearly 50 software programs that require tweaking in order to work with its most recent Windows update. | 6 |
Europe's Eel Population Collapsing (AP)
AP - When a poacher with a baseball bat mugged Willem Dekker for his baby eels, it was further confirmation for the Dutch biologist that the species is in trouble. | 6 |
Genetic Material May Help Make Nano-Devices: Study (Reuters)
Reuters - The genetic building blocks that
form the basis for life may also be used to build the tiny
machines of nanotechnology, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. | 6 |
Progress Cargo Ship Launched From Russia (AP)
AP - A Russian cargo ship loaded with supplies and equipment blasted off from the Baikonour cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday headed for the international space station, a Russian space official said. | 6 |
Computer Naivete Costs A Bundle
The meltdown of my home computer was my fault, the result of having switched to a high-speed Internet connection without installing a firewall or heeding those pesky warnings to download critical updates for Windows and anti-virus software. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"
color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 6 |
NASA Develops Robust Artificial Intelligence for Planetary Rovers
NASA is planning to add a strong dose of artificial intelligence (AI) to planetary rovers to make them much more self-reliant, capable of making basic decisions during a mission. Scientists are developing very complex AI software that enables a higher level of robotic intelligence. | 6 |
Science and President Bush Collide in Election Year
With more than 4,000 scientists, including 48 Nobel Prize winners, having signed a statement opposing the Bush administration's use of scientific advice, this election year is seeing a new development in the uneasy relationship between science and politics. | 6 |
Hurricane Charley's Force Took Experts by Surprise
By MARCIA DUNN (AP) -- Hurricane Charley's 145-mph force took forecasters by surprise and showed just how shaky a science it still is to predict a storm's intensity - even with all the latest satellite and radar technology. "Most major hurricanes become major by going through a rapid intensification... | 6 |
New Computer Games Teach Nutrition to Needy
In an effort to educate the nation's neediest children on nutrition, a new project uses the familiar medium of video games to broadcast its message. The Fantastic Food Challenge, a package of four computer games, is designed to teach people who get nutrition aid such as federal food stamps how to make better use of their food. | 6 |
Sprint Set to Debut Video-Streaming Cell Phone
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- Channel surfing is moving off the couch as Sprint Corp... | 6 |
'Alien Vs. Predator' Gobbles Box Office (AP)
AP - Movie-goers were easy prey for a double dose of space invaders. | 1 |
Drama Expected Between Jackson and D.A. (AP)
AP - Michael Jackson's family will be standing by him for a courtroom confrontation with the man who wants to put him in prison on child molestation charges — a district attorney whose pursuit of Jackson dates back more than a decade. | 1 |
Cable Powerhouses Seek Reality Networks (AP)
AP - In one corner, the Fox television empire. In another, cable executives who once ran the USA network and E! Entertainment Television. They're fighting to see who can establish a television network devoted exclusively to the reality genre. | 1 |
Ruben Blades Named to Panamanian Post (AP)
AP - Famed salsa musician Ruben Blades will be Panama's new tourism minister, said President-elect Martin Torrijos. | 1 |
Branson's Reality Show to Bow in November (Reuters)
Reuters - The Fox network has set Nov. 9 for
the premiere of Virgin Records/Virgin Megastore founder Richard
Branson's reality show. | 1 |
In-Flight Movie Channel Features Indies (Reuters)
Reuters - Direct-mail DVD club Film
Movement, which offers its subscribers one independent film
each month, is taking to the skies this month. | 1 |
Cable Powerhouses Seek Reality Networks (AP)
AP - In one corner, the Fox television empire. In another, cable executives who once ran the USA network and E! Entertainment Television. They're fighting to see who can establish a television network devoted exclusively to the reality genre. | 1 |
Cuba's Brilliant Ballerinas Wow Dance World (Reuters)
Reuters - From a dilapidated Havana mansion run by
a nearly blind legendary ballerina, Cuba is turning out some of
the world's finest ballet dancers who are hotly sought by
leading international companies. | 1 |
Ruben Blades Named to Panamanian Post (AP)
AP - Famed salsa musician Ruben Blades will be Panama's new tourism minister, said President-elect Martin Torrijos. | 1 |
Sci-Fi 'Alien Vs. Predator' Leads Box Office
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Alien vs. Predator," a sci-fi movie based on a hit video game, replaced Tom Cruise as the most popular draw at the North American box office on Sunday, one of three new movies to open with better-than-expected numbers. | 1 |
Destiny's Child Plans Combo CD/DVD Release
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - When the next Destiny's Child studio album hits stores Nov. 16, the trio will capitalize on CD/DVD flip-side technology, according to the group's manager, Mathew Knowles. | 1 |
Jarreau 'Accentuates' Jazz on New CD
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Singer Al Jarreau begs to differ when his label says his new album is his first jazz release in 27 years. | 1 |
Cuba's Brilliant Ballerinas Wow Dance World
HAVANA (Reuters) - From a dilapidated Havana mansion run by a nearly blind legendary ballerina, Cuba is turning out some of the world's finest ballet dancers who are hotly sought by leading international companies. | 1 |
Phish farewell attracts thousands
"Jam band" Phish play their last gigs together at a special festival in the US which has attracted thousands of fans. | 1 |
115 Accused of Gambling on Insect Fights
HONG KONG - Hong Kong police arrested 115 men for illegally gambling on insect fights on Sunday in the same building that housed a cricket lovers' association, a police spokesman said. Police seized about 300 crickets and $1,025 in cash during the bust, said police spokesman T.K... | 1 |
Phish Begins Farewell at Muddy Vermont Festival
Tens of thousands of fans screamed and danced Saturday in a fantasyscape of upside-down trees and silver sculptures for the first in a series of farewell concerts by the jam band Phish. | 1 |
No Gold for Phelps As Relay Team Falters (AP)
AP - South Africa spoiled the expected duel between the United States and Australia in the 400-meter freestyle relay Sunday night, winning the gold medal in world-record time and assuring that Michael Phelps won't surpass Mark Spitz's record of seven Olympic golds. | 8 |
Ginobili's Shot Lifts Argentina to Win (AP)
AP - Manu Ginobili's off-balance shot left his hand just a split-second before the final buzzer, dropping through the basket to give Argentina a thrilling 83-82 victory over Serbia-Montenegro on Sunday on the first day of Olympic men's basketball. | 8 |
Kobe Bryant Due Back in Court Monday (AP)
AP - With Kobe Bryant's sexual assault trial scheduled to begin in less than two weeks, speculation is mounting that prosecutors are looking for a way to dismiss the charge after a series of setbacks. | 8 |
Dodgers Pitcher Penny Goes on DL (AP)
AP - The Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday placed right-hander Brad Penny on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right biceps muscle. | 8 |
Rangers Designate Bacsik for Assignment (AP)
AP - Pitcher Mike Bacsik was designated for assignment by the Texas Rangers on Sunday after going 1-1 with a 4.60 ERA in three starts. | 8 |
Arsenal Beats Everton to Extend Streak (AP)
AP - Arsenal opened its defense of its English title with a 4-1 win at Everton on Sunday, making it 41 straight games without a loss in the Premier League. | 8 |
Nadal Wins in Poland for First ATP Title (AP)
AP - Spain's Rafael Nadal won his first ATP singles title Sunday, beating Argentina's Jose Acasuso 6-3, 6-4 in the final at the Idea Prokom Open. | 8 |
Zahringer Leads Field at U.S. Amateur (AP)
AP - George Zahringer III is back for another shot at the U.S. Amateur. The New Yorker is one of three returning quarterfinalists for the tournament, which begins Monday at the Winged Foot Golf Club. Lee Williams of Alexander City, Ala., and Patrick Carter of Lesage, W.Va., complete the trio from last year's championship that was won by Nick Flanagan of Australia. | 8 |
Pau Edges Yao in Clash of the Giants
ATHENS (Reuters) - Spain's Pau Gasol got the better of China's Yao Ming in Olympic basketball's own clash of the giants Sunday. | 8 |
Hamilton Sets Early Pace as Woods Struggles
KOHLER, Wis. (Reuters) - British Open champion Todd Hamilton made the first significant move in the U.S. PGA Championship final round Sunday as overnight pacesetter Vijay Singh prepared for an afternoon tee-off. | 8 |
Iran Defies Olympic Spirit by Shunning Israel
ATHENS (Reuters) - Iran's world judo champion Arash Miresmaeili refused to compete against an Israeli Sunday, triggering a fresh crisis at the Olympic Games where race, creed or color are barred from interfering in sport. | 8 |
China's Yao Ming May Retire from Internationals
ATHENS (Reuters) - Dejected after another disappointing international basketball performance in a loss to Spain at the Olympic Games Sunday, China's Yao Ming said he was considering cutting short his national team career. | 8 |
U.S. Softball Team Puts Australia in Its Place
ATHENS (Reuters) - The United States kept itself firmly on course for a third straight Olympic softball gold medal when it thrashed Australia 10-0 Sunday. | 8 |
Romanian Gymnastics Edge Ahead of U.S. Women
ATHENS (Reuters) - Daniela Sofronie displayed all her athleticism to edge Romania ahead of the United States in the Olympic women's gymnastics team qualifying Sunday. | 8 |
Schumacher Triumphs as Ferrari Clinches Title
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Michael Schumacher cruised to a record 12th win of the season in the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday to hand his Ferrari team a sixth successive constructors' title. | 8 |
Phelps Gets Relay Bronze
At best, Michael Phelps can only hope for seven gold medals in Athens, as the United States settles for the bronze medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay Sunday. | 8 |
Reservists Say War Makes Them Lose Jobs (AP)
AP - Increasing numbers of National Guard and Reserve troops who have returned from war in Iraq and Afghanistan are encountering new battles with their civilian employers at home. Jobs were eliminated, benefits reduced and promotions forgotten. | 12 |
Man Linked With Gov. Says He's Straight (AP)
AP - The Israeli man at the center of New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey's resignation over a gay affair said in an interview published Sunday that he is straight and had no idea initially that his former boss is a homosexual. | 12 |
Chicago-Bound Plane From D.C. Evacuated (AP)
AP - A Chicago-bound flight from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was evacuated Saturday after suspicious behavior by a passenger, officials said Sunday. | 12 |
Calif. Voters Divided on Stem Cell Research (Reuters)
Reuters - Voters in California are almost
evenly divided on a ballot measure that could approve state
funding for stem cell research, according to a poll released on
Sunday. | 12 |
Utilities Still Fumbling a Year After Blackout
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In some ways, they are still fumbling about in the dark, except now at least there's a flashlight on hand. | 12 |
Hurricane Charley Devastates Florida Citrus Groves
LAKELAND, Fla. (Reuters) - Hurricane Charley devastated Florida's $9.1 billion citrus industry, uprooting trees and stripping off fruit that was ripening for next season's crop, the state's largest citrus growers' group said on Sunday. | 12 |
Iran Warns Its Missiles Can Hit Anywhere in Israel (Reuters)
Reuters - A senior Iranian military official said
Sunday Israel and the United States would not dare attack Iran
since it could strike back anywhere in Israel with its latest
missiles, news agencies reported. | 13 |
Nearly 10 Million Afghans to Embrace Democracy (Reuters)
Reuters - Thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan
may have failed to catch Osama bin Laden but they are credited
with encouraging millions of Afghans to register for the
country's historic election in October. | 13 |
Mortars Mark Opening of Iraqi Political Conference (Reuters)
Reuters - Insurgents fired mortars at a meeting
where Iraqi leaders met to pick an interim national assembly
Sunday, killing at least two people in a grim reminder of the
country's tortuous path toward democracy. | 13 |
Pope's failing health overshadows Lourdes visit (AFP)
AFP - Pope John Paul II delivered a strong pro-life message during open air mass at the shrine to the Virgin Mary in Lourdes, the highlight of a two-day visit which again saw his failing health betray him. | 13 |
Conference Gives Iraq Democracy First Test (AP)
AP - Despite the steady clang of mortar shells outside and persistent violence in the country, many delegates at the opening on Sunday of Iraq's National Conference held out hope that this first fragile taste of democracy would succeed. | 13 |
Countries Run Drills for Panana Attack (AP)
AP - The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the ship in the choppy Caribbean waters and began counting crew members, but the numbers did not match those given earlier. | 13 |
Egypt and Libya ready to send troops to Darfur: Arab League (AFP)
AFP - Algeria, Egypt and Libya informed the Arab League they were ready to send armed troops to Sudan's crisis-ridden region of Darfur, an official from the pan-Arab body said Sunday. | 13 |
Bush to announce massive troop pullout from Europe, Asia (AFP)
AFP - President George W. Bush will on Monday announce the withdrawal of up to 100,000 US troops from Europe and Asia as part of a major defense reorganization, officials said. | 13 |
Police push for surveillance fee on customers' phone, Internet bills (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's police chiefs propose a surcharge of about 25 cents on monthly telephone and Internet bills to cover the cost of tapping into the communications of terrorists and other criminals. | 13 |
Bush Tours Florida Destruction (AP)
AP - Marine One flew low over destroyed homes, downed power lines and uprooted trees Sunday, giving President Bush a bird's eye view of the destruction caused by Hurricane Charley. | 13 |
Man Linked With Gov. Says He's Straight (AP)
AP - The Israeli man at the center of New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey's resignation over a gay affair said in an interview published Sunday that he is straight and had no idea initially that his former boss is a homosexual. | 13 |
Democrat Warns Goss Is 'Wrong Fight' (AP)
AP - The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee warned fellow Democrats in the Senate on Sunday against trying to block the nomination of Rep. Porter Goss as CIA director, saying that would be picking the wrong fight in this election year. | 13 |
Calif. Voters Divided on Stem Cell Research (Reuters)
Reuters - Voters in California are almost
evenly divided on a ballot measure that could approve state
funding for stem cell research, according to a poll released on
Sunday. | 13 |
Bush should have tackled reform before naming CIA boss: lawmaker (AFP)
AFP - The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee urged fellow lawmakers not to allow confirmation hearings on a new CIA director to derail efforts to overhaul US spy agencies. | 13 |
1994 Law Designed to Preserve Guard Jobs (AP)
AP - A 1994 law strengthened job protections for National Guard and Reserve troops called to active duty. Here are major provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). | 13 |
Venezuelans Rush to Vote in Referendum on Chavez
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelans crowded polling stations on Sunday to vote on whether to recall left-wing President Hugo Chavez or back his mandate to govern the world's No. 5 oil exporter for the next two years. | 13 |
Iran Warns Its Missiles Can Hit Anywhere in Israel
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian military official said Sunday Israel and the United States would not dare attack Iran since it could strike back anywhere in Israel with its latest missiles, news agencies reported. | 13 |
TV: Iraqi Kidnappers of Iran Envoy Want POWs Freed
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Kidnappers holding an Iranian diplomat in Iraq will "punish" him within 48 hours if Iran does not release 500 prisoners captured in its 1980-1988 war with Iraq, Iranian state television said Sunday. | 13 |
Nearly 10 Million Afghans to Embrace Democracy
KABUL (Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan may have failed to catch Osama bin Laden but they are credited with encouraging millions of Afghans to register for the country's historic election in October. | 13 |
Mortars Mark Opening of Iraqi Political Conference
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents fired mortars at a meeting where Iraqi leaders met to pick an interim national assembly Sunday, killing at least two people in a grim reminder of the country's tortuous path toward democracy. | 13 |
Rebranded Liechtenstein Welcomes Fresh Prince
VADUZ, Liechtenstein (Reuters) - The people of Liechtenstein ushered in a new era Sunday as the tiny Alpine principality welcomed a new ruler and sought to shed its image as a haven for money launderers. | 13 |
France marks the 'other D-Day'
Two days of celebrations to honour the Allied veterans who liberated southern France near a climax. | 13 |
Day two round-up
Tim Henman and Nicole Cooke lead British disappointments on day two of the Games. | 13 |
2012 rivals present bids in Athens
London presents its bid for the 2012 Olympics at a press conference with four rival cities in Athens | 13 |
UN to meet over Burundi massacre
The UN Security Council is to hold emergency talks over the killing of dozens of Congolese Tutsi refugees in Burundi. | 13 |
Phish farewell attracts thousands
"Jam band" Phish play their last gigs together at a special festival in the US which has attracted thousands of fans. | 13 |
Iraq troops move angers S Koreans
Clashes with riot police erupt as thousands protest in Seoul against plans to send troops to help US-led forces in Iraq. | 13 |
Israeli missiles fired into Gaza
Two missiles are fired towards a refugee camp in Gaza in what Israel says is a routine operation. | 13 |
Israelis 'could leave the Golan'
Israel could safely give up the Golan Heights in an eventual peace deal with Syria, Israel's army chief says. | 13 |
Afghan army 'quells Herat clashes'
Soldiers from the national army seize an airbase from a rebel warlord, the Afghan government says. | 13 |
Bush Surveys Damage in Florida as Toll Is Expected to Mount
Hurricane Charley - one of the most powerful storms in the nation's history - caused at least $20 billion in damage in Florida alone. | 13 |
Under Intense Security, Iraqis Gather for 3-Day Conference
Delegates from across Iraq gathered today in Baghdad at a three-day national conference intended to bring a taste of democratic debate to the country. | 13 |
Fighting Resumes in Holy City of Najaf
NAJAF, Iraq - Explosions and gunfire shook the center of Najaf on Sunday as U.S. troops in armored vehicles and tanks rolled back into the holy city and new fighting broke out after truce talks collapsed... | 13 |
'Alien Vs. Predator' Gobbles Box Office
LOS ANGELES - Movie-goers were easy prey for a double dose of space invaders. The sci-fi smackdown "Alien vs... | 13 |
Afghan Army Dispatched to Calm Violence
KABUL, Afghanistan - Government troops intervened in Afghanistan's latest outbreak of deadly fighting between warlords, flying from the capital to the far west on U.S. and NATO airplanes to retake an air base contested in the violence, officials said Sunday... | 13 |
Phelps, Rival Thorpe in 200M-Free Semis
ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries... | 13 |
Pope Struggles Through Mass at Lourdes
LOURDES, France - A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled and asked aides for help during the 2 1/2 hour service in sizzling heat... | 13 |
Fla. Raises Hurricane Death Toll to 16
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - As the remnants of Hurricane Charley disintegrated off the New England coast on Sunday, Florida residents began the massive task of cleaning up from a storm that state officials estimated caused damages as high as $11 billion for insured homes alone... | 13 |
Singh, Leonard in Final Pairing at PGA
HAVEN, Wis. - Whistling Straits is suddenly the least of anyone's worries... | 13 |
Venezuela Voters Turn Out in Huge Numbers
CARACAS, Venezuela - Voters turned out in huge numbers Sunday to decide whether to keep populist President Hugo Chavez in power or oust him and his social revolution that critics say has sidelined the middle class and fueled tensions between rich and poor. Activists on both sides set off huge firecrackers and played recorded bugle songs to wake voters hours before dawn... | 13 |
Phelps, Thorpe Advance in 200M Freestyle
ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries... | 13 |
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