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Toyota is outbid for land But state says developer won't necessarily get site
Toyota has been outbid by a land developer for state-owned property in York Township, but officials say this is one deal that will be decided by more than money. | 0 |
Fans slog through mud to catch the last of Phish
Reprinted from late editions of yesterday's Globe. COVENTRY, Vt. -- The parallels between Phish's Coventry and the first Woodstock weren't planned, but they were unmistakable. Coventry, the site of Phish's ... | 1 |
MOVIE REVIEW: 'Without a Paddle'
(AP) - Considering its source - the filmmaker behind the atrocious Adam Sandler flicks "Little Nicky" and "Mr. Deeds" - the backcountry comedy "Without a Paddle" is comparatively tolerable. | 1 |
Edwards banned from Games
ATHENS (Reuters) - World 100 metres champion Torri Edwards will miss the Athens Olympics after her appeal against a two-year drugs ban was dismissed. | 8 |
Major Rathore is a perfectionist to the core
A man of words, commitment and warmth. Rajyvardhan Singh Rathore combines all these qualities. And he, of course, is one of the most talented shooters of recent times. | 8 |
ATHENS OLYMPICS 2004/ Japan twists, tumbles to victory
Reliving its glory days as a gymnastics power, Japan captured the men's team gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Monday. | 8 |
Rumsfeld Warns Against Fixing Intelligence in 'Single Stroke'
ASHINGTON, Aug. 17 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and a key Senate chairman signaled today that they favor a slower, more cautious approach to revamping the United States intelligence network than has been advocated by the Sept. | 11 |
Last Call for Investors to Bid on Google
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time is running out for prospective investors to submit their offers to buy shares of Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the Web's No. 1 search company. | 11 |
Oil prices climb again tonight
Oil prices moved back towards record highs tonight amid continued concerns over soaring demand and tight supplies. | 11 |
Microsoft Delays SP2 Auto Update For Enterprises
Although Monday was supposed to be the day when Microsoft began pushing Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) to enterprises, it changed its mind at the last minute and delayed the automatic updating for more than a ... | 11 |
Edwards banned from Games
ATHENS (Reuters) - World 100 metres champion Torri Edwards will miss the Athens Olympics after her appeal against a two-year drugs ban was dismissed. | 11 |
Correction: Michael-Jackson Story
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- In an Aug. 15 story about Michael Jackson, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a judge denied a sheriff's request to release results of a state probe into allegations that authorities manhandled the ... | 11 |
Japan Welcomes Decision to Redeploy US Troops
Japan has welcomed President Bush's decision to redeploy US troops overseas, saying the changes will better suit the global security environment. | 12 |
Insurers, inflation, impatience in Fla.
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. The looters and would-be thieves seemed to rise up out of the dark as in Night of the Living Dead. That's how Holiday Inn owner John Zaccari remembers the first harrowing ... | 12 |
McGreevey resists pressure from own party to leave now
With some of his strongest former backers now working for his quick ouster, Gov. James E. McGreevey showed up for work at the Statehouse yesterday morning, and his allies said he was digging in for a fight. | 12 |
Stanford 9 scores improve
Arizona students showed a slight improvement in the Stanford 9 Achievement Test, scoring 11 points above the national average for math and reaching or topping national averages in language and reading, according to results released Monday. | 12 |
Illinois Will Set Up Program to Promote Drug Imports, WSJ Says
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich said he'll establish a program to help people in the state to order prescription drugs from Canada, Ireland and the UK, the Wall Street Journal reported. | 12 |
Spy czar position stirs up debate
WASHINGTON Four former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency said Monday they favor having a national intelligence director oversee the 15 federal agencies that are responsible for gathering ... | 12 |
Peterson warned Amber
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Accused murderer Scott Peterson warned his stunned mistress that she might be suspected in the disappearance of his pregnant wife, according to wiretapped phone conversations played in court yesterday. | 12 |
Kerry earmarks $6m for congressional candidates
The campaign of Democrat John F. Kerry has earmarked $6 million for Democratic committees that support congressional candidates from the sizable surplus left over from the privately funded phase of his presidential campaign. | 12 |
Airport project causes road restrictions
The expansion of a federal airport-security checkpoint in Sky Harbor International Airport's Terminal 4 is causing road restrictions at passenger drop-off points. | 12 |
Arnold promises reforms
IONE, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed on Monday to clean up the state prison system, saying he and his team will do whatever it takes to end the corruption and mismanagement plaguing the troubled Department of Corrections. | 12 |
Son Turns Up - Two Days after his Funeral
Two days after a family thought they had buried their son he called to say he was alive and well. | 12 |
Court lets Oregon suicide law stand
SAN FRANCISCO A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its May decision upholding Oregon's assisted-suicide law. | 12 |
NY City reveals plans for 3rd anniversary of 9/11
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- New York City released its plans Monday for the commemoration of the third anniversary of the Sept.11 terrorist attacks in 2001. | 12 |
ELECTION 2004: Bush courts rural Michiganders
TRAVERSE CITY -- President George W. Bush took the occasion of a boisterous re-election rally Monday in Traverse City to pledge his protection of Great Lakes water. | 12 |
Iraqi delegation takes peace proposal to Najaf in bid to end standoff with al-Sadr
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Iraq's national conference sent a delegation bearing a peace proposal to Najaf on Tuesday, hoping to end the standoff with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, which has marred the ... | 13 |
Burundi authorizes UN camp for Congolese refugees
GENEVA, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The government of Burundi has authorized the United Nations to set up a camp for newly-arrived Congolese refugees following the horrific attack on the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi last Friday, UN officials said here ... | 13 |
US Bounty Hunter on Trial in Afghanistan
After a Lifetime of Skating on the Edge, Has Keith "Jack" Idema Finally Slid Over? The badlands of Afghanistan have become a magnet for adventure-seeking "soldiers of fortune," private contractors, self-proclaimed counter-terrorism ... | 13 |
Germany's Schroeder adopts three-year-old Russian girl
BERLIN: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife have adopted a daughter, an official with Schroeder's party said Tuesday. Schroeder and his wife, Doris Schroeder-Koepf, picked up the 3-year-old Russian girl named Victoria several weeks ago from a ... | 13 |
Sudan: Foreign Troops Run Gauntlet of Government Displeasure
Television footage aired over the weekend showed a group of Rwandan soldiers dancing and clapping their hands. With AK-47 assault rifles firmly strapped across their shoulders, the 150 troops sported green berets adorned with African Union badges as they ... | 13 |
Nepal Steps Up Security, Maoists Threaten Kathmandu Blockade
Nepal has put its security forces on high alert as Maoist guerrillas threaten to blockade the capital, Kathmandu -- beginning Wednesday. | 13 |
Cardinal hears farewell in John Paul's remarks
BRUSSELS One of 15 cardinals with Pope John Paul II during a weekend visit to a French shrine was quoted in Belgian news media on Monday as saying the ailing pontiff may have been making his farewells. | 13 |
China Typhoon Death Toll Rises to 164
BEIJING (Reuters) - The worst typhoon to hit China in seven years killed at least 164 people and another 24 were listed as missing, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. | 13 |
Can GameStop Be Stopped?
GameStop's lack of a competitive advantage leaves investors with many questions. | 0 |
Advertisers Go Digital to Track Ads
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top marketers are going digital to track the delivery of commercials into U.S. homes with a system some advocates say will revolutionize advertising the way product codes changed the selling of sliced bread. | 6 |
U.S. Advertisers Go Digital to Track Ads
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top marketers are going digital to track the delivery of commercials into U.S. homes with a system some advocates say will revolutionize advertising the way product codes changed the selling of sliced bread. | 6 |
Briefly: Gateway says, hold on to your hard drive
roundup Plus: Kinko's debuts Web-based print options...Majoras takes charge of FTC...Business Objects to bundle IBM tools. | 6 |
Advertisers Go Digital to Track Ads (Reuters)
Reuters - Top marketers are going digital to
track the delivery of commercials into U.S. homes with a system
some advocates say will revolutionize advertising the way
product codes changed the selling of sliced bread. | 1 |
Coyotes Re-Sign Right Wing Mike Johnson (AP)
AP - The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed right wing Mike Johnson on Tuesday to a three-year contract. | 8 |
Holiday Pals Berlusconi, Blair Cement Ties (AP)
AP - With a bandanna on his head and a grin on his cheeks, Italy's flamboyant Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been playing vacation host to Britain's Tony Blair in Sardinia, an unlikely holiday coupling that highlights an Italian-British alliance bolstered by the Iraq war. | 2 |
Holiday Pals Berlusconi, Blair Cement Ties (AP)
AP - With a bandanna on his head and a grin on his cheeks, Italy's flamboyant Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been playing vacation host to Britain's Tony Blair in Sardinia, an unlikely holiday coupling that highlights an Italian-British alliance bolstered by the Iraq war. | 13 |
Lantos defends his proposal to cut military aid to Egypt (AFP)
AFP - US Congressman Tom Lantos strongly defended a proposal he made in July to reduce the size of US military assistance to Egypt. | 13 |
German Chancellor Adopts Russian Girl
Thousands of Russian children are adopted by foreigners every year -- but few go to such high-profile homes as the leader of Germany. | 13 |
Open Note to Google Management: Don't Be Evil
Yesterday I heard rumors that there might not be enough bids to fully subscribe the Google auction at $108. For Google and the market's sake, I hope that's not true. I would like to see an auction market develop for IPOs. | 0 |
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. CEO, Mark Suwyn, announces retirement
Mark Suwyn, chairman and CEO of Nashville-based Louisiana-Pacific Corp., has announced his retirement. | 0 |
Mobile Boohoo for Sohu
Chinese net stock Sohu.com (Nasdaq: SOHU) dropped by 10% on Friday after the company announced that its multimedia messaging services with China Mobile Communication had been temporarily suspended for a year. The sanctions were ... | 0 |
Ashlee Simpson out of Jessica's shadow
NEW YORK - Ashlee Simpson doesn't have to worry about being in the shadow of her older sister Jessica anymore. | 1 |
West Nile Dangerous for Organ Transplant Patients
TUESDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- West Nile virus may be especially harmful to organ transplant recipients, placing them at high risk for severe neurological illness, according to a study in the August issue of the Archives of Neurology. | 3 |
MedMira donates rapid HIV tests to Kenyan orphanage
HALIFAX -- A Nova Scotia-based company, in the business of marketing HIV rapid diagnostic tests, recently donated 700 of the units for use in a Kenyan orphanage. | 3 |
Buthelezi: How Aids is destroying my family
Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Tuesday publicly lamented the loss of two of his children to Aids, telling parliament the government's response to the pandemic was disastrous. | 3 |
AOL releases Netscape update
Netscape Communications upgraded its namesake browser on Tuesday to version 7.2, a rare sign of life at America Online's moribund browser division. | 6 |
Phelps Wins Second and Third Golds
ATHENS (Reuters) - Michael Phelps took his haul of gold medals at the Athens Olympics to three on Tuesday after winning the 200 meters butterfly and helping the United States beat Australia in the 4x200 freestyle relay. | 8 |
Greek Sprinters Vow to Fight Drug Allegations
The two Greek sprinters who face an Olympic hearing Wednesday into whether they deliberately missed a drug test last week have been discharged from the Athens hospital where they were treated for minor injuries they sustained in a mysterious motorbike ... | 8 |
Torri Edwards loses drug appeal
Athens, Greece, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A two-year suspension was upheld Tuesday for American track star Torri Edwards, eliminating her final hope of competing at the Olympics. | 8 |
Many similarities, differences between'04 US basketball and'80 Soviet hockey teams
This was no miracle, but you could not tell by the amount of elation surrounding the Dream Team's trip to the woodshed Sunday. | 8 |
Top-seeded Federer upset in second round
ATHENS, Greece (AP) Top-seeded Roger Federer was eliminated in the second round of the Olympics Tuesday night, losing 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. Federer, who won Wimbledon the past two years and replaced Andy Roddick atop ... | 8 |
Coyotes re-sign Mike Johnson
The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed right wing Mike Johnson on Tuesday to a three-year contract. Johnson missed 71 games last season because of a shoulder injury. Before his surgery, he had scored 10 points in the first 11 games. | 8 |
US Military Modernizes With Troop Realignment
Top US Defense officials say President Bush's plan to reposition American military power overseas is intended to put US forces in a better position to respond to potential conflicts and the threat posed by terrorism. To do that, tens of thousands of ... | 11 |
PA officials slam Sharon's statements
Gaza, Gaza, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Palestinian officials have criticized Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's statements that Israel will expand Jewish settlements on the West Bank. | 11 |
UN rights chief deeply concerned about refugee camp massacre in Burundi
GENEVA, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The United Nations human rights chief expressed her deep concern over the massacre in the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi last Friday, a UN official said here Tuesday. | 11 |
Shelling, shooting resumes in breakaway Georgian region
TBILISI : Shooting resumed in Georgia's pro-Russia separatist region of South Ossetia, as President Mikhail Saakashvili appealed for international peacekeepers to mediate the escalating conflict. | 11 |
McGreevey works while calls to resign increase
o0076 nyc-- rn BC-NJ--GovernorResigns 1stLd-Writethru 08-17 0676 BC-NJ--Governor Resigns, 1st Ld-Writethru,0620 McGreevey works while calls to resign increase Eds: INSERTS 5 grafs after final graf pvs to ADD background on Corzine, ... | 11 |
Tapes Show Peterson Denying Involvement
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Aug. 17, 2004 Quizzed by his lover about the disappearance of his wife, Scott Peterson told her in a recorded phone conversation played in court Tuesday that that "I could never do anything like this." ... | 11 |
Open Note to Google Management: Don't Be Evil
Yesterday I heard rumors that there might not be enough bids to fully subscribe the Google auction at $108. For Google and the market's sake, I hope that's not true. I would like to see an auction market develop for IPOs. | 11 |
Phelps Wins Second and Third Golds
ATHENS (Reuters) - Michael Phelps took his haul of gold medals at the Athens Olympics to three on Tuesday after winning the 200 meters butterfly and helping the United States beat Australia in the 4x200 freestyle relay. | 11 |
Greek Sprinters Vow to Fight Drug Allegations
The two Greek sprinters who face an Olympic hearing Wednesday into whether they deliberately missed a drug test last week have been discharged from the Athens hospital where they were treated for minor injuries they sustained in a mysterious motorbike ... | 11 |
Torri Edwards loses drug appeal
Athens, Greece, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A two-year suspension was upheld Tuesday for American track star Torri Edwards, eliminating her final hope of competing at the Olympics. | 11 |
US Military Modernizes With Troop Realignment
Top US Defense officials say President Bush's plan to reposition American military power overseas is intended to put US forces in a better position to respond to potential conflicts and the threat posed by terrorism. To do that, tens of thousands of ... | 12 |
McGreevey works while calls to resign increase
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Voyageurs Fire Nearly Out
International Falls, Minn. (AP) The largest forest fire in decades at Voyageurs National Park is nearly out. | 12 |
CA French Gulch fire grows to 9000 acres
(French Gulch, California-AP) Aug. 17, 2004 - Some residents who fled a wildfire in an old California mining town will be allowed back home Tuesday to survey the scorched ruins. | 12 |
PA officials slam Sharon's statements
Gaza, Gaza, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Palestinian officials have criticized Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's statements that Israel will expand Jewish settlements on the West Bank. | 13 |
UN rights chief deeply concerned about refugee camp massacre in Burundi
GENEVA, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The United Nations human rights chief expressed her deep concern over the massacre in the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi last Friday, a UN official said here Tuesday. | 13 |
Shelling, shooting resumes in breakaway Georgian region
TBILISI : Shooting resumed in Georgia's pro-Russia separatist region of South Ossetia, as President Mikhail Saakashvili appealed for international peacekeepers to mediate the escalating conflict. | 13 |
Rescue continues after UK floods
LONDON, England -- A massive rescue operation is continuing for 15 people missing from a flood-ravaged coastal town in southwestern England. | 13 |
Public servant backs Scrafton
PRIME Minister John Howard said he would not be swayed by more public servants coming forward in relation to the children overboard scandal. | 13 |
US troops move gets muted response
BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- Germany's defense minister expressed regret Tuesday about US plans to restructure its forces abroad -- changes expected to hit Germany the hardest with the pullout of two heavy divisions. Japan and Australia embraced the changes. | 13 |
Stocks Higher on Economic Data, Earnings
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks traded higher on Tuesday, despite oil prices hitting a new high before falling back, as U.S. economic reports showed an easing of inflationary pressure and a sharp rebound in the housing market. | 0 |
Greek Softball, a Transatlantic Family Affair
ATHENS (Reuters) - Californian softball players Stacey, Jamie and Sarah Farnworth shrugged off their defeat as part of the Greece softball team on Tuesday -- and looked forward to another family get-together. | 8 |
U.S. Public Now Evenly Split on Iraq War (AP)
AP - Nine months of chaos and casualties in Iraq since Saddam Hussein's capture have taken a heavy toll on American opinion of President Bush's decision to go to war. Last December, when Saddam was caught, public support for Bush was 2-to-1 in favor. Now the public is evenly divided on whether the war was the right thing to do or whether it was a mistake. | 12 |
Angler catches flesh-eating piranha in Dutch river (AFP)
AFP - A Dutch angler got a big surprise when he caught a carnivorous piranha, native to Brazil's mighty Amazon river, in a river in the north of the Netherlands, ANP news agency reported. | 2 |
Angler catches flesh-eating piranha in Dutch river (AFP)
AFP - A Dutch angler got a big surprise when he caught a carnivorous piranha, native to Brazil's mighty Amazon river, in a river in the north of the Netherlands, ANP news agency reported. | 13 |
U.S. Public Now Evenly Split on Iraq War (AP)
AP - Nine months of chaos and casualties in Iraq since Saddam Hussein's capture have taken a heavy toll on American opinion of President Bush's decision to go to war. Last December, when Saddam was caught, public support for Bush was 2-to-1 in favor. Now the public is evenly divided on whether the war was the right thing to do or whether it was a mistake. | 13 |
Jordan Charges Militants in Foiled Chemical Plot
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan has charged a group of militants for their alleged role in a thwarted chemical attack using suicide bombers against Jordanian and U.S. targets in the kingdom, security sources said Tuesday. | 13 |
Rumsfeld warns on spy shake-up
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urges caution on US intelligence reform, saying it could create new barriers. | 13 |
Stocks up on positive consumer price report
NEW YORK (AP) - A drop in consumer prices and a decline in crude oil futures Tuesday allowed investors to put aside worries about inflation, at least for the short term, and they sent stocks modestly higher. | 0 |
IBM Buys Two Danish Services Firms
IBM said Tuesday it has acquired a pair of Danish IT services firms as part of its effort to broaden its presence in Scandinavia. As a result of the moves, IBM will add about 3,700 IT staffers to its global head count. Financial terms of ... | 0 |
ASU's Biodesign Institute given $7.4M grant to fight HIV/AIDS
Charles Arntzen received a $7.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop medicine to prevent HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. | 3 |
RealNetworks Slashes Music-Downloading Prices
With competition heating up in the online music business, RealNetworks Inc. slashed prices Tuesday for downloading music. | 6 |
New bird species discovered
LONDON - A new species of flightless bird has been discovered on a remote island in the northern Philippines, Filipino and British researchers announced Tuesday. | 6 |
Symantec Updates SOHO Gear To Battle Against Worms, Phishing
Symantec on Tuesday introduced versions of its consumer and small business security software with updates that protect against network-scanning worms such as Sasser, and keep phishing attacks at bay. | 6 |
Coyotes re-sign forward Johnson
Glendale, AZ (Sports Network) - The Phoenix Coyotes have re-signed forward Mike Johnson to a three-year contract. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. | 8 |
ATHENS OLYMPICS 2004 / Gold runs in gymnast's family
The gold medal won by Japan's male gymnastics team signaled not only the first such win in 28 years, but also the first time both a father and son have won gold in gymnastics. | 8 |
Top-Seeded Federer Upset in Second Round
ATHENS, Greece - Top-seeded Roger Federer was eliminated in the second round of the Olympics Tuesday night, losing 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. Federer, who won Wimbledon the past two years and replaced Andy Roddick atop the ... | 8 |
Packers' rookie punter struggling
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Tim Couch's troubles grasping the West Coast offense gave rookie punter BJ Sander plenty of opportunities to make a good first impression with the Green Bay Packers. | 8 |
US brokers Afghanistan ceasefire
Government officials from the US have helped broker a ceasefire between two rival militia commanders in western Afghanistan. | 11 |
Hurricane death toll rises to 19
PUNTA GORDA, United States : The Hurricane Charley death toll rose to 19 and hundreds of thousands of people remained without power as the relief operation gathered pace. | 11 |
Jury rejects family of Derrick Thomas' claims against General Motors
The family of former Kansas City Chiefs star Derrick Thomas is not entitled to any money from General Motors Corp. for the Jan. 2000 crash that killed the nine-time Pro Bowl linebacker, a jury ruled Tuesday. | 11 |
RealNetworks Slashes Music-Downloading Prices
With competition heating up in the online music business, RealNetworks Inc. slashed prices Tuesday for downloading music. | 11 |
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