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Tired of post-9/11 hassles, Arab tourists head east Saudi visitors to Malaysia were up 53 percent in 2004.	13
Sun-shy female commuters fuel an Asian fad Part hat, part mask, part visor, it's a new piece of bicycle headgear.	13
Nepal braced for rebel 'blockade' Nepalese forces are on alert ahead a deadline set by rebels, who have threatened to blockade the capital.	13
Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Sadr NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of "American aggression" as U.S. troops pounded militia positions in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.	10
J.C. Penney Posts Profit, Sales Strong NEW YORK (Reuters) - Department store operator J.C. Penney Co. Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=JCP.N&target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">JCP.N</A> on Tuesday posted a quarterly operating profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, on inventory controls and strong sales of jeans, home furnishings and career clothes.	0
Treasuries, Oil Up, Inflation in Check NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury debt prices rallied on Tuesday, dragging yields to four-month lows as July inflation figures proved subdued and soaring oil prices pointed to slower U.S. consumer spending down the line.	0
TJX Gets in Line The off-price retailer struggled in the second quarter but is in decent position for the second half of the year.	0
Windows XP Security Update Delayed (AP) AP - Microsoft Corp. has delayed automated distribution of a major security upgrade to its Windows XP Professional operating system, citing a desire to give companies more time to test it.	6
Network Solutions is Pathetic We have a few domains hosted on Network Solutions. For one reason or another we were in a hurry and just used NetSol as our registrar. BIG mistake! They are one pathetic organization! They are a DNS company. That's what they DO! Their DNS admin only allows 10 IPs. Of course they don't tell you this when you signup. You only find out that the UI doesn't allow for additional IPs until try to add them. To add insult to injury when you try to move AWAY from NetSol by changing your primary and secondary they drop your IP configuration immediately. You're just out of luck if there are clients which have cached your primary and secondary DNS servers. Now of course the solution would be ...	6
NBC Optimistic About Olympics Ratings (AP) AP - Gyms worldwide were dark in anticipation of the Olympic gymnastics competition, NBC's Al Trautwig said this week in a dramatic introduction — then the cameras pulled back to reveal row after row of empty seats in Athens.	1
NBC Optimistic About Olympics Ratings (AP) AP - Gyms worldwide were dark in anticipation of the Olympic gymnastics competition, NBC's Al Trautwig said this week in a dramatic introduction — then the cameras pulled back to reveal row after row of empty seats in Athens.	1
Glam gals risk bodily harm If it takes courage for Bollywood actresses to strip on screen, it takes much more grit to negotiate the minefield of dangers on film sets.	1
U.S. Bounces Back to Beat Greece 77-71 (AP) AP - Lamar Odom made a key defensive play on Greece's Dimitris Pipanikoulaou, preventing him from getting a clean layup attempt that could have cut the United States' lead to two points, and the Americans won 77-71 Tuesday night in the second round of the Olympic men's basketball tournament.	8
Eagles Defensive End Kalu Out for Year (AP) AP - Defensive end N.D. Kalu will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during in Tuesday's practice.	8
US NBA stars pushed to the brink before edging Greece (AFP) AFP - Allen Iverson scored 17 points despite a fractured right thumb and the reeling United States team was pushed to the brink before beating Greece 77-71 in an Olympic preliminary round basketball game.	8
Utah Picked to Repeat in MWC (AP) AP - Utah coach Urban Meyer doesn't want his Utes to get excited about being the favorites in the Mountain West Conference.	8
A Big Perk for 84 Lumber Golfers (AP) AP - David Toms was going through his PGA Tour schedule for the remainder of the year when he mentioned the 84 Lumber Classic, which is squeezed between the Ryder Cup and a World Golf Championship in Ireland.	8
N.Y. Atty General Announces Drug-Price Web Site NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Tuesday said his office has created an interactive Web site to help New Yorkers comparison shop for prescription drugs, following a statewide survey showing widely varying prices at pharmacies.	12
PG&E Says Can't Find Missing Nuclear Fuel Rod SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said on Tuesday it had not yet found the missing pieces of a used nuclear fuel rod at its Humboldt Bay Power Plant near the city of Eureka in northern California.	12
Holiday pals Berlusconi, Blair cement ties Despite lighthearted public scenes, serious aims lie behind the trip, which affirms Italy and Britain as allies standing shoulder-to-shoulder in Iraq.	2
Gene Variant Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk A variation in a gene that regulates inflammatory activity is associated with susceptibility to prostate cancer, Swedish researchers have shown.	2
Nepal braced for rebel 'blockade' Nepalese forces are on alert ahead of a deadline set by rebels, who have threatened to blockade the capital.	2
Blast in Gaza Home of Hamas Man Kills 4 - Medics (Reuters) Reuters - An explosion tore through the home of a senior Hamas militant in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding him and about a dozen other Palestinians, medics said.	13
Blast in Gaza House Kills at Least Two (AP) AP - An explosion in a house in Gaza City early Wednesday killed at least two people, Palestinian witnesses said. It was not immediately known what caused the blast.	13
Kerry Condemns Ad Attacking Bush Service (AP) AP - John Kerry on Tuesday condemned a television ad that criticizes President Bush's Vietnam-era service in the Texas Air National Guard, even as prominent veterans linked to the Democratic presidential campaign echoed the commercial's accusations.	13
Blast in Gaza Home of Hamas Man Kills 4 - Medics GAZA (Reuters) - An explosion tore through the home of a senior Hamas militant in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding him and about a dozen other Palestinians, medics said.	13
Sudan Says More Police to Shield Darfur Refugees ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Sudan plans to double the number of police in Darfur to 20,000, the country's foreign minister said on Tuesday in the face of fresh reports that marauding Arab militiamen were still preying on stricken refugees.	13
Musharraf's man faces poll test The Pakistani president's choice of prime minister goes into a double by-election he must win to take office.	13
Explosion at house in Gaza City An explosion at a Hamas activist's house in Gaza City kills at least two, Palestinian sources say.	13
Report: Japan, Russia to Lose Population WASHINGTON - Japan, Germany and many other large industrialized countries face long-term population slowdowns or declines as more young adults have fewer children or delay child-rearing, demographers say. While the world's population is expected to increase by almost 50 percent by 2050, Japan could lose 20 percent of its population over the next half-century, according to data released Tuesday by the private Population Reference Bureau...	13
Rumsfeld Cautions on Intelligence Reform WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld conceded Tuesday that a new, powerful intelligence director could bring "some modest" improvements to efforts to safeguard the nation but warned that any changes must not hurt the flow of information to military commanders...	13
'Goodfellas' Cast Reunites for Dinner LOS ANGELES - The theme of the night was "breaking bread, not legs" when some of the cast and filmmakers of "Goodfellas" reunited for a traditional sit-down dinner Monday night. Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino and real-life mob informant Henry Hill - whose gangland experiences inspired the story - showed up to gobble baked ziti, swap stories, sing some Italian opera and recall director Martin Scorsese's acclaimed mob movie...	13
Najaf Fighting Intensifies Amid Peace Push BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi delegation delivered a peace proposal to aides of militant cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf on Tuesday as explosions, gunfire and a U.S. air strike on the sprawling cemetery echoed across the holy city...	13
Hurricane Victims Filing for Unemployment PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - Still smarting over the loss of their homes, Hurricane Charley's victims turned out by the hundreds in 90-degree heat Tuesday to cope with the storm's latest blow to their lives - the mass shutdown of businesses that has left them without jobs...	13
Britain Charges 8 Terrorist Suspects LONDON - British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday with conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause "fear or injury" in a case involving an alleged top al-Qaida operative at the center of a U.S. terror alert this month...	13
Dow Closes Up 18 Despite Record Oil Prices NEW YORK - Another jump in oil prices pre-empted a strong rally on Wall Street Tuesday, though stocks managed to post modest gains on the strength of a consumer price report that put many investors' inflation fears to rest for the near term. The three major indexes all finished the session higher, showing resiliency in the face of a new record high in oil futures fueled by continuing problems for Russian oil giant Yukos...	13
Thrilling Relay Win Gets Phelps Third Gold ATHENS, Greece - Now this was a duel in the pool. With Michael Phelps leading off Tuesday night, the United States bested its rival from Down Under in the most thrilling race of the Athens Games...	13
Miscues Cost U.S. Women Gymnastics Gold ATHENS, Greece - They were the kind of mistakes only judges see - little touches that seem so inconsequential. But they add up, and they cost the U.S...	13
British Police Charge Eight in Terror Roundup British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday of conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause "fear or injury" in a case involving an alleged top al Qaeda operative at the center of a U.S. terror alert this month.	13
Stress Test May Miss Early Heart Disease - Study WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stress tests aimed at detecting blocked arteries in patients may miss more than half the cases of early heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.	3
Gulf War Syndrome May Be in the Genes NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Chronic fatigue among Gulf War veterans seems to be associated with a particular variant of the DCP1 gene, according to new research.	3
Stress Test May Miss Early Heart Disease - Study WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stress tests aimed at detecting blocked arteries in patients may miss more than half the cases of early heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.	10
Nepal braced for rebel 'blockade' Nepalese forces are on alert ahead of a deadline set by rebels, who have threatened to blockade the capital.	10
Stress Test May Miss Early Heart Disease - Study WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stress tests aimed at detecting blocked arteries in patients may miss more than half the cases of early heart disease, US researchers reported on Tuesday.	3
Microsoft Updates Its IBM Connectivity Server On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled the 2004 version of its Host Integration Server (HIS) product, which is designed to integrate IBM mainframes and servers with Windows systems.	6
Kenteris says he's not a drug cheat Greece's Olympic 200 metres champion Kostadinos Kenteris, who faces expulsion from the Athens Olympics for failing to show up at a doping test, insisted Tuesday he is not a drugs cheat.	8
A big perk for 84 Lumber players David Toms was going through his PGA Tour schedule for the remainder of the year when he mentioned the 84 Lumber Classic, which is squeezed between the Ryder Cup and a World Golf Championship in Ireland.	8
Wednesday Call: Is the Olympic truce a pipe dream or pipe bomb? Beauty pageant contestants often proclaim in the sweetest and most innocent voice possible that they wish for world peace. When they say it, judges think it s cute if not a bit of a clich . And equally dismissive, when the international community ...	8
Federer loses in singles, doubles Top-ranked Roger Federer's Olympics ended Tuesday night with back-to-back losses in singles and doubles.	8
Olympic diary day five In order to ease congestion and ensure the people that really need to get to the events, such as the officials, athletes and media, arrive on time Athens 2004 have made a dedicated Olympic lane along their major highways between ...	8
Women stumble to silver ATHENS -- The mistakes were so minor. Carly Patterson's foot scraping the lower of the uneven bars. Courtney Kupets' tumbling pass that ended here instead of there. Mohini Bhardwaj's slight stumble on the beam.	8
Eagles lose Kalu for the season Bethlehem, PA (Sports Network) - Philadelphia Eagles starting defensive end ND Kalu will miss the entire 2004 campaign after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee during a Tuesday practice.	8
Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Sadr NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of "American aggression" as US troops pounded militia positions in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.	11
Chávez's Challenge Hugo Chávez, the strong-arm president of the oil power, Venezuela, has shown once again that he's a survivor. He beat back an attempted coup in 2002, and on Sunday handily won a hotly contested referendum that sought to remove him from office.	11
A Fleet-Footed Military Fast and flexible. Sounds like an Olympic athlete, but it's the Bush administration's description of the kind of fighting force the US needs if it wants to confront 21st century security threats.	11
Hurricane Victims Filing for Unemployment PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. Aug. 17, 2004 Still smarting over the loss of their homes, Hurricane Charley's victims turned out by the hundreds in 90-degree heat Tuesday to cope with the storm's latest blow to their lives the mass shutdown of businesses that ...	11
Kenteris says he's not a drug cheat Greece's Olympic 200 metres champion Kostadinos Kenteris, who faces expulsion from the Athens Olympics for failing to show up at a doping test, insisted Tuesday he is not a drugs cheat.	11
A big perk for 84 Lumber players David Toms was going through his PGA Tour schedule for the remainder of the year when he mentioned the 84 Lumber Classic, which is squeezed between the Ryder Cup and a World Golf Championship in Ireland.	11
A Fleet-Footed Military Fast and flexible. Sounds like an Olympic athlete, but it's the Bush administration's description of the kind of fighting force the US needs if it wants to confront 21st century security threats.	12
Hurricane Victims Filing for Unemployment PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. Aug. 17, 2004 Still smarting over the loss of their homes, Hurricane Charley's victims turned out by the hundreds in 90-degree heat Tuesday to cope with the storm's latest blow to their lives the mass shutdown of businesses that ...	12
Kerry focuses on jobs, tax cuts in second Arkansas visit in two weeks FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) In his second Arkansas visit in less than two weeks, Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Tuesday lamented lost jobs and ineffective tax cuts that he laid at the door of the Bush administration.	12
Julia Child 'a culinary godmother to us all' It's hard to put a finger on what we'll miss most about Julia Child. Musicians are missed for their sentimentality, painters for their innovative creativity, writers for their forethought.	12
First enemy combatants go before military commissions at Guantanamo next week PENTAGON Defense officials say proceedings begin next week at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base for the first group of enemy combatants to go to trial. The four have been accused of war crimes -- of having varying roles in plots to attack Americans at home ...	12
Costly concrete takes a toll The spike is a key factor busting the budgets of local construction projects ranging from single-family houses to the new Bay Bridge span and the planned Laguna Honda Hospital replacement.	12
Coast Guard recovers headless body of diver killed by shark The Coast Guard has recovered the headless body of a diver killed Sunday off the Mendocino County coast in Northern California.	12
Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Sadr NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of "American aggression" as US troops pounded militia positions in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.	13
Official backs Scrafton's version A former federal official has backed Mike Scrafton's story that he told John Howard three days before the 2001 election that the children overboard story was wrong.	13
Oil prices bubble to record high The price of oil has continued its sharp rise overnight, closing at a record high. The main contract in New York, light sweet crude for delivery next month, has closed at a record $US46.75 a barrel - up 70 cents on yesterday's close.	13
U.S. Rebounds with Narrow Basketball Win ATHENS (Reuters) - Allen Iverson scored 17 points despite a broken thumb on his shooting hand as the United States rebounded from a shock opening game loss to beat Greece 77-71 at the men's Olympic basketball tournament on Tuesday.	8
Japan Turns to 'Dream Team' to Restore Baseball Pride ATHENS (Reuters) - Japan's own baseball "Dream Team" hammered arch-rivals Cuba 6-3 and set themselves up as favorites for gold in the Athens Olympics Tuesday.	8
Britain Charges 8 Terrorist Suspects British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday with conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause "fear or injury" in a case involving an ...	2
Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Rebel Cleric Sadr NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of "American aggression" as U.S. troops pounded militia positions in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.	13
Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Rebel Cleric Sadr NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of "American aggression" as U.S. troops pounded militia positions in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.	10
After the Bell-Applied Materials rises after earnings NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Shares of Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest maker of chip-making tools, rose after the bell on Tuesday after the company said healthy spending on new semiconductor factories more than ...	0
Alcoa closing Ohio plant, cutting 140 jobs Alcoa Inc. will close an automotive components factory in Ohio and lay off its staff in a bid to cut excess capacity, the Pittsburgh-based company said Tuesday.	0
Berkshire Takes Stake in Pier 1 Fellow Fool Alyce Lomax and I need to debate Pier 1 Imports (NYSE: PIR). Between Alyce covering the company warnings and me advising not to jump off the pier, there has been little good news to report. Is Pier 1 ready to get ...	0
NY attorney general debuts drug-price Web site New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said his office has created an interactive Web site to help New Yorkers comparison shop for prescription drugs, following a statewide survey showing widely varying prices at pharmacies.	0
Zeta-Jones Stalker Competent to Face Trial A Los Angeles court-appointed psychiatrist found Catherine Zeta-Jones's accused stalker competent to stand trial for allegedly terrorizing the actress.	1
Sharks circling town's new 'it' coupling NEW YORK -- Husband-and-wife filmmakers Chris Kentis and Laura Lau -- whose shark-infested "Open Water" is in theaters via Lions Gate Films -- certainly haven't let overnight success go to their heads.	1
Stress tests may miss latent heart disease LOS ANGELES (EMBARGOED UNTIL AUGUST 17, 2004 at 5:00 PM, EST) Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that stress tests may not adequately screen for latent atherosclerosis a hardening of the arteries due to plaque build-up and ...	3
South Africa: HIV-Positive Women Speak Out As part of the Women's Month celebrations in South Africa, a "Day of Hope" was held at Pinetown in KwaZulu-Natal province to tell the stories of three HIV-positive women who are living proof that "there is a life after HIV".	3
Microsoft delays security update for Windows XP Professional REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft has delayed distribution of a security update for users of its Windows XP Professional operating system to give some companies more time to test it, the software company said Tuesday.	6
Microsoft Updates Its IBM Connectivity Server Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled the 2004 version of its Host Integration Server (HIS) product, which is designed to integrate IBM mainframes and servers with Windows systems.	6
Motorola rolls out database management software AUGUST 17, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Motorola Inc. announced today it has completed the second phase of a four-phase rollout of information life-cycle management (ILM) software that cut its production database size by as much as 50% in some business ...	6
Notable quotes Tuesday at the Athens Olympics "It hurt like hell. I could see (Thorpe) coming up. But when I was breathing, I saw my team going crazy -- and that really kept me going." ...	8
Romanians Storm to Gymnastics Victory, US Takes Silver ATHENS (Reuters) - Romania underlined their superiority over the rest of the field by storming to the women's gymnastics team gold at the Olympic Games on Tuesday.	8
Greek Soccer Out of Olympic Running The recently crowned European Champions are out of the running for a medal in men's soccer. In the group rounds, Greece lost to Mexico 2:3 and watched as its favorite sons had to give up a chance for a gold to teams like Mali, South Korea, Iraq and ...	8
Kalu out for the year with torn ACL Defensive end ND Kalu will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during in Tuesday's practice.	8
Another ChiSox veteran heads to DL Chicago White Sox: The White Sox have placed yet another veteran on the disabled list. Prior to their game against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, the White Sox placed catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday, with a pulled left ...	8
Iraqi National Conference delegation delivers peace proposal as fighting continues in Najaf BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) An Iraqi delegation delivered a peace proposal to aides of militant cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf on Tuesday as explosions, gunfire and a US air strike on the sprawling cemetery ...	11
Referendum Win Energizes Chavez, Foes Lick Wounds CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has gained fresh energy for his left-wing populist "revolution" and new democratic credentials with his resounding victory in Sunday's referendum.	11
Microsoft delays security update for Windows XP Professional REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft has delayed distribution of a security update for users of its Windows XP Professional operating system to give some companies more time to test it, the software company said Tuesday.	11
Stress tests may miss latent heart disease LOS ANGELES (EMBARGOED UNTIL AUGUST 17, 2004 at 5:00 PM, EST) Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that stress tests may not adequately screen for latent atherosclerosis a hardening of the arteries due to plaque build-up and ...	11
Illinois expands drug suppliers beyond Canada in nod to availability problems WASHINGTON (CP) - In a nod to the reality that Canada can't begin to provide all the cheaper prescription drugs Americans want, Illinois is adding European suppliers.	12
Charter schools said to lag on test scores In the nation's first comparison of test scores between children in charter schools and regular public schools, students in traditional public schools fared better than similar students in charter schools, The New York Times reported today.	12
Council flies to Najaf to talk to Al-Sadr NAJAF, AUGUST 17: An Iraqi peace delegation urged a radical Shi'ite cleric on Tuesday to call off his uprising in Najaf, where US troops pounded militia positions near the country's holiest Islamic sites.	13
Maoists strike as Deuba falters The move comes at a time when the palace-backed ...	13
Google IPO Paper Not Declared Effective (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission did not declare effective Google Inc.'s registration statement for its multibillion-dollar initial public offering by the close of the agency's business day on Tuesday, an SEC official said.	0
SEC Delays Google Stock Offering Google Inc.'s long-awaited initial stock sale, which appeared imminent Tuesday, has been delayed while the company awaits final approval of its paperwork by the Securities and Exchange Commission. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-Associated Press</B></FONT>	6
Romanians Storm to Gymnastics Victory, U.S. Takes Silver ATHENS (Reuters) - Romania underlined their superiority over the rest of the field by storming to the women's gymnastics team gold at the Olympic Games on Tuesday.	8

Tired of post-9/11 hassles, Arab tourists head east Saudi visitors to Malaysia were up 53 percent in 2004.

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Sun-shy female commuters fuel an Asian fad Part hat, part mask, part visor, it's a new piece of bicycle headgear.

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Nepal braced for rebel 'blockade' Nepalese forces are on alert ahead a deadline set by rebels, who have threatened to blockade the capital.

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Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Sadr NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of "American aggression" as U.S. troops pounded militia positions in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.

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J.C. Penney Posts Profit, Sales Strong NEW YORK (Reuters) - Department store operator J.C. Penney Co. Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=JCP.N&target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">JCP.N</A> on Tuesday posted a quarterly operating profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, on inventory controls and strong sales of jeans, home furnishings and career clothes.

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Treasuries, Oil Up, Inflation in Check NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury debt prices rallied on Tuesday, dragging yields to four-month lows as July inflation figures proved subdued and soaring oil prices pointed to slower U.S. consumer spending down the line.

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TJX Gets in Line The off-price retailer struggled in the second quarter but is in decent position for the second half of the year.

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Windows XP Security Update Delayed (AP) AP - Microsoft Corp. has delayed automated distribution of a major security upgrade to its Windows XP Professional operating system, citing a desire to give companies more time to test it.

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Network Solutions is Pathetic We have a few domains hosted on Network Solutions. For one reason or another we were in a hurry and just used NetSol as our registrar. BIG mistake! They are one *pathetic* organization! They are a DNS company. That's what they DO! Their DNS admin only allows 10 IPs. Of course they don't tell you this when you signup. You only find out that the UI doesn't allow for additional IPs until try to add them. To add insult to injury when you try to move AWAY from NetSol by changing your primary and secondary they drop your IP configuration immediately. You're just out of luck if there are clients which have cached your primary and secondary DNS servers. Now of course the solution would be ...

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NBC Optimistic About Olympics Ratings (AP) AP - Gyms worldwide were dark in anticipation of the Olympic gymnastics competition, NBC's Al Trautwig said this week in a dramatic introduction — then the cameras pulled back to reveal row after row of empty seats in Athens.

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NBC Optimistic About Olympics Ratings (AP) AP - Gyms worldwide were dark in anticipation of the Olympic gymnastics competition, NBC's Al Trautwig said this week in a dramatic introduction — then the cameras pulled back to reveal row after row of empty seats in Athens.

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Glam gals risk bodily harm If it takes courage for Bollywood actresses to strip on screen, it takes much more grit to negotiate the minefield of dangers on film sets.

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U.S. Bounces Back to Beat Greece 77-71 (AP) AP - Lamar Odom made a key defensive play on Greece's Dimitris Pipanikoulaou, preventing him from getting a clean layup attempt that could have cut the United States' lead to two points, and the Americans won 77-71 Tuesday night in the second round of the Olympic men's basketball tournament.

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Eagles Defensive End Kalu Out for Year (AP) AP - Defensive end N.D. Kalu will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during in Tuesday's practice.

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US NBA stars pushed to the brink before edging Greece (AFP) AFP - Allen Iverson scored 17 points despite a fractured right thumb and the reeling United States team was pushed to the brink before beating Greece 77-71 in an Olympic preliminary round basketball game.

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Utah Picked to Repeat in MWC (AP) AP - Utah coach Urban Meyer doesn't want his Utes to get excited about being the favorites in the Mountain West Conference.

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A Big Perk for 84 Lumber Golfers (AP) AP - David Toms was going through his PGA Tour schedule for the remainder of the year when he mentioned the 84 Lumber Classic, which is squeezed between the Ryder Cup and a World Golf Championship in Ireland.

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N.Y. Atty General Announces Drug-Price Web Site NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Tuesday said his office has created an interactive Web site to help New Yorkers comparison shop for prescription drugs, following a statewide survey showing widely varying prices at pharmacies.

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PG&E Says Can't Find Missing Nuclear Fuel Rod SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said on Tuesday it had not yet found the missing pieces of a used nuclear fuel rod at its Humboldt Bay Power Plant near the city of Eureka in northern California.

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Holiday pals Berlusconi, Blair cement ties Despite lighthearted public scenes, serious aims lie behind the trip, which affirms Italy and Britain as allies standing shoulder-to-shoulder in Iraq.

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Gene Variant Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk A variation in a gene that regulates inflammatory activity is associated with susceptibility to prostate cancer, Swedish researchers have shown.

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Nepal braced for rebel 'blockade' Nepalese forces are on alert ahead of a deadline set by rebels, who have threatened to blockade the capital.

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Blast in Gaza Home of Hamas Man Kills 4 - Medics (Reuters) Reuters - An explosion tore through the home of a senior Hamas militant in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding him and about a dozen other Palestinians, medics said.

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Blast in Gaza House Kills at Least Two (AP) AP - An explosion in a house in Gaza City early Wednesday killed at least two people, Palestinian witnesses said. It was not immediately known what caused the blast.

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Kerry Condemns Ad Attacking Bush Service (AP) AP - John Kerry on Tuesday condemned a television ad that criticizes President Bush's Vietnam-era service in the Texas Air National Guard, even as prominent veterans linked to the Democratic presidential campaign echoed the commercial's accusations.

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Blast in Gaza Home of Hamas Man Kills 4 - Medics GAZA (Reuters) - An explosion tore through the home of a senior Hamas militant in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding him and about a dozen other Palestinians, medics said.

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Sudan Says More Police to Shield Darfur Refugees ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Sudan plans to double the number of police in Darfur to 20,000, the country's foreign minister said on Tuesday in the face of fresh reports that marauding Arab militiamen were still preying on stricken refugees.

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Musharraf's man faces poll test The Pakistani president's choice of prime minister goes into a double by-election he must win to take office.

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Explosion at house in Gaza City An explosion at a Hamas activist's house in Gaza City kills at least two, Palestinian sources say.

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Report: Japan, Russia to Lose Population WASHINGTON - Japan, Germany and many other large industrialized countries face long-term population slowdowns or declines as more young adults have fewer children or delay child-rearing, demographers say. While the world's population is expected to increase by almost 50 percent by 2050, Japan could lose 20 percent of its population over the next half-century, according to data released Tuesday by the private Population Reference Bureau...

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Rumsfeld Cautions on Intelligence Reform WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld conceded Tuesday that a new, powerful intelligence director could bring "some modest" improvements to efforts to safeguard the nation but warned that any changes must not hurt the flow of information to military commanders...

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'Goodfellas' Cast Reunites for Dinner LOS ANGELES - The theme of the night was "breaking bread, not legs" when some of the cast and filmmakers of "Goodfellas" reunited for a traditional sit-down dinner Monday night. Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino and real-life mob informant Henry Hill - whose gangland experiences inspired the story - showed up to gobble baked ziti, swap stories, sing some Italian opera and recall director Martin Scorsese's acclaimed mob movie...

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Najaf Fighting Intensifies Amid Peace Push BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi delegation delivered a peace proposal to aides of militant cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf on Tuesday as explosions, gunfire and a U.S. air strike on the sprawling cemetery echoed across the holy city...

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Hurricane Victims Filing for Unemployment PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - Still smarting over the loss of their homes, Hurricane Charley's victims turned out by the hundreds in 90-degree heat Tuesday to cope with the storm's latest blow to their lives - the mass shutdown of businesses that has left them without jobs...

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Britain Charges 8 Terrorist Suspects LONDON - British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday with conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause "fear or injury" in a case involving an alleged top al-Qaida operative at the center of a U.S. terror alert this month...

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Dow Closes Up 18 Despite Record Oil Prices NEW YORK - Another jump in oil prices pre-empted a strong rally on Wall Street Tuesday, though stocks managed to post modest gains on the strength of a consumer price report that put many investors' inflation fears to rest for the near term. The three major indexes all finished the session higher, showing resiliency in the face of a new record high in oil futures fueled by continuing problems for Russian oil giant Yukos...

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Thrilling Relay Win Gets Phelps Third Gold ATHENS, Greece - Now this was a duel in the pool. With Michael Phelps leading off Tuesday night, the United States bested its rival from Down Under in the most thrilling race of the Athens Games...

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Miscues Cost U.S. Women Gymnastics Gold ATHENS, Greece - They were the kind of mistakes only judges see - little touches that seem so inconsequential. But they add up, and they cost the U.S...

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British Police Charge Eight in Terror Roundup British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday of conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause "fear or injury" in a case involving an alleged top al Qaeda operative at the center of a U.S. terror alert this month.

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Stress Test May Miss Early Heart Disease - Study WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stress tests aimed at detecting blocked arteries in patients may miss more than half the cases of early heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

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Gulf War Syndrome May Be in the Genes NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Chronic fatigue among Gulf War veterans seems to be associated with a particular variant of the DCP1 gene, according to new research.

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Stress Test May Miss Early Heart Disease - Study WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stress tests aimed at detecting blocked arteries in patients may miss more than half the cases of early heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

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Nepal braced for rebel 'blockade' Nepalese forces are on alert ahead of a deadline set by rebels, who have threatened to blockade the capital.

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Stress Test May Miss Early Heart Disease - Study WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stress tests aimed at detecting blocked arteries in patients may miss more than half the cases of early heart disease, US researchers reported on Tuesday.

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Microsoft Updates Its IBM Connectivity Server On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled the 2004 version of its Host Integration Server (HIS) product, which is designed to integrate IBM mainframes and servers with Windows systems.

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Kenteris says he's not a drug cheat Greece's Olympic 200 metres champion Kostadinos Kenteris, who faces expulsion from the Athens Olympics for failing to show up at a doping test, insisted Tuesday he is not a drugs cheat.

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A big perk for 84 Lumber players David Toms was going through his PGA Tour schedule for the remainder of the year when he mentioned the 84 Lumber Classic, which is squeezed between the Ryder Cup and a World Golf Championship in Ireland.

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Wednesday Call: Is the Olympic truce a pipe dream or pipe bomb? Beauty pageant contestants often proclaim in the sweetest and most innocent voice possible that they wish for world peace. When they say it, judges think it s cute if not a bit of a clich . And equally dismissive, when the international community ...

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Federer loses in singles, doubles Top-ranked Roger Federer's Olympics ended Tuesday night with back-to-back losses in singles and doubles.

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Olympic diary day five In order to ease congestion and ensure the people that really need to get to the events, such as the officials, athletes and media, arrive on time Athens 2004 have made a dedicated Olympic lane along their major highways between ...

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Women stumble to silver ATHENS -- The mistakes were so minor. Carly Patterson's foot scraping the lower of the uneven bars. Courtney Kupets' tumbling pass that ended here instead of there. Mohini Bhardwaj's slight stumble on the beam.

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Eagles lose Kalu for the season Bethlehem, PA (Sports Network) - Philadelphia Eagles starting defensive end ND Kalu will miss the entire 2004 campaign after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee during a Tuesday practice.

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Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Sadr NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of "American aggression" as US troops pounded militia positions in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.

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Chávez's Challenge Hugo Chávez, the strong-arm president of the oil power, Venezuela, has shown once again that he's a survivor. He beat back an attempted coup in 2002, and on Sunday handily won a hotly contested referendum that sought to remove him from office.

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A Fleet-Footed Military Fast and flexible. Sounds like an Olympic athlete, but it's the Bush administration's description of the kind of fighting force the US needs if it wants to confront 21st century security threats.

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Hurricane Victims Filing for Unemployment PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. Aug. 17, 2004 Still smarting over the loss of their homes, Hurricane Charley's victims turned out by the hundreds in 90-degree heat Tuesday to cope with the storm's latest blow to their lives the mass shutdown of businesses that ...

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Kenteris says he's not a drug cheat Greece's Olympic 200 metres champion Kostadinos Kenteris, who faces expulsion from the Athens Olympics for failing to show up at a doping test, insisted Tuesday he is not a drugs cheat.

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A big perk for 84 Lumber players David Toms was going through his PGA Tour schedule for the remainder of the year when he mentioned the 84 Lumber Classic, which is squeezed between the Ryder Cup and a World Golf Championship in Ireland.

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A Fleet-Footed Military Fast and flexible. Sounds like an Olympic athlete, but it's the Bush administration's description of the kind of fighting force the US needs if it wants to confront 21st century security threats.

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Hurricane Victims Filing for Unemployment PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. Aug. 17, 2004 Still smarting over the loss of their homes, Hurricane Charley's victims turned out by the hundreds in 90-degree heat Tuesday to cope with the storm's latest blow to their lives the mass shutdown of businesses that ...

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Kerry focuses on jobs, tax cuts in second Arkansas visit in two weeks FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) In his second Arkansas visit in less than two weeks, Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Tuesday lamented lost jobs and ineffective tax cuts that he laid at the door of the Bush administration.

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Julia Child 'a culinary godmother to us all' It's hard to put a finger on what we'll miss most about Julia Child. Musicians are missed for their sentimentality, painters for their innovative creativity, writers for their forethought.

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First enemy combatants go before military commissions at Guantanamo next week PENTAGON Defense officials say proceedings begin next week at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base for the first group of enemy combatants to go to trial. The four have been accused of war crimes -- of having varying roles in plots to attack Americans at home ...

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Costly concrete takes a toll The spike is a key factor busting the budgets of local construction projects ranging from single-family houses to the new Bay Bridge span and the planned Laguna Honda Hospital replacement.

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Coast Guard recovers headless body of diver killed by shark The Coast Guard has recovered the headless body of a diver killed Sunday off the Mendocino County coast in Northern California.

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Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Sadr NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of "American aggression" as US troops pounded militia positions in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.

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Official backs Scrafton's version A former federal official has backed Mike Scrafton's story that he told John Howard three days before the 2001 election that the children overboard story was wrong.

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Oil prices bubble to record high The price of oil has continued its sharp rise overnight, closing at a record high. The main contract in New York, light sweet crude for delivery next month, has closed at a record $US46.75 a barrel - up 70 cents on yesterday's close.

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U.S. Rebounds with Narrow Basketball Win ATHENS (Reuters) - Allen Iverson scored 17 points despite a broken thumb on his shooting hand as the United States rebounded from a shock opening game loss to beat Greece 77-71 at the men's Olympic basketball tournament on Tuesday.

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Japan Turns to 'Dream Team' to Restore Baseball Pride ATHENS (Reuters) - Japan's own baseball "Dream Team" hammered arch-rivals Cuba 6-3 and set themselves up as favorites for gold in the Athens Olympics Tuesday.

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Britain Charges 8 Terrorist Suspects British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday with conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause "fear or injury" in a case involving an ...

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Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Rebel Cleric Sadr NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of "American aggression" as U.S. troops pounded militia positions in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.

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Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Rebel Cleric Sadr NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of "American aggression" as U.S. troops pounded militia positions in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.

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After the Bell-Applied Materials rises after earnings NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Shares of Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest maker of chip-making tools, rose after the bell on Tuesday after the company said healthy spending on new semiconductor factories more than ...

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Alcoa closing Ohio plant, cutting 140 jobs Alcoa Inc. will close an automotive components factory in Ohio and lay off its staff in a bid to cut excess capacity, the Pittsburgh-based company said Tuesday.

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Berkshire Takes Stake in Pier 1 Fellow Fool Alyce Lomax and I need to debate Pier 1 Imports (NYSE: PIR). Between Alyce covering the company warnings and me advising not to jump off the pier, there has been little good news to report. Is Pier 1 ready to get ...

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NY attorney general debuts drug-price Web site New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said his office has created an interactive Web site to help New Yorkers comparison shop for prescription drugs, following a statewide survey showing widely varying prices at pharmacies.

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Zeta-Jones Stalker Competent to Face Trial A Los Angeles court-appointed psychiatrist found Catherine Zeta-Jones's accused stalker competent to stand trial for allegedly terrorizing the actress.

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Sharks circling town's new 'it' coupling NEW YORK -- Husband-and-wife filmmakers Chris Kentis and Laura Lau -- whose shark-infested "Open Water" is in theaters via Lions Gate Films -- certainly haven't let overnight success go to their heads.

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Stress tests may miss latent heart disease LOS ANGELES (EMBARGOED UNTIL AUGUST 17, 2004 at 5:00 PM, EST) Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that stress tests may not adequately screen for latent atherosclerosis a hardening of the arteries due to plaque build-up and ...

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South Africa: HIV-Positive Women Speak Out As part of the Women's Month celebrations in South Africa, a "Day of Hope" was held at Pinetown in KwaZulu-Natal province to tell the stories of three HIV-positive women who are living proof that "there is a life after HIV".

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Microsoft delays security update for Windows XP Professional REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft has delayed distribution of a security update for users of its Windows XP Professional operating system to give some companies more time to test it, the software company said Tuesday.

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Microsoft Updates Its IBM Connectivity Server Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled the 2004 version of its Host Integration Server (HIS) product, which is designed to integrate IBM mainframes and servers with Windows systems.

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Motorola rolls out database management software AUGUST 17, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Motorola Inc. announced today it has completed the second phase of a four-phase rollout of information life-cycle management (ILM) software that cut its production database size by as much as 50% in some business ...

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Notable quotes Tuesday at the Athens Olympics "It hurt like hell. I could see (Thorpe) coming up. But when I was breathing, I saw my team going crazy -- and that really kept me going." ...

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Romanians Storm to Gymnastics Victory, US Takes Silver ATHENS (Reuters) - Romania underlined their superiority over the rest of the field by storming to the women's gymnastics team gold at the Olympic Games on Tuesday.

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Greek Soccer Out of Olympic Running The recently crowned European Champions are out of the running for a medal in men's soccer. In the group rounds, Greece lost to Mexico 2:3 and watched as its favorite sons had to give up a chance for a gold to teams like Mali, South Korea, Iraq and ...

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Kalu out for the year with torn ACL Defensive end ND Kalu will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during in Tuesday's practice.

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Another ChiSox veteran heads to DL Chicago White Sox: The White Sox have placed yet another veteran on the disabled list. Prior to their game against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, the White Sox placed catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday, with a pulled left ...

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Iraqi National Conference delegation delivers peace proposal as fighting continues in Najaf BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) An Iraqi delegation delivered a peace proposal to aides of militant cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf on Tuesday as explosions, gunfire and a US air strike on the sprawling cemetery ...

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Referendum Win Energizes Chavez, Foes Lick Wounds CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has gained fresh energy for his left-wing populist "revolution" and new democratic credentials with his resounding victory in Sunday's referendum.

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Microsoft delays security update for Windows XP Professional REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft has delayed distribution of a security update for users of its Windows XP Professional operating system to give some companies more time to test it, the software company said Tuesday.

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Stress tests may miss latent heart disease LOS ANGELES (EMBARGOED UNTIL AUGUST 17, 2004 at 5:00 PM, EST) Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that stress tests may not adequately screen for latent atherosclerosis a hardening of the arteries due to plaque build-up and ...

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Illinois expands drug suppliers beyond Canada in nod to availability problems WASHINGTON (CP) - In a nod to the reality that Canada can't begin to provide all the cheaper prescription drugs Americans want, Illinois is adding European suppliers.

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Charter schools said to lag on test scores In the nation's first comparison of test scores between children in charter schools and regular public schools, students in traditional public schools fared better than similar students in charter schools, The New York Times reported today.

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Council flies to Najaf to talk to Al-Sadr NAJAF, AUGUST 17: An Iraqi peace delegation urged a radical Shi'ite cleric on Tuesday to call off his uprising in Najaf, where US troops pounded militia positions near the country's holiest Islamic sites.

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Maoists strike as Deuba falters The move comes at a time when the palace-backed ...

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Google IPO Paper Not Declared Effective (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission did not declare effective Google Inc.'s registration statement for its multibillion-dollar initial public offering by the close of the agency's business day on Tuesday, an SEC official said.

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SEC Delays Google Stock Offering Google Inc.'s long-awaited initial stock sale, which appeared imminent Tuesday, has been delayed while the company awaits final approval of its paperwork by the Securities and Exchange Commission. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-Associated Press</B></FONT>

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Romanians Storm to Gymnastics Victory, U.S. Takes Silver ATHENS (Reuters) - Romania underlined their superiority over the rest of the field by storming to the women's gymnastics team gold at the Olympic Games on Tuesday.

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