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- (US) He was sentenced to a month in jail for breaking into a Southcenter jewelry store in 2000, and he was charged with possessing methamphetamine. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(70%), $propaganda_theme1(55%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $propaganda_theme5(70%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $stimulant(100%), $amphetamines(100%), $various_drugs(95%)] |
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- (US) United defender Rio Ferdinand is embroiled in a drug scandal of sorts, having missed a drug test last month, allegedly because he forgot. In what appears to be a separate incident, UK Sport revealed over the weekend that two soccer players tested positive for cocaine and Ecstasy. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(60%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $use_is_abuse(60%), $propaganda_theme4(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $hallucinogen(60%), $MDMA(60%), $stimulant(100%), $cocaine(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(50%)] |
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- Ventre: Only Phil can stop Shaq-Kobe feud before it sinks Lakers |
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- Telecom CEOs want their suppliers to help lobby U.S. officials for regulatory changes. |
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- Raptiva is the second biotech treatment for the skin condition, a category analysts see as a $1-billion market. |
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- A weekend warrior buys his ultimate mountain bike, part by part. |
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- The upgrade for the operating system is expected to provide better security. |
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- Electronics and entertainment giant Sony Corp. said today that it planned to trim 20,000 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, in the next three years as part of a plan to turn around its electronics division. |
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- Intel Corp., the world's biggest semiconductor maker, slashed prices by as much as 35% on processors for personal computers to make way for newer chips and take advantage of lower factory costs. |
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- Video game publisher Acclaim Entertainment Inc. said it had settled a dispute with professional BMX rider Dave Mirra, who had filed suit claiming that a "pornographic" stunt bike game had damaged his reputation. |
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- Time Warner Inc.'s America Online unit was sued by Ohio regulators, who accused the company of failing to honor customer requests to cancel their Internet service accounts. |
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- Today we stand on the brink of an agreement to end Sudan's cruel civil war and bring one of the greatest and longest-running humanitarian tragedies in the world to an end. |
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- As long as firms are willing to hire them, immigrants will come. |
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- The media's reports overemphasize the bad when the real news is the return to normal. |
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- The Lord gave Noah the rainbow sign. |
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- Presidential hopeful and his populist message play well with Iowa Democrats -- but not well enough yet. |
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- Howard Dean benefits most from the debate. His rivals increasingly oppose Bush's Iraq policy even as they try to play up other issues. |
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- Presidential hopeful Howard Dean, already the top fund-raiser among Democratic contenders, has won the support of two key unions, the California Teachers Assn. and an international painters union. |
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- But lawmakers want the president to help hash out the differences in House, Senate versions. |
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- Rescuers worked to reach an air pocket nearly 3,300 feet below ground where they hoped 13 Russian coal miners had found sanctuary from a surging underground lake. |
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- A judge postponed the trial of six Kenyans charged with 15 counts of murder in a terrorist attack on an Israeli-owned hotel while he considers whether two other suspects should be included. |
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- Controller says there may not be enough money to pay bills by late spring if opponents of a bond sale succeed in blocking it. |
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- MOSCOW — As Russian stocks tumbled Monday in the wake of the arrest of the country's richest oil tycoon, President Vladimir V. Putin called for calm and offered reassurances that there were no plans to reverse the nation's privatization program. |
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- Some hope the academic can solidify opposition to the North. Others fear a setback for arms talks. |
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- The Cabinet had said it intended to 'remove' the Palestinian leader, whose popularity has soared because of the confrontation. |
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- Views differ on whether Baghdad assaults are the work of Al Qaeda, Baathists or foreigners. |
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- Officers thwart a suicide bomber driving a vehicle packed to the roof with explosives. The assailant, said to be Syrian, is wounded. |
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- UNITED NATIONS — U.S. administrators in Iraq released figures Monday showing proceeds of $1.4 billion from oil sales since Saddam Hussein's ouster. |
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- The newly revamped and retrained force still lacks manpower and gear, but not resolution. |
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- Fong Fuming, 68, who was serving a five-year prison sentence, is returning to the U.S. |
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- BAGHDAD — Three American soldiers were killed and four wounded in two separate attacks in Iraq, the U.S. military said Monday. |
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- Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone abandoned plans to run for reelection to parliament and marked the occasion by writing a haiku. |
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- A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American, a Russian and a Spaniard landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan, Russian Mission Control said. Officials were pleased that the problems with May's landing — which was about 250 miles off target — were not repeated. |
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- The U.N. Security Council is expected to keep part of a report on the plunder of minerals in Congo secret, diplomats said. The independent panel's report puts diamond giant De Beers on a list of unresolved cases and proposes breaking up large state-owned mining firms. |
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- Oliver gives it to us again.... |
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Abandoned (Oct 28 2003 08:19 GMT) - Places Buildings Hospital Russian The Tube... |
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- Miami sinks Greenpeace port docking. Orlando Sentinel Oct 28 2003 1:55AM ET |
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- Indonesian Navy releases 10 hostages held by rebels. Xinhuanet Oct 28 2003 1:47AM ET |
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- Miami port refuses Greenpeace ship; says it poses security risk. Naples Daily News Oct 28 2003 1:45AM ET |
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