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(U-WIRE) -- Syracuse may enter Morgantown, W.Va., for Wednesday #39;s game under different circumstances than Mountaineer fans are used to from the former Big East powerhouse.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"Gardner Loses Quest for Repeat Wrestling Gold US heavyweight Rulon Gardner lost his Olympic title Wednesday after being beaten in the semi-final stage of the 120kg Greco-Roman wrestling event by Georgiy Tsurtsumia of Kazakhstan.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"Ali gives Iraq fighting chance The back of his shirt told the story last night at the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"Athens coverage a winner for NBC NBC and its family of cable networks flooded American households with nearly nonstop coverage of the Athens Olympics, and the strategy - along with strong performances by the US teams in swimming and gymnastics -roduced not only a ratings increase ", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"49ers tickets are available Since just before the start of the NFL #39;s regular season two months ago, television viewers in the Bay Area have been seeing commercials for a product that for years has sold itself.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"A serving of football EFL style Can't wait to see the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots look to continue their 15-game winning streak when they host the Indianapolis Colts next Thursday? Gridiron junkies will whet their appetite tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Battis Field in Middleborough, where the Middleboro Cobras and Brockton Buccaneers will tangle for Eastern Football League supremacy.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"Week of September 25th, 2004 Why to watch: Miami might be 2-0 and once again among the college football elite, but no one #39;s thinking Orange Bowl quite yet.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"Marlins Streak By Mets A four-day layoff fails to cool off the Marlins, who extend their winning streak to eight games by beating the Mets, 7-3.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"This silence can't be golden What does Larry Bird think of Ron Artest's recent sabbatical? He's not saying. 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His Atlanta Falcons, with a thorough 27-10 pounding of the Carolina Panthers, had just extended their record to 4-0 for the first time since 1986.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"NFL Notebook: Jets #39; Pennington to start vs. Texans Jets quarterback Chad Pennington will start tomorrow against the Houston Texans after sitting out the past three games with a strained right rotator cuff.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"Motorsport: Loeb matches record season PERTH - French driver Sebastien Loeb won his first motor rally of Australia yesterday when comfortably negotiating the final six stages near Perth.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"(Sports Network) - Carlos Beltran may be the newest Killer B in <b>...<\/b> lineup, but right now he is also the most feared hitter on the Astros. 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Last year's Eastern and Western Conference regular-season champions meet for the first of two times this season.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"USC #39;s Orgeron shows interest in Ole Miss job While the list has dwindled in the search to replace David Cutcliffe as the Ole Miss football coach, one name has risen to the top.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"GAME DAY RECAP Thursday, September 09 Bobby Madritsch pitched eight shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners ended a seven-game losing streak Thursday night with a 7-1 victory over Boston, dropping the Red Sox 3 games behind the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"Brett Favre Shines as Green Bay Mauls St. Louis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brett Favre celebrated his 200th consecutive start by throwing three touchdown passes as the Green Bay Packers destroyed the St. Louis Rams 45-17 at Lambeau Field Monday.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"Donald runs into Ryder form Luke Donald says his win in the European Masters on Sunday bodes well for his upcoming Ryder Cup debut. 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He doesn't have to ask anymore. Not since \"The Drop,\" his own moment of infamy when a chance to beat Mississippi last season slipped through his hands in the end zone, turning his dream game into a nightmare.", + "label":1 + }, + { + "text":"Tough courses #39;killing excitement #39; RICHARD Green is campaigning for a fair go for players in a bid to make home tour tournaments more exciting this summer. 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SNEWS \"could allow astronomers a chance to make unprecedented observations of the very early turn-on of the supernova,\" wrote the authors of an article about the new system in the September issue of the \"New Journal of Physics.\" They also noted that \"no supernova has ever been observed soon after its birth.\" Big stars end their lives in explosive gravitational collapses so complete that even the brilliant flashes of light usually announcing these extremely rare \"supernova\" events stay trapped inside, unseen by astronomers, for the first hours or days...", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"China Shuts Down 1600 Internet Cafes Between February and August of this year, China has shut down 1,600 internet cafes, and handed out 100 million yuan fines (US\\$12 million) to cafe operators, for allowing children access to violent or adult-only content and games.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Salesforce.com launches on-demand support com September 29, 2004, 2:57 PM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Apple unveils super thin iMac in Paris (AFP) AFP - Apple Computers launched the newest version of its iMac model, which at two inches thick, is the world's thinnest desktop computer, the company said.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Rumors abound about Google #39;s browser <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techtree.com\/techtree\/jsp\/showstory.jsp?storyid=53949\">Google Browser on Its Way?<\/a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Techtree.com<\/nobr>", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Harvard Seeks Permission to Clone Human Embryos (Reuters) Reuters - Harvard University researchers said\\on Wednesday they were seeking permission to use cloning\\technology to make human stem cells.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"HP Hugs JBoss Tighter HP (Quote, Chart) deepened its relationship with open source software concern JBoss, agreeing to become a major source of support for its application server and Linux.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Citrix buying VPN company Net6 for \\$50 million BOSTON - Citrix Systems is buying Net6, a privately-held maker of SSL (Secure Socket Layer) VPN (Virtual Private Network) technology, for \\$50 million cash, Citrix said Tuesday.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"DMCA Limited by Sixth Circuit Appeals Court The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. 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That is date the solar sail, named Cosmos 1, is set to be launched from a submerged Russian submarine in the Barents Sea.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"10 features for a perfect browser There are some great browsers out there. But they all seem to have some slight niggles, different for each, that make it hard for me to kick back and enjoy them. While there are some projects out there to make browsers more useful for some specialised purposes or by bolting on handy extensions, wouldn't it be great if these people could come up with a standardised set of nice features like these? A lot of browsers may support one or two, but I'll bet none have them all. ", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"'Cities in crisis' leaders warn World leaders warn that rapid urbanisation will become one of the biggest challenges of the 21st Century.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"FDA Orders Strong Antidepressant Warning Labels By DIEDTRA HENDERSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday ordered that all antidepressants carry \"black box\" warnings that they \"increase the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior\" in children who take them. Patients and their parents will be given medication guides that include the warning with each new prescription or refill...", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Cisco Unveils SAN Products Targeted At Disaster Recovery Cisco Systems unveiled two SAN products that it says will help companies evade or recover quickly from disasters affecting corporate data.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Sneaky Sharing (PC World) PC World - Despite well-publicized wins by piracy foes, illegal digital music and movie trading continues to flourish in underground havens.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Trouble in PSP Land November 27, 2004 - Things aren #39;t looking good for the PSP over in Japan. Well... maybe that #39;s not exactly true. If you #39;re Sony, and you want to generate lots of hype for your new portable system, things are looking very good.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Electronic Jihad Internet Attack Rumored For Today Electronic Jihad Internet Attack Rumored For Today\\\\Is the Electronic Jihad attack happening today or is it just stirred up rumors? Yevgeny Kaspersky has raised concerns of a major attack on the internet today. 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When Sharp released\\the Zaurus into the US market there was a lot o ...\\\\", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Connect the jovian dots NASA #39;s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) captured an alignment of three of Jupiter #39;s largest moons: Io, Ganymede, and Callisto.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Priceline, Ramada to Make Sites More Accessible to Blind In one of the first enforcement actions of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the Internet, two major travel services have agreed to make sites more accessible to the blind and visually impaired.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"JFK killing fades in intensity WASHINGTON: The 41st anniversary of President John F Kennedy #39;s assassination passed on November 22 - a lot more quietly than earlier ones.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"National Registry Push Could Ease Drug Study Hunt By LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists are conducting thousands of medical experiments that can offer tantalizing hope to the ill, but tracking them down and getting enrolled can be incredibly difficult. It might get easier, thanks to a growing push by doctors and lawmakers to force drug companies to list on a national registry every study they conduct...", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Boeing, IBM Strategic Alliance Boosts Net-Centric Technology From the 1950 #39;s until the present, one of the dominant companies in the world #39;s computer industry. Offers a variety of data processing hardware systems, system and application software, and information technology services.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Microsoft's Legal Cleanup Day Perhaps Microsoft was hoping for all eyes to be on the much-ballyhooed launch Tuesday of its \"Halo 2\" video game, but the company's efforts to clean up its lawsuit headaches can't be overshadowed by virtual gunslinging. <FONT face=\"verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica\" size=\"-2\"\\ color=\"#666666\"><B>-washingtonpost.com<\/B><\/FONT>", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Sony reveals some specs for PSP handheld The PlayStation Portable is going to have one complex processor running the show for games and multimedia.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Cisco tightens security on voice products Cisco Systems announces an upgrade to its CallManager software to improve security on its IP telephony gear.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Blackberry shrinks phone keyboard The latest Blackberry mobile device packs a traditional Qwerty keyboard into 20 keys.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Cybertrust CEO Says Merger Driven by Users SEPTEMBER 27, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Betrusted Holdings Inc. in New York and TruSecure Corp. in Herndon, Va., last week said they #39;re merging to form a single IT security services vendor.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Europeans hail latest data from Mars The European Space Agency says data collected by its probe, Mars Express, has provided new evidence in the search for life on Mars.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Bill Gates Gets 4 Million E-Mails a Day Bill Gates might not use AOL, but he's definitely got mail. The Microsoft Corp. chairman receives millions of Internet messages a day, said Steve Ballmer, the company's chief executive. \"Bill literally receives 4 million pieces of e-mail per day, most of it spam,\" Ballmer said Thursday.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Labels, Microsoft in talks on CD copying Record labels and Microsoft are in discussions about ways that the next generation of the Windows operating system, code-named Longhorn, can support copy-protected CD technology.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"MSN Search Engine - Searching for ways to make Redmond rise again What would you do if you were tasked with designing a new search engine? 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(PC World) PC World - IFire aims to displace LCD TVs with its lower-cost display technology.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Sun to set Solaris free, after a fashion Operating system to come at no charge for servers with x86 processors. But the bug fixes will cost you.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"IBM unveils notebook with fingerprint reader IBM on Monday introduced a biometric notebook computer with an integrated fingerprint reader,which it says can recognize the user of the computer.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Training is the Key to Defibrillator Success By DANIEL YEE ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) -- Because defibrillators are more affordable than ever, they are quickly becoming commonplace in schools, businesses and other public places such as airports...", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Study: MP3 Player Market Booming Sales of portable digital-audio players are booming, and IDC predicts the market will generate \\$58 billion by 2008. 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The company is led by Chief Executive Byron Sebastian, a former executive at San Jose #39;s BEA Systems, who founded the company in spring.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Anti-Spyware Spending Set To Skyrocket The spyware plague will trigger a 2,500 percent increase in enterprise spending by 2008, a market-research firm reports. 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Still, the personal computer and electronics company posted a tiny operating profit -- its first in nearly three years.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Playstation 3 to arrive spring 2006 In Japan NVIDIA HAS MADE A big noise about Playstation 3 deal but unfortunately you won #39;t see this console any time soon. Nvidia stock holders definitely know about Sony and its Playstation 3 killer business and therefore Nvidia is recovering on the stock market.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"PalmOne Announces Tungsten T5 PalmOne has introduced the new Tungsten T5 PDA. 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A slew of manufacturers will soon offer players utilizing small 1 quot; hard drives that help propel the iPod and allow them to compete more favorably in the market.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Freescale Unveils Dual-Core PowerPC Freescale Semiconductor Inc. took some of the wraps off of its dual-core microprocessor design, which the company said would be tailored to embedded applications.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Dell and Microsoft Launch Joint Software (AP) AP - Dell Inc. and Microsoft Corp. promised big savings on the billions of dollars companies spend on system maintenance as they unveiled jointly developed software Monday that manages and upgrades servers in one mouse-click.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Red Hat taps Netscape to broaden its landscape Linux seller plans to release Netscape Enterprise Suite as open-source software in a bid to expand beyond its core product.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Salesforce.com Launches On-Demand Support System On-demand CRM provider Salesforce.com Wednesday rolled out a parallel service its calling Support.com and aiming at corporations with far-flung call centers, help desks, and on-call technicians.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"House passes bill to criminalize spyware fraud The House Thursday passed a bill that would criminalize the use of spyware to commit fraud or other crimes, adding an additional two to five years to federal sentences.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"AMD dual-core demo pips Intel, IBM AMD has demonstrated the company #39;s first dual-core microprocessors. Dual-core processors offer improved performance over single-core chips, especially in multithreaded applications.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Exploring Andromeda (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - Although winter officially begins on Dec. 21 at 7:40 a.m. EST, \\ one of the landmarks of the autumn sky is still readily visible, high toward \\ the south around 7 p.m. local time.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Skybox updates risk management wares BOSTON - New software from Skybox Security will help companies monitor their networks and comply with U.S. federal and state data security regulations, and even help them prepare networks for dangerous new Internet worms, according to the company.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Revenge of the Sith turning DS, PSP, GBA to the dark side Ubisoft and LucasArts are teaming up to bring the adaptation of the third Star Wars prequel to all portables; will be released alongside the game in Spring 2005.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Screensaver Strikes Back at Spammers New software allows recipients of spam to band together to target known websites behind the messages. The idea is to bombard the sites with messages, slowing them down and making them more expensive to run.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Air Force to launch enterprise Microsoft initiative The U.S. Air Force tomorrow plans to announce an enterprisewide Microsoft software initiative that some analysts see as a prime example of how users can leverage their spending power to force vendors to deliver more secure products.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"HP Throttles Viruses Hewlett-Packard has developed a software program that could slow the spread of computer viruses and worms by acting as a quot;throttle quot; on unauthroized network activity.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Polygon shapes on Mars rock add to evidence of water Curious polygon shapes on the surface of Mars are among the latest evidence clearly suggesting the presence of water, and some of it may have appeared there even after the surface was bombarded by objects from distant space.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Dell recalls four million power adaptors About 4.4 million AC adapters sold worldwide with Dell notebooks between September 1998 and February 2002 were recalled on Friday because of a risk of overheating, which could lead to a fire or electrical shock, according to Dell.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Google Founders Selling Off Stock Google Founders Selling Off Stock\\\\Is this a sign that Google stack is overpriced? Or does it just mean that since there is so much interest in Google and its shares right now that the founders decided to sell off a big part of their holdings with the search engine. 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The release of this year #39;s two hottest video games - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Halo 2 - had gamers lined up at stores across the nation to pick up their pre-ordered games.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Cadence poaches another Intel server staffer <strong>IDF Fall '04<\/strong> Malhotra rejoins St. Fister", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Launcher eyes shuttle succession Boeing's huge Delta 4-Heavy rocket, set for lift-off on Saturday, may play a role in life after the space shuttle.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Can't Hide Your Lying ... Face? In search of the ultimate lie detector, researchers turn to thermal facial scans, brain wiring and eyeball tracking. But deception still, well, deceives. By Randy Dotinga.", + "label":3 + }, + { + "text":"Video: Taking It with You What kind of things do you want to be truly portable? 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