{"id": "ag-00877", "state": "For Now, Unwired Means Unlisted. That May Change. In October, most major cellphone carriers plan to start compiling a publicly accessible listing of wireless phone numbers.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-03656", "state": "Carrefour Dips Ahead of Expected Warning Carrefour SA #39;s shares dipped Tuesday amid reports that the world #39;s second largest retailer was to issue a profit warning when it posts third-quarter revenue later in the day.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-03646", "state": "Sports ; IHF awaiting invitation for Champions Trophy Sports News, New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) is expecting a formal letter of invitation from the game #39;s world governing body to replace Olympic champion Australia in the Champions Trophy at Lahore in December.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-04845", "state": "Harrington tied for first at Valderrama Padraig Harrington is tied for first at the Volvo Masters in Valderrama, at two under after 14 holes. Joining him at the top of the leaderbaod are Angel Cabrera, Brian Davis, and Alastair Forsyth.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-01647", "state": "Novell: Microsoft 'sucked \\$60 billion' out of IT CEO Jack Messman tells conference crowd that Microsoft's licence fees have hobbled the IT industry.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-06466", "state": "SmartPhones Get Smart In an attempt to become more useful, US researchers are developing new smartphone software which watches users calling and usage patterns and tries to learn how best to help.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-01216", "state": "Possible playoff preview A #39;s take a hit in Toronto but come home <b>...</b> If the playoffs opened right now, instead of next month, the A #39;s would face the Red Sox in the first round -- again. Boston bounced Oakland out of the postseason in five games last year, coming back from a 2-0 deficit to do so.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-00072", "state": "Cassini Spies Two Little Saturn Moons (AP) AP - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spied two new little moons around satellite-rich Saturn, the space agency said Monday.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-04477", "state": "Aon may face civil suit The office of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has uncovered evidence of improper business practices at Aon Corp., the world #39;s second-largest insurance broker, according to a published report.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-02401", "state": "Cadbury Says Annual Results to Be at Low End of Range (Update1) Cadbury Schweppes Plc, the maker of Dr Pepper and 7Up, said results will be at the lower #39; #39; end of the range it has targeted in the current fiscal year because of lack of demand in the US and European drinks markets.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-06055", "state": "IBM Says Swamps Rivals in Key UNIX Computer Test IBM (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday its workhorse commercial computers have smashed the industry #39;s most demanding tests, which analysts said creates ", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-05278", "state": "Defense is chief problem again The Tampa Bay Buccaneers found a way to beat the Kansas City Chiefs. They simply outscored them.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-06026", "state": "Google Unveils Service for Academics Google has launched Google Scholar, a search service aimed specifically at the academic community. The search tool will help scientists and academic researchers locate papers, theses and ", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-04871", "state": "LIBERIA: Religious riots erupt in Monrovia, curfew imposed MONROVIA, 29 October (IRIN) - Religious riots between Christians and Muslims erupted in the Liberian capital Monrovia on Thursday night and continued on Friday morning until UN peacekeeping troops restored order and the government imposed an indefinite ", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-05270", "state": "Fed Expected to Stay the Course for Now If there is a good rule of thumb about the Federal Reserve, it is this: A startling economic report is not enough to sway policy. When the Labor Department reported ", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-00482", "state": "Controversial US Overtime Rules Take Effect New overtime rules have taken effect in the United States that the government says will strengthen workers #39; rights, but opponents say will significantly reduce workers #39; pay.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-05249", "state": "Arafat Said to Have Liver Failure; PM to Visit  PARIS (Reuters) - Yasser Arafat, critically ill in a Paris  hospital, has suffered liver failure, a Palestinian official  said on Sunday as Arafat's subordinates decided in his absence  to enforce a law and order plan in Palestinian areas.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-00460", "state": "US men #39;s basketball routs Angola Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Tim Duncan led a balanced American attack with 15 points and seven rebounds, as the United States men #39;s basketball team completed the preliminary round with a resounding 89-53 victory over winless Angola.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-06829", "state": "Dollar Steady Ahead of Jobs Report  LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar held firm above this week's  record low against the euro on Friday, with dealers reluctant  to take positions ahead of key U.S. jobs figures.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-02461", "state": "Seoul says firms shipped lethal chemical to DPRK SEOUL: South Korean authorities stopped a shipment of a potentially lethal chemical to North Korea this year, but at least two other shipments got through to the communist state, South Korea said on Friday.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-01665", "state": "Nikkei Opens Higher Led by Tech Stocks  TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei share average was up 0.56  percent in early morning trade on Tuesday as another jump in  U.S. technology shares encouraged investors to step up buying  in local counterparts such as Advantest Corp.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-00097", "state": "Staples Profit Up, to Enter China Market  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Staples Inc. <A HREF=\"http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SPLS.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote\">SPLS.O</A>, the top U.S.  office products retailer, on Tuesday reported a 39 percent jump  in quarterly profit, raised its full-year forecast and said it  plans to enter the fast-growing Chinese market, sending its  shares higher.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-03215", "state": "Chiron Won't Make Flu Vaccine, Stock Down  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The company that makes half the flu  vaccine used in the United States said on Tuesday it will not  supply any vaccine for the coming flu season because of  problems at its plant in Britain, throwing a major U.S. flu  drive into disarray.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-06889", "state": "Hawks soar over Blue Stars The Division 4 Super Bowl last night featured two teams coming off 180-degree turnarounds.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-01626", "state": "Video game pioneer shoots for next level with cell phones (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Video game pioneer Trip Hawkins is going mobile. His latest act, a Silicon Valley company called Digital Chocolate, is developing games and \"lifestyle\" applications for portable phones. He hopes the new venture will turn out like the first he founded, Electronic Arts, the leading video game maker. His most recent gaming company, 3D0, went out of business after a decade. Hawkins spoke with USA TODAY's Edward C. Baigat last week's DemoMobile conference in La Jolla, Calif.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-00833", "state": "Conn. Man, 70, Oldest to Swim Channel LONDON - A retired Connecticut pilot has become the oldest person to swim the English Channel. George Brunstad, 70, left Dover, England, Saturday morning heading for the French Coast...", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-06000", "state": "US commercial crude oil reserves rise slightly US commercial crude oil inventories increased 800,000 barrels to 292.3 million in the week ending Nov. 12, the Energy Department reported Wednesday.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-04076", "state": "Myanmar PM sacked, arrested for corruption (AFP) AFP - Myanmar's Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt -- among the most reformist of the military regime's leaders -- has been sacked and placed under house arrest for alleged corruption, a Thai government spokesman said.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-00053", "state": "Vodafone hires Citi for Cesky bid (TheDeal.com) TheDeal.com - The U.K. mobile giant wants to find a way to disentagle the Czech wireless and fixed-line businesses.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-05661", "state": "Parker #39;s confidence key; Wade needs seasoning Tonight #39;s game featuring the Miami Heat and their three-time NBA finals MVP Shaquille O #39;Neal versus the San Antonio Spurs and their two-time NBA Finals MVP Tim Duncan has obvious potential as an early-season championship preview.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-07209", "state": "Important Rules for Phone Market Face F.C.C. Vote Next week, the FCC will likely change the rules on unbundled networks largely in ways favorable to the Regional bells.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-02056", "state": "Sudan: UN Ruling Won #39;t Help Stop Crisis KHARTOUM, Sudan Sept. 19, 2004 - A US-backed United Nations resolution threatening oil sanctions for the violence in Sudan #39;s Darfur region will only make it harder for the government to calm the insurrection there, a Sudanese official said Sunday.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-01278", "state": "Russia Says Attack Was To Ignite Regional War The guerrillas who took over a school in southern Russia argued heatedly over whether to abandon the siege in the moments leading up to the firestorm of explosions and shooting that killed hundreds, Russian officials said Monday.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-03268", "state": "Afghans rocky road to historic elections KALAKAN, Afghanistan There were toothless old men, turbaned and gray-bearded, and young men not yet old enough to shave. There were mullahs and mujahedeen, and the presidential candidate #39;s 3-year-old son.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-01246", "state": "Supah Blitz captures Del Mar BC Handicap After spending the first 29 starts of his career mostly confined to the East Coast, Supah Blitz found out what everyone eventually does - it #39;s much better at Del Mar. In his ", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-06483", "state": "ASEAN to push Australia, New Zealand to sign non-aggression pact (AFP) AFP - Southeast Asian foreign ministers said they would encourage Australia and New Zealand to accede to a non-aggression pact with their 10-nation ASEAN group that South Korea signed.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-05627", "state": "U.S. to Allow Some Telemarketing 'Robo Calls'  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Telemarketers will be able to use  prerecorded \"robo calls\" to stay in touch with established  customers starting next week -- at least for the short term,  U.S. regulators said Friday.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-04422", "state": "US security official killed in Iraq attack A US security official, assigned to the US Embassy in Baghdad, was killed on Sunday by a mortar attack on a US Army base near Baghdad International Airport, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-04866", "state": "Secret Service Busts Internet Organized Crime Ring Feds allege 1.7 million stolen credit card numbers were involved in global scam.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-02880", "state": "Ichiro now one hit from Sisler #39;s hits record In a fitting microcosm of the Seattle Mariners #39; season, Ichiro Suzuki took oen more step toward history while his embattled team suffered another loss.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-05645", "state": "Iverson Answers Bell in OT PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12 (Ticker) -- It seemed like a highly unlikely game for Allen Iverson to sink his first career game-winning buzzer-beater.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-03234", "state": "NBA Star Pippen Announces Retirement National Basketball Association star Scottie Pippen has announced his retirement from the game, leaving the Chicago Bulls team he helped lead to six NBA titles.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-00067", "state": "Jackson Squares Off With Prosecutor SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Fans of Michael Jackson erupted in cheers Monday as the pop star emerged from a double-decker tour bus and went into court for a showdown with the prosecutor who has pursued him for years on child molestation charges...", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-05637", "state": "New Ivory Coast Violence Shatters French Connection Chanting  quot;We want the French! quot; a crowd of armed and angry young men swept past La Planta, a club owned by an Ivorian. They started to attack the nearby Byblos ", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-06440", "state": "Nintendo moving into online within 3 to 4 years Comments attributed to Nintendo #39;s Shigeru Miyamoto in this week #39;s Famitsu magazine indicate that the company is planning to bring its systems online within a three to four year timescale, with DS leading the way.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-04007", "state": "G5, PISANU: EUROPOL PLAYS KEY ROLE AGAINST TERRORISM (AGI) - Florence, Italy, Oct.18 -  quot;EuroPol must play a key role in the struggle against terorrism quot; said Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu, illustrating the results of the G5 (Italy, UK, France, Germany, Spain) Interior Ministers meeting held today in ", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-01631", "state": "FDA OKs Kit Used with Hemophilia Therapy  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals said on Monday it  received U.S. regulatory approval for a kit designed to help  patients with the blood disorder hemophilia get regular  treatments more quickly and safely.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-04004", "state": "'Frankenfish' Caught in Great Lakes (Reuters) Reuters - The dreaded Northern Snakehead, a\\voracious predator dubbed the \"Frankenfish\" that can breathe\\out of water and wriggle across land, has invaded the Great\\Lakes, authorities said on Friday.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-01690", "state": "Microsoft, Polycom team on collaboration products Microsoft Corp. and Polycom Inc. have struck a multi-year agreement to link Microsoft's Office Live Communications Server with Polycom's conferencing products, the companies plan to announce Tuesday.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-06464", "state": "WR Grace Is Likely to Face Indictment in Montana Case By Bloomberg News. WR Grace  amp; Company, a producer of chemicals and building material that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001 amid thousands of asbestos-related claims, said yesterday ", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-05214", "state": "Woods Leads in Atlanta Playing his best golf of the year in the season-ending Tour Championship, Tiger Woods shoots a 5-under 65, leaving him tied with Jay Haas.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-03618", "state": "Mauresmo retires, Davenport wins Porsche Tennis Grand Prix This was not the way that American Lindsay Davenport wanted to claim her second career title at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. In a match between the top two ", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-04428", "state": "Jaguars 27 Colts 24 INDIANAPOLIS Byron Leftwich was flawless on a 30-yard drive in the final four minutes, and rookie kicker Josh Scobee made a season-long 53-yard field goal to help the Jacksonville Jaguars pull off a 27-to-24 win over Indianapolis.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-04021", "state": "IBM Unveils New Storage Technology IBM recently unveiled the TotalStorage DS6000, a roughly VCR-size system aimed at mid-size businesses. The new DS8000 series system features IBM Power5 microprocessors and IBM #39;s Virtualization ", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-02807", "state": "Success For Spaceship One MOJAVE -- Burt Rutan #39;s space ship one made its first trip into sub-orbital outer space in pursuit of the \\$10 million Ansari X Prize.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-06800", "state": "US Says No Plans to Sign New Climate Change Pacts (Reuters) Reuters - The United States, considered an\\environmental laggard by its critics, is unlikely to sign any\\new pacts on climate change at a key environmental meeting this\\month, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-02893", "state": "IAAF to increase anti-doping measures The IAAF will increase testing and funding as well as cooperation with the World Anti-Doping Agency in its bid to detect and stem the use of new performance-enhancing substances, the sport #39;s governing body said Sunday.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-00047", "state": "Dell Exits Low-End China Consumer PC Market  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dell Inc. <DELL.O>, the world's  largest PC maker, said on Monday it has left the low-end  consumer PC market in China and cut its overall growth target  for the country this year due to stiff competition in the  segment.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-02860", "state": "POLITICAL POINTS  1:27 PM Sorry Is the Hardest Word It did not go unnoticed among the press corps traveling with President Bush that British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized this week to fellow Labor Party officials for the fact that, as it ", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-05213", "state": "Eleusis wins Long Island  #39;cap; Personal Legend wins Turnback the <b>...</b> Eleusis made a successful US debut by beating Literacy by 2\\\\ lengths in Aqueduct #39;s Saturday feature, the Grade II, \\$150,000 Long Island Handicap for fillies and mares 3 and older.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-03297", "state": "Plutonium: rising terror threat The radioactive element could be used to make weapons just as dangerous as enriched uranium bombs.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-04480", "state": "Yahoo! email acquisition aims to keep Google in view Stata Labs previously sold two products Bloomba and SAproxy Pro which have now been withdrawn from sale. Saproxy was an anti-spam product whilst Bloomba was an email management system which allows users to ", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-06417", "state": "US official murdered in Baghdad WASHINGTON: A US State Department official who worked with the Iraqi ministers of education and higher education was murdered in Baghdad by a group linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the group claimed on Thursday.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-04009", "state": "Apple and U2 co-host autumn music special The links between Apple and U2 grow stronger, with Apple #39;s announcement that it will hold a special music event next week on October 26.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-00430", "state": "Trial of Accused US Vigilantes Resumes KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 23, 2004 - A defense lawyer for one of three Americans accused of torturing a dozen Afghan prisoners in a private jail showed a video in court Monday of Afghanistan #39;s former education ", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-05686", "state": "GAME UNDER FIRE Attacking police officers, racial slurs, bloody beatings of innocent bystanders ... is it really just a game? In four and a half minutes, 14-year-old Ryan Mason ran over a police officer, stole his gun and shot and killed three innocent bystanders.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-04852", "state": "Thai inquiry over Muslim deaths The Thai prime minister pledges to set up an independent inquiry into the deaths of 78 Muslim protesters in police custody.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-04837", "state": "National Foods to look for protector 29/10/2004 National Foods will hunt for a  quot;white knight quot; to protect it from Fonterras \\$A1.62 billion (\\$NZ1.76 billion) bid, raising the risk New Zealand dairy farmers will get dragged into an expensive bidding war.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-05691", "state": "Microsoft takes lead in handheld market Microsoft Corp., worlds largest software maker, increased its market shares of Windows CE, operating system for handheld devices, in the third quarter of this year, stated a research study conducted by Gartner, Inc.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-05605", "state": "Microsoft probing reported flaws in Windows XP SP2 NOVEMBER 12, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Microsoft Corp. yesterday said it is investigating claims that several new vulnerabilities have been found in Windows XP Service Pack 2 by security firm Finjan Software Inc.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-06854", "state": "EU force takes over in Bosnia A European Union force yesterday took over peacekeeping in Bosnia from Nato for an operation seen as a test of the EU #39;s military aspirations and credibility.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-00057", "state": "Delegates Urge Cleric to Pull Out of Najaf BAGHDAD, Iraq - Delegates at Iraq's National Conference called on radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to abandon his uprising against U.S. and Iraqi troops and pull his fighters out of a holy shrine in Najaf...", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-01678", "state": "Sony group to buy MGM A consortium led by Sony Corp. has agreed in principle to acquire famed Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. for nearly \\$3 billion, MGM said late yesterday.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-06453", "state": "Recording Industry, File-Share Face Off The next chapter in the global legal battle between the recording industry and file-sharing services is due to unfold here Monday when the owners of the hugely popular Kazaa software go on trial on civil copyright infringement charges.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-01256", "state": "Iraqi Kidnappers of French Reporters Demand Ransom (Update1) The Iraqi kidnappers of two French reporters who have been missing since Aug. 20 today demanded a \\$5 million ransom as a condition for their release, according to a statement posted on an Islamic Web site.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-01294", "state": "UK broadband usage doubles in past six months New research from NOP, shows that more of the UK Internet population are progressing to broadband - with usage at 41 per cent up from 27 per cent just six months ago, and an increase in females using the internet.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-07270", "state": "Intuit gets deeper into IT, revamps Quicken The software maker adds a network management application. It also updates its Quicken personal-finance software.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-00863", "state": "Ankiel solid in rehab start, unsure about future More that three years since he threw his last pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals, Ankiel gave up one unearned run and one hit in six innings Sunday for Triple-A Memphis in what could be his final start in the minors.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-07251", "state": "UK #39;s Jaguar Workers Vote Against Strike Workers at Ford Motor Co. #39;s luxury British car unit, Jaguar, voted against a strike over plans to cut jobs and scale back production, unions said on Monday.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-01293", "state": "Cairn Energy sees profits slide British oil and gas firm Cairn Energy has seen profits drop 40, but reports strong reserves in its Indian oil fields.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-00871", "state": "Beijing gears up for 2008 Although the Beijing Olympics is still four years away, the Chinese capital is already gearing up to host the event. The city of over 12 million is refurbishing ancient landmarks in ", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-05272", "state": "UK Train Line to Be Closed for Days #39; After Fatal Derailment A main rail line between London and southwest England will remain closed for a number of days #39; #39; as UK police investigate the weekend derailment of a FirstGroup Plc train, in which seven people lost their lives.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-06082", "state": "PeopleSoft Chief Threatens to Sue Over Oracle Statements PeopleSoft's chief executive accused Oracle of spreading misleading information about his stock sales and threatened to sue for defamation.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-00096", "state": "Injured Heskey to miss England friendly NEWCASTLE, England (AP) - Striker Emile Heskey has pulled out of the England squad ahead of Wednesday #39;s friendly against Ukraine because of a tight hamstring, the Football Association said Tuesday. ", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-04801", "state": "Hobbit-sized Humans Called Homo floresiensis Discovered by <b>...</b> Long live the real Bilbo Baggins, the first Little People of the World, Homo floresiensis and Homo sapien archeologists Michael Morwood, Peter Brown and Professor Soejono!", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-06400", "state": "Detailed View of Dione Summary - (Nov 25, 2004) Cassini took this amazing photograph of Dione, one of Saturn #39;s larger moons, on October 27 when it was 1.2 million km (746,000 miles) away.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-00855", "state": "A  #39;new Greece #39; beams after success of Games As Greeks get a boost, it remains unclear if success will mean higher stature in Europe. By Peter Ford  Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-01260", "state": "Reds pick up Miley #39;s option for 2005 Reds general manager Dan O #39;Brien said Sunday what he has hinted at for the last month or so: Dave Miley and his staff will be back for 2005.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-02821", "state": "Sales, Sun surge ahead The Connecticut Sun had an off game last Saturday, when they dropped the opener of their WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Washington Mystics.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-02836", "state": "General Mills goes whole grains NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - General Mills announced plans Thursday to start using healthier whole grains in all of its ready-to-eat cereals, including children #39;s cereals such as Trix, Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-02082", "state": "Microsoft Opens Office Source Code to Governments Microsoft Corp. will allow governments around the world that use its software to have controlled access to the source code for its pervasive Microsoft Office 2003 desktop offerings for the first time.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-00462", "state": "New Russian-US Team to Leave for ISS in October MOSCOW (AFP) -- A new Russian-US team for the International Space Station (ISS) will take off from the Baikonur space station in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan in October, Russian space officials said.       The three-person team, due to be approved on Thursday, will leave for the ISS on board a Russian Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft, Russia's Federal Space Agency, Roskosmos said on its website...", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-01281", "state": "NL Wrap: Backe Pitches, Hits Astros to Win Over Reds Brandon Backe pitched seven innings and clubbed a two-run homer, the first of his major league career, to earn the Houston Astros an 11-5 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Monday.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-06447", "state": "Four employees of British security firm slain by mortar attack in <b>...</b> A mortar attack killed four employees of a British security firm and wounded 15 others in the Baghdad #39;s Green Zone, a fortified area that houses the ", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-03233", "state": "Blair Flies to Sudan to Press for Darfur Peace (Reuters) Reuters - Britain's Tony Blair flew to Khartoum on\\Wednesday as the most senior yet in a parade of Western\\government figures seeking to pressure Sudanese officials over\\violence in Darfur province.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-02419", "state": "Massive Merger of Galaxies is the Most Powerful on Record Scientists have now officially witnessed the perfect cosmic storm. Thanks to the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton observatory, they watched a nearby head-on collision between two galaxy clusters. The clusters smashed together thousands of galaxies and trillions of stars in one of the most powerful events ever witnessed.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-04494", "state": "Sony NW-E95 and NW-E99 Network Walkman Sony Europe has launched two tiny 512MB and 1GB MP3 players, the NW-E95 and NW-E99 Network Walkman. Both play MP3 (Sony has officially bit the mp3 bullet) and ATRAC3plus compressed files and have a small blue backlit LCD screen.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-01252", "state": "Retailers Looking to Move Plasma TV's (AP) AP - Hanging stockings by the chimney with care? Retailers hope that St. Nicholas soon will be there  #151; to hang a 42-inch plasma-screen TV.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-05271", "state": "Government gets tough as South Korea's labor reform sparks protests (AFP) AFP - The South Korean government is warning of tough action against union militancy as legislation aimed at increasing flexibility in South Korea's labor market triggered a head-on collision with labor groups.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-06881", "state": "Bonds Could Have Unknowingly Taken Steroids  OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Barry Bonds took creams and  oils that could have contained steroids, but did so unknowingly  out of blind faith in his trainer and best friend, the baseball  player's lawyer said on Friday.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-00880", "state": "Infocus: Deploying Network Access Quarantine Control, Part 2 This article discusses Network Access Quarantine Control in Windows Server 2003, which allows administrators to quarantine mobile users and verify their security posture before giving them full access to the network. Part 2 of 2.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-01259", "state": "Button defends F1 decision Britain #39;s Jenson Button has justified his decision to leave BAR for Williams as the dispute over his future moves towards a conclusion.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-03223", "state": "Biography of a Worm Can anything stop the next global virus outbreak? We follow the trail of one recent worm to see how the security system works--and whether it can be fixed.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-06403", "state": "Deputy prime minister lauds decision of Ukrainian court in disputed election (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Deputy prime minister Anne McLellan has applauded the intervention of Ukraine's supreme court in that country's disputed presidential election.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-03692", "state": "Starbucks CEO to Retire, Shares Fall Starbucks Corp. (SBUX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said its chief executive, Orin Smith, will retire next year, surprising investors, who sent the coffee shop chain #39;s shares lower in after-hours trading.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-07245", "state": "Spanish Leader Denies Gain From Bombings (AP) AP - Spain's prime minister, heckled Monday by opposition lawmakers, angrily denied his Socialist party instigated anti-government rallies on the eve of a general election to reap political benefit from the Madrid train bombings.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-03637", "state": "Japan loses whale trade bid A UN meeting has harpooned a Japanese bid to ease curbs on trade in whale products, but a defiant Tokyo accused the West of  quot;cultural imperialism quot; and vowed to press efforts to expand whaling.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-00069", "state": "Suspect charged in abduction, sexual assault of 11-year-old girl (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - LANGLEY, B.C. (CP) - Police have arrested a man in the kidnapping and sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl that frightened this suburban Vancouver community last week.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-02858", "state": "Cubs brushed back Chicago loses wild-card lead after ninth-inning <b>...</b> Austin Kearns knows he #39;ll be back home in Louisville, Ky., once the regular season ends on Sunday. The Cincinnati Reds outfielder did his best Wednesday to keep the Chicago Cubs ", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-01291", "state": "Drug makers target counterfeits Big pharmaceutical companies are testing new tracking technology they hope will help them spot counterfeit drugs before they reach consumers' medicine cabinets.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-03677", "state": "Madrid draw with Villarreal to retain 2nd place Real Madrid played without four regulars and settled for a 0-0 draw with Villarreal yesterday, leaving them nine points behind Spanish league leaders FC Barcelona after 14 games.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-04830", "state": "Sluman shoots course-mark 62 Consistency was the key to Jeff Sluman #39;s record-breaking round on Thursday on the difficult Copperhead Course at the Westin Innisbrook Resort.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-04454", "state": "FERGUSON ATTACKED IN TUNNEL BUST-UP SIR ALEX FERGUSON was pelted with food and pea soup by an Arsenal player in an extraordinary tunnel bust-up at Old Trafford yesterday.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-04065", "state": "GM Protests Spread Across Europe Tens of thousands of General Motors workers across Europe were set to stop working on Tuesday in a sign of solidarity with their German colleagues, who face massive job cuts.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-04458", "state": "Cardinals unable to solve Schilling The first at-bat of the game seemed to go on and on, with Red Sox starting pitcher Curt Schilling aiming to end the inning with little damage, and St. Louis leadoff batter Edgar Renteria aiming to throw a wrench is his game plan. Twelve pitches later, after several fouls, Schilling got Renteria to ground out to shortstop.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-00411", "state": "Roundup: Pleasantly Perfect takes Pacific Classic Favored Pleasantly Perfect took charge down the stretch to win by a length in the 14th running of the \\$1 million Pacific Classic yesterday at Del Mar. Pleasantly ", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-06494", "state": "Pompey start life without Harry with a win London - Portsmouth have recovered from the shock of manager Harry Redknapp #39;s resignation in midweek to give new executive director Velimir Zajec his first win.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-00082", "state": "Dollar Near Recent Lows, Awaits ZEW/CPI  LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar held steady near this week's  four-week low against the euro on Tuesday with investors  awaiting a German investor confidence survey and U.S. consumer  inflation numbers to shed light on the direction.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-01249", "state": "Super powers make move on September BUOYED by ever-increasing crowd figures and television ratings, rugby union yesterday announced a significant expansion of the southern hemisphere season which includes an assault on the traditional September AFL and NRL finals series.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-00095", "state": "Eriksson doesn #39;t feel any extra pressure following scandal NEWCASTLE, England (AP) - England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said Tuesday he isn #39;t under any extra pressure in the aftermath of a scandal that damaged the Football Association #39;s reputation. ", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-06454", "state": "Board with Mukesh: Reliance Mumbai, Nov. 26: Mukesh Ambani apparently commands the full support of the board on all recent decisions, including the controversial one that elevated him to the final authority in the group.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-00090", "state": "U.S. Brokers Cease-fire in Western Afghanistan  KABUL (Reuters) - The United States has brokered a  cease-fire between a renegade Afghan militia leader and the  embattled governor of the western province of Herat,  Washington's envoy to Kabul said Tuesday.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-00030", "state": "They've caught his eye In  quot;helping themselves, quot; Ricky Bryant, Chas Gessner, Michael Jennings, and David Patten did nothing Friday night to make Bill Belichick's decision on what to do with his receivers any easier.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-00867", "state": "Federal-Mogul May Sell Turner  amp; Newall Assets, Independent Says Federal-Mogul Corp., the bankrupt US engineering company, may sell its UK-based Turner  amp; Newall Plc after the UK division #39;s independent pension trustee rejected a \\$130 million cash offer ", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-04444", "state": "In Haiti, Peacekeepers Take on Militants Using armored cars and earth movers, U.N. peacekeepers and Haitian police moved into an area early Sunday controlled by militants loyal to ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, protecting workers removing burned out cars used as road blocks.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-06077", "state": "Spurs 88, 76ers 80 The Philadelphia 76ers got a firsthand demonstration of why Tim Duncan might be the toughest player in the NBA to defend. Duncan scored a season-high 34 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Spurs to ", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-06850", "state": "Wal-Mart Brightens Dec. Sales Forecast  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. <A HREF=\"http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WMT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote\">WMT.N</A>, the  world's biggest retailer, on Monday brightened its outlook for  December sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, seeing  sales up 3 percent bolstered by post-Christmas spending.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-06049", "state": "Nike Co-Founder Knight Steps Down as CEO (Reuters) Reuters - Nike Inc.  co-founder\\Philip Knight, who helped transform a small-start up business\\into the world's biggest athletic shoe company, will step down\\as chief executive officer, the company said on Thursday.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-00897", "state": "Typhoon Chaba Kills Four in Japan Powerful Typhoon Chaba has plowed into southern Japan, sweeping at least four people to their deaths and injuring more than 30 as it knocked out power to thousands.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-05681", "state": "Firefox Leaves No Reason to Endure Internet Explorer That should have been said a long time ago. After Microsoft cemented a monopoly of the Web-browser market, it let Internet Explorer go stale, parceling out ho-hum updates that neglected vulnerabilities ", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-02843", "state": "Blue Chips Drop After Merck Announcement  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips were lower on Thursday  after drug company and Dow component Merck   Co.<A HREF=\"http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MRK.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote\">MRK.N</A> said it  was withdrawing a key drug, casting a dark mood over the market  as oil prices remained above \\$49 a barrel.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-02442", "state": "Calvin Murphy removed as Rockets broadcaster Murphy will go to trial Nov. 4 on charges he molested his daughters, a state district judge said Tuesday. Murphy is charged with three counts of indecency with a child and three counts of aggravated sexual assault, punishable by up to life in prison.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-07203", "state": "Iran to cease negotiations with EU in case of dead end A top Iranian official said Sunday that Iran would withdraw from the negotiations with the European Union (EU) if the upcoming talks in Brussels turned into a dead-end, the official IRNA news agency reported.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-02068", "state": "New Zealand Court Rejects Air NZ-Qantas Alliance (Update1) New Zealand #39;s High Court rejected a proposed alliance between Air New Zealand Ltd., the nation #39;s largest airline, and Australia #39;s Qantas Airways Ltd.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-06473", "state": "Iran, EU Negotiators Seek Nuke Agreement (AP) AP - A key U.N. atomic agency meeting adjourned for the weekend, giving Iran time to consider a total freeze of a program that could make weapons grade uranium and for delegates to decide on further steps in policing Tehran's nuclear activities.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-01248", "state": "From overtime rules to job losses from outsourcing overseas to <b>...</b> Labor Day is one of those terms, like driveway and parkway, that means the opposite of what it seems to mean. Honoring the nation #39;s workers, Labor Day is not for working but for picnics.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-06817", "state": "Crude Oil Ekes Out Small Bounce  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Battered oil prices struggled on  Friday to shake off this week's \\$6 slump, edging up from a  12-week low after a massive round of selling triggered by  easing worries about winter supply.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-05263", "state": "Islamic group threatens to kill Indian cricketers in Bangladesh (AFP) AFP - A little known radical Islamic group has threatened to kill Indian cricketers when they tour Bangladesh from Tuesday, the Indian High Commission told AFP.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-06431", "state": "NBA brawl sends wrong message to all of us Ever since last Friday night #39;s NBA brawl in Detroit, I have tried to make sense out of the whole mess. I have watched replay after replay of the ordeal, hoping to come up with some sort of reason ", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-01697", "state": "A target for terrorists An election campaign parades the political divide in the community. Yesterday, amid the extraordinary uncertainty about whether Australians had been taken hostage in Iraq, we saw the glue that unites the two sides of politics.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-04401", "state": "Iran Says EU Nuclear Proposal Unacceptable  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Sunday turned down a European  Union proposal that it stop enriching uranium in return for  nuclear technology.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-01263", "state": "Blast kills seven US Marines in Iraq A massive car bomb exploded on the outskirts of the Iraqi city of Fallujah, killing seven United States Marines and wounding several others, a US military official said.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-02822", "state": "Poor? Who #39;s poor? Poverty is down The proportion of people living on less than \\$1 a day decreased from 40 to 21 per cent of the global population between 1981 and 2001, says the World Bank #39;s latest annual report.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-02802", "state": "Britain extends citizenship rights to Gurkha soldiers (AFP) AFP - Britain has extended full citizenship rights to Gurkha soldiers from Nepal who serve in the British armed forces, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-04822", "state": "Pension sales help to lift Aviva The UK's biggest insurer unveils better than expected sales figures for the first nine months of the year.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-07274", "state": "NASA administrator to resign WASHINGTON: Sean O #39;Keefe, is resigning after three tumultuous years heading the US space program, the White House said Monday.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-03280", "state": "Zingo keeps Manganese Bronze in red (FT.com) FT.com - Losses from its Zingo mobile phone cab-ordering service kept Manganese Bronze Holdings, maker of London taxis, in the red last year.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-05280", "state": "Start-ups are discovering they might have to wait until the timing is right Is the market for initial public offerings open or closed? Few questions loom larger for venture capital firms, which risk money on entrepreneurial companies and look for ''liquidity events quot; that will help them recoup their investments. But more than at any other time in the recent past, the answer may depend on your vantage point.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-06072", "state": "Nike co-founder stepping down president effective December 28 after more than a year-long search. Knight, 66, who also will give up his title of president,. chairman, quot; Knight said in a statement on Thursday.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-04853", "state": "Search Engine Marketing: Outsource or In House? Search Engine Marketing: Outsource or In House?\\\\The next Search Engine Strategies session I thought would be interesting to report on was Search Engine Marketing: Outsource or In House?. Chris Sherman is moderating this panel, which includes Drew Graham from Kelkoo, Bill Hunt from IBM, Joseph Morin from Autobytel (SEW Forum ...", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-02474", "state": "US Airways To Ask Court For Pay Cuts S Airways said yesterday that it would ask a bankruptcy judge to approve emergency pay cuts - which its unions said would be 23 percent - and other moves to raise cash.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-04093", "state": "UPDATE 2-Sprint raises forecast, cuts \\$3.5 bln from assets Sprint Corp. (FON.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday reported a larger third-quarter loss due to a \\$3.5 billion write-down in the value of its long-distance assets.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-01244", "state": "Sox rookie Diaz dials it up against Ichiro, Mariners The Felix Diaz who struggled mightily for most of the time he has spent at the major league level this season was nowhere to be found Sunday afternoon, and that was a most pleasant development as far as the White Sox were concerned.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-04434", "state": "Hendrick Motorsports Plane Crash Kills 10 (AP) AP - A plane owned by the Hendrick Motorsports organization crashed Sunday on its way to a NASCAR race, killing all 10 people aboard, federal officials said. A spokesman for a funeral home where the bodies were being taken said the dead included the son, brother and two nieces of Rick Hendrick, owner of one of the most successful organizations in NASCAR history.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-04867", "state": "Feds Charge 28 in ID Theft Ring Agents at the US Secret Service unmasked 28 people who thought they were safe behind anonymous identities and charged them in connection with alleged ID Theft activities.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-01241", "state": "Coca-Cola closer to settling EU antitrust case NEW YORK, September 3 (New Ratings) - The European Union has reportedly made significant progress in settling its prolonged antitrust case against The Coca-Cola Co (KO.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-07255", "state": "Mazu scores VC lifeblood from Symantec, others Mazu Networks, the Cambridge, Massachusetts, network intrusion prevention system (IPS) technology company, has secured another round of venture capital funding, including a stake from security software giant Symantec.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-01214", "state": "Under Attack, Director Says Hollinger's Black Misled Him Richard N. Perle, a director at the media company Hollinger International who was criticized in an internal report, says he was duped by its former chief, Conrad M. Black.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-03697", "state": "7 U.S. Groups Ask U.N. for Vote Observers (AP) AP - Seven American activist groups asked the United Nations on Monday to provide international observers for next month's presidential election.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-05241", "state": "Badgers ride early surge MADISON, Wis. -- Anthony Davis ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns, and quarterback John Stocco threw for a career-high 297 yards and a touchdown as No. 5 Wisconsin remained unbeaten with a 38-14 rout of archrival Minnesota. Stocco also ran for two touchdowns as the Badgers, 9-0 for the third time in school history, moved into a first-place tie ...", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-03634", "state": "Oil prices close to record highs Oil prices hover just below Monday's record peaks in Asian trade, amid continued concerns over global supply shortages.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-02052", "state": "Bojinov Drives Lecce Into First Valeri Bojinov - Bulgarias answer to Wayne Rooney -etted twice as Lecce took a conditional Serie A lead with a 4-1 cruise past Brescia.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-06855", "state": "ETA Seals Off Madrid with 5 Bombs, 2 Police Hurt (Reuters) Reuters - The Basque separatist group ETA set off\\five bombs at petrol stations around Madrid on Friday, putting\\a stranglehold on the city at the start of a long holiday\\weekend.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-06893", "state": "Germans plan mass welfare rallies Nationwide protests are set to take place in Germany as cuts in unemployment benefit take effect.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-04073", "state": "Trust Digital Gets CEO, Cash Influx Trust Digital Inc., a McLean software company, is getting a new chief executive and \\$3.1 million in new investments as it tries to expand its business making security software for wireless devices. <FONT face=\"verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica\" size=\"-2\"\\ color=\"#666666\"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-04098", "state": "Wells Fargo Profit Rises 12 Percent  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo   Co. <A HREF=\"http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WFC.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote\">WFC.N</A>, the No. 4  U.S. bank, on Tuesday said third-quarter profit rose a  lower-than-expected 12 percent after a downturn in home  mortgage lending.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-04873", "state": "Bush seeks Schwarzenegger's muscle, as missing explosives cast campaign shadow (AFP) AFP - President George W. Bush called on the star power of actor-turned-California-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to boost his campaign appeal as Democratic challenger John Kerry shifted his attack from missing explosives in Iraq to domestic economics.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-05674", "state": "Will Hutton There were two stories last week that will have world-shaping implications. The first was in a Paris hospital and a compound in Ramallah.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-00414", "state": "Downer dismisses  #39;sexed up #39; Iraq warning claims SYDNEY : Foreign Minister Alexander Downer dismissed newspaper claims the Australian government was repeatedly warned its support for the Iraq war would impede the fight against terrorism.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-04402", "state": "Her aim: Give Tufts-NEMC intensive care For 10 years, Ellen Zane oversaw community doctors for Partners HealthCare, the parent organization of Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's hospitals and the biggest and most profitable hospital and physician network in Massachusetts. Then in December, she became chief executive of a very different institution: Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood. Tufts-NEMC is not only smaller, it's ...", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-00889", "state": "Challenger disappoints with writedown The Kerry Packer-backed Challenger Financial Services Group has reported its first net loss since incorporating, impacted by a massive writedown of goodwill.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-00027", "state": "Tougher rules won't soften Law's game FOXBOROUGH -- Looking at his ridiculously developed upper body, with huge biceps and hardly an ounce of fat, it's easy to see why Ty Law, arguably the best cornerback in football, chooses physical play over finesse. That's not to imply that he's lacking a finesse component, because he can shut down his side of the field much as Deion Sanders ...", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-04875", "state": "Ghostzapper Has Speed to Burn GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex.<br>The most brilliant American racehorse in years has labored in relative obscurity until now. But when he runs Saturday in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Lone Star Park, Ghostzapper can demonstrate his talent to the world and, quite possibly, win the horse-of-the-year...", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-06435", "state": "Yukos considers self-destruction Shareholders in Yukos are considering liquidation or filing for bankruptcy, after deciding against a rescue plan for the embattled Russian oil firm.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-03651", "state": "Authorities shut down UK-based news Web sites US authorities, participating in an international investigation, have shut down 20 independent news Web sites run by the Independent Media Center (Indymedia) by seizing two UK-based Web servers, the group said on Friday.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-05618", "state": "UPDATE 4-New York #39;s Spitzer charges Universal Life with fraud New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Friday filed suit against Universal Life Resources (ULR), charging the life and disability insurance broker with taking fraudulent kick-backs for steering business to certain insurers ", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-02094", "state": "The battle for DR Congo's wildlife As donors pledge \\$40m to save DR Congo's wildlife, life in Virunga Park remains a battle ground.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-04466", "state": "U.S. Urges China to Push for More N.Korea Talks  BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell urged  China on Monday to exert its influence over North Korea to  resume stalled talks on scrapping its nuclear weapons programs  and pressed Beijing to accept a Taiwan offer of talks.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-00856", "state": "Jimenez wins BMW Open with final-round 66 Spain #39;s Miguel Angel Jimenez won the BMW Open, his fourth title on the European tour this season, and Colin Montgomerie was one of six golfers to claim Ryder Cup berths Sunday.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-02422", "state": "Group Questions E-Voting Security Black Box Voting hopes to halt the use of Diebold's voting machines.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-02436", "state": "Linux security boost p2pnet.net News:- A European consortium, including Linux-distributor Mandrakesoft, has won an \\$8.6 million contract to boost Linux #39; security, says a TechWeb story, going on that the French Ministry of Defense is,  quot;expected to make the operating system ", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-03213", "state": "Oil Hits \\$51 a Barrel on Supply Outage  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices hit a new record of more  than \\$51 a barrel Tuesday as a prolonged U.S. production outage  following Hurricane Ivan attracted fresh speculative buying.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-06853", "state": "Nikkei up by midmorning; Intel update supports techs TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Japanese stock indexes rose by midmorning Friday as Intel #39;s higher-than-expected sales forecast listed the Japanese tech sector.", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-04071", "state": "Pro Hockey Notebook: 10/19/04 Courtney Prince, 25, of Manhattan, a former captain of the New York Rangers #39; skating cheerleading squad sued the owner of Madison Square Garden, saying she was fired after she told ", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-02031", "state": "Auburn Converts Second Chance to Stun LSU Three days after Hurricane Ivan ravaged the state, in a game that almost did not take place, 14th-ranked Auburn rallied Saturday for dramatic 10-9 victory over No.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-05625", "state": "Coalition asks US Congress to kill copyright bill WASHINGTON - A coalition of technology and advocacy groups on Friday asked the U.S. Senate to kill copyright legislation that might result in jail time for people who trade copyrighted files online.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-06011", "state": "On Google's Horizon ... Microsoft (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Careful followers of search-engine giant Google surely took note this morning of reports that the company is reiterating an earlier warning that its future growth could fall below expectations.  As the BBC News reported, the company \"has warned that fiercer competition is set to hit sales growth. The firm, which had a successful share flotation earlier this year, said its rate of growth from the second quarter to the third may not be sustainable.\"", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-00419", "state": "North Korea Says the Tyrant is Bush, not Kim North Korea says it sees no reason to join a working-level meeting with the United States to prepare for further six-party talks on the communist state #39;s nuclear weapons development.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-02449", "state": "Calif. OKs World's Toughest Smog Rules LOS ANGELES - California air regulators Friday unanimously approved the world's most stringent rules to reduce auto emissions that contribute to global warming - a move that could affect car and truck buyers from coast to coast.    Under the regulations, the auto industry must cut exhaust from cars and light trucks by 25 percent and from larger trucks and sport utility vehicles by 18 percent...", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-02409", "state": "McDOWELL SUCCEEDS WHERE AMERICANS FAIL Nobody and nothing could overshadow Colin Montgomerie last week, but Ulsterman Graeme McDowell was doing it at Woburn again today.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-00080", "state": "Kerry Widens Lead in California, Poll Finds (Reuters) Reuters - Democratic challenger John Kerry\\has a commanding lead over President Bush in California of 54\\percent to 38 percent among likely voters, a poll released on\\Tuesday found.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-05653", "state": "Tennis: Mauresmo books semi-final berth at WTA Tour Championships LOS ANGELES : France #39;s Amelie Mauresmo has booked her berth in the semi-finals of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia.", "label": "sports"}
{"id": "ag-04491", "state": "PalmOne Treo 650 Arrives The PalmOne Treo 650 Smartphone with high-resolution screen, Bluetooth, swappable battery and extended multimedia capabilities was officially announced today.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-06487", "state": "Rioters firebomb police station TERRIFIED police have told how they feared they would die as a rampaging mob burnt down the police station in which they were trapped on Palm Island, off north Queensland.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-05620", "state": "Video phones act as dating tools Plus: At 80, fractal discoverer Benoit Mandelbrot says he has much math work left to do. News.com Extra", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-07284", "state": "Afghanistan Official Bashardost Resigns (AP) AP - An Afghan Cabinet minister resigned Monday after President Hamid Karzai rejected his drive to shut down relief groups he accused of wasting money on expensive cars and houses.", "label": "world"}
{"id": "ag-02080", "state": "Bernhard is off the list for key GM post General Motors Corp. won #39;t offer its top advanced vehicle development job to former Chrysler Group Chief Operating Officer Wolfgang Bernhard but likely will divvy it up instead ", "label": "business"}
{"id": "ag-00850", "state": "China launches science satellite China launched an experimental satellite into orbit Sunday, atop a Long March 2C carrier rocket; reported Xinhua, China #39;s government-run news agency.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-00480", "state": "SAP Awarded \\$35 Million Postal Service Contract The postal service, which employs more than a third of the civilian employees of the federal government, chose SAP after a multi-year evaluation, it said.", "label": "scitech"}
{"id": "ag-05289", "state": "Notebook: James giving Sonics a jump-start Jerome James showed up late to the Sonics #39; home opener, and his lack of substantial playing time in exhibition games hinted at another wasted season full of jokes about a 7-foot-1 guy who couldn #39;t grab a rebound from a toddler.", "label": "sports"}