Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Novel, (Internet advertising) `The Sea,' Wins Britain's Man Booker Prize Bloomberg - 1


Banville's Novel, `The Sea,' Wins Britain's Man Booker Prize
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- John Banville's ``The Sea,'' a lyrical novel about loss and remembrance, won the 50,000- pound ($87,700) Man Booker Prize for Fiction at a dinner in London's Medieval Guildhall. The

Eagles, McNabb get two weeks to regroup
San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour ago BY JOHN SMALLWOOD. Not that his assortment of ailments had much to do with Sunday's 33-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, because it was an all-around shabby performance by everyone in midnight green. The quarterback doesn't get a sick-pass.

Lawyer: Taped Beating Subject Wasn't Drunk
Guardian Unlimited - 49 minutes ago By RACHEL LA CORTE. NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A 64-year-old man who was repeatedly punched in the head by police in an incident caught on videotape was not drunk, as police have alleged, and put up no resistance as he was being pummeled, his lawyer said Monday.

Daly still the one to watch despite his putting woes
Times Online - 1 hour ago TO BE in San Francisco watching John Daly compete in the American Express Championship was to be reminded of what a compelling figure he is to watch when he is playing well and the remarkable level of support he generates.

Intel screws up Paxville launch
Inquirer - 3 hours ago IT'S DAYS LIKE TODAY that Intel VPs earn their keep. The Paxville launch was a whimper, not a bang, and almost entirely number free. There were enough carefully crafted datapoints to confuse the casual observer, but not much of substance.

Stanford's Stanley Takes DARPA's $2 Million
InformationWeek - 5 hours ago The robotic vehicle made history on Saturday and defeated teams from 36 states and four foreign countries to win the Grand Challenge race. By KC Jones. Stanford University's robotic vehicle, Stanley, dominated

UPDATE 3-Cancer drug sales lift Genentech quarterly profit
Reuters - 27 minutes ago By Bill Berkrot and Deena Beasley. NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Genentech Inc. (DNA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said its third-quarter net profit rose a surprisingly strong 56 percent

Euro May Fall as Merkel May Struggle to Improve German Economy
Bloomberg - 23 minutes ago Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The euro may fall against the dollar for a third day in Asia on concern Christian Democratic leader Angela Merkel will face resistance to her policies from coalition partner Gerhard Schroeder's party.

Summit plans shelved over Gaza border row
Independent - 54 minutes ago By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem. A planned Israeli-Palestinian summit has been shelved amid disputes about the future of Gaza's border crossing with Egypt. Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority

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