• Mich. Town Evacuates After Dam Overflows
    MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) -- More than 1,700 people were order to evacuate their homes Thursday after heavy rain overwhelmed a dam in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, sending rising water down a river toward this college town on the shore of Lake Superior.
  • Jury: Gun Industry Not Cause of Violence
    NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal jury has determined that 45 gun manufacturers and distributors shouldn't be held liable in a lawsuit brought by the NAACP alleging their products fuel street violence that victimizes minorities.
  • Julio Franco, Braves Demolish Padres 15-6 [May 15]
    SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Julio Franco's two-run triple highlighted an eight-run fifth inning and the Atlanta Braves routed the San Diego Padres 15-6 on Thursday.
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  • Recap: HAMILTON 2, Binghamton 1 / May 15
    HAMILTON, Ontario (Ticker) -- Jason Ward notched the deciding goal early in the second period and Eric Fichaud stopped 22 shots to help the Hamilton Bulldogs defeat the Binghamton Senators, 2-1, to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals. Ward, who led Hamilton in points during the regular season, netted ...
  • Devils blank Seantors to seize NHL lead
    EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, May 15 (AFP) - Martin Brodeur stopped 24 shots for his fourth playoff shutout as New Jersey ignored a blown call by the video replay official to beat Ottawa 1-0 Thursday in the National Hockey League semi-finals.
  • Ac Milan Team Report / May 15
    Coach: Carlo Ancelotti (2nd year)
  • Fulham make Coleman youngest Premiership manager
    LONDON, May 15 (AFP) - Fulhamd have named Chris Coleman as their new manager in succession to French coach Jean Tigana.
  • WinterGreen Research Names MQSoftware # 1 Market Leader in Application Integration System Management Market
    MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003-- WinterGreen Research's Message Oriented Middleware Software Market
  • Sunbeach Selects Nortel Networks to Deploy GSM/GPRS Wireless Data Solutions in Barbados
    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003-- Plans to Deliver Voice, Advanced Wireless Data Services to
  • EU judge refuses to unfreeze assets of Philippine national on terrorist list
    LUXEMBOURG, May 15 (AFP) - An EU judge has refused to unfreeze the assets of a Philippine national who claims he is wrongly included on an EU terrorist list, the court said Thursday.
  • Official Tempers BBC Report on Euro
    LONDON (AP) -- A media report claiming Prime Minister Tony Blair has decided Britain is not ready to adopt the euro is merely a guess, a member of the Cabinet said Thursday.
  • Frontier Airlines to Webcast Fiscal Year-End 2003 Results
    DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--Frontier Airlines (Nasdaq:FRNT) today announced that it will conduct a real-time audio webcast of its fiscal year-end 2003 earnings conference call on Friday, May 23 at 9 a.m. (MDT), followed by a question and answer session with Frontier President and CEO Jeff Potter and other Frontier ...
  • Arcelor Announces 2003 First Quarter Results
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  • American Express and Delta Air Lines Expand Marketing Agreement
    ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003-- SkyMiles(R) Members Can Earn Miles for Seeking Financial Advice
  • CIM Group's South Village Groundbreaking Heralds the Transformation of Downtown Los Angeles
    LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--CIM Group:
  • BMI Honors Top Film, Television Composers and Songwriters at Annual Film & Television Awards
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  • Sun Media Corporation Extends Exchange Offer for its 7 5/8% Senior Notes Due 2013
    TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--Sun Media Corporation (the "Company") announced today that it has extended the expiration date of its offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") up to US$205,000,000 principal amount of its 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Initial Notes") for an equal principal amount of such notes ...
  • Dollar Tree Signs Binding Agreement To Acquire Greenbacks
    CHESAPEAKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR), the nation's leading operator of single-price point dollar stores, today announced that it has signed a binding agreement to acquire all of the outstanding stock of Greenbacks, Inc.
  • Mexicans Left in Search of Better Life
    POZOS, Mexico (AP) -- Fed up with earning $7 a day in this sweltering, strawberry growing town in central Mexico, Roberto Rivera followed his brother as he headed for a Florida tomato packing plant.
  • Sciatica still troubling Perec
    PARIS, May 15 (AFP) - The sciatica problem that has delayed Marie-Jose Perec's comeback is still bothering France's triple Olympic champion.
  • U.S. women take on England in World Cup test match / May 15
    BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Ticker) - The United States women's national soccer team will play its first-ever match in Birmingham on Saturday against emerging England in preparation for this fall's Women's World Cup.
  • Sweden, Canada Bid for Women's World Cup
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Sweden formally submitted a bid Thursday to host this year's Women's World Cup, and Canada asked to stage part of the tournament.
  • Seaman handed cup final captaincy
    CARDIFF, May 15 (AFP) - England goalkeeper David Seaman will captain Arsenal in Saturday's FA Cup final at the Millennium Stadium against Southampton here.
  • US secretary of state to visit new ally Bulgaria
    SOFIA, May 15 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Colin Powell was expected in Bulgaria from Russia Thursday for a visit to the former Communist state that was a key US ally during the war on Iraq and which could soon host American bases.
  • Target Posts 1.3 Percent Rise in Earnings
    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Target Corp. reported a 1.3 percent increase in first-quarter profit as the addition of new stores and growth in its credit-card operation offset slower retail activity.
  • ServiceWare Technologies Announces First Quarter 2003 Results and Forecasts EBITDA Positive Second Quarter
    PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--ServiceWare Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:SVCW) today announced financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2003 and provided an updated forecast for the second quarter of 2003.
  • NCTI Reports First Quarter Results
    WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--NCT Group, Inc. (OTCBB: NCTI) reported that total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2003 was $1.2 million compared to $2.0 million in the same period in 2002.
  • D.M. - Morgan - Firestone Steps Down As Chairman Of Glendale
    Edward C. Hanna Appointed Chairman
  • Riggs Announces Bank Secrecy Act Regulatory Action and Enhancement Measures
    WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--Riggs National Corporation (NASDAQ: RIGS) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Riggs Bank N.A., today reported that, based on discussions with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to an examination of Bank Secrecy Act controls and processes, Riggs believes that a ...
  • County Bank Strengthens Retail Investment Department
    MERCED, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--County Bank and ICBA Financial Services Corporation ("ICBA") welcome Trent Giehler to the County Bank Fresno East Shaw Branch, located at 1330 A East Shaw. Giehler is the Bank's new registered representative for ICBA.
  • Delay Sought on Media Ownership Overhaul
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly 100 House Democrats asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell Wednesday to publicly justify his agency's plans for overhauling media ownership restrictions before making the changes.
  • Some Asian Movie Executives Miss Cannes
    CANNES, France (AP) -- Some Asian movie executives decided to stay home rather than travel to Cannes during the SARS outbreak.
  • Moscow Police Bar Pop Duo From Shoot
    MOSCOW (AP) -- Police barred the Russian girl pop duo t.A.t.U. from filming their new video Thursday in Red Square, where several hundred fans showed up to act as extras.
  • Air Force Cadet Denies Rape Charges
    AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) -- An Air Force Academy cadet said he was innocent of raping a female classmate after they drank shots of tequila in his dorm room.
  • T-Mobile Delays Launch of Microsoft Phone
    SEATTLE (AP) -- T-Mobile International has delayed indefinitely the launch of a Microsoft-powered wireless telephone in order to work out problems with the new device, a setback for Microsoft's push into the wireless industry.
  • Palestinian boy killed by Israeli troops in Gaza
    GAZA CITY, May 15 (AFP) - A Palestinian boy was killed and four other Palestinians wounded early Thursday during an Israeli army incursion into the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources said.
  • Donors "deeply troubled" by escalation of northern Uganda unrest
    KAMPALA, May 15 (AFP) - Uganda's western donors on Thursday urged both the government and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels to explore ways of ending the conflict in northern Uganda.
  • Recap: LOS ANGELES 5, Braves 1 / May 14
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  • Royals Drop Twins 9-5 After 14 Innings [May 15]
    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Slumping Joe Randa keyed a four-run 14th inning with a leadoff double to lead the Kansas City Royals over the Minnesota Twins 9-5 Thursday.
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  • Byron Nelson Championship first-round scores / May 15
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  • Sluman seizes lead at Byron Nelson event
    IRVING, Texas, May 15 (AFP) - Jeff Sluman used a new putting stroke to find his form, firing a seven-under par 63 here Thursday to seize a one-stroke lead after the first round of the 5.6 million-dollar PGA Byron Nelson Championship.
  • NCI Information Systems, Inc. Recognizes, Awards Nevada Youth in Computer Security Poster Contest
    LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003-- McLean, Va. "Partner of Choice" Supplies $200 U.S. Savings Bonds
  • SSWM Inc. Completes Carbon Recycling in Unsurpassed Time Using Microbial Technology
    CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Microbics Inc. (OTCBB: BUGS), is pleased to announce that it has completed carbon recycling in unsurpassed time using its one-of-a-kind microbial technology, an innovation that could shift the methodology and trade of ...
  • Monet Mobile Networks Renews Contract With Info Directions For Wireless ASP Billing
    Monet Mobile Networks Renews Contract With Info Directions For Wireless ASP Billing; Billing Flexibility and Customer Care Remain Key for Growing 3G-Service Provider
  • First confirmed SARS case in Britain: official
    LONDON, May 15 (AFP) - A case of the respiratory disease SARS has been confirmed in the United Kingdom for the first time, British health officials said on Thursday.
  • Bush meets conservative German opposition leader
    WASHINGTON, May 15 (AFP) - President George W. Bush, out of touch with with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for months, met here Thursday with a prominent conservative German opposition leader.
  • Iranian authorities seize more than 800 kilos of narcotics
    TEHRAN, May 15 (AFP) - Iranian security forces have seized 824 kilograms (1, 816 pounds) of narcotics in an operation that left one smuggler dead and 42 others arrested, a police chief said Thursday.
  • Xerox CEO Says Company on Right Track
    BOSTON (AP) -- At an annual meeting far calmer than last year's, Xerox chairman and chief executive officer Anne Mulcahy told shareholders Thursday that new products and investments in areas like small-scale publishing have returned the company to the right track.
  • Gas Prices Drop on Memorial Day Approach
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gasoline prices dropped to just under $1.50 a gallon nationally this week reflecting a steady decline that the government says is likely to continue well into what is expected to be a heavy summer driving season.
  • Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation N. Muskegon Branch Adds New Team Member
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  • Reichhold's RTP Facility to Participate in Celebration of Caring
    Local Employees Paint Dining Hall at YMCA Camp
  • Lookingglass Lab to Present Original Theater Production Exploring Issues of Race Created by Chicago Area Teens
    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003-- Lookingglass Lab Presents New Work July 7 in Conjunction With
  • L-3 Communications' Wolf Coach Wins Homeland Security Contract
    NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Wolf Coach subsidiary has been awarded a $9.2 million contract by the US Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground for the delivery of mobile substance analysis lab vehicles.
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  • Project portraying a younger 'Hannibal' being hawked at Cannes
    CANNES, France, May 15 (AFP) - Hannibal Lecter, the cultivated cannibal with three blockbuster films under his belt, could be back in a fourth film if his creator, author Thomas Harris, gets his way, a movie trade magazine reported here Thursday.
  • Hollywood Fights DVD Movie Duplications
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Brian Martin, a computer consultant in Maryland, is careful when he handles the plastic discs in his DVD library of more than 200 movies. But accidents -- and scratches -- still happen.
  • Rolling Stones to Rock Germany All Night
    BERLIN (AP) -- The Rolling Stones will be allowed to play until nearly midnight at Berlin's Olympic stadium in July, a Berlin court ruled Thursday, turning down a complaint from local residents who argued that the noise would be unbearable.
  • 'Untouchables' Actor Robert Stack Dies
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Robert Stack, whose granite-eyed stare and menacing baritone spelled trouble for television's fictional criminals in "The Untouchables" and real ones in "Unsolved Mysteries," died at his home. He was 84.
  • N.Y. Jury Awards $5.27M to Fired Worker
    NEW YORK (AP) -- A jury ordered Elite Model Management agency to pay $5.27 million to a former employee who said she was fired after complaining that cigarette smoke in the office aggravated her asthma.
  • Islamic abductors constantly on the run, freed hostage says
    COLOGNE, Germany, May 15 (AFP) - The extremists who held European tourists hostage in the vast Sahara desert were constantly on the move to stay one step ahead of pursuing Algerian troops, one of the freed detainees has told German television.
  • Liberia "a disaster", UN can do no more to help: UNHCR chief
    FREETOWN, May 15 (AFP) - Liberia is in a disastrous situation, with President Charles Taylor preventing the United Nations from helping some 300,000 people displaced by the war in the west African country, UN refugee chief Ruud Lubbers has said.
  • Preview: Expos (25-15) at Rockies (19-21) 9:05 p.m. EDT / May 15
    DENVER (Ticker) -- The Montreal Expos try to remain undefeated on their seven-game road trip when they begin a four-game series against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.
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  • Chris Kaman Seals Draft Status
    Chris Kaman has signed with an agent, meaning the 7-footer can't return to Central Michigan for his senior season.
  • New Jersey Devils Game-by-Game Log / May 15
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  • British bookmaker makes London 2012 favourite
    LONDON, May 15 (AFP) - London has been installed as 7/4 favourite by one of Britain's leading bookmakers to host the 2012 Olympics following Tony Blair's backing Thursday for a bid by the UK capital city.
  • Usbl Brooklyn Game-by-Game Recap through Games of 05/14/03 / May 15
  • NAC Breda Team Report / May 15
    Coach: Henk ten Cate (since July 2000)
  • Goosen, Harrington share lead; Woods four back in Germany / May 15
    HAMBURG, Germany (Ticker) - Retief Goosen and Padraig Harrington, first and second on the European Order of Merit for the past two seasons, shared the lead Thursday after the opening round of the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open.
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  • NextGen Healthcare Information Systems Receives Top Honors at 2003 TEPR Conference
    HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--NextGen Healthcare Information Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:QSII), announced today that for the third consecutive year, its applications have been awarded top honors by The Medical Records Institute at the annual TEPR (Toward an Electronic Patient ...
  • Malaysian arrested for smuggling pig innards
    SINGAPORE, May 16 (AFP) - A 33-year-old Malaysian was arrested after being caught trying to smuggle 1,750 kilograms (3,580 pounds) of pig innards and pork into Singapore, a report said Friday.
  • Powell meeting with Germany's Schroeder important for ties: US ambassador
    BERLIN, May 15 (AFP) - A meeting between German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and US Secretary of State Colin Powell is important for improving ties between Berlin and Washington, the US ambassador here said Thursday.
  • ImageMax Announces First Quarter Results and Settlement of Litigation
    FORT WASHINGTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--ImageMax, Inc. (OTCBB:IMAG.OB) today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2003. Revenues, operating loss, and net loss (including a charge of $0.1 million, or $0.02 per share, relating to three facility relocations, as previously disclosed) amounted to ...
  • Transtech Industries, Inc. Reports Results for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2003
    PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--Robert V. Silva, President and Chief Executive Officer of Transtech Industries, Inc. (OTC BULLETIN BOARD: TRTI) announced the results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2003.
  • NATO force in Bosnia bans farmers' weather rockets
    BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina, May 15 (AFP) - NATO-led peacekeepers in Bosnia on Thursday issued a ban on the use of small rockets that are used to protect crops by preventing hailstorms, saying the devices threatened civilian passenger flights over the former Yugoslav republic.
  • All Star Analysts Portfolio: Axcan Pharma, Biovail, Dell and Golden West Financial
    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--Zacks.com just released it's latest additions and deletions to the coveted All Star Analyst portfolio. This exclusive portfolio represents all stocks with a Strong Buy rating from at least five analysts with a 5 Star All Star ranking. These are the brokerage analysts whose stock ...
  • Correction: Fitch Lowers 24, Places 5 Classes on Rating Watch Negative From 20 PNC Securitizations
    NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--(This is an amended version of a press release issued May 12, containing additional information regarding the acquisition of PNC Mortgage.)
  • Independence Federal Announces Annual Meeting Results
    WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--William B. Fitzgerald, IV, board chairman of Independence Federal Savings Bank (NASDAQ:IFSB), today announced that at the annual meeting of stockholders on April 30, 2003, the shareholders elected three directors: returning director Eugene Youngentob and two new directors from an ...
  • Digital Recorders, Inc. Announces Electronic Destination Sign System Orders
    Digital Recorders, Inc. Announces Electronic Destination Sign System Orders; Combined Orders Total More Than $1 Million
  • Guerneville Man Shot during Possible Drug Related Theft
    The Sonoma County Sheriff's Department is investigating a shooting at a residence in Guerneville on Wednesday night.
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  • Wilstein: DeBusschere's Legacy Is Large
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  • Klitschko to Fight Boswell on June 21
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Top heavyweight contender Vitali Klitschko will face unbeaten Cedric Boswell on the undercard of the fight between heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and Kirk Johnson.
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  • Realtor.com Announces Partnership with VisualTour.com
    Customers of Leading Self-Service Virtual Tour Company to Gain Instant Access to Millions of Homebuyers and Sellers
  • Former Iraqi army chief of staff in coalition custody: Centcom
    DUBAI, May 15 (AFP) - Iraq's former army chief of staff, Ibrahim Ahmed Abed as-Sattar Mohammed al-Tikriti, is now in the custody of US-led coalition forces, the US Central Command confirmed Thursday.
  • AMPAM Reports First Quarter 2003 Operating Results
    ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--American Plumbing & Mechanical Inc. ("AMPAM") today announced its operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2003.
  • Broadway Financial Corporation Reports 12% Increase in Net Earnings
    LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2003--Broadway Financial Corporation (the "Company") (Nasdaq:BYFC), the holding company of Broadway Federal Bank, f.s.b. (the "Bank"), today reported net earnings of $364,000, or $0.18 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2003, compared to $326,000, or $0.17 per ...
  • US urges Obasanjo's regime in Nigeria to embrace IMF, fight graft
    LAGOS, May 15 (AFP) - The United States Thursday here urged the incoming administration in Nigeria to cooperate with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), ensure transparency in politics and eliminate graft to ensure economic development.
  • Low-Flying Plane Worries New York City
    NEW YORK (AP) -- A commercial plane carrying returning military personnel flew near the Statue of Liberty and low over part of Manhattan, prompting emergency calls from people on the ground.
  • International Myeloma Foundation Launches Bank On A Cure -- First Ever Global Myeloma Specific DNA Bank
    LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) announced today the launch of the first global myeloma specific DNA bank in history: Bank On A Cure(TM). Bank On A Cure is an innovative and powerful concept that establishes a method to find new treatments for multiple myeloma and other ...
  • BSI2000 Debuts Crypto2000 Technology at CardTech/SecurTech Conference
    ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003--BSI2000, Inc. (OTCBB:BSIO) a developer of optical card based secure identification systems, has announced at the 2003 CardTech/SecurTech Conference in Orlando, its new, proprietary Crypto2000(TM) system.