West Wants Iran Technology Sales Banned  © The Associated Press The U.S. and its allies want the U.N. Security Council to ban the sale of missile and atomic technology to Iran and end most U.N. help for its nuclear programs _ moves diplomats said Tuesday are narrowly focused in hopes of winning Russian and Chinese backing for sanctions. morePlayers, Owners to Announce Labor Deal  © The Associated Press Baseball officials briefed owners on details of their new labor contract Tuesday and planned to make the agreement public before Game 3 of the World Series. moreExperts: Ban Won't Stop Web Gambling Gamblers may look over their shoulder now, but experts say a new Internet gambling ban won't keep bettors from ponying up, just turn them on to overseas payment services out of the law's reach. more Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes to Wed in Italy  © The Associated Press Hollywood's most high-profile engaged couple have finally set a wedding date. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will marry in Italy on Nov. 18, Cruise's representative, Arnold Robinson, confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday. moreNo Word on Soldier Missing in Baghdad  © The Associated Press The U.S. military carried out house-to-house searches in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood for an Army translator missing after reportedly being kidnapped, but said Tuesday they had found no sign of him. more
Dow Sets New High, but Stocks End Mixed  © The Associated Press Wall Street wobbled through a listless session and closed mixed Tuesday as investors awaited the results of this week's Federal Reserve meeting. Modest gains in the Dow Jones industrial average were enough for the index to set new trading and closing records. moreExperts: Ban Won't Stop Web Gambling Gamblers may look over their shoulder now, but experts say a new Internet gambling ban won't keep bettors from ponying up, just turn them on to overseas payment services out of the law's reach. more Oil Prices Rise Ahead of Inventory Data  © The Associated Press Oil prices crept higher Tuesday when chilly weather draped the East Coast and traders awaited fresh U.S. government data on domestic fuel inventories. moreChristmas Creeps Up on Shoppers Early  © The Associated Press It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas _ and it's only October. Santa isn't here yet, but retailers already are stocking shelves with Christmas merchandise, in some cases setting up Christmas trees and holiday lighting way before Thanksgiving and even pre-empting Halloween. moreCalifornia Closing on Wis. Cheese Crown Fifteen years ago, Anto Baghassarian had a small shop in East Hollywood where he processed blocks of mozzarella from other manufacturers into the string cheese he learned to make at his family's business in Lebanon. more
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Music Festival Returns to New Orleans The Essence Music Festival, relocated to Houston after Hurricane Katrina, is on its way back to New Orleans. more NYC Judge Rules in Favor of Busta Rhymes A judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors could not charge Busta Rhymes with possession of a weapon _ a machete found inside a sport utility vehicle _ following his Aug. 12 arrest on an assault charge. more John Legend Aimed to Make `Great' Album After the success of his Grammy-winning debut, "Get Lifted," John Legend felt pressure to do another "great album" on his follow-up CD, "Once Again." more Films Offer Prelude to Midterm Elections  © The Associated Press President Bush is getting another big-screen close-up. Two films touching on Bush open the same day, one about a country trio ashamed the president's from their home state, the other chronicling his fictional assassination. moreHeather Mills McCartney Sues Newspapers Heather Mills McCartney's lawyers said Tuesday she is suing two newspapers over "false, damaging and immensely upsetting" stories surrounding her divorce from Paul McCartney. more
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Microsoft, PC Makers Offer Vista Coupons People who buy certain computers this holiday season will be offered coupons for free or heavily discounted upgrades to Microsoft Corp.'s long-delayed Windows Vista operating system under a program designed to spur PC sales despite the software's tardiness, the company said Tuesday. more Amazon.com Won't Provide Search Details  © The Associated Press As expected, online retailer Amazon.com Inc. has objected to providing details about its book search feature to rival Google Inc., which says it needs them to fight copyright infringement allegations from a group of authors and book publishers. moreNew Law on Web Gambling May Hurt Poker  © The Associated Press Observers say the recently enacted U.S. law that bans gambling online could cut into the number of entrants to the planet's richest card game _ the World Series of Poker. moreExperts: Ban Won't Stop Web Gambling Gamblers may look over their shoulder now, but experts say a new Internet gambling ban won't keep bettors from ponying up, just turn them on to overseas payment services out of the law's reach. more Blind Web Surfers Sue for Accessibility  © The Associated Press "Links list dialogue." "Links list view." "Your Account _ Two of 164." This is what the Internet sounds like to Chris Danielsen. Danielsen is blind. He's using a software program called Jaws that converts the text on a Web page into a computerized voice that comes out through a speaker, allowing him to surf the Web using keyboard commands instead of a mouse _ the same way lots of blind people use the Internet. more
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