Smith, Gore Lead Niners Over Seahawks  © The Associated Press Alex Smith's fourth-quarter play was reminiscent of former San Francisco quarterbacks. Keeping the 49ers' slim playoff hopes alive, Smith threw a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes and San Francisco prevented the Seattle Seahawks from clinching the NFC West with a surprising 24-14 win Thursday night. moreMatsuzaka's the Toast of Beantown  © The Associated Press Daisuke Matsuzaka threw his first pitch off the Fenway Park mound Thursday, the end of an 8,000-mile journey that the Red Sox hope will give them a new ace. moreSen. Johnson 'Recovering' After Surgery  © The Associated Press Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson remained in critical condition but was described as recovering and holding his wife's hand Thursday after emergency overnight surgery to repair bleeding inside his brain. moreReport Finds Diana's Death Wasn't Murder  © The Associated Press A sweeping police inquiry on Thursday ruled out a murder conspiracy in Princess Diana's death, saying the chauffeur in the 1997 car crash was drunk and driving at a high speed to elude pursuing photographers. morePolygamist Leader Ordered to Stand Trial  © The Associated Press A polygamist church leader accused of forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry and have sex with an older cousin in 2001 was ordered Thursday to stand trial. more
Dell Delays Filing of Full 3Q Results Computer and server maker Dell Inc. said Thursday it is delaying the filing of its full third-quarter results as the company and regulators continue to investigate some of its accounting practices. more Engineer Indicted for Alleged Espionage A Chinese engineer was charged Thursday with stealing trade secrets from a Silicon Valley company that made military training software and attempting to sell them to Asian governments. more Dow Ends Above 12,400 on Profit Reports  © The Associated Press Wall Street resumed its fourth-quarter rally Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials to its first close above 12,400 after a series of strong company earnings and a drop in unemployment claims revived investors' confidence in the economy. moreBayou Co-Founder Admits Conspiracy A co-founder of the collapsed Bayou hedge funds admitted in federal court Thursday that he conspired to defraud investors of more than $10 million, prosecutors said. more Japan Tobacco to Acquire Gallaher Group Japan Tobacco Inc. has agreed to acquire Britain's Gallaher Group PLC for $18.79 billion (2.2 trillion yen) in the largest-ever corporate acquisition by a Japanese company, a business daily reported Friday. more
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Evans to Perform on 'Dancing' Tour  © The Associated Press Country singer Sara Evans, who abruptly dropped out of "Dancing With the Stars" in October, will join the ABC reality show's road tour, promoters said Thursday. moreMusic Pioneer Ahmet Ertegun Dies at 83  © The Associated Press Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that popularized the gritty R&B of Ray Charles, the classic soul of Aretha Franklin and the British rock of the Rolling Stones, died Thursday at 83, his spokesman said. moreGroup Not Satisfied With Rosie's Apology  © The Associated Press Rosie O'Donnell says she's sorry for mocking spoken Chinese on "The View," but an association that represents journalists from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, including Chinese American, says it wasn't enough. moreYoko Ono's Driver Jailed; High Bail Set  © The Associated Press A judge set bail at $500,000 Thursday for a chauffeur for Yoko Ono after a prosecutor said he tried to extort $2 million from John Lennon's widow and "had people on standby waiting to kill" her. moreVelvet Underground Record for Sale Again The cyberspace saga of the Velvet Underground's 40-year-old first recording continued Thursday, with a new eBay auction that followed a false winning bid of more than $155,000. more
FDA to Assess Antibiotic Linked to Woes Federal health officials said Thursday they would ask outside experts whether the benefits of an antibiotic linked to rare reports of severe liver problems, including several deaths, outweigh its risks. more Farmers Defend Safety of Lettuce Farmers bristled Thursday at suggestions by federal health officials that lettuce may have caused the E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell that sickened 71 people on the East Coast. more Breast Cancer Rate Plunged 7 Pct. in '03  © The Associated Press U.S. breast cancer rates plunged an unprecedented 7 percent in 2003, the year after millions of women stopped taking menopause hormones when a study showed the pills raise the risk of tumors. moreAsian Boom Undercuts Pollution Cleanup Asia's economic boom has caused a surge in car and motorcycle sales, undercutting efforts to promote public transport in the region and clean up its dirty skies, delegates told a pollution conference Thursday. more Bush Adds 8 Nations to Malaria Fight  © The Associated Press Declaring that malaria can be defeated, President Bush on Thursday added eight countries to a U.S. initiative aimed at combatting the disease in Africa and slashing its mortality rate by half in targeted nations. more
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Firefox Share Gains Slightly in Study Mozilla's Firefox Web browser edged up slightly in usage at the expense of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, commanding nearly 11 percent of the U.S. market on a typical weekday, according to research by WebSideStory. more Report: HP to Cut Ties With Sonsini Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board will drop prominent Silicon Valley lawyer Larry Sonsini as its outside counsel, according to a report published Thursday, marking the latest fallout from a spying scandal that humiliated the computer and printer maker. more Wii Mishaps Lead to Busted TVs, Injuries Jaana Baker is no klutz _ note her second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She's also an avid video gamer who puts out a Web-based comic called "Level 99" in her spare time. more 24 Pct. Growth in Web Holiday Sales Seen Online spending for the holiday season remains robust, but free shipping upgrades and other offers are expected to extend the season later this year than last year, according to the latest report from comScore Networks Inc., an Internet research company. more AOL Europe CEO Leaves After Six Weeks The chief executive of AOL's European operations is leaving the company after less than two months to take another job. more
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