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US News Archive for January 2006:
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Turkey sets up flu crisis center
Turkey's government has set up a bird flu crisis center in Ankara as another confirmed case of the deadly virus in that country brings the number of people who have contracted the disease to 15, health and government officials say...
CNN - January 10, 2006
Last two funerals for Sago miners
As the last two funerals were held for the 12 killed during the Sago Mine disaster, the only miner to survive remained in a partial coma. However, doctors said Tuesday the man showed signs of brain activity...
CNN - January 10, 2006
High Court Rules Disabled Prisoner Can Sue State
The Supreme Court ruled that Congress acted within its constitutional authority when it stripped states of immunity from some suits for damages by disabled prison inmates...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
I.R.S. Limited Tax Refunds of Poor, Congress Is Told
Tax refunds sought by hundreds of thousands of poor Americans have been frozen and their returns labeled fraudulent, said the I.R.S.'s taxpayer advocate...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
E.P.A. Proposes Changes to Fuel Economy Ratings
The standards are meant to more accurately depict what consumers can expect from new cars and trucks...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Apple Moves Quickly to Use Intel Chips
The announcement came shortly after the company said its quarterly revenue jumped 63 percent and handily beat expectations...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Mine accident survivor still in coma
The sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster remained in a partial coma but showed signs of brain activity, doctors said Tuesday, and mourners prepared to say farewell to the last two victims of West Virginia's worst coal-mining accident in more than 35 years...
CNN - January 10, 2006
West slams Iran nuclear moves
Western officials have sharply criticized Iran after it removed U.N. seals from at least one nuclear facility and resumed research work. Britain's foreign minister says he will meet his French and German counterparts to discuss possible action by the U.N. Security Council...
CNN - January 10, 2006
Alito promises to respect precedents
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on Tuesday reaffirmed his respect for precedent as he sought a careful distinction on how he would rule on abortion if confirmed...
CNN - January 10, 2006
Doctors: Sharon moves left hand
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, recovering from a major stroke, moved his left hand, and his right hand and right leg with more strength than before, his doctors say...
CNN - January 10, 2006
News Analysis: Endemic Problem of Safety in Coal Mining
Certain problems are endemic in the coal mining industry: old safety equipment, lax enforcement and a get-along culture...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Presidential Power Has Limits, Alito Tells Senators
In the second day of hearings, the Supreme Court nominee wholeheartedly agreed that presidents do not have "a blank check."...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
See the U.S.A. in Your New Car From China, Starting in '07
Recalling the collective shrug American automakers gave when Japanese cars entered the market, Detroit, in particular, is paying attention to the Chinese...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Battle lines drawn over court
A bruising week of questioning awaits President Bush's staunchly conservative Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, whose confirmation hearings begin on Monday...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
Ski chief slams 'hungover' Miller
Top US skier Bode Miller is condemned for saying he has competed while badly hungover...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
Fujimori cannot run in Peru poll
Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori is not eligible to stand in the April poll, the electoral agency has ruled...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
US bankers in $1bn sex bias case
Six female employees in the US sue a German bank for $1.4bn (£791m) for alleged sex discrimination...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
Canada PM faces rival in debate
Canadian PM Paul Martin faces his Conservative rival, Stephen Harper, in a debate ahead of the 23 January vote...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
Bolivia's Morales visits S Africa
Bolivia's president-elect Evo Morales is in South Africa on the latest leg of his world tour ahead of his inauguration...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
U.N. nuclear seals removed in Iran
U.N. seals are removed from at least one Iranian nuclear facility as research work resumes, Iranian officials say. The moves prompt harsh reactions from the United States and the European Union...
CNN - January 10, 2006
Alito: Only obligation is 'the rule of law'
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito said Monday that a judge's only obligation "is to the rule of law," as the Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings. "A judge can't have any agenda. A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case," Alito said. Questioning of the nominee begins today...
CNN - January 10, 2006
With 7,486 Shows, 'Phantom' Is Broadway's Record-Holder
After 7,486 chandelier crashes, gondola rides and dramatic endings, "The Phantom of Opera" officially knocked off "Cats" as the longest-running show in Broadway history...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Diepkloof Journal: A Man Who Has Passed Many Tests Vies With One More
For Phillip Chauke, 84, of South Africa, the journey toward literacy and an education is not so much about the future as the past...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
West Virginia's night of despair
Daniela Relph tells the story of the jubilation that quickly turned into devastation in the US mining town of Tallmansville...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
Schwarzenegger hurt in collision
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger receives 15 stitches to his lip after a traffic accident...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
Wall Street tops key 11,000 mark
The Dow Jones closes above the key 11,000 points level for the first time since the 11 September 2001 attacks...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
NBA: Bryant matches record
Kobe Bryant becomes the NBA first player in 41 years to score 45 or more points in four consecutive games...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
US border proposal worries region
Proposals to tighten US border controls are condemned by Mexican and Central American foreign ministers...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
New Jersey set to stop executions
New Jersey is set to become the first US state to pass a law putting a moratorium on the death penalty...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
US rejects Guantanamo criticism
The US rejects calls from German Chancellor Angela Merkel to close its Guantanamo Bay detention camp...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
General Pinochet granted bail
Chilean former military ruler Augusto Pinochet is granted bail after seven weeks of house arrest...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
Starbucks bomb disarmed
An explosive device was found in a Starbucks coffee shop in central San Francisco on Monday. The building was evacuated and a police bomb squad disarmed the device, authorities said...
CNN - January 10, 2006
School: Human stem cell work faked
Scientist Hwang Woo-suk's pioneering 2004 claim to have cloned human embryonic stem cells was faked but his claim last year to have created the world's first cloned dog was genuine, a probe by Seoul National University reveals...
CNN - January 10, 2006
No change overnight for Sharon
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in "critical but stable" condition, a day after doctors said there was a "slight movement" in his right arm and right leg during pain stimuli tests...
CNN - January 10, 2006
Bad Blood: Living at an Epicenter of Diabetes, Defiance and Despair
In East Harlem, an invisible web of diabetes stretches throughout the neighborhood, touching nearly every life with its menace...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
More and More, Women Risk All to Enter U.S.
An increasing number of Mexican women are enduring the risk of capture to come to the United States to work and to settle...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Sharon's Rival Positions Himself as Heir Apparent
Benjamin Netanyahu, who is hoping to win election as prime minister in March, is focusing not on his disagreements with Ariel Sharon but on their shared past...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Legal Context: Focus of Hearings Quickly Turns to Limits of Presidential Power
A 54-year-old opinion seems to have laid the groundwork for the questions Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. will face at his hearings...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
A Night to See the Stars Actually Wearing Clothes
The annual awards for the pornography industry, which has been reporting record sales, were a mix of cliché and X-rated clips...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
On the Road: Independence Air Ends: No Bang, Some Whimpers
The finale of Independence Air ended not with a celebratory spray from fire hoses but with tears and a sense of loss...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Advertising: For Impotence Drugs, Less Wink-Wink
Drug manufacturers are shifting their tactics to address concerns about advertising prescription drugs directly to consumers...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Consumer Borrowing Declines
Consumer borrowing fell in November for a second consecutive month, the first back-to-back monthly declines in more than 13 years...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Texas Instruments Is Selling Its Sensors Unit for $3 Billion
Texas Instruments said that it had reached a deal to sell its sensors and controls unit to a private equity firm, Bain Capital, for $3 billion in cash...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
NASD Sues Firm Over Data on Funds
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Dow Jones/AP) - The investment firm Oppenheimer & Company and its chief executive, Albert G. Lowenthal, were named yesterday in a suit by NASD, the securities industry regulator, accusing them of "knowingly producing inaccurate data" as part of an investigation of discount practices in the selling of mutual funds...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Profit at Alcoa Declines 16% in 4th Quarter
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Detroit's Hollywood on Wheels
Chrysler showed off its muscle, as well as its cars, and overshadowed its hometown rivals with one of its trademark Hollywood-style productions, which cost more than $500,000 to pull off...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Police Pursue Leads in Journalist's Killing
The District of Columbia police said that the death of David E. Rosenbaum, a recently retired reporter for The New York Times, was being treated as a homicide...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
New Judge for Delta Case
By Reuters...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Apple to Sell S.N.L. Skits for iPod Use
Apple is set to announce that it will sell a limited number of archived "Saturday Night" skits through its iTunes Music Store for $1.99 each, for viewing on video iPods or personal computers...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
TV SPORTS: '60 Minutes' Puts Sports on Its Clock
"60 Minutes" has never ignored sports (its large archive is seen regularly on ESPN Classic), but it is embracing them now more than ever...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Frequent Flier: Keeping the Peace in Flight, With a Little Help From Elmo
I RECENTLY found myself on a flight to Amsterdam with a hyperactive 3-year-old boy, who darted up and down the aisles and climbed on the seats while his mother watched helplessly...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Injury Lawsuit Against Taser Is Dismissed
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Danish Fund Is Against Phone Deal, Citing Price
A private equity group's planned $12 billion takeover of a Danish telecommunications company, TDC, was thrown into doubt when the company's largest investor said the offer was too low...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Toys 'R' Us to Close 75 Stores and Cut 11% of Work Force
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
F.T.C. and AmeriDebt Founder Settle Credit Counseling Case
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission said on Monday that it had agreed to a settlement with the founder of AmeriDebt, Andris Pukke, in what the agency said was its largest case of deceptive credit counseling...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Market Place: A Matter of Timing as Tyco Considers Splitting Up
Tyco's chief executive has often hinted at a split in the last year. And shareholders are fervently hoping that this time he will turn those hints into reality...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Hasbro in Deal for Spider-Man and Others
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Boston Scientific Now Says Buying Guidant Would Not Increase Profits Until '09
Boston Scientific warned Wall Street that the company would not expect higher profits from any acquisition of Guidant before 2009, a year later than it projected when it first proposed the takeover...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Arrests of Trade Protesters Embroil Hong Kong With China and South Korea
The decision to bring charges against 14 people here after a violent demonstration at the W.T.O. conference last month is turning into a contentious and diplomatically sticky issue...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Chinese Energy Giant to Buy Stake in Nigerian Oil Field
Cnooc, the giant state-owned Chinese energy company, said that it would pay nearly $2.3 billion in cash to acquire a large stake in a Nigerian oil and gas field...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Drug Executive With New Contract Leaves
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 9 (AP) - A top executive at the drug maker MedImmune has left just weeks after he signed a new employment agreement, the company said on Monday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Giving Drivers More Access to Fast Lanes
Several companies are rushing to provide technologies that could open up the fast lanes almost anywhere for any motorist with a credit card...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Six Women at Dresdner File Bias Suit
Six women who are senior bankers contend that they were denied equal bonuses and promotions given to men with less experience...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Ukraine Is Increasingly Dependent on Gas From Turkmenistan
Ukraine's reliance on fuel from Turkmenistan is a wild card that has cast doubt on how the price agreement with Russia will ultimately play out...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
U.S. Office Joins an Effort to Improve Software Patents
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office plans to announce that it will cooperate with open-source software developers on three initiatives that it says will improve the quality of software patents...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Judge Rejects Move to Dismiss Case Against Ex-Enron Officers
HOUSTON, Jan. 9 (AP) - The judge overseeing the fraud and conspiracy trial of the founder of Enron, Kenneth L. Lay, and a former chief executive, Jeffrey K. Skilling, declined Monday to dismiss the case, rejecting a defense effort based on accusations of misconduct by prosecutors...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Dow Tops 11,000; First Time Since '01
Wall Street was encouraged by indications that the Federal Reserve might be nearing an end to its campaign to raise interest rates...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
Saks Trims Top Ranks, Spurring Talk of Sale
Struggling to keep pace with its luxury rivals, the parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue moved to thin out its management team and put the last of its midprice department store chains up for sale...
New York Times - January 10, 2006
US learns from Dutch flood dykes
A US delegation is in the Netherlands to study the flood control systems protecting a country that lies further below sea level than New Orleans...
BBC News - January 10, 2006
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