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US News Archive for May 2005:
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Father charged in girls' murders
The father of one of two young girls stabbed to death in a town north of Chicago has been charged with first-degree murder in their deaths, prosecutors said Tuesday...
CNN - May 10, 2005
Father charged in girls' murders
The father of Laura Hobbs has been charged with the murders of his 8-year-old daughter and her best friend Krystal Tobias, 9, prosecutors said Tuesday. Jerry Hobbs, 34, could face the death penalty if convicted. The girls were reported missing on Mother's Day and their bodies found in a wooded park Monday...
CNN - May 10, 2005
U.S. Marines lead border battle
U.S. Marines pushed north Tuesday as they battled insurgents near the Syrian border, part of about 1,000 troops trying to root out insurgents and foreign fighters, the U.S. military said...
CNN - May 10, 2005
Cameroon vs. South Africa in the Battle of the Gorillas
Four gorillas are the prize in a protracted custody battle involving South Africa, Cameroon, and Nigeria...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Jagger Struts His Stuff to Announce Stones Tour
The Rolling Stones will kick off a world tour this summer, the band announced today at a news conference that began with a performance of "Start Me Up."...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Court Sides With Bush on Secrecy of Cheney Energy Panel
The ruling that the vice president does not have to divulge details on how White House energy policies were shaped is a resounding victory for the Bush administration...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Purcell Defends Morgan's Strategy, but Warns of Possible Downturn
Philip J. Purcell, Morgan Stanley's chairman and chief executive, warned that the firm faced deteriorating market conditions that could put a dent in future earnings...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
EADS and Raytheon join up for bid
European aerospace company EADS will join US firm Raytheon to bid for a Pentagon contract to build army transport planes...
BBC News - May 10, 2005
Haiti convictions quashed
Haiti overturns dozens of military leaders' convictions for murder and torture, sparking anger...
BBC News - May 10, 2005
Father charged in girls' slaying
The father of one of the two young girls stabbed to death in the US is arrested on murder charges...
BBC News - May 10, 2005
Poor nations' vow on women
Non-Aligned Movement countries vow to act to improve the lives of women at a conference in Kuala Lumpur...
BBC News - May 10, 2005
'Person of interest' questioned in girls' killings
Police questioned a "person of interest" today in the case of two second-grade girls who were stabbed to death in the small Illinois town of Zion, a police official said. The Chicago Tribune quoted police sources who said a suspect will be charged later in the day. The bodies of Laura Hobbs and Krystal Tobias were found Monday in a park just blocks away from their school...
CNN - May 10, 2005
Police question 'person of interest'
Police questioned a "person of interest" Tuesday in the case of two second-grade girls who were stabbed to death in a small Illinois town, a police official said...
CNN - May 10, 2005
Hollywood Worries as Decline Continues
Are people turning away from lackluster movies, or turning their backs on the whole business of going to theaters?...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
'Spamalot' Leads the Pack With 14 Tony Nominations
"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "The Light in the Piazza" also made strong showings, with 11 nods each...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Delta warns on turbulence ahead
Troubled Delta Air Lines warns it will post a "substantial" loss in the nine months to 31 December and may have to file for bankruptcy...
BBC News - May 10, 2005
Arab-S America summit begins
More than 30 representatives from South America and the Arab world are beginning the first summit between the regions in Brazil...
BBC News - May 10, 2005
'No solid leads' in stabbing deaths of young girls
The police chief in Zion, Illinois, says investigators have "no solid leads" in the stabbing deaths of two girls whose bodies were found Monday morning in a city park. Laura Hobbs, 8, and Krystal Tobias, 9, were last seen riding their bicycles Sunday afternoon, Police Chief Doug Malcolm said...
CNN - May 10, 2005
'No solid leads' as police probe girls' killing
Investigators have "no solid leads" in the stabbing deaths of two girls whose bodies were found Monday morning in a city park, the Zion police chief said...
CNN - May 10, 2005
Bush: Georgia 'beacon of liberty'
The former Soviet republic of Georgia is proving to the world that determined people can rise up and claim their freedom from oppressive rulers, U.S. President George W. Bush has told a crowd of tens of thousands in Tbilisi...
CNN - May 10, 2005
Bush Praises Determination of Georgians
President Bush said that the former Soviet republic of Georgia was proof that people can reclaim their freedom from oppression...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Duke Energy in $9.1bn merger deal
Duke Energy agrees to buy smaller rival Cinergy in a $9bn deal, becoming one of the top five power firms in the US...
BBC News - May 10, 2005
NBA: Pistons power past Pacers
Detroit beat Indiana and Phoenix down Dallas in the NBA Conference semi-finals...
BBC News - May 10, 2005
Zellweger marries country singer
Actress Renee Zellweger marries country star Kenny Chesney in the Caribbean after a whirlwind romance...
BBC News - May 10, 2005
'No solid leads' as police probe girls' killing
Investigators have "no solid leads" in the stabbing deaths of two girls whose bodies were found Monday morning in a city park, the Zion police chief said. Laura Hobbs, 8, and Krystal Tobias, 9, were last seen riding their bicycles Sunday afternoon, Zion Police Chief Doug Malcolm said. Their bodies were found shortly after 6 a.m. Monday in Beulah Park, he said...
CNN - May 10, 2005
Behind Failed Abu Ghraib Plea, a Tale of Breakups and Betrayal
The reservists' treatment of Iraqi prisoners and their entanglements with one another have produced a dark soap opera...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Gay Men Are Found to Have Different Scent of Attraction
The new research may open the way to studying human pheromones, as well as the biological basis of sexual preference...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
As Wallace Dominates, Pacers Show Little Fight
Ben Wallace's 21-point, 15-rebound performance propelled the Pistons to a 96-81 victory over Indiana on Monday night...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
California Seeks Interim Financing for Stem Cell Research
LOS ANGELES, May 9 - California's stem cell program is exploring temporary fund-raising options because a lawsuit has stopped the issuance of the $3 billion in bonds that would finance the research...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
G.E. Chief Urges U.S. to Adopt Clearer Energy Policy
WASHINGTON, May 9 - The chief executive of the General Electric Company, Jeffrey R. Immelt, pushed the company squarely into the global warming debate on Monday, asking the government for a clear energy policy and saying later in an interview that he expected Washington to eventually impose controls on carbon emissions...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Ex-Directors of Disney Sue Over Selection of Next Chief
Roy Disney and Stanley Gold are going after the Walt Disney Company for choosing Robert Iger as the next chief executive...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Shares Post Small Gains, Encouraged by Merger News
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
At a Paris Cafe, a Stranger's Inquiries Break the Silence
Like many frequent travelers, I often mix business with pleasure. A meeting in Salzburg, Austria, is an excuse to visit Mozart's boyhood home, for example. A conference in Spain is a chance to see Picasso's...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
A Flier Status Elite Enough To Eclipse Mere Platinum
On a recent flight from Denver to Las Vegas, Michael Silber was assigned a dreaded middle seat in the back of the plane. But when Mr. Silber, an executive with the Harman Consumer Group, an electronics company in Woodbury, N.Y., checked in at the ticket counter, a United Airlines employee not only upgraded him on the spot but apologized for the lapse...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Inventories' Growth Is Below Forecasts
WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - Inventories at United States wholesalers rose a smaller-than-expected 0.4 percent in March, Commerce Department data showed Monday, prompting economists to cut forecasts for first-quarter growth...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Bristol-Myers Adds to Reserve for Legal Fees
The drug giant Bristol-Myers Squibb said yesterday that it was setting aside $110 million to cover legal proceedings it did not explain but which appeared to be related to a Department of Justice criminal investigation of its accounting practices...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Dynegy Attributes Loss to Settlement
The energy marketer Dynegy reported a first-quarter loss and blamed charges associated with the settlement of shareholder litigation...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Investors Force Out German Market's Top Leaders
The chief executive and the supervisory board chairman of Deutsche Börse resigned in the face of opposition from funds that own company shares...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Duke Energy Will Acquire Cinergy for $9 Billion in Stock
The deal adds momentum to the energy industry's consolidation at a time of rising costs for supplies like natural gas...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Silver Producer Posts Loss
The Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation reported a loss for the 13th time in 14 quarters as mine output fell and costs rose...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Marketers Find Major League Baseball's Steroid Problems Fodder for a Campaign
Parts of Madison Avenue are playing off the steroid debate in their campaigns, but baseball officials find most of the ads inappropriate...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Passport Chips to Be Encrypted
PASSPORT CHIPS TO BE ENCRYPTED After protests from business travel representatives, the State Department modified its plan to issue new passports embedded with tiny radio chips that transmit information to electronic devices at customs and immigration stations. The main objection was that the chips could put travelers in danger abroad by transmitting easy-to-intercept data identifying American nationality and other personal information. The State Department said it would modify the chips, called radio frequency identification tags, with encryption technology to greatly reduce the potential for eavesdropping. At its annual meeting last week in Vancouver, the Association of Corporate Travel Executives, which represents corporate travel managers, welcomed the move. But it said it would not endorse the proposed passports until the government demonstrated that the chips could not identify United States citizens at any distance from a passport reader and that...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Trading Slump Spurs Online Brokers' Merger Talk
Online brokerage firms may have no other option left but to combine...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Chinese Businessman Acquitted of Illegal High-Technology Exports
The businessman was acquitted of illegally exporting microwave technology to China for military purposes but was found guilty of making false statements...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
In Filing, Kerkorian Shows More of His Hand to G.M.
Kirk Kerkorian hired a former auto executive who advised him in an abortive takeover of Chrysler in the 1990's to help with an offer to acquire 9 percent of General Motors...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
I.B.M. Expected to Buy Start-Up to Advance Open-Source Strategy
The purchase of Gluecode Software, an open-source start-up, is the latest step in I.B.M.'s strategy of building a big business around open-source software...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Congress Is Staying Clear of Dispute Over Mad Cow
Congress is unlikely to step in the middle of a standoff between the Bush administration and American cattlemen over reopening the border to cattle imports from Canada...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
MCI Pays WorldCom's Back Taxes to State
MCI will pay $100 million in cash to cover back taxes that its predecessor company, WorldCom, owed to Mississippi...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Chinese Officials to Get Press-Relations Training
The Nieman Foundation will conduct a training session for Chinese officials on how to deal with the media during the 2008 Olympics...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Business Jets Are Back, if They Ever Went Away
Oil, schmoil, many users of business jets appear to be saying. According to Richard T. Santulli, many business-jet users are simply looking at the added cost of fuel...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Internet Attack Called Broad and Long Lasting by Investigators
A break-in at Cisco Systems last year was only part of an extensive operation in which thousands of systems were penetrated...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
3 Saks Executives Fired Over Vendor Payments
Saks Inc. is cleaning house after an audit committee found wrongdoing in how its Saks Fifth Avenue chain was collecting "markdown money" from vendors...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Free Trade Pact Faces Trouble in Congress
The current centerpiece of President Bush's trade agenda, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, faces opposition from Democrats and special interest groups...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
S.E.C. Said to Notify Another General Re Figure of Fraud Suit
The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to file civil fraud charges against a former General Re executive as part of its investigation of financial manipulation...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Investors Await Morgan's Word on Retail Unit
The steepest challenge for Morgan Stanley's chief will be to persuade skeptical investors that he can turn around the firm's struggling retail division...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
A Big Board Member Sues to Stop Archipelago Merger
A member of the New York Stock Exchange sued the exchange's directors and Goldman Sachs, seeking to stop the exchange's acquisition of Archipelago Holdings...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
China Planning Small Test of Its Privatization Program
China will release untraded stock in four state-controlled companies to the market, hoping to gauge the impact before freeing other state-owned holdings...
New York Times - May 10, 2005
Religion in the Deep South
Religious belief is an important part of American life, but has it seeped into parts of the nation which should be kept secular? Justin Webb finds out...
BBC News - May 10, 2005
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