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US News Archive for September 2005:
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Coast Guard admiral to lead relief effort
Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown is no longer the man in charge of the Hurricane Katrina federal relief effort. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has named Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen to replace Brown. He said Brown would report back to Washington...
CNN - September 10, 2005
Storm Stretches Refiners Past a Perilous Point
Katrina demonstrated how close to the edge the country's refining system had been operating, even before the storm...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Duty Binds Officers Who Have Come to Help After Storm
Almost two weeks after the devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina, a hodgepodge army of law enforcement officers from around the country have converged on this city...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Disarray Marked the Path From Hurricane to Anarchy
An initial examination of Katrina's aftermath demonstrates the extent to which the federal government failed to face domestic threats as a unified, seamless force...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Links to Advice From the Experts
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New York Times - September 10, 2005
Restoring the Light at the End of the Tunnel
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New York Times - September 10, 2005
Tennis: Federer to meet Agassi
Roger Federer beats Lleyton Hewitt to set up a US Open final against Andre Agassi...
BBC News - September 10, 2005
In New Orleans, Some Business Begins to Stir
The faintest pulse has begun to beat in the battered and beleaguered streets of the Big Easy...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
For Storm Survivors, a Mosaic of Impressions
For the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, there is no shared moment to put one's finger on, no clock-stopping space-holder of history...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Uprooted and Scattered Far From the Familiar
Not since the Dust Bowl of the 1930's, or the end of the Civil War in the 1860's have so many Americans been on the move from a single event...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
With Small but Steady Steps, Cleanup and Repair Progressing
Officials and workers in devastated parts of the Gulf Coast began making small but meaningful strides today in restoring services and rebuilding the shattered infrastructure...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
The rebuilding of New Orleans
New Orleans will not be abandoned, politicians and planners say, but it may look very different in the future...
BBC News - September 10, 2005
UK attacks US over climate
The US record on climate change is criticised by John Prescott after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans...
BBC News - September 10, 2005
'Chilli finger' pair plead guilty
A couple charged with planting a human finger in a bowl of chilli at a Wendy's restaurant plead guilty...
BBC News - September 10, 2005
Baton Rouge swells with evacuees
Hurricane Katrina emptied one city of its people and filled another. Baton Rouge, Louisiana's capital, 80 miles north of New Orleans, is suddenly the largest city in the state, leaving local officials seeking solutions to the growth...
CNN - September 10, 2005
New Katrina relief chief
Vice Adm. Thad Allen is the new director of Hurricane Katrina relief effort. He replaced the much criticized Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown who has returned to Washington...
CNN - September 10, 2005
Tal Afar drive targets insurgents
Iraq's prime minister said he ordered a decisive Iraqi military operation early Saturday to rid insurgents from the restive northern city of Tal Afar, where U.S. and Iraqi forces have been sparring with militants in recent weeks...
CNN - September 10, 2005
Casualty of Firestorm: Outrage, Bush and FEMA Chief
Michael D. Brown is the first casualty of the political furor generated by the government's faltering response to the hurricane...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
In Storm's Ruins, a Rush to Rebuild and Reopen for Business
Private contractors are rushing to cash in on the unprecedented sums to be spent on Hurricane Katrina relief and reconstruction...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
'But I Just Want to Know, Where's My Baby?'
Officials said that early figures suggest that thousands of children may have been severed from families...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
In New Orleans as It Did in New York, X Marks the Pain
Spray painted X's in New Orleans recall the days following 9/11 in Lower Manhattan...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Death Toll in New Orleans May Be Lower Than First Feared
The first organized effort to scour the city for its dead has turned up far fewer bodies than expected, raising hopes that the death toll might be much lower than 10,000...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Lewis E. Platt, 64, Chief of Hewlett-Packard in 1990's, Dies
Lewis E. Platt rose from an entry-level engineer to become the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard from 1992-99...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Giving Aid With Points
Mileage and reward program points can be donated in a number of ways to help Hurricane Katrina victims as well as other charities...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Boeing Acts to Settle 2 Inquiries
CHICAGO, Sept. 9 - The Boeing Company is negotiating with federal prosecutors to avoid charges in two separate investigations, expecting to pay a combined $300 million to $500 million, in a move that would allow the company's new chief executive to focus on other challenges, including a week-old strike by 18,000 machinists...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Panel Backs Drug Amid Conflict Concerns
Questions about potential conflicts of interest continue to dog the federal drug approval process...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
2 Directors Step Down at Morgan
Two more Morgan Stanley directors resigned yesterday, further underscoring the intent of the new chief executive, John J. Mack, to remake the firm...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
As Another Vioxx Trial Nears, Merck Vows to Keep Fighting
The drug giant Merck on Friday reasserted that it planned to aggressively fight the mounting lawsuits over the withdrawn drug...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Making a Case for Dividends
This month's Smart Money magazine details the growing interest in dividend-paying stocks...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
New Orleans Executives Plan Revival
New Orleans's business leaders and power brokers are concocting big plans to revive the city's economy, the most important being reopening the French Quarter within 90 days...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Bankruptcy on a Dime? Think Fast
FEW words evoke the specter of financial ruin like...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Restoring the Light at the End of the Tunnel
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New York Times - September 10, 2005
Links to Advice From the Experts
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New York Times - September 10, 2005
Wall St. Lifted by Better-Than-Expected Economic Signs
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Restoring the Light at the End of the Tunnel
The chief executive of Entergy, which faces the task of restoring power to 1.1 million customers, recently spoke about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Hurricane Loss Estimates Differ
In a sign of the uncertainty over what insurers will pay for Hurricane Katrina, a risk management firm yesterday released a loss estimate far larger than that of its rivals...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Looking Beyond Floodwaters and Seeing Red Ink
HURRICANE KATRINA'S effect on the Gulf Coast is distressingly clear. Its damage to the United States economy just started to come into focus this week. The hurricane seems certain to rank as the costliest, if not the deadliest, natural disaster in the nation's history, and economists say that it is likely to affect economic growth, interest rates, insurance premiums, energy costs and taxes throughout the country...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
The Necessity of New Orleans
The chairman of Strategic Forecasting says on the company's Web site that while the port and oil infrastructure in New Orleans appear to be reparable, that doesn't mean everything's jake...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
The Bling and the Bliss, Delivered in a Bespoke Suit
IF you ever start itching to find some kind of deeper meaning, try toting a blue velvet box full of rocks custom made by the King of Bling through the Manhattan subway system at rush hour. I can pretty much guarantee that within the first couple of stops, some kind of deeper meaning will find you...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
A Rewarding Use for Reward Miles
Companies with rewards programs have ramped up their charitable programs to encourage donations to hurricane-ravaged areas...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Continental Sees Significant 2005 Loss
Continental Airlines said yesterday that it expected to post what it termed a significant loss for 2005, citing the high cost of jet fuel...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
The New Prize: Alternative Fuels
The nation's roads are a moving laboratory of alternatives to gasoline combustion engines, often being driven by average Americans, if in small numbers...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
On Oil Supply, Opinions Aren't Scarce
Does it surprise you that when it comes to one of the most vital resources known to man, there is such an incredible divergence of opinion? It sure surprised me...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
Some Ways to Prepare for the Absolute Worst
Getting ready for the next disaster doesn't seem so crazy anymore, and survivalist outfitters have advice on how to be prepared...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
S.E.C. May Sue General Re Officials
Regulators plan to file a complaint against the Berkshire subsidiary's chief executive in connection with an investigation of insurance industry abuses...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
U.S. Rejects Cisco Plan on Options
The S.E.C. threw cold water on a plan by Cisco Systems to value employee stock options by selling similar securities to institutional investors...
New York Times - September 10, 2005
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