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US News Archive for September 2007:
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5 guilty in big Chicago mob case
A federal jury has found five men, including reputed mobsters Joseph "The Clown" Lombardo and James Marcello, guilty of a racketeering conspiracy that includes 18 murders. full story...
CNN - September 10, 2007
Petraeus: Troop withdrawals by year's end
U.S. troops could begin leaving Iraq by the end of the year because this summer's troop "surge" has improved security, Gen. David Petraeus told Congress Monday. full story...
CNN - September 10, 2007
Screens Blog: Come Back, Little Britney
I had some hope last night, I guess, but now I know the truth: Britney's gone, and she's not coming back...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
City Room: What to Expect at 9/11 Ceremony
Here is a partial list of 9/11-related events on Tuesday. Rain is expected; anyone attending outdoor events is encouraged to bring an umbrella. New York City Commemoration Ceremony The city’s official observance of 9/11 will take place at Zuccotti Park, on Liberty Street between Broadway and Church Streets. Responders to the attack and recovery will be reading [...]...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Mideast Negotiating Team to Be Formed
JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 ? Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, agreed today to set up a team of negotiators to flesh out their understandings of what a permanent, two-state solution would like look and require...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Jane Wyman, Actress, Dies at 93
Jane Wyman, an Academy Award winner, was also a star of the long-running TV series ?Falcon Crest?? and was Ronald Reagan?s first wife...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Giants? Manning Has Bruised Shoulder
Giants quarterback Eli Manning has a bruised shoulder and his playing status will be decided each day, the team said in a news release...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Picture Made on 9/11 Takes a Toll on Photographer
Critics have publicly attacked a woman who snapped a photo of the aftermath of the crash of United Flight 93...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Alex, a Parrot Who Had a Way With Words, Dies
An African Grey parrot who learned more than 100 words, Alex was the subject of years of scientific study...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Interactive Ad Agency Acquired by WPP
The great digital advertising agency buyout binge continued today as the WPP Group acquired Schematic, an independent interactive agency based in Los Angeles...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
DealBook : British Billionaire Takes Bear Stearns Stake
Joseph C. Lewis, the British billionaire who was once the largest shareholder in Christie?s, has built up a big stake in another well-known company: Bear Stearns...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
OPEC Seems Split on Response to Economic Slowdown
The world?s top oil producers appear divided about how to respond to the threat of a sluggish global economy, and thus OPEC?s meeting in Vienna on Tuesday may be contentious...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Fed Officials See Threat in Housing Turmoil
Two Federal Reserve officials said Monday that problems in housing and mortgage lending have begun to threaten the overall economy...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Guilty Plea in Tax Shelter Case
The government?s criminal case against questionable tax shelters took a major step forward today when one defendant, David Amir Makov, an investment adviser, entered a guilty plea...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Spector jury begins deliberations
The jury in the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector retires to consider its verdict after a five-month court case...
BBC News - September 10, 2007
US man jailed for al-Qaeda links
A Pakistani-American is jailed by a US court for 24 years for attending an al-Qaeda training camp in Pakistan...
BBC News - September 10, 2007
Teens pull woman from car in trains' path
Chicago-area teen Thomas Foust is being hailed as a hero after he and two friends pulled an elderly woman from a car stuck on the tracks just seconds before it was demolished by two trains. full story...
CNN - September 10, 2007
Petraeus challenged to give 'reason to believe'
The head of the House Armed Services Committee challenged Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Monday to convince him that the war effort in Iraq is worth continuing. full story...
CNN - September 10, 2007
Paper Cuts: Skimming the Sunday Reviews
Ian Rankin (Librado Romero/The New York Times) A quick hike through the Sunday (and a few non-Sunday) book review sections The Guardian (U.K.) Ian Rankin?s 18th and last Inspector Rebus novel, ?Exit Music,? has been published in England. Mark Lawson mourns Rebus?s End in the Guardian, comparing the final book in the series to the final Harry Potter [...]...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
On the Runway: All That?s Fashion
Some thoughts on the New York shows (and parties) from Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors and Narciso Rodriguez...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
City Room: Has the Bank-Branch Frenzy Peaked?
A new report confirms that bank branches have sprouted up in Manhattan and many of the city's more affluent neighborhoods...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Goal: Germany Issues U.S.A. an Early Warning
Germany opened the 2007 Women?s World Cup with an 11-0 throttling of Argentina on Monday and sent an early warning to the United States that it has no intention of ceding its title...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
US Open Blog: Best and Worst, Out in the Open
You can?t maneuver through Times Square without bumping into tourists stopping for blinking red lights or posing in front of landmarks, like that guy over there with the hotel silverware. Of course, it?s Roger Federer, man about Midtown, basking in the glory of his fourth U.S. Open title. Usually his championship performance ranks among the highlights [...]...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Officials Warn of Continuing Terrorist Threat
The government?s ability to prevent attacks still has a long way to go, officials told a Senate panel today...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
The Lede Blog: Live Updates
The Lede is following the Iraq hearings live...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Stocks Mixed as Market Waits for Fed
Wall Street turned mixed today as investors awaited speeches from Federal Reserve officials following a dismal employment report Friday...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
British Billionaire Buys 7% Stake in Bear Stearns
Bahamas-based entities controlled by Joseph Lewis have bought about $860 million worth of the investment bank?s stock, according to an S.E.C. filing...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Intel Raises 3rd-Quarter Revenue Forecast
Intel said it now sees third-quarter revenue between $9.4 billion and $9.8 billion, boosted by stronger-than-expected demand...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
German women crush Argentina in World Cup opener
Defending champions Germany begin the Women's World Cup by crushing Argentina and setting a new record score for the tournament...
BBC News - September 10, 2007
US predicts polar bear meltdown
Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be gone by mid-century, a US government agency reports...
BBC News - September 10, 2007
Spector jury to consider verdict
The jury in the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector is expected to retire shortly to consider its verdict...
BBC News - September 10, 2007
Blasts hit Mexican gas pipelines
Several natural gas pipelines in Veracruz state in Mexico are damaged in blasts officials call sabotage...
BBC News - September 10, 2007
Petraeus expected to get grilled on violence data
Congress is expected this week to pick apart U.S. military data suggesting attacks and civilian casualties in Baghdad have sharply decreased in recent months. full story...
CNN - September 10, 2007
Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries
Chaplains in federal prisons have been quietly carrying out a systematic purge of religious books and materials...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Noriega: Too hot to handle?
Controversy continues to rage over former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega's future once he leaves jail in the US...
BBC News - September 10, 2007
Democrats debate in Spanish
Democratic contenders for the US presidency take part in the first nationally televised debate conducted in Spanish...
BBC News - September 10, 2007
Body of missing BYU student found
The body of a Brigham Young University student missing for more than a week was found in a canyon Sunday, authorities said, and investigators were trying to determine how she fell to her death. full story...
CNN - September 10, 2007
U.S. general to give Iraq report
Congressmen are expected this week to pick apart U.S. military data suggesting attacks and civilian casualties in Baghdad have sharply decreased in recent months. full story...
CNN - September 10, 2007
Sting Charges Against Senator Harsher Than Some
Files indicate that the case of Senator Larry E. Craig may have been handled more harshly than those of some other men who were arrested in an airport restroom...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
A Train Still a-Thrumming at 75
Over the years, the A line has become an icon, a symbol of the nearly 500,000 New Yorkers and others it carries through the city daily...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Awards Show Tries on a Shorter Format
MTV squeezed in more performances during its annual Video Music Awards this year by cutting the performers down to size...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Letter Surfaces in Fight Over Astor?s Will
A letter written by Brooke Astor?s only son, Anthony D. Marshall, in 2000 expressed serious concerns about his mother?s mental state...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Democrats Reach Out to Hispanic Voters
The Democratic presidential candidates courted the fast-growing Hispanic electorate by debating on a Spanish-language television network...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Study Finds Evidence of Genetic Response to Diet
It is becoming clear that the human genome responds to changes in diet, even though it takes many generations to do so...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Starting Fast, With an Eye on the Long Run
The school system of Washington, D.C., is broken, and Adrian Fenty, the youngest mayor in the city?s history, has staked his political career on promises to fix it...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Federer Collects 12th Grand Slam Title
Roger Federer, the No.1 player in the world for the last 187 weeks, took advantage of Novak Djokovic?s mistakes to capture a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Fashion Review: Ralph Lauren, Fabulous City Slicker
After Ralph Lauren celebrated his 40th anniversary show it is fair to question how many other younger designers will reach such a milestone...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Prisons Purge Books on Faith From Libraries
In federal prisons, chaplains have been quietly carrying out a systematic purge of religious books and materials that were once available to prisoners in chapel libraries...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Drilling Down: Trading in a Movie Star?s Ticket Sales
Does casting a star raise a movie?s box-office take? A paper soon to be published in The Journal of Marketing tries to solve that problem using a site that lets participants trade in ?stocks? of movies...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Dallas Oil Company Approved to Drill in Kurdistan
The Hunt Oil Company of Dallas has become the first international company to receive permission to drill for oil in the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq since the local government issued an oil-and-gas law last month...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Looking Ahead
EYES AND EARS ON THE FED With the Federal Open Market Committee meeting looming on Sept. 18 and the market in turmoil, investors will be scrutinizing remarks to be made by Fed officials...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Entertainment Start-Up
The United Talent Agency plans today to announce the creation of an entertainment marketing company based in New York City. Jarrod Moses, former chief of the product placement firm Alliance, is a founder...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
The Media Equation: Steve Jobs: iCame, iSaw, iCaved
Steve Jobs insists that songs on iTunes cost 99 cents and television episodes cost $1.99 because consumers crave simple pricing. Except, of course, when it comes to Apple?s own products...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
They?re Old Friends With a New Nightly Dynamic
?New York Nightly News? represents WNBC?s move to be the first station in New York City to replace its traditional 5 p.m. newscast with one at 7 p.m...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Citywide: In Place of Smokestacks, Makers of Dumplings and Doors
Smokestacks are gone from the New York factory in the 21st century, with specialty companies and makers of food products, especially for the ethnic market, in their place...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Bill Boyle, 54, a Senior Editor at the Daily News, Is Dead
Bill Boyle, a 21-year veteran of The Daily News, guided much of the paper?s coverage of major stories, particularly the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Brawl Over Islam on Facebook
The social networking site Facebook is wrestling with the contentious issue of speech codes, and the latest concern centers on a group with a crude title denouncing Islam...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Gay Musician Skewers Candidates
In a presidential candidate forum sponsored last month by the cable channel Logo, the most memorable questions came from a surprising source: rock musician Melissa Etheridge...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Fun, Tours and a $3,000 Bill for Hardly Using an iPhone
iPhone users have felt the sting of high roaming charges with their devices, and many of them are complaining to the company or on blogs...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
At CNN, No Reuters, or bin Laden
CNN?s decision to end its 27-year relationship with Reuters last week hindered its ability to cover the latest Osama bin Laden video message as breaking news...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Greenspan Blogs? Not for Long!
In anticipation of his new book, Alan Greenspan posted a tantalizing blog entry on Amazon.com. Then his blogging career came to an abrupt end...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
E-Commerce Report: Updating the Lemonade Stand Strategy
Social networks have made fortunes setting up Web sites that allow people to post profiles and trade messages. Now, the rank and file are getting the chance to make some cash from their contacts...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
You Say Hulu. I Say Lulu. Let?s Take the Thing to Court.
NBC Universal and the News Corporation can?t seem to catch a break when it comes to a name for their new video-sharing service...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Still Married, With Children, but in Russian
Despite a drumbeat of anti-Americanism from the Kremlin recently, Russians have embraced imports of American television sitcoms...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Who?s the Most Charitable of Us All? Celebrities Don?t Always Make the Cut
When a portion of a celebrity?s paycheck or time goes to a pet cause, the effort is inevitably lauded. But to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the yardstick is much higher...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
At the Journal, Signs Appear, Disappear; Appear...
For two weeks, signs with Rupert Murdoch?s face on them have been posted around The Wall Street Journal?s newsroom ? and removed and posted and removed and posted yet again...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
A Medical Publisher?s Unusual Prescription: Online Ads
The international media giant Reed Elsevier hopes to pep up its lackluster medical publishing unit by giving away the latest articles from 100 of its own medical journals on the Internet...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
A New Entry From A.M.D. in Chip Wars
Advanced Micro Devices is counting on a new high-performance computer chip to hold on to hard-fought market share it has won from its principal rival, Intel...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
New Tactics Aim to Make Korean Film a Hit in the U.S.
With Korean companies like Hyundai and Samsung now industry giants, Hyung Rae Shim, a film producer based in Seoul, wants to pull off a similar feat with his film ?Dragon Wars.?...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Warner Shifts Web Course, Shouldering Video Costs
In its latest online push, Warner Brothers plans to introduce 24 Web productions in a range of formats including minimovies, games and episodic television shows...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Disney to Test Character Toys for Lead Paint
The move comes after three separate recalls of Mattel toys were found to contain unsafe levels of lead paint...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
Rewriting Hollywood?s Rules
Fresh off negotiating a landmark deal for the creators of South Park, lawyer Kevin Morris is trying to build bridges between Hollywood and Silicon Valley...
New York Times - September 10, 2007
US rape suspect to be extradited
One of America's most wanted suspected sex offenders agrees to be extradited from Hong Kong to the US...
BBC News - September 10, 2007
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