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US News Archive for December 2007:
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City Room: Report on Congestion Charge?s Pinch
A new report by the city's Independent Budget Office finds that the drivers who would be affected by congestion pricing proposal mostly come from outside the city and have substantially higher incomes...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Well Blog: Circumcision and the Rights of Baby Boys
Two experts debate the merits of circumcision...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
TierneyLab: Turning Homosexuality On and Off
What if you could take a drug that would quickly alter your sexual orientation from straight to gay, or vice versa? To their surprise, neurobiologists have discovered that homosexuality can be turned on or off in fruit flies. They'd known that sexual orientation can be genetically programmed, but they didn't realize it could also be altered [...]...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Colorado Gunman Killed Himself
DENVER (AP) -- In between his two deadly shooting sprees, church gunman Matthew Murray apparently posted a furious threat on the Internet to kill Christians. But whether the warning reached police before he struck again was unclear Tuesday...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
The Lede Blog: The Lotts, Lobbying and Domain Name Defense
Breauxlott.com and the perils of failing to reserve domain names...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
White House Seeks Change in Mileage Measure
The White House is asking that the energy legislation be changed to specify the highway safety administration as the primary enforcer of fuel efficiency standards...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Philharmonic Gets a Taste of Pyongyang Diplomacy
North Korea?s top diplomat and orchestra officials held a press conference today to discuss the coming performance...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Top Democrat Assails C.I.A. Over Destroyed Video
Senator Harry Reid questioned whether there was a broader cover-up behind the C.I.A.?s decision to destroy video footage...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
U.S. Panel Cuts Jail Terms for Crimes Tied to Crack
The decision, which was made over the objections of the Bush administration, could affect some 19,500 federal inmates...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Another Study Finds Heart Risks in a Diabetes Drug
An independent analysis of thousands of older people with diabetes found that those treated with the widely used drug Avandia had significantly elevated risks of heart attack and death...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Gas Terminal Proposed Off New Jersey
Exxon Mobil said it plans to build a $1 billion floating natural-gas terminal about 20 miles off the New Jersey coast, a move it thinks could help deflect potential opposition to the project...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Boeing Says 787 to Meet Delayed Schedule
The airline said it was on track to deliver the first Dreamliner at the end of next year after improving supply chain problems that had led to a six-month delay in its production schedule...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Unhappy Investors Send Shares Lower
Stocks fell sharply and Treasuries rallied after the Fed cut interest rates less than some investors were hoping for and indicated that it would be measured in its response to the tighter credit market...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Troubled Citigroup Names Pandit as Chief Executive
Vikram S. Pandit confronts the daunting task of shoring up the company, which has been brought to its knees by the mortgage crisis...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Fed Cuts Rate a Quarter Point; Stocks Dive
In announcing the cut, the Federal Reserve signaled its concern that the credit crisis may be damaging the broader economy. The Dow fell nearly 300 points...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
No relief from harsh US ice storm
Up to 800,000 people are without power as an ice storm sweeps the central US, amid warnings of more freezing weather to come...
BBC News - December 11, 2007
Bits : A YouTube for Ringtones
Cellware is a new site that is a sort of YouTube for ringtones. It makes it easy for people to send ringtones from any MP3 file to their phone without a charge...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
TV Decoder Blog: Strikers Picket ?The View?
Whoopi Goldberg, a co-host of "The View," has expressed her support for the striking writers. (Steve Fenn/ABC) Striking members of the Writers Guild of America East picketed outside of the ABC Daytime studios on the Upper West Side of Manhattan today beginning at 9:15 a.m. (almost an hour earlier than most days) in order to catch [...]...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
City Room: City Room: Ask About Ethnic Neighborhoods
Joseph Berger, an education and regional columnist for The Times, answers questions from readers about New York City's immigrant neighborhoods...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Central U.S. Reeling From Ice Storms
Ice, sleet and freezing rain caused deaths in traffic accidents and cut power to homes and businesses...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
AT&T Raises Dividend and Expands TV Plans
The company raised its dividend 12.7 percent, announced a share buyback and set a long-term target for its TV service, saying it will be available to 30 million customers by 2010...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Sony Says U.S. Electronics Sales Holding Up
Citing good Black Friday sales, Sony?s chief executive said the company?s consumer electronics business is on track to hit a 5 percent operating margin for the year ending March 31, 2008...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
H&R Block Losses Soar
The tax preparer said in a preliminary earnings report that it expected a 2nd-quarter net loss of $502.3 million as it continued to wrestle with its disintegrating mortgage unit...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Inflation Picks Up in China; Trade Gap Grows
Inflation accelerated further in China last month, as rising costs for food and fuel together with currency policies are sending prices up briskly across Asia...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Wall Street Mixed Ahead of Fed Decision
Wall Street fluctuated as investors awaited the Federal Reserve?s interest rate decision and absorbed more fallout from the mortgage and credit crisis...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
China Said to Block U.S. Films
China has stopped granting permission for American films to be shown in its cinemas in an apparent trade dispute with the United States, according to several Hollywood executives and U.S. officials...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
China and U.S. in Food Safety Accord
The agreement calls for a greater U.S. role in certifying and inspecting Chinese food exports, including an increased presence of American officials at Chinese production plants...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
US Senate plans home lending bill
The US Senate is to introduce legislation to give borrowers more protection from high-cost home loans...
BBC News - December 11, 2007
Peru's struggles with its past
The upcoming trial of Peru's former president, Alberto Fujimori, is set to raise difficult memories of the country's bloody internal war, says the BBC's Dan Collyns...
BBC News - December 11, 2007
Harvard to Aid Students High in Middle Class
Harvard said that it would significantly increase the aid it offered students in the middle and upper middle classes...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Putin to Be Named Next Prime Minister of Russia
A day after President Vladimir V. Putin endorsed Dmitri A. Medvedev as his successor, Mr. Medvedev declared that he in turn would name Mr. Putin as his prime minister...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Rising Food and Fuel Costs Spur Inflation in China
Inflation accelerated further in China last month, government statisticians announced on Tuesday, as rising costs for food and fuel are now sending prices up briskly across Asia...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Citizen Kane Oscar goes on sale
Orson Welles' Oscar for Citizen Kane is expected sell for more than $1m at a New York auction...
BBC News - December 11, 2007
Ice storm in US claims 15 lives
An ice storm sweeping the central US leaves at least 15 dead amid warnings of more freezing weather to come...
BBC News - December 11, 2007
The Pour Blog: A Wine and Cheese Extravaganza
A wine and cheese extravaganza...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
TV Decoder Blog: Freelancers Walk Out at MTV
Scores of workers from MTV Networks walked off the job Monday afternoon, filling the sidewalk outside the headquarters of its corporate parent, Viacom, to protest recent changes in benefits. The walkout highlighted the concerns of a category of workers who are sometimes called permalancers: permanent freelancers who work like full-time employees but do not receive the [...]...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Giuliani on Homosexuality
Rudolph W. Giuliani?s comments Sunday on ?Meet the Press? puzzled and concerned some gay rights groups...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
New Jersey Nears Repeal of Death Penalty
The New Jersey Senate voted Monday to make the state the first in the country to repeal the death penalty since 1976...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Garden Settles Harassment Case for $11.5 Million
Three days before a federal judge was to hear testimony into Anucha Browne Sanders?s claim for compensatory damages against Madison Square Garden, the parties settled...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Ways to Cut City Traffic? Well, Maybe
Some of the proposals under consideration by the state commission evaluating how best to combat traffic in Manhattan seem fanciful, futuristic or simply far-fetched...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Warming Trends: In Midwest Duck Blinds, Visions of Global Warming
Because of warmer weather, state wildlife agencies are re-examining some longstanding conservation approaches to cultivating waterfowl populations...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Harvard?s Aid to Reach High in Middle Class
Expanding on efforts to help low-income students, Harvard on Monday announced aid increases for students from middle-class and upper-middle-class families...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Justices Restore Judges? Control Over Sentencing
The Supreme Court said Monday that federal district judges had broad discretion to impose what they think are reasonable sentences, even if federal guidelines call for different sentences...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Music Review: Led Zeppelin Finds Its Old Power
In its first full concert since 1980, the band performed in tempos that were more graceful than its old live recordings...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Poll Finds G.O.P. Field Isn?t Touching Voters
Mike Huckabee is now locked in a tight three-way contest nationally, but most Republican voters say they haven?t made a final choice, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Drugs Pass Review
Nexium and Prilosec, AstraZeneca?s top-selling acid-reflux drugs, do not increase heart risks, regulators concluded after a six-month review...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
McDonald?s Posts Robust Growth
The company said that sales at restaurants open at least 13 months rose 8.2 percent in November, helped by the strength of its breakfast business...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Japanese Drug Maker to Buy MGI Pharma for $3.9 Billion
The move by Eisai is aimed at enhancing the company?s cancer drug business and sustaining sales growth...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Mayo Clinic Study Links Anemia Drugs to Leukemia Risk
Anemia drugs from Amgen and Johnson & Johnson may raise the risk that patients with a bone marrow disease will later develop leukemia...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Citigroup Agrees to Buy an Equity Firm
Metalmark Capital Partners, a private equity firm created by former Morgan Stanley executives, said Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by Citigroup for an undisclosed price...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
A Cement Giant Gets Bigger
Lafarge, the world?s largest cement maker, said Monday that it was buying the Orascom Construction Industries Cement Group of Egypt for about $12.9 billion...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Rise on Anticipation of a Rate Cut
Wall Street advanced as expectations for an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve and an uptick in pending home sales helped offset concerns about losses related to subprime mortgages...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Memo Pad
Holding tickets or planning travel on MaxJet? The airline says it continues to accept bookings and has no plans to change its schedule after temporarily suspending trading in its shares in London on Friday...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
On the Road: In the Crowded Sky, Change Is Approaching
Because this is the worst year ever for airline delays, air travel has suddenly become a hot political issue...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Frequent Flier: When a Big Tip Turns Into Big Trouble
Growing up in Boston, I figured I could handle any type of problem the gods of driving threw at me. I met my match in Singapore, a place known for its law-abiding citizens...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Deloitte Agrees to Pay $1 Million Fine
The settlement stems from accusations that the firm botched an audit of a pharmaceutical company by entrusting it to a partner it knew to be a poor auditor...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
David H. Shepard, 84, Dies; Optical Reader Inventor
Mr. Shepard invented one of the first machines that could read, and then, to facilitate its interpreting of credit-card receipts, came up with the near-rectilinear font still used for the cards? numbers...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Senate Will Consider More Restrictive Rules on Mortgages
The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee will introduce a bill Tuesday that would impose new regulations on banks and brokers and restrict certain aggressive lending practices...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
2 Singapore Funds Invest and Recruit Talent Abroad
Over the last few years, Singapore has embarked on an aggressive effort to court private banks and their clients as a way of diversifying the economy...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Freelancers Walk Out at MTV Networks
Scores of workers from MTV Networks walked off the job Monday afternoon to protest recent changes in benefits...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Equity Firm Makes $1 Billion Investment in MBIA
Warburg Pincus will invest in MBIA, the nation?s largest bond insurer, to shore up its finances and safeguard its top-flight credit rating...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Advertising: An 8-Second Ride Lures Sponsors Beyond the Rodeo
Bull riders are hardly well known, but advertisers are betting that they could represent the next big thing in sports sponsorship...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Citigroup Deliberating on Choice for Top Job
Citigroup?s board was locked in debate over its new leader Monday, with no clear consensus over who would be tapped...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Pakistan?s News Media No Longer Silent, but Musharraf Has Muted His Critics
Under a new ordinance enacted by Pervez Musharraf, television journalists face up to three years in jail for broadcasting ?anything which defames or brings into ridicule the head of state.?...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Mortgage Crisis Forces the Closing of a Fund
Losses on investments weakened by the deepening housing crisis have forced Bank of America to close a multibillion-dollar high-yield fund, after wealthy investors withdrew billions of dollars in assets...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Washington Mutual Cutting Dividend and Jobs
The company, one of the country?s largest lenders, said Monday that it would exit the subprime lending business, cut its dividend and eliminate 3,150 jobs...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
European Automakers Likely to Build Plants in United States
The dollar?s falling value is making European automakers eager to build more vehicles in the United States, even as American car companies continue to shift production to other, lower-cost countries...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
For a Few Dollars More, Dining Improves on Longer Flights
US Airways, Midwest Airlines and Delta are among the first carriers to shift their menus in a more nutritional and flavorful direction...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Canadian Exchanges Plan to Merge
After several false starts, the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Montreal Exchange announced a merger on Monday valued at $1.3 billion...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Ask.com Puts a Bet on Privacy
The fourth-largest search engine company will begin a service Tuesday called AskEraser, which allows users to make their searches more private...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
UBS Records a Big Write-Down and Sells a Stake
The investment bank became the latest to seek a lifeline from the East as it wrote down $10 billion in mortgage-related assets...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
A Battle Fought in the Factories
To the ire of Chinese steelworkers, the United States is set to impose new tariffs on Chinese steel pipe imports early next year...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Black Given Prison Term Over Fraud
Conrad M. Black was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for fleecing shareholders of Hollinger International out of millions of dollars...
New York Times - December 11, 2007
Columbia for tourists
After 27 years of total stagnation, Colombia's tourism industry is starting to flourish again...
BBC News - December 11, 2007
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