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US News Archive for January 2006:
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Poll: Pessimism rife over Iraq
Americans overwhelmingly lack confidence that Iraq will have a stable government in place within the next year, and more than half say that the war has not been worth its cost, according to a just released CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. President Bush said Wednesday victory in Iraq would come only when "the Iraqis are able to defend their democracy."...
CNN - January 11, 2006
Democrats grill Judge Alito
Democrats continued to hammer Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito during Wednesday's questioning, a session marked by a testy exchange between the Republican chairman of the Senate panel and a top Democrat...
CNN - January 11, 2006
Democrats Press Alito for Specifics on Abortion
The nominee conceded that Roe v. Wade has a heavy weight of precedent behind it, but said he could not commit himself further...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Birgit Nilsson, Swedish Soprano, Dies at 87
Her voice was known more for its muscularity and accuracy and the sheer joy of singing under the most trying circumstances...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
In a Flash, Camera Dealers Feel the Web's Wrath
Brooklyn has gained a reputation as a center of the gray market for cameras, with complaints and threats on the rise over sales tactics by some companies...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Market Place: DuPont and BP Warn That Storms Hurt Their Earnings
Last year's devastating storms are persisting longer than some companies had anticipated...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Wall Street Bonuses to Hit Record $21.5 Billion in 2005
The bonuses were driven by record profits at many of Wall Street's major banks, including Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Wall Street Bonuses to Hit Record $21.5 Billion in 2005
Wall Street bonuses are expected to have hit a record $21.5 billion in 2005 as investment banks reaped record earnings...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Chavez angry with US over jet row
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accuses the US of blocking a deal to buy training jets from Brazil...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
Blair: Iran U.N. referral 'likely'
British Prime Minister Tony Blair says it is likely the United States and the European Union will push to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council, after the country restarted its nuclear program...
CNN - January 11, 2006
Miners Tried Escape by Rail Car, Family Says
The men tried to break their way out of the Sago Mine in a rail car before retreating to create a protective curtain and wait for help...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Top Democrat 'troubled' by Alito's answers
After Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito returned to the hot seat Wednesday, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, the Judiciary Committee's leading Democrat, said he was "troubled by some of the answers" given by Alito, a day after the nominee gave careful responses on abortion rights and other topics...
CNN - January 11, 2006
Democratic Senators Are More Aggressive at Alito Hearings
The ranking Democrat said he was troubled by "inconsistencies" in Judge Alito's answers on a number of topics on Tuesday...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Guidant's Board Expected to Move on Boston Scientific Bid
Guidant's board is expected to meet later this afternoon to decide whether to select Boston Scientific's $25 billion bid amid an 11th-hour effort by Johnson & Johnson...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
China's Trade Surplus Tripled in 2005
China said that its trade surplus rose to a record $102 billion in 2005, a figure that could reignite global trade frictions...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Lohan 'appalled' at bulimia claim
Lindsay Lohan denies telling a reporter she suffers from an eating disorder, but Vanity Fair stands by the story...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
Peru angry over Chavez words
Peru says comments made about April election candidates by Venezuela's president are unacceptable...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
Israel punishes US TV evangelist
Israel pulls out of a $50 million deal with Pat Robertson after he says Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
Cycling: Hamilton in ban appeal
Tyler Hamilton calls for his two-year doping ban to be overturned as his Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal hearing...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
Bodies of 24 Haitians found
At least 24 Haitian migrants have died and 20 have been injured in neighbouring Dominican Republic...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
More Brazil cars run on alcohol
Brazilians bought more alcohol-powered cars last year than petrol-driven models, industry figures show...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
Argentine may face 17,000 years
Spanish prosecutors want up to 17,000 years in jail for an ex-Argentine junta officer held in Madrid...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
Plan: All New Orleans could be rebuilt
Every part of New Orleans, from neighborhoods below sea level to mainstays of its storied culture, could have a chance to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Katrina...
CNN - January 11, 2006
Turkish bird flu 'may be endemic'
The bird flu virus could become endemic in Turkey and poses a serious risk to neighboring countries, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says...
CNN - January 11, 2006
No Iran talks 'without nuclear vow'
France, Britain and Germany cannot continue talks with Iran unless it vows not to begin enriching uranium, Germany's deputy foreign minister has said...
CNN - January 11, 2006
Palestinians in Gaza Fear War Between Fatah and Hamas After Vote
The densely populated, heavily armed territory threatens to turn on itself now that Israel has withdrawn...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Treasury boss upbeat on US growth
US Treasury chief John Snow says the US economy is in a "good position" to continue growing strongly in 2006...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
Posthumous Grammy for Pryor
The late Richard Pryor and David Bowie are among those receiving lifetime achievement awards at the Grammy...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
Baseball: Sutter in Hall of Fame
Former relief pitcher Bruce Sutter is elected to baseball's Hall of Fame...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
NBA: Spurs end Nets streak
New Jersey's 10-game NBA winning streak is ended by a 96-91 loss to reigning champions San Antonio...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
GM shareholder urges turnaround
An adviser to General Motors' biggest individual investor calls on the firm to step up efforts to turn itself around...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
China flu deaths, Turkey ups ante
The World Health Organization says that two more people have died from bird flu in China, as Turkey sets up a bird flu crisis center in its capital Ankara to curb a growing spate of human cases...
CNN - January 11, 2006
Bad Blood: In the Treatment of Diabetes, Success Often Does Not Pay
Doctors and hospitals profit by treating complications of diabetes but lose money when they try to prevent them...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
New Orleans Commission to Seek Overhaul of Schools and Transit
The plan would reorganize the school system and eliminate a 76-mile shipping channel that was the main cause of flooding...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Another Suspension for Skeleton Team
The U.S. men's skeleton team's top competitor, Zach Lund, was suspended after testing positive for a masking agent at a World Cup event last month in Europe...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
The Context: Judge Alito Proves a Powerful Match for Senate Questioners
For the most part, the Supreme Court nominee left his questioners shuffling through papers in search of the next question...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Square Feet: Of Time and Tide, and Preservation Battles
A Victorian-era hotel on the Rhode Island coast is being demolished and replaced with a replica, upsetting those who fought to save it...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
In Chelsea, a Magnet for High-Profile Tenants
A hulking 1932 building on Eighth Avenue, once a distribution center for the Port Authority, will soon be home to offices for Google...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Parliament in Ukraine Votes to Scold Government
Lawmakers passed a vote of no confidence in the government for its handling of negotiations in a dispute with Russia over natural gas...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Al Jazeera: From Network, to a Bush Target, to Courts
Claims that President Bush proposed bombing Al Jazeera's headquarters have raised new questions in Britain about its alliance with Washington...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
David S. Kruidenier, 84, Publisher and Philanthropist, Dies
David S. Kruidenier, a former publisher of The Des Moines Register, devoted much of his post-newspaper career to revitalizing downtown Des Moines...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Dow Stays Above 11,000 in a Flat Day of Trading
Stocks closed basically flat one day after a January rally carried the Dow Jones industrial average to a close above 11,000 for the first time since June 2001...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Alberto-Culver to Spin Off Professional Unit
The maker of shampoos and hair conditioners plans to spin off its professional beauty supplies business and focus on consumer products...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Operator of Italian Lottery to Buy Gtech for $4.6 Billion
Lottomatica agreed to buy the Gtech Holdings Corporation, the world's biggest operator of lottery systems, for $4.65 billion in cash...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
German Regulators Reject Takeover of TV Broadcaster
Germany's commission on media concentration said that Axel Springer's plan to buy the broadcaster would give it "dominant power over public opinion."...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Advertising: Few Are Booking Ads on 'The Book of Daniel'
The NBC series, about a priest, has been condemned by a conservative activist organization as anti-Christian...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Refco Judge Rejects Request for Trustee
A federal bankruptcy judge denied a request by the Justice Department to appoint a trustee to take over Refco's bankruptcy case...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Phelps Dodge Cuts Its Earnings Forecast
The Phelps Dodge Corporation, one of the world's largest copper producers, said its fourth-quarter earnings would fall well below previous expectations...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Music Label Formed to Push Gay Artists
Sony Music Label Group and the founder of the Logo cable channel will create a record label aimed at developing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender recording artists...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Cancer Drugs Lift Earnings at Genentech
Genentech reported that fourth-quarter profit rose 64 percent on surging sales of its breast cancer drug Herceptin and other cancer medicines...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Loews Names 2 as Co-Chairmen
By Dow Jones...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
S.E.C. Plans to Accuse Hedge Fund of Violations
The agency accuses Perry Capital of violating disclosure rules when it used an unusual trading technique to try to influence a takeover battle...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
America Online Buys Developer of Video Search Service
The acquisition of Truveo, a company that runs a search engine for video clips, furthers AOL's efforts to focus on Internet video...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Ex-Trader Agrees to Pay $153 Million Settlement
Daniel G. Calugar, a former stock trader in Las Vegas, agreed to settle charges that he engaged in market timing...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Inventories Held by Wholesalers Increased by 0.4% in November
Inventories at wholesalers rose 0.4 percent in November, in line with Wall Street expectations...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
OfficeMax to Close Stores
OfficeMax said it would close 115 stores and a factory in Washington State after profit plummeted last year...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Home Depot to Buy Distributor of Construction Products
The purchase of Hughes Supply will move Home Depot farther away from its reliance on big-box stores...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Ex-Disney Chief to Be Host of a Talk Show on CNBC
"Conversations With Michael Eisner," an hourlong prime-time show, will be broadcast every other month...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
2 Tied to Hollywood Detective Plead Guilty to Felony Charges
A Beverly Hills, Calif., police detective and the ex-wife of the actor Keith Carradine have both pleaded guilty to felony charges arising from a three-year federal investigation of Anthony Pellicano...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Prosecutors Shift Focus on Enron
Government lawyers will focus less on talk of Enron's accounting and more on charges that Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling lied to investors, employees and accountants...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Johnson & Johnson Adds a Late Twist to Guidant Bidding
Guidant's board was wrestling Tuesday night with whether to select Boston Scientific's $25 billion bid amid an 11th-hour effort by a rival Johnson & Johnson to negotiate a new deal...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Drug Makers Scrutinized Over Grants
The money that drug companies give as educational grants is sometimes steered to doctors and groups who push unapproved uses of drugs, an investigation found...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Apple Beats the Calendar and the Street
Steven P. Jobs unveiled a new iMac computer and a new notebook at Macworld Expo and revealed that Apple's revenue for the quarter jumped 63 percent...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
S.E.C. to Propose New Rules on How Executive Pay Is Reported
The agency plans the most extensive overhaul since 1992 of the way companies disclose compensation to senior executives and directors...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
E.P.A. Planning Closer Estimate of Car Mileage
The new testing method is meant to more accurately depict the fuel economy consumers can expect from new cars...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
I.R.S. Move Said to Hurt the Poor
Tax refunds sought by 1.6 million poor Americans over the last five years were frozen and their returns labeled fraudulent...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Market Place: Kerkorian Aide Tells G.M. to Be More Like Nissan
Jerome B. York said G.M. could draw inspiration from the successful comeback of the Japanese automaker...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Drugs in '05: Much Promise, Little Payoff
Even as pharmaceutical companies poured a record amount of money into drug development in 2005, the industry's research drought grew worse...
New York Times - January 11, 2006
Indian film-maker sues New York
An Indian documentary maker sues the city of New York after police stopped him filming in the street...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
Brazil probes Indian 'army class'
Photos of Brazilian soldiers teaching Amazonian Indians how to shoot assault rifles are probed by prosecutors...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
Chavez angry with US in jet row
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez accuses the US of blocking a deal to but training jets from Brazil...
BBC News - January 11, 2006
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