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US News Archive for February 2006:
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Sharon survives emergency surgery
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's life is in "no immediate danger" after emergency surgery for alarming damage in his intestinal tract, according to a hospital spokesman...
CNN - February 11, 2006
Dad: Son adopted without his knowledge
David Archuletta says he knew his former girlfriend was pregnant in 2001, but she told him the baby was stillborn. More than a year later, she told him the truth -- that she had given birth after traveling to New Jersey from their home in Colorado, and turned over the baby for adoption...
CNN - February 11, 2006
Eats Shoots, Leaves and Much of Zoos' Budgets
Pandas kept by American zoos are running up the bills not by eating a lot, though they do. The leasing fees are what hurt the most...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Boxing: Wright to fight Taylor
Winky Wright finally signs to fight undisputed middleweight king Jermain Taylor on 17 June...
BBC News - February 11, 2006
Sharon survives emergency surgery
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's life is in "no immediate danger" after emergency surgery for alarming damage in his intestinal tract, according to a hospital spokesman. Sharon, 77, has been in a coma since suffering a major stroke January 4...
CNN - February 11, 2006
Sharon has surgery after setback
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has emergency surgery after it appeared his life was in danger, according to doctors and hospital officials. Sharon, 77, has been in a coma since suffering a major stroke January 4...
CNN - February 11, 2006
Violent Crime Rising Sharply in Some Cities
Police say a rise in homicides has been set off by petty disputes that hardly seem the stuff of gunfire or stabbings...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
The Wounded: Replacing Limbs, Rebuilding Shattered Lives
Charting the care of two marines who lost limbs in Iraq reveals a journey of medical setbacks and emotional turmoil...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Hedrick Strikes America's First Gold
Chad Hedrick began his quest to equal Eric Heiden's record of five gold medals in a Winter Olympics, winning the 5,000 meters Saturday...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Tutor Program Offered by Law Is Going Unused
Four years after President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind law, vast numbers of students are not getting the tutoring that the law offers as one of its hallmarks...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Sharon's life reported in danger
Doctors and hospital officials at Hadassah Medical Center say the life of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in danger and that he has been taken into emergency surgery. Sharon, 77, has been in a coma since suffering a major stroke January 4...
CNN - February 11, 2006
Sharon's life reported in danger
Doctors and hospital officials say the life of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in danger and that he has been taken into emergency surgery. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a major stroke January 4...
CNN - February 11, 2006
'Deadline set' for Iraq hostage
The kidnappers of U.S. journalist Jill Carroll have set a February 26 deadline for their demands to be met or she will be killed, Alrai Television in Kuwait reports, citing sources close to the kidnappers...
CNN - February 11, 2006
In Small Town, 'Grease' Ignites a Culture War
In small corners of the country, like Fulton, Mo., only a few objections to high school books or plays can rattle an entire community...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
As Opera Audience Shrinks, the Met Gets Daring
Peter Gelb, who takes over in August as the Met's first new general manager in 16 years, has laid out broad-ranging plans to remake the venerable house...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Ex-FEMA Leader Faults Response by White House
Michael D. Brown testified that the Bush administration was too focused on terrorism to respond properly to natural disasters...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Republican Speaks Up, Leading Others to Challenge Wiretaps
A growing number of Congressional Republicans are expressing doubts about the N.S.A.'s domestic spying program...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Pomp and Unsettling Circumstances Open Games
Four cross-country skiers were suspended and the world's top-ranked skeleton racer was banned from the Winter Games...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Mommy, Help Me Download 'Farmer in the Dell' to My MP3 Player
Children's electronics have proved to be a bright spot in an otherwise slumping toy industry...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Attention in N.S.A. Debate Turns to Telecom Industry
Though much of official Washington has been caught up in the debate over domestic spying, telecommunications corporations have been quiet...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
A Down-Then-Up Day Leaves Shares Mixed for the Week
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Edward G. Jefferson, 84, Chief at DuPont, Is Dead
Edward Graham Jefferson was a chemist who headed the DuPont Company in the 1980's...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Sir Freddie Laker, 83, Pioneer in Low-Fare Airline Travel, Is Dead
Freddie Laker introduced low-cost trans-Atlantic flights with Laker Airways in the late-1970's and helped usher in an era of more affordable travel...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Another Fad Hits the Wall
With a new study indicating that a reduced-fat diet may not help ward off heart disease or cancer, some say that the days of the low-fat phenomenon are numbered...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
[TS] Want to Rally the Troops? Try Candor
A new book aims to put small private companies in the spotlight by shining a light on a handful of business practices the author admires...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Saturday Interview | With John Malkovich: From Broadway to Runway
John Malkovich, the Oscar-nominated actor, director and producer, was in New York to show his Uncle Kimono clothing line to buyers at the Project New York show held at the Javits Center...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Executive Pursuits: Exclusive, but Still a Duffer's Delight
FRANK CHIRKINIAN waddled from his golf cart to the second green at Emerald Dunes Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., muttering obscenities under his breath. In his yellow shorts, white golf shirt and prescription aviator-style sunglasses, he looked like a cross between Daffy Duck and Mister Magoo...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Law Aids Bank's Officials
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 10 (AP) — Gov. Ed Rendell signed legislation on Friday that will effectively shield executives and directors of Sovereign Bancorp from a shareholder challenge, saying the measure will help keep a significant financial institution in Pennsylvania...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
The Saturday Profile: Shadow Shogun Steps Into Light, to Change Japan
Japan's most powerful media baron, Tsuneo Watanabe, has recently spoken out, questioning the nationalism his newspaper has cultivated...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Pfizer Predicts Earnings Below Expectations and Flat Sales for '06
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Pilots Demand $1 Billion if Delta Ends Pensions
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Finance Ministers Meet Warily in Russia
Finance ministers from the Group of 8 industrialized nations arrived for a weekend meeting that is sure to revive doubts on Russia's membership in the club...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Dubai Wins Bidding Battle for P.& O.
The acquisition of the British shipping comapny completes the emirate's rapid transformation from a local port operator to one of the world's giants...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Reporter's Lawyers Subpoena Ovitz in Hollywood Suit
Michael Ovitz, the former Walt Disney Company president, was subpoenaed as a "person of interest" in a civil lawsuit against private investigator Anthony Pellicano...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
What's Online: A Rant. All 406 Pages of It.
A new e-book takes on the Baby Bells, saying they reneged on their collective promise to deploy ultra-high-speed broadband Internet access to millions of homes...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
What's Offline: Going to the Heart of the Matter
HERE are a few things, courtesy of Kiplinger's, to ponder while you are waiting to pay for the flowers, or the boxer shorts with the little red hearts on them, you are buying in anticipation of Tuesday:...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Sony and Bertelsmann Agree to Shuffle 2 Music Executives
After months of wrangling over management of their music venture, Sony and Bertelsmann said that the company's chief executive and its chairman would swap jobs...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Basic Instincts: A Mortgage in Reverse: Debtor Beware
The reverse mortgage is an unconventional and expensive way that people who are 62 and older can borrow the equity in their homes — and, in essence, never have to pay back a dime out of their own pockets...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Your Money: Waiting for Just the Right Moment to Take Out the Wallet
Because retailers share more sales and inventory information with manufacturers, inventories are kept lean. Still, a determined consumer can come away with the best price...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Power Plant Would Reuse Carbon Dioxide
Subsidiaries of BP and Edison International said that they were planning to build a power plant that would run on oil residues...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Five Days: Pressure of Various Sorts on Some Corporate Giants
Big companies were in big trouble with many of their shareholders this week, whether because they were too slow in cutting some things or too quick to count other things...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Off the Charts: Wondering Whether General Motors Can Stage Yet Another Comeback
General Motors this week cut its dividend in half amid fears that it may eventually go bankrupt. It remains the world's largest carmaker, but Toyota may soon catch up...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
U.S. Trade Deficit Sets Record, With China and Oil the Causes
The trade deficit widened to a record $726 billion in 2005, adding more fuel to the debate about globalization...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Executive Loses Case on Trading
A judge has found that Clark E. McLeod, the former chief executive of McLeod-USA, is liable for improper trading of hot new stock offerings during the technology stock boom...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
Volkswagen to Eliminate 20,000 Jobs
The company has been struggling with a stagnant home market, a fading presence in the U.S. and competition in China...
New York Times - February 11, 2006
China bankers deny US scam
Two former Bank of China managers plead not guilty to charges in the US of stealing $485m in a Las Vegas court...
BBC News - February 11, 2006
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