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US News Archive for February 2008:
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Mexican President?s Whirlwind Visit
President Felipe Calderón of Mexico and a group of Mexican activists from across the New York region met behind closed doors in Lower Manhattan to discuss immigration and naturalization...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Cheaper Wi-Fi Access at Starbucks
Going online at a Starbucks over a Wi-Fi connection will cost less money or will even be free, thanks to a new deal between the coffee chain and AT&T...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Stamp Price to Increase by One Cent
WASHINGTON (AP)-- Mailing a letter will soon cost a penny more...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Chocolate Price-Gouging, Broken Hearts
Troubling news for cash-strapped Lotharios, particularly in Germany...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
4 Masterworks Are Stolen in Zurich
The total worth of the paintings by van Gogh, Monet, Degas and Cézanne was estimated at $163 million...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Threat to Campus Reactors Cited
The risk of a terrorist attack on a nuclear research reactor on a college campus has been underestimated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, according to Congressional auditors...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Campaign Focus Shifts to Chesapeake Bay Region
Primaries in both parties will be held on Tuesday in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Pettitte Asks to Be Excused From Hearing
Andy Pettitte asked out of Wednesday?s testimony because he did not want to say something publicly to hurt Roger Clemens...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Hedge Fund Group Increases Stake in Times Co.
The coalition of hedge funds that wants to place directors on The New York Times Company?s board has increased its stake in the company to at least 9.96 percent of the regular shares, records show...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Wide BlackBerry Outage Is Reported
A major service outage afflicted users of the popular BlackBerry smartphones across the United States and Canada on Monday, wireless carriers said...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Microsoft to Buy Mobile Software Firm
Microsoft took a decisive step into the mobile Web arena with a deal to buy Danger, a company best known for the Sidekick, for an undisclosed amount...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Société Générale Seeks to Raise $8 Billion
The French bank offered millions of new shares to investors at a fire-sale price Monday, seeking to replace the more than $7 billion it lost in a trading scandal...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
White House Remains Optimistic on Economy
In its annual report to Congress, the Bush administration acknowledged that deepening problems in the housing and credit markets will lead to slower growth than last year...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Lawyer Sentenced in Kickback Scheme
William Lerach, a former partner at a prestigious New York law firm, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a kickback scheme involving class-action lawsuits...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Stocks Rise in Uneasy Trading
Retail and homebuilder stocks rose on expectations for more interest rate cuts, but banks and insurers fell on worries about further mortgage debt troubles...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Microsoft Signals Fight for Yahoo Isn?t Over
Microsoft is devising ways to raise the stakes in the fight for Yahoo now that its original proposal has been rejected...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
CBS journalists missing in Iraq
Efforts are under way to locate two CBS journalists missing, feared kidnapped, in the Iraqi city of Basra...
BBC News - February 11, 2008
Uruguay head sacks six ministers
Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez replaces half his cabinet, including defence and foreign ministers...
BBC News - February 11, 2008
Microsoft?s Other Takeover Deal
Not everyone is so reluctant to be bought by Microsoft these days. As Microsoft was bracing early Monday for a rejection from Yahoo, the software giant announced another takeover deal — a much smaller and apparently much friendlier one. The company said it would buy Danger Inc., the Silicon Valley firm that created the Sidekick [...]...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Dot Earth: Will Candidates Go to Science Debate?
Question for candidates: Should we keep sending people into space when a robotic rover can take pictures of the Victoria Crater on Mars? (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell) The organizers of a proposed science and technology debate among the presidential candidates have set a date, April 18, and place, the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. This would be four days [...]...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
City Room: Bloomberg Speaks on Climate Change
The mayor reiterated his call for a carbon tax in the United States, suggested that congestion pricing could be a model for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. And he managed to throw in a boast about the city's 311 line...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Taliban Commander Is Captured
A senior Taliban commander was arrested by Pakistani forces as he tried to slip across the Afghan border into Pakistan...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
In Britain, Attacks on Firefighters
Fighting fires and facing incoming spittle, stabbings and Molotov cocktails: Is it all part of the job?...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Representative Tom Lantos Dies at 80
Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died, his spokeswoman said Monday...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
In 2020, 1 in 7 People in U.S. May Be Foreign-Born
The proportion of immigrants in the U.S. will surpass the peak reached more than a century ago, a study said...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Armed Robbers Steal 4 Masterworks in Zurich
The total worth of the paintings by van Gogh, Monet, Degas and Cézanne is estimated at $163 million...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
For McCain, Losses Signal Challenges
John McCain?s defeats in Louisiana and Kansas underlined the thinness of support for him among conservatives...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
U.S. Presents Charges Against 6 in Sept. 11 Case
Six Guantánamo detainees accused in the 2001 attacks will be shown all the evidence against them, the Pentagon said. The death penalty will be sought...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Hasbro Profit Rises, Names New CEO
The toymaker, which has avoided the recalls that plagued many of its competitors, said its fourth-quarter profit rose 24 percent on a 16 percent increase in sales...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Loews Net Falls on Subprime Losses
Net income at Loews fell to $512 million, hurt by subprime investment losses at its CNA Financial insurance business and weaker results in its tobacco and drilling units...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Netflix Opts for Blu-Ray
The online movie rental company follows four major movie studios in selecting the Sony technology over one pushed by Toshiba...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
2 Celebrity Magazines Buck Circulation Trend
Sales of US Weekly and a new competitor, OK! Weekly, climbed sharply in the second half of 2007, even as price increases contributed to a drop in overall sales of celebrity magazines...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Dow Adds Bank of America and Chevron
In other changes, the Dow Jones industrial average will drop Altria Group and Honeywell International. The changes will take effect Feb. 19...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Stocks Trade Mixed After AIG News
Investors reacted well to strong earnings from Hasbro but also were concerned that American International Group may have more mortgage debt to write off...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
AIG Shares Drop on Auditors? Findings
The insurer said difficulties in valuing a credit derivatives portfolio had triggered auditor questions over its internal controls, sending its shares down more than 11 percent...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Yahoo Officially Rejects Offer
Yahoo called Microsoft?s $44.6 billion takeover offer too low, and said it would continue to evaluate all its options...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Auditor warning hits AIG shares
Shares in AIG, the world's largest insurer, fall by 11% on concerns about its exposure to sub-prime losses...
BBC News - February 11, 2008
Peru's potato passion
Peruvians are hoping to find a foreign market for their potatoes, writes the BBC's Dan Collyns...
BBC News - February 11, 2008
NFL: Peterson shines for NFC
Minnesota's Adrian Peterson runs for 129 yards and two touchdowns as the NFC beat the AFC 42-30 in the NFL Pro Bowl...
BBC News - February 11, 2008
South America to host Dakar Rally
The 2009 Dakar Rally will take place in Argentina and Chile after this year's race was cancelled because of safety concerns...
BBC News - February 11, 2008
Congressman Tom Lantos dies
Democratic Congressman Tom Lantos, a key voice on foreign affairs, has died aged 80, his spokeswoman says...
BBC News - February 11, 2008
$100m in Art Stolen in Zurich
Armed robbers have stolen art worth $100 million, including works by Monet and van Gogh, from a Zurich museum, police said Monday...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
East Timor Chief in Critical Condition
President José Ramos-Horta of East Timor was in an Australian hospital after being shot by rebel soldiers...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Gates Endorses Pause in Iraq Troop Withdrawals
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates endorsed the concept of a pause in troop withdrawals from Iraq this summer...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Amy Winehouse Wins Big at Grammy Awards
The troubled British soul singer picked up five trophies, keeping her in tight competition with Kanye West...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
A Caribbean Corner of Brooklyn, Fighting to Survive
A public market on the edge of Williamsburg may be forced to close by June if the city moves forward with a plan to demolish the building and replace it with housing...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Discovering Second Acts in Sustained Working Lives
A chat with Marc Freedman about the growing phenomenon of encore careers and the obstacles facing older workers...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Argentina's quarantined youngsters
The BBC's Daniel Schweimler visits an indigenous community in Argentina that has quarantined its young to protect them from the outside world...
BBC News - February 11, 2008
Gates Warns Europe of Risk of Terrorist Attack
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said that Europe?s security is directly tied to NATO?s success in Afghanistan...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Top Dogs Live On, and On, in Progeny
Mick, the most influential Kerry blue terrier alive, is the producer of 61 champions and maybe more if his sperm, frozen for artificial insemination, yields championship-caliber puppies...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
President of East Timor Wounded in Rebel Attack
The attack threatened to intensify the continuing unrest that has destabilized the struggling young nation...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Attacks Pushing Darfur Refugees Into Chad
The attacks throw a region sundered by conflict into still deeper chaos, as rebels, government forces and ethnic militias jockey to control the area...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Roy Scheider, Actor in ?Jaws,? Dies at 75
Mr. Scheider was a stage actor with a background in the classics who became one of the leading figures in the American film renaissance of the 1970s...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Kenya?s Middle Class Feeling Sting of Violence
The well-established middle class is thought to be one of the factors that separates Kenya from other African countries that have been consumed by ethnic conflict...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Between States, Hard Feelings Over a Rock?s Place
When a man removed an eight-ton rock from the Ohio River, those on the opposite bank objected...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Oil Money Cultivates a Mideast Ivy League
Education City, the largest enclave of American schools overseas, has become the elite of Qatari education...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
On Single-Sex Buses, Relief From Unwanted Contact
The buses are a response to complaints from women who say some men are taking advantage of crowded public transportation to leer and grope and then disappear...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Present and Past in Grammy Spotlight
The 50th annual Grammy Awards veered through a succession of production numbers that celebrated the links between older stars and modern-day performers...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Obama Wins in Maine; Clinton Replaces Her Manager
Facing another big round of contests Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton conducted the biggest shakeup of her campaign to date as Barack Obama tallied another win...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning
The unclassified report identified problems with nearly every organization that had a role in planning the war, including the White House and the Defense Department...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
U.S. Said to Seek Execution for 6 in Sept. 11 Case
The decision to seek the death penalty for detainees who will likely face war-crimes charges would present new challenges to a troubled system that has yet to begin a single trial...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The schedule of financing this week includes Monday?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills on Tuesday...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Trading Pinstripes for Politics
Changes at The Wall Street Journal: movable deadlines and a new taste for models...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Drawn to the Screen, Big and Small
One might imagine, similarly, that teenage moviegoers would see less television than their more movie-averse peers. But that is not so, according to data from IMMI...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
This Week?s Major Business Events
A look at some of this week?s major business events coming this week...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Tiny Cellphone Chip Aims to Improve Sound Quality
A start-up?s first product, modeled on the human ear, curbs background noise...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Many Obstacles to Digital TV Reception, Study Says
Nearly six million people with digital receivers may still lose TV signals when digital-only broadcasts begin next February, a new study says...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
HSBC Is Expected to Sell 400 Banks
Europe?s largest bank plans to put about half of its 800 French consumer branches up for sale as it focuses on expanding in emerging markets...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
A CBS Newsman?s Serenade: Give My Regards to Mr. Redstone
?Face the Nation? anchor Bob Schieffer paid a musical tribute to his boss, Sumner Redstone, at a gala honoring the media mogul...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
TMZ Catches Tech Whiz in Benign Act
TMZ.com usually traffics in salacious celebrity gossip. So its readers may have been confused when the site posted an item on Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Baby Essentials Succeed Where Pet Food Failed
Diapers, wipes and formula ? the basics ? draw in other more lucrative purchases...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
That Book About the Patriots? Perfect Season Ended With a Giant Asterisk
The Boston Globe was forced to scrap its planned commemorative book ?19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England?s Unbeatable Patriots.?...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Hillary Clinton as the Fashion Police: My Polka-Dot Dress Should Be Arrested
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has weathered criticisms of her hair, her clothes and even necklines. Last week, she decided to join the ranks of her own fashion police...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
HarperCollins Will Post Free Books on the Web
In an attempt to increase book sales, HarperCollins Publishers will begin offering free electronic editions of some of its books on its Web site on Monday...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
In Britain, a Campaign Against Obesity Is Snarled in Controversy
An effort to create a symbol for an anti-obesity campaign is stalled, advertising executives say, because of disagreements over how the program should be run...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Ex-Washington Post Reporter to Lead a Rival
The Washington Times taps John F. Solomon, an alumnus from its more liberal cross-town rival, The Washington Post, as its new executive editor...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
High Lead Levels Are Found in Vinyl Plastic Baby Products
Coolers for storing breast milk, a baby bottle cooler and a vinyl pacifier carrying case were among products found to have high levels of lead by an environmental group...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Moderator and a Panelist Ousted at ?Fox News Watch?
?Fox News Watch,? one of two weekly television shows that assess the national news media, has fired its longtime moderator and let go one of its more liberal panelists...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
The Auction of Getty Images Appears to Be Stalled
The auction of Getty Images, the distributor of pictures and video, appears to be in jeopardy, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
U.S. Wonders if Stock Deal Is Tax Abuse
A strategy executives use to turn their stockholdings into cash while delaying payment of taxes is coming under increased scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
After the Writers? Strike
Emotions are finally settling down in the entertainment industry?s bubbling cauldron of labor disputes...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
How Sticky Is Membership on Facebook? Just Try Breaking Free
Some members discover it?s tough to erase all their information from the site...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Yahoo Bidder Wants a More Aggressive Microsoft
With Yahoo?s board rejecting Microsoft?s bid, it will fall to Christopher P. Liddell, an outsider to the software industry, to plot Microsoft?s next steps in the bitter battle...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Theory Gains That Trader Had a Helper
The investigation into the $7.2 billion trading scandal at Société Générale appears to be aiming toward a theory that the bank?s rogue trader might not have acted alone...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Putting Candidates Under the Videoscope
Equipped with laptops and hand-held video cameras, off-air network reporters, or embeds, are catching every unplugged and unscripted moment on the campaign trail...
New York Times - February 11, 2008
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