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US News Archive for April 2008:
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Priests Are Driving Force Behind Samsung Inquiry
Since October, the country?s priests, quoting the Bible, have urged South Koreans to join in their effort to fight presumed corruption at Samsung...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Saab Builds Its Future Around Its Fighter
The Gripen, a multi-role combat aircraft, has become Saab?s flagship, with recent deals in Thailand, the Czech Republic, Hungary and South Africa...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Judge Rejects Banks' Request in Clear Channel Case
A Texas judge rejected a request by a group of banks in a dispute over the buyout of Clear Channel to throw out a lawsuit against them and set a June 2 trial date...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
AMD?s Chief Technology Officer Resigns
Phil Hester is stepping down as the world?s No. 2 microprocessor maker tries to recover from a sales slump triggered by prolonged product delays and tougher competition...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Frontier Airlines Files for Bankruptcy
Frontier, the latest budget carrier to seek bankruptcy protection, said it will maintain its operations...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
your money: Buying a Home With Friends? Do the Groundwork
Teaming up with friends or relatives to buy a second home can prove a boon to the pocketbook and the relationship, but only if ground rules are established before the first check is written...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Questions About Meeting Concerning Vytorin
House Democrats are questioning whether Merck and Schering-Plough made up information about a meeting of medical specialists to discuss Vytorin, after lawmakers began investigating a failed study of the drug...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
The Masters: Early Players Set Brisk Augusta Pace
Trevor Immelman shot his second straight 68 on Friday, finishing the second round of the Masters at 8-under, giving him a one stroke lead over Brandt Snedeker who also shot a 68...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Ugandan Peace Deal Breaks Down
The peace process in Uganda broke down on Friday after the rebel Lord?s Resistance Army?s chief negotiator quit and government officials left a remote jungle camp...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Olympic Torch Arrives in Argentina
In Buenos Aires anti-China demonstrations were muted and appeared mostly to have dissipated early in the torch?s relay...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
The Lede: Can Russia Give Up Its Cape Canaveral?
The head of the Russian space program says it plans to move its manned flights out of the venerable Baikonur Cosmodrome to a new base in the Russian Far East in a few years...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Bits: The Coming of the Holodeck
A new generation of inexpensive video cameras that sense 3D information is taking a tiny step toward the Star Trek Holodeck...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Market Drops After a Week of Bad News
First-quarter profit fell 5.8 percent at General Electric, which is seen as one of the most reliable earners. The Dow Jones industrial average lost more than 250 points...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Charities Devise New Strategies as Donations Wane
Charities that benefit from the largess of Wall Street, law firms and corporations have begun defensive planning...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Crackdown in Zimbabwe Intensifies
The lawyer for the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been arrested, the main opposition party said...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
American Cancels 200 More Flights
American Airlines said it would cancel 200 MD-80 flights on Saturday as it tried to wrap up efforts to inspect and in some cases reattach wiring bundles in the wheel wells...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Election at-a-glance: 5-11 Apr
A weekly guide to the 2008 US presidential election, in words and pictures...
BBC News - April 11, 2008
Washington news museum opens
The Newseum, Washington's monument to press freedom, showing artefacts from major events, opens its doors...
BBC News - April 11, 2008
Colombian blocks US extradition
A Colombian court temporarily blocks the extradition to the US of former paramilitary boss Carlos Jimenez...
BBC News - April 11, 2008
Navy Recruits Face a Hardship Test at the Airport
Navy recruits on the way to boot camp have joined thousands of other travelers stranded as American Airlines cancels flights...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Frontier Airlines Files for Bankruptcy
Frontier, the latest budget carrier to seek bankruptcy protection, said it will maintain its operations...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Stocks Fall After G.E. Results Disappoint
Stocks were lower in early trading as a disappointing first-quarter report from General Electric raised concern about the health of corporate profits...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Consumer Confidence Wanes; Import Prices Rise
Americans? confidence in the economy has withered in the last few weeks, falling to the lowest level since the recession of the early 1980s...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
City Room: Bridge and Tunnel Traffic Dips After Tolls Rise
Since the Port Authority raised tolls on March 2, average weekday traffic has fallen 2.9 percent on its six crossings between New York and New Jersey...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Dot Earth: Can People Have Meat and a Planet, Too?
Can technology provide meat for 9 billion without trashing the planet?...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Crackdown in Zimbabwe Is Said to Intensify
Zimbabwe?s authorities have arrested the lawyer for the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, the main opposition party said...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
In Rare Miss, G.E. Profit Falls Short
A 5.8 percent decline in first-quarter profit at G.E. stunned investors who consider it one of the most reliable earners and sent stocks tumbling...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
American Cancels 600 of Its Friday Flights
American Airlines said that it would fly half of its normal schedule involving the MD-80 jets that were grounded for inspections...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Robert W. Greene, Journalist, Dies at 78
Robert W. Greene led reporters from across the country in an effort to uncover corruption in Arizona and twice helped Newsday win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Gunmen Kill Aide to Shiite Cleric in Iraq
Fearing a backlash from Moktada al-Sadr?s Mahdi Army after the assassination of one of the cleric?s senior aides by unknown gunmen, Iraqi security forces imposed a curfew in Najaf and brought extra troops onto the streets...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Strong euro behind cocaine flows
A strong euro and weak dollar may explain why cocaine is more available in Europe, a US anti-drugs official says...
BBC News - April 11, 2008
Vanilla Ice released after arrest
Rapper Vanilla Ice - real name Robert Van Winkle - is freed from jail after his arrest for allegedly pushing his wife...
BBC News - April 11, 2008
McCain Reverses Himself on Mortgage Position
Senator John McCain called for the federal government to aid some homeowners in danger of losing their homes by helping them to refinance and get federally guaranteed 30-year mortgages...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
If You Must Fly, Some Suggestions
With more than 2,500 flight cancellations across the country this week, and more expected on Friday, air travelers should come to the airport prepared, travel specialists said...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Frontier Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. said that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but it plans to keep running while it reorganizes...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Olympic Torch Makes Stop in Argentina
The Olympic torch is making its only Latin American stop on a five-continent tour amid cloak-and-dagger secrecy after recent turmoil...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Marine Murder Suspect Is Arrested
A Marine suspected of killing a pregnant colleague told police he slept in fields and survived by eating fruit that he found during a three-month manhunt that ended with his arrest in western Mexico, authorities said...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Ex-Party Boss in China Gets 18 Years
The former Communist Party chief of China?s financial capital was sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in a massive corruption scandal...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Museum Review: Chasing the News: Mark Twain?s Inkwell to Blogger?s Slippers
With its expensive design, its many artifacts and its interactive features, the Newseum in Washington is determined to be noticed...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
US airline files for bankruptcy
Budget carrier Frontier Airlines files for bankruptcy protection in the US, but says it will keep flying...
BBC News - April 11, 2008
US stalls on Iraq amnesty order
The US military says it will continue to hold an Iraqi photographer while it reviews a government amnesty order...
BBC News - April 11, 2008
Texas sect temple 'used for sex'
Texas investigators find a bed in the temple of a polygamist sect used by men to have sex with under-age 'wives'...
BBC News - April 11, 2008
News museum to open in US
The Newseum, Washington's monument to press freedom, showing artefacts from major events, is set to open...
BBC News - April 11, 2008
World Business Briefing | Europe: Russia: Lukoil To Shed Stations
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New York Times - April 11, 2008
World Business Briefing | Americas: Canada: Trade Surplus Rises 78%
Canada?s trade surplus rose 78 percent in February despite strength in the Canadian dollar...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
World Business Briefing | Europe: STMicroelectronics and NXP to Merge Wirechip Businesses
STMicroelectronics and NXP will merge their wireless chip businesses into a $3 billion joint venture controlled by STMicroelectronics to challenge the market leaders...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
high & low finance: It?s a Crisis, And Ideas Are Scarce
Paul Volcker says financial engineers have ?produced unimaginable wealth for some, while repeatedly risking a cascading breakdown of the system as a whole.?...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
March Sales Were Weak as Shoppers Felt Pinched
With little money left after buying food and fuel, American shoppers handed most retailers their most dismal March in 13 years...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Couple Lose Property Suit
An aggrieved couple who sued their real estate agent lost their case in a Vista, Calif., court on Thursday...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Billions of Barrels of Oil May Lie Under Northern Plains
An area of shale and other rock in North Dakota and Montana is estimated to hold the largest potential oil resources in the 48 contiguous states...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Markets Rise After 3 Losing Sessions
Stocks rose on Thursday for the first time in three days, helped by a decline in unemployment claims and better-than-expected sales performance by discount retailers...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Chief of EADS Speaks Out
After months of nearly total silence, the chief executive of the EADSC has begun a counteroffensive against accusations of rampant insider trading...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
DuPont Raises Profit Outlook
The chemical maker said strong growth in its agriculture businesses and emerging markets should help offset weakness in U.S. housing and automotive markets...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
MySpace Signs Deal to Aim Its Content for Overseas TV
MySpace has signed a deal with a British-based production firm, ShineReveille International...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
News Corp. May Join Yahoo Bid With Microsoft
Rupert Murdoch?s News Corporation is in talks with Microsoft about joining in its contested bid for Yahoo, according to people involved in the discussions...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Microsoft Introduces Tool for Avoiding Traffic Jams
The new service?s software technology, called Clearflow, is an ambitious attempt to apply machine-learning techniques to the problem of traffic congestion...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
New Leader in Late-Night TV Ratings
For the first time, Craig Ferguson, the CBS late-night host whose program follows David Letterman on weeknights, has won a ratings contest against NBC?s late-night star, Conan O?Brien...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Japanese Drug Company Bids for U.S. Biotech Firm
Japan?s Takeda Pharmaceutical has agreed to pay $8.8 billion in cash for Millennium Pharmaceuticals, one of the earliest American genomics companies...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
European Bank Holds Fast as England Cuts Rate
Citing a worsening domestic outlook, the Bank of England cut its benchmark interest rate, while the European Central Bank left its key rate on hold...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Southwest Planes Had Cracks an Inspection Might Have Found
The testimony, by the associate administrator for safety of the F.A.A., was the most explicit statement so far that the epidemic of aircraft groundings had genuine safety roots...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Global Forum Calls for New Financial Controls
A global team of financial regulators and ministers is calling for for more oversight by the world?s banks and investment institutions caught up in a global credit crisis...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Court Faults Britain for Halting Arms Deal Inquiry
The British High Court ruled that prosecutors investigating accusations of corruption in a BAE arms deal with Saudi Arabia acted unlawfully when they dropped the inquiry...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Parts of Rather?s Suit Against CBS Dismissed
The judge, setting aside Dan Rather individual claims, said, however, that Dan Rather could continue to pursue his claim that CBS, as an entity, had breached its contract...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Two Issues Combine to Scuttle an Aerospace Takeover
Concerns about national security laws in the United States and sensitivities over Canada?s control of its Arctic lands blocked a takeover of Canada?s largest space equipment company...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Surprising Growth in the Trade Deficit
The gap between what Americans import and export unexpectedly widened in February as domestic demand rose for automobiles and fell back for crude oil...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Advertising: Creative Spots, Courtesy of a Stalled Economy
Since the fall, many marketers have been appealing to worried consumers by acknowledging that times are tough...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Yuan Hits Milestone Against Dollar
For the first time in over a decade, the dollar bought less than 7 yuan, a milestone that is just the latest sign of China?s growing economic power...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
The Face of a Prophet
George Soros has always been a controversial figure. But he is becoming more so with a new, dire forecast for the world economy...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
House Votes to Put Off Trade Deal Bush Sought
The unity exhibited Thursday by House Democrats in stalling a White House-sponsored trade pact with Colombia masks deep party divisions on the issue...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Abuse Trails Central American Girls Into Gangs
Girls who join the ranks of Central America?s street gangs straddle the line between victims and victimizers...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
A Graduation Shortcut for Student Short Credits
Struggling New York students have been able to graduate through what is known as credit recovery ? letting those who lack credits make them up by means other than retaking a class or attending traditional summer school...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Couric?s Fate Was Topic A in CBS Suite
A discussion in February about Katie Couric?s future as the anchor of the ?CBS Evening News? threatened on Thursday to turn her into a virtual lame duck in the job...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Officials Tell How Sect in West Texas Was Raided
A Texas ranger described in detail what occurred last week when law enforcement officers sought entry to a fundamentalist Mormon polygamist temple...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Senate Approves Housing Relief Bill
The Senate on Thursday moved to stabilize the battered housing market by approving a bill to provide tax breaks for home builders and other businesses...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Bush Signals No Further Reduction of Troops in Iraq
President Bush said on Thursday that the senior U.S. commander in Iraq could ?have all the time he needs? before reducing troops further...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Downturn Reviving Rift Over ?96 Welfare Change
As first lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton supported her husband?s decision to sign into law a bill forcing welfare recipients to work and imposing a five-year limit on cash assistance...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Opera About a Giant?s Life, Complete With Giant Puppets
Newsprint becomes art in the Met?s production of ?Satyagraha,? Philip Glass?s 1979 opera about Mohandas K. Gandhi?s years in South Africa...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Stuck at the Airport, Recruits Face a Hardship Test
More cancellations could roll through the airline industry as the F.A.A. steps up its scrutiny of carriers? compliance with safety directives...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Olympic Official Calls Protests a ?Crisis?
The president of the Olympic committee called on the authorities in Beijing to improve human rights...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Fight for Sadr City a Proving Ground for Iraq Military
American commanders see the struggle for control of Sadr City, the stronghold of Shiite militias, as an opportunity to shift more responsibility to the Iraqi army...
New York Times - April 11, 2008
Masters 2008: Round one
England's Justin Rose has a share of the lead after the opening round of the Masters at Augusta...
BBC News - April 11, 2008
Mexico legislators storm congress
Opposition legislators in Mexico take over both houses of congress to oppose planned oil industry reforms...
BBC News - April 11, 2008
US gives Cubans fast track visas
The US starts to issue fast track visas to Cubans who want to join relatives living in America...
BBC News - April 11, 2008
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