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US News Archive for May 2006:
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Former Fiji PM charged with mutiny
A former Fijian prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, and coup leader has been charged with inciting a 2000 mutiny in army ranks, a police spokesman said Friday. Rabuka, the military leader who led a coup in 1987 that ousted the democratically elected government and served as Fiji's prime minister from 1992 until 1999 elections, will appear in a Suva court charged over the mutiny that killed eight soldiers...
CNN - May 11, 2006
New Orleans evacuation plan has holes
New Orleans' plan to evacuate its residents in the event of a major hurricane strike this summer may not be as complete as city officials made it sound last week when they unveiled the plan, according to a CNN review...
CNN - May 11, 2006
Bolivian Says He Won't Pay Energy Companies
President Evo Morales today ruled out any compensation for nationalized oil and gas resources...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Senate Leaders Expect Immigration Bill Next Week
The bill could put millions of illegal immigrants on the road to eventual American citizenship...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Floyd Patterson, Boxing Champion, Dies at 71
Floyd Patterson turned his troubled life around with boxing and rose to the top despite a gentle disposition...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
A Rolling Stone Leaves Hospital After Surgery
After Keith Richards complained about headaches, doctors drilled a small hole in his skull to drain blood...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Iran Is Willing to Hold Talks, but With Conditions
President Ahmadinejad said Iran would discuss its nuclear program, but not under threat of military action...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
New Design for Atlantic Yards Presented
The developer and its opponents still have vastly different visions of what Brooklyn should feel like...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Senate Votes to Extend Investor Tax Cuts
The approval of the $69 billion bill to extend tax cuts on dividends and capital gains for two years gives the White House a welcome victory...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Stocks Fall on Fears of Inflation
Investors reacted to rising oil prices and concern that the pace of inflation might be quickening...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Weak retail figures hit US shares
US retail sales missed targets in April as consumers reined in spending amid high fuel costs, sending stocks sharply down...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Dreamworks helps Viacom results
Media giant Viacom beats market expectations for its first quarter results, helped by its Dreamworks film studio...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
US priest guilty of nun's murder
A priest in Ohio is found guilty of the 1980 murder of a nun in what prosecutors said was a ritualistic killing...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Dead penguins found in Argentina
More than 100 dead Magellan penguins, coated in oil, are discovered washed up on the southern coast of Argentina...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
U.S. 'not mining personal lives'
U.S. President George W. Bush says the government is "not mining or trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans" with a reported program to create a massive database of the country's phone calls...
CNN - May 11, 2006
Senate deal breathes life into immigration bill
Senate leaders reached a deal Thursday on reviving a broad immigration bill that could provide millions of illegal immigrants a chance to become American citizens and said they'll try to pass it before Memorial Day...
CNN - May 11, 2006
Bush: U.S. not 'trolling through personal lives'
President Bush said Thursday the government is "not mining or trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans" with a reported program to create a massive database of U.S. phone calls...
CNN - May 11, 2006
Atomic Agency's Chief Sounds Hopeful Note on Iran
Mohamed ElBaradei was applauding the Security Council's delay of a decision on sanctions for several weeks...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
A Rolling Stone Returns Home After Brain Surgery
Keith Richards was discharged from a hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, after surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, the band's record company said today...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Leader of Post-9/11 Revival Submits Resignation
John C. Whitehead is stepping down at the end of this month after more than four years as chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Critic's Notebook: All the President's Books
A recent floodlet of books offers a surprisingly coherent portrait of the White House's management style...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Christian Foes of 'Da Vinci Code' Mull Tactics
Seeing the movie as an attack on the pillars of Christianity, some plan boycotts while others hope for a "teaching moment."...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Egyptian Forces Beat Back Demonstration for Judge
The demonstrators were intent on showing support for judges demanding independence from the president...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Bush Denies Massive Spying on U.S. Citizens
The comments came as Democrats expressed outrage over a news report describing a massive effort by the National Security Agency to compile records of phone calls...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
US retail sales miss April target
US retail sales missed targets in April as consumers reined in spending amid high fuel costs, government figures show...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
US competitiveness 'threatened'
Is the US government's penchant for borrowing making the country less competitive?...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Italy rejects CIA 'aid' claim
Italy's government reiterates that it had no knowledge of an alleged CIA operation to kidnap a Muslim cleric...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Pope voices concerns to Chavez
The Pope voices concerns to Venezuela's president about threats to religious freedom in the South American nation...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Bolivia 'won't pay compensation'
Bolivia's President Evo Morales says foreign firms should not expect compensation for seized energy assets...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
7/7 report faults terror planning
If more resources had been in place sooner the chances of preventing the July 7 Tube and bus bombings in London could have increased, an official report says...
CNN - May 11, 2006
Ahmadinejad: Iran open to talks
Iran's president has said he is willing to negotiate with the United States and other world powers over his country's nuclear program, even as he stepped up his rhetoric against Israel...
CNN - May 11, 2006
In the Race for the Millions, 2 Paintings Come In Tied
Millions of dollars were spent at Sotheby's Wednesday night on instantly recognizable works by masters like de Kooning, Ryman and Lichtenstein...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Early strike 'better' for Delphi
Struggling US firm Delphi tells a bankruptcy court it would be better to endure strikes now, rather than next year...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Judge deals blow to Enron two
The judge in the Enron trial says jurors can find the firm's former bosses guilty of deliberately avoiding knowledge of fraud...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
NHL: Oilers down Sharks in epic
Edmonton score a 3-2 triple overtime win over San Jose to cut the Sharks' lead in their NHL play-offs second round series...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
US troops' larger language bonus
The US is to boost bonuses for troops speaking a foreign language - with Arabic and Dari among the most needed...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
L American leaders in EU summit
Latin American, Caribbean and EU leaders hold trade talks in Vienna, with energy disputes high on the agenda...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Bolivia 'to compensate Petrobras'
Bolivia's state-owned energy firm says Brazil's Petrobras should be compensated for the seizure of its assets...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Gold mining 'hits' poor countries
Gold mining carries social and environmental costs for many developing countries, an aid agency warns...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
US band manager jailed over fire
A former rock band manager is jailed for four years over a 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island which killed 100...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Colombia court eases abortion ban
Colombia's constitutional court votes to partially legalise abortion, despite strong opposition to the move...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Jakarta offers Iran mediation
Iran is willing to seek a diplomatic solution to concerns over its nuclear program, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says. Indonesia's president says he is willing to help mediate in the hope of finding a solution...
CNN - May 11, 2006
Critic's Notebook: All the President's Books (Minding History's Whys and Wherefores)
A recent floodlet of books illuminates the Bush administration's penchant for circumventing traditional processes of policy development...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Scientists Will Gather to Discuss Safety of Abortion Pill
The first meeting in 10 years on the safety of the abortion pill RU-486 comes after a bacterial infection led to the deaths of at least five women who took it...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
The Oprah Treatment
Beauty procedures like Thermage gain wide exposure through the show, but critics see little discussion of any complications...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
For Ousted C.I.A. Chief, a Warm Embrace
Some members of the House of Representatives said Porter J. Goss's ouster from the C.I.A. had been handled clumsily...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Hepatitis Risk for East Asians in New York
One in seven East Asian immigrants in New York City carries the hepatitis B virus, a new study has found...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Leaving the Wild, and Rather Liking the Change
A group of Nukak-Makú tribespeople left the Amazon rainforest in Colombia and declared themselves ready to join the modern world...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
As Gazans Wait for Aid, Their Situation Is Dire
Palestinian Authority employees, 35 percent of the population, have not been paid in two months, and tensions in Gaza are rising fast...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
A Classy Frame for 100 of Your Favorite Camera Phone Pictures
Parrot has introduced a picture frame that displays photos transmitted from camera phones and other devices via Bluetooth...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Charity Provisions Dropped From Measure on Tax Cuts
After intense lobbying by a handful of nonprofit groups, proposals aimed at increasing charitable giving were dropped from a bill to extend President Bush's tax cuts...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Austrian Oil Company to Acquire Utility
OMV, Austria's state-controlled oil company, said that it had agreed to buy the national utility Verbund for as much as 13.1 billion euros ($16.7 billion)...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
News Corp. Reports Doubling of Profit
The News Corporation reported that profits doubled in the latest quarter on an asset sale as well as stronger results at its Italian satellite TV company, cable networks and broadcast television businesses...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
3 Chip Makers Reach Settlements
Samsung Electronics, Hynix Semiconductor and Infineon Technologies will pay $160 million to resolve claims that they drove up computer chip prices...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Interpublic to Decide Soon on Merger of Two Units
Interpublic's chairman said the "most significant negating factor" would be potential client conflicts created by a combination...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Economic Scene : Right for the Wrong Reasons: Why Galbraith Never Got the Prize
John Kenneth Galbraith's friend, and one of the first Nobel laureates in economics, explains why Mr. Galbraith was not awarded a Nobel award...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Northwest Airlines Reports First-Quarter Loss of $1.1 billion
CHICAGO, May 10 (Reuters) — Northwest Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy in September, reported a first-quarter net loss of $1.1 billion Wednesday, hurt by reorganization costs and rising fuel prices...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Judge Leaves Appeals Court for Boeing
Judge J. Michael Luttig, who had been a regular on President Bush's short list for the Supreme Court, will become senior vice president and general counsel of Boeing...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
A Tweaked and Brightened Version of the Nintendo DS
The ugly duckling - Nintendo DS - has grown up into a sleek white swan - Nintendo DS Lite...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Q & A: Keeping Mailboxes Happy and Compact
Q. When I close Outlook Express I get a pop-up window that reads: "To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages." What does this mean?...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Yahoo in Deal on Spanish Site
Yahoo and the Telemundo Group plan to combine their Spanish-language sites, giving Yahoo an edge over Google in competing for the Hispanic market...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Advertising: An Agency's Worst Nightmare: Ads Created by Users
User-generated content, best known for fueling the popularity of Web sites like YouTube and MySpace, is rapidly taking hold in advertising...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
The Start-Up as the First Step Up
Increasing numbers of entrepreneurs are mentoring low-income youths, offering financial aid and skill development in inner-city schools...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Legg Mason's Expenses Up
Legg Mason said expenses almost tripled, to $805.5 million, because of costs to combine and run the former Citigroup division and to retain employees...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Gas Prices Unlikely to Drop Soon, Energy Official Says
A senior Energy Department official testified that average prices for regular gasoline in the summer driving season would hold at $2.71 a gallon...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
If One Zoom Lens Is Good, Kodak Hopes That 2 Are Even Better
Camera buyers are fickle, demanding ever-slimmer models and ever-fatter zoom capabilities. Kodak satisfies both demands with the EasyShare V610...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Here Comes Peter Cottontail, Hopping Down the Information Trail
The term "rabbit ears" may bring to mind television in the B.C. (before cable) era, but a brand-new electronic bunny adjusts its own ears...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Loss at Federated; Deal for May Company Cited
Federated Department Stores reported a $52 million net loss on expenses related to its $11 billon acquisition of May...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Whirlpool to Eliminate Jobs of 4,500
The Whirlpool Corporation said that it would close three plants and consolidate corporate offices as it integrates the Maytag Corporation...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Insurer to Pay to Settle Case With 2 States
The Hartford Financial Services Group has agreed to pay $20 million to settle an investigation the attorneys general of Connecticut and New York said...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Text of the Fed's Statement on Interest Rate Increase
Following is the text of a statement released by the Federal Reserve yesterday after its monetary policy panel, the Federal Open Market Committee, decided to raise its benchmark interest rates a quarter-point:...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Trust to Buy Realty Assets of ShopKo Stores for $815 Million
A real estate trust has agreed to buy nearly all the real estate assets of ShopKo Stores for about $815.3 million...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Nasdaq Raises Stake in London Exchange
The Nasdaq Stock Market raised its stake in its trans-Atlantic rival to 24.1 percent, a level that will allow it to count some of London's profit as its own...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Hints of More Rate Increases Take a Toll
The Federal Reserve suggested that it might not be through raising interest rates, if necessary, to fight inflation...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Market Place : With $12 Billion in Profit, Toyota Has G.M. in Sight
Toyota's sixth consecutive year of record profit indicates to analysts that the company may pass G.M. as the world's largest carmaker...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Owens Corning to Pay Billions in Plan to Exit Bankruptcy
Owens Corning will pay more than $5 billion to asbestos claimants and as much as $2.27 billion to holders of bank debt as part of a plan to exit federal bankruptcy protection...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Sirius to Begin a Catholic Channel
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is venturing into satellite radio, announcing a deal on Wednesday to work with Sirius Satellite Radio to create a 24/7 Catholic channel...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
House Votes to Extend Investor Tax Cuts for 2 Years
The House of Representatives sent the measure to the Senate, where final passage is expected on Thursday, clearing the way for the bill to be signed into law by President Bush...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
A Redesign Is Expected for Airbus's Midsize Jet
Airbus is expected to radically redesign its A350 jet in a move that could give Boeing the upper hand in a critical segment of the commercial aircraft market...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Google Shows New Services in Battle of Search Engines
Google introduced several services on Wednesday that draw on contributions from users to help identify popular Web sites...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Basics: Putting the Wire Back Into Networking
Although they're cheap and ubiquitous, wireless networks haven't ended the quest to move data through home electrical lines...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Judge in Enron Case Delivers a Serious Blow to the 2 Defendants
The judge agreed to allow jurors to find Jeffrey K. Skilling and Kenneth L. Lay guilty for consciously avoiding knowing about wrongdoing at the company...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Women Get Knees to Call Their Own
Are replacement knees "shaped to fit a woman's anatomy" a medical breakthrough or a marketing ploy for the post-feminist era?...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
House Panel Urges Reworking of Leases for Oil Drilling in U.S.-Owned Waters
The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would order the Interior Department to renegotiate about 1,000 leases for companies drilling in the Gulf of Mexico...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
U.S. Won't Press China Over Yuan
The Bush administration said that it would not cite China as a currency manipulator and provoke a confrontation over the issue...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
4 Hours a Day, 3 Days a Week
Long taboo in the mind-sets of European labor unions and governments, part-time work and temp jobs are becoming the richest source of new employment across Europe...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
David Pogue: Why the World Doesn't Need Hi-Def DVD's
Toshiba's high-definition DVD player is the first volley in an absurd format war among the titans of the movie, electronics and computer industries...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Tax Benefits To the Rich And Patient
Policy and research groups in Washington say 80 percent of the tax savings will flow to the top 10 percent of taxpayers...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Detroit Grapples With a New Era: The Not-So-Big 3
Asian car companies have moved squarely into the front yard of the capital of American automotive dominance...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
A. M. Rosenthal Dies at 84; Editor of The Times
Mr. Rosenthal led The Times through 17 years of record growth, modernization and major journalistic change...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Fed Raises Rates Again but Clouds Next Move
The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates again on Wednesday, its 16th increase in two years, and gave itself room to raise them again in June...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Cricket: Windies beat Zimbabwe
Chris Gayle hits an unbeaten 95 to help the West Indies to a 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Canada agrees native abuse deal
Canada's government agrees a compensation deal for native students abused in schools...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
US band manager jailed over fire
A former rock band manager is jailed for four years over a 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island which killed 100...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
US troops' larger language bonus
The US is to boost bonuses for troops speaking a foreign language - with Arabic and Dari among the most needed...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
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