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US News Archive for January 2007:
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Most Americans 'oppose Bush plan'
Two out of three Americans oppose U.S. President George W. Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll...
CNN - January 12, 2007
Missing boys found alive
Two missing Missouri boys, one missing since 2002, the other since Monday, have been found alive, law enforcement officers confirm. Shawn Hornbeck, now 15, was last seen riding his bike to a friend's house in 2002. Ben Ownby disappeared Monday...
CNN - January 12, 2007
Second Man Sentenced in Killing of Reporter
Percey Jordan, Jr., 43, was convicted of first-degree murder late last year in the killing of David E. Rosenbaum, a retired reporter for The New York Times...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
New York City Property Values Jump 19 Percent
Defying fears of a cooling real estate market, the total value of all New York City property surged this year...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
House Passes Bill Mandating Drug Price Negotiations
Defying a veto threat from President Bush, the House today passed a bill requiring the government to negotiate with drug companies for lower Medicare prices...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Exchange Turns into Political Flashpoint
Senator Barbara Boxer said her comments to Condoleezza Rice about motherhood and Iraq had been misunderstood...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Prosecutor Asks State to Take Over Duke Case
The Durham district attorney said he had no choice but to hand off the case because of ethics charges he faces...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Wal-Mart Chooses New Ad Agencies
The announcement came five weeks after Wal-Mart overturned decisions made by senior marketing executives to hire the Draft FCB Group as the lead agency to create ads...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
US House backs Medicare bill
The US House of Representatives passes a bill requiring the government to directly negotiate lower drug prices...
BBC News - January 12, 2007
Canada announces e-border system
Canada announces plans to spend $370m on an "electronic manifest system" to speed imports from the US...
BBC News - January 12, 2007
Morales to tackle Bolivia clashes
Bolivia's president, Evo Morales, holds an emergency cabinet meeting after at least two people die in clashes...
BBC News - January 12, 2007
Ice storm threatens chaos
A brutal ice storm is threatening to turn Oklahoma into a sheet of ice and cause dangerous conditions from Texas to New York. "This is a one-in-maybe-15-to 25-year event," CNN severe weather expert Chad Myers said...
CNN - January 12, 2007
Greek leftists 'attacked embassy'
Several senior U.S. State Department officials say the initial assessment of an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Athens is that it was launched by "locally grown leftists," not al Qaeda nor any other foreign element. No one was injured when a rocket-propelled grenade struck the fortified building, and the only visible damage was a shattered window...
CNN - January 12, 2007
Poll: Two thirds oppose more troops in Iraq
Two out of three Americans oppose President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Friday indicates...
CNN - January 12, 2007
A 2-Month Debate on Iraq, Capped by ?the Big Push?
Diametrically opposed options ? adding troops, or pulling back ? marked the boundaries of a debate on Iraq inside the Bush administration...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Insurers sued over torn Picasso
A US casino mogul who put his elbow through a Picasso painting sues his insurers over the accident...
BBC News - January 12, 2007
Blast hits U.S. compound in Athens
The U.S. Embassy in Athens was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade Friday. U.S. Ambassador Charles Ries said the explosion injured no one and caused minimal damage, but was still being treated as a "very serious attack."...
CNN - January 12, 2007
Senators to Bush: Stay out of Iran
President Bush's warnings to Iran and Syria to not interfere in Iraq and the arrest of six Iranians in Iraq by U.S. troops raised eyebrows on Capitol Hill, where senators warned Bush against widening the nearly four-year-old war...
CNN - January 12, 2007
Rival protesters clash in Bolivia
At least two people are killed in clashes between government and opposition supporters in central Bolivia...
BBC News - January 12, 2007
Rocket hits US embassy in Athens
Attackers fire a rocket at the US embassy in the Greek capital, Athens, causing some damage but no injuries...
BBC News - January 12, 2007
Bush's plan a hot topic in military town
At the Victory Pawn and Trading Post in a military town, the talk one day after President Bush announced an increase in troops is all about Iraq...
CNN - January 12, 2007
Bush plan a 'dangerous blunder'
Symbolic of the skepticism in Congress that met U.S. President George W. Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq, conservative senator Chuck Hagel describes the move as "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam, if it's carried out."...
CNN - January 12, 2007
As States Innovate, Schwarzenegger Blurs Lines
Arnold Schwarzenegger exemplifies a growing movement of state leaders crossing party lines to get things done...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
In Traffic?s Jam, Who?s Driving May Be Surprising
More than half the drivers who crowd into Manhattan each workday come from the five boroughs...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
U.S. Preparing for Trials of Top Qaeda Detainees
The Bush administration has set up a secret war room in a Virginia suburb where it is assembling evidence to prosecute high-ranking detainees from Al Qaeda...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Grooming a Weatherman for His TV Debut, and Hoping He Doesn?t Bite the Host
A trainer at the Staten Island Zoo is trying to get a groundhog comfortable with people before the animal makes an appearance for Groundhog Day...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Duke Accuser Contradicts Herself
The woman said two players, not three, attacked her in the bathroom at a team party in March...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
A Soccer Star Heads to U.S., Heeding Lure of Hollywood
The Los Angeles Galaxy said that David Beckham would make $250 million over the five years of his deal...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Advertising: On the Speed Channel, the Lead Roles in a New Show Are Played by 2 Toyotas
Toyota and the Speed Channel cable network have joined forces to produce an unusual program in which the Toyota FJ Cruiser plays a starring role...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Ex-Investigator for H.P. Is Expected to Plead Guilty
Bryan Wagner is expected to plead guilty to federal charges that he posed as a reporter to get phone records for the company?s internal investigation of boardroom leaks...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Times Co. To Cut Jobs in New England
The voluntary buyout plan is part of an effort to cut 125 jobs at The Boston Globe and The Worcester Telegram & Gazette...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Jobless Claims Fall to a 5-Month Low
The number of workers filing initial claims for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Policy Maker at Boston Fed Plans to Retire
Cathy E. Minehan announced that she would retire in 2007, adding to a list of vacancies among top Fed policy makers...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Samsung Profit Dropped in Fourth Quarter
The company was hurt by lackluster shipments of flash memory chips and falling prices of flat screens...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Six Flags Says It Will Sell 7 Parks
The theme-park operator Six Flags said it would sell 7 of its 30 North American parks for $312 million...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
AMD Warns of Fourth-Quarter Revenue
The microchip maker warned that fourth-quarter revenue would fall short of analysts? estimates, citing lower average prices for its chips...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
AirTran Goes to Investors With Higher Bid for Midwest Air
AirTran appealed directly to shareholders with a sweetened offer of about $345 million for the Midwest Air Group...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Further Decline in Oil Buoys Share Prices
Investors regained some of their swagger after oil prices fell further and a drop in jobless claims indicated that the economy was not slowing too quickly...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
5th Defendant Pleads Guilty in Shelter Case
A former accountant pleaded guilty to one felony count of lying to federal investigators as part of a widening criminal inquiry into questionable tax shelters...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Head of MTV Networks Leaving
Michael Wolf, the president and chief operating officer of MTV Networks, is leaving the company...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Market Place: Bristol Finds Alliances, and Perhaps a Suitor
Bristol-Myers announced a partnership with the British company AstraZeneca to develop two diabetes compounds...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
In Surprise Move, British Bank Lifts Rate
The Bank of England raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, to 5.25 percent, to head off rising inflation...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Preparing for Farm Bill Cuts, or Not
Administration officials said that farmers should expect to receive smaller agricultural payments in this year?s farm bill...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Insider: Like Them or Loathe Them, Hedge Funds Aren?t Going Away
Hedge funds have become a more accepted fixture in the financial landscape...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Executive Who Stirred Up Volkswagen Will Step Down
Wolfgang Bernhard will leave the company as part of a broad shake-up of its managing board...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Demand Outpaced Supply for New Game Consoles
The Xbox 360 outsold the Wii, which outsold the PlayStation 3 during the crucial holiday season...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Costco Bias Suit Is Given Class-Action Status
The lawsuit on behalf of 700 female workers claimed that the retailer had systematically discriminated against women seeking jobs as managers...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
AT&T Prepares to ?De-Brand? the Cingular Wireless Name
AT&T, now the sole owner of Cingular Wireless, will begin changing all Cingular marketing to adopt the AT&T name...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Crude Oil Falls Further, Gratifying Consumers More Than Investors
Oil prices sank to the lowest level in 19 months, providing potential relief to consumers...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
A Setback for Prosecutors in the ?Enron of Kansas? Case
Recent reversals of some white-collar rulings show how fragile convictions of corporate wrongdoing could be on appeal...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Revamping of EMI Begins With Management Shake-Up
The British music giant fired its chief of recorded music, Alain Levy, ahead of a broad reorganization aimed at reviving the flagging company...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
An Updraft for the Airlines
The chief of US Airways, with a $10.5 billion takeover proposal for Delta, has helped make the industry feel better about itself again...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
[TS] High & Low Finance: Iraq Dominates World Politics, Not Markets
Investors act as if they believe that Iraq will be like Vietnam in a very important way: In the long run, it will have little real significance for the world economy...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
News Analysis: Steve Jobs Walks the Tightrope Again
If the iPhone succeeds commercially, it will be proof of Steven P. Jobs?s power and influence over the world?s consumer marketplace...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Agents Say Fast Audits Hurt I.R.S.
I.R.S. agents are being pushed to prematurely close audits of big companies, a policy costing the government billions...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Hire by the Contract Now, Risk a Big Regret Later
Employment contracts have been blamed for virtually guaranteeing huge payouts even when an executive fails...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
State Farm Told to Pay Gulf Claim
The $2.5 million penalty against State Farm throws into question settlement talks intended to resolve hundreds of lawsuits filed after Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - January 12, 2007
Potter fanfic writer makes debut
A Chilean writer who shot to fame after writing her own "fanfic" version of the Harry Potter stories releases her debut novel...
BBC News - January 12, 2007
Blast rocks US embassy in Athens
Police seal the area around the US embassy in the Greek capital, Athens, after an explosion in the compound...
BBC News - January 12, 2007
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