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US News Archive for January 2008:
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Marine?s Remains Are Uncovered
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- For months after a pregnant 20-year-old Marine accused a colleague of rape, her family says, she continued to work alongside her attacker and endured harassment at Camp Lejeune...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
New Investigation in Parents? Murders
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will lead a new investigation into the 1988 murders of a Long Island couple whose son served 17 years in prison for the crime before an appeals court said he might be innocent...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Clemens Faces Dangers of Spin in Steroid Case
Accused by his former personal trainer of taking steroids, Roger Clemens has begun a furious public relations effort...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
In Texas, Weighing Life With a Fence
A planned border fence has provoked alarm among land owners fearful of being cut off from their own property...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Young Evangelicals Embrace Huckabee as Old Guard Balks
Mike Huckabee?s candidacy threatens to drive a wedge between the leaders of the conservative Christian movement and their base...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
War Torn: Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles
The New York Times found 121 cases in which veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan committed a killing in this country, or were charged with one, after their return from war...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Correction: Stocks in the News
The Stocks in the News on the DataBank page last Sunday contained incorrect labels for the stocks? estimated price-to-earnings ratios. They were for 2008, not 2007...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Correction: That Campaign Button Can Sting You at Work
The Career Couch column last Sunday, about presidential politics in the office, referred incorrectly to comments by Daniel I. Prywes, a partner in the Washington offices of the law firm Bryan Cave. When Mr. Prywes said that soliciting participation in political events might be permissible, he was referring to both employers and employees, not just employees. In addition, he said that employers who coerce employees to make political contributions would be violating federal election laws; he was not referring to employees who solicit contributions...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Correction: The Deluge Before the Dollar
The Off the Shelf column last Sunday, a review of ?A Nation of Counterfeiters,? a book about the history of American counterfeiting, referred incorrectly to a practice in Britain, where counterfeiting was once considered a treasonable act. It was punishable by death without ?benefit of clergy,? meaning the special protections once granted to clergy members and certain others to be tried in separate church courts and to avoid some types of punishment; it did not have to do with ?access to clergy? for absolution rites...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Lives: Consumer Man
Possible bag conspiracy threatens to undermine social order...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Consumed: Imitation of Life
How soaps that look like little hands connect with the contradictory attractions of novelty and familiarity...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Has Gawker Jumped the Snark?
Gawker, the gossip Web site, seems to be in the midst of a particularly intense period of turmoil, which has led to a slide in its once-hypnotic influence on the news media world...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Carl N. Karcher, 90, Founder of Carl?s Jr. Hamburger Chain, Is Dead
Mr. Karcher, who parlayed a $325 investment in a hot dog cart into one of the largest hamburger chains in the western United States, died Friday...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
film: Remaking Paramount by the Seat of His Pants
Brad Grey, an outsider from the world of television, steers a fabled studio through tough times...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
The Afterlife of Cellphones
A growing international trade in discarded mobile phones is helping the world?s poor. But will it poison the earth?...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
A Fed Signal Can?t Dispel the Gloom
It was another dismal week for the stock market, despite a short-lived rally on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted of further rate cuts...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Fair Game: Cruel Jokes, and No One Is Laughing
WHAT do banks call it when a troubled borrower abandons her home, sending them the keys?...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Economic View: So We Thought. But Then Again . . .
Harry S Truman once said he wanted to talk to a one-armed economist, ?so that the guy could never make a statement and then say: ?on the other hand.? ?...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Square Feet | Blueprints: A Law Office That?s Young at Heart
A law office?s sleek design by Andrés Escobar incorporates elements of the most modern commercial real estate development...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
The Boss: Dancing Permitted
My father, in his own quiet German way, took pride in what I did, but it was baffling to him...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Everybody's Business: Larry, Curly, Moe and the Economy
Punishing the U. S. economy because oil prices are high is sort of like a Three Stooges movie in which the wrong person keeps getting hit on the head...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
The Feed: In the Farm Bill, a Creature From the Black Lagoon?
You may be surprised to learn that your tax dollars have helped pave the way for the growth of livestock megafarms by paying for manure management...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Fresh Starts: Coaches Wanted in the Game of Life
As personal advisers proliferate, credentialing varies...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Bright Ideas | Slipstream: Two Views of Innovation, Colliding in Washington
As the Senate prepares to tinker with the nation?s patent laws this spring, it?s worth recalling the law of unintended consequences...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Travel Bug: A Million Miles vs. a Few More Smiles
JAMES T. KANE, a corporate consultant on customer loyalty, has a news flash for his airline...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Bright Ideas | Digital Domain: From 10 Hours a Week, $10 Million a Year
Markus Frind?s site, Plenty of Fish, is angling for visitors, not Web design awards...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
The Count: Cost Is No Object When It Comes to Your Pet
Looking for a growth industry? Look no further than pet products and services...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Having a Little Work Done (at the Mall)
Customers are getting Botox shots in settings that are more salon than doctor?s office...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Suits: The Highest Fashion: A Royal Accessory
The new year started smashingly for Glenda Bailey, editor in chief of Harper?s Bazaar: she was named on Queen Elizabeth?s New Year Honours List...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Will Nardelli Be Chrysler?s Mr. Fix-It?
A Detroit outsider faces an industry slump and a tough economy...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
News Analysis: Some Fear Economic Stimulus Is Already Too Late
The forces menacing the economy may be too entrenched to be swiftly dispatched by government intervention...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Dot Earth: Hunting the Whale Hunters
Greenpeace campaigners scouring remote seas near Antarctica found their quarry, a Japanese whaling fleet that plans to kill nearly 1,000 whales in the name of science...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Body Is Sought at Marine?s Home
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities detailed gruesome evidence of a pregnant Marine's death Saturday as they excavated human remains from a fire pit where they believe a comrade she accused of rape burned and buried her body...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Cricket: Windies thrashed by SA
South Africa thrash West Indies by an innings and 100 runs in the deciding Test in Durban...
BBC News - January 12, 2008
Bits: Religious Leaders? Silence on Nanotechnology
There may not be a lot of agreement among the world?s religions on exactly what constitutes humans ?playing God,? but you never hear a preacher or rabbi suggesting such behavior is wise or laudable. So you would think they might have a lot to say about nanotechnology...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Big Waves Mean No Small Preparation for Surfers
More than bronzed slackers in board shorts, big wave surfers study oceanography and weather patterns to help them ride waves that can be more than 50 feet high...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Bush Says No Decision on Troop Levels
President Bush said in Kuwait that he had made no decision on bringing more U.S. troops home from Iraq...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Obama Giving Clinton a Race in Her Backyard
New York?s Democratic presidential primary on Feb. 5 is shaping up as the state?s most competitive since 1992...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
In an Ancient Culture, America?s Team Takes Root
For the Acoma tribe in New Mexico, the Dallas Cowboys connect a community fighting to maintain ancient traditions while adapting to the modern world...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Bush and Congress Seen Pushing for Stimulus Plan
Concern about a possible recession is bringing the president and lawmakers closer to agreeing that an economic stimulus package is needed soon, officials said...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Breaking the Habit of Disposable Diapers
Tereson Dupuy, founder of Mother of Eden, thinks reusable diapers are having their back-to-the-future moment...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Stake Is Bought in IAC/InterActiveCorp
The Liberty Media Corporation, the entertainment and Internet retailing company controlled by the billionaire John C. Malone, purchased 14 million shares of IAC/InterActiveCorp, the company controlled by Barry Diller, for $339.5 million...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Curing What Ails Starbucks
Its coffee shops of the past are gone, but the chain can rebound by slowing down...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Disney Reports Chief?s Compensation
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Robert A. Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, received a compensation package in the 2007 fiscal year valued by the company at $27.7 million, according to an analysis of documents filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Chase Buys Some of Lender?s Assets
Northern Rock, one of Europe?s biggest casualties of the credit crisis, sold some of its mortgage portfolio to JPMorgan Chase...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Cleveland Sues 21 Lenders Over Subprime Mortgages
The city is suing 21 of the nation?s largest banks and financial institutions, accusing them of knowingly plunging it into a financial crisis...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Real Estate, Cheap and Scary
Here?s one way to deal with home prices that remain stubbornly high despite the recent downturn: Buy your second home first...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Report Stirs Concern Kazakh Oil Deal May Be Scuttled
Shares in the Italian oil company Eni dipped Friday following an unconfirmed report that Kazakhstan was poised to cancel a contract to develop the Kashagan field...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Food From Cloned Animals Seems Safe, a Panel Finds
Meat and milk from cloned animals seem to pose no special health risks, said a report released by the European Food Safety Agency. It was a first step toward the eventual sale of such products within the European Union...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
The Burger and Latte Combo
McDonald?s assault on Starbucks?s coffee hegemony is a wrongheaded strategy, Chris Dannen writes...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
U.S. and Europe Ponder Divergent Rate Policies
Can Europe?s economy stay on track even if the U.S. economy goes off the rails? This old question is being asked with new urgency across the Continent...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Putting Price on Flights of Fantasy
My husband and I struggle to stay in sync financially, but we get stuck in a rut whenever we look toward the 5-, 10- or even 20-year horizon...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Worries About Credit and Economy Again Take a Steep Toll on Stocks
A slowing economy and a fresh batch of financial problems for banks put the major indexes on track for one of their worst yearly starts...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Some Debt Trends Are Good. This Isn?t One of Them.
American credit card debt is growing at the fastest rate in years, a fact that may signal coming trouble for the banks that issue them...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
On a Board, Shredding and Stomping, but Mostly Falling
I embarked on my executive pursuit of snowboarding determined to drop in, air it out and stomp a ride...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Chrysler and Nissan in Production Deal
The deal could be the first step toward a possible broader alliance between Chrysler and Nissan of Japan...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Anxiety for Luxury Brands as Tiffany Reports Slowdown
Tiffany?s weak holiday sales sent jitters through the luxury-goods industry, which had seemed invulnerable to the economic slowdown...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Oil Is Blamed for Widening Trade Deficit
Record oil prices widened the United States trade deficit in November as the cost of imported petroleum outpaced a modest rise in exports...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Law Makes Debt Relief Harder for Homeowners
Legislation pending in Congress could spur still more people to choose Chapter 13 to save their homes...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Merck Licenses Bone Drug for Generic Sale
Merck & Company said it had signed a deal for an authorized generic form of its blockbuster osteoporosis drug Fosamax to become available in February...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
A Day of Confusion at Golden Globes
The event, which usually ends in teary speeches and lavish parties, could end up in court instead...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Directors and Producers to Hold Talks
Planned weekend talks could promise a major break in the entertainment industry?s labor troubles...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Bank of America?s Chief Makes Big Bet
Kenneth D. Lewis has gambled on bold acquisitions, but few of his bets match a deal to buy Countrywide Financial Corporation...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Citigroup Seeking More Foreign Investment
The financial giant is in talks to sell a stake to a Chinese bank and other investors, people briefed on the plan said...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Religious Leaders? Silence on Nanotechnology
There may not be a lot of agreement among the world?s religions on exactly what constitutes humans ?playing God,? but you never hear a preacher or rabbi suggesting such behavior is wise or laudable. So you would think they might have a lot to say about nanotechnology...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Syria Rebuilds on Site Destroyed by Israeli Bombs
A puzzling site grew more curious with the release of a satellite photograph showing new construction there that resembles the site?s former main building...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Judge Sentences Jones to 6 Months in Prison
Marion Jones pleaded guilty in October to lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Obama Giving Clinton a Race in Her Backyard
New York?s Democratic presidential primary on Feb. 5 is shaping up as the state?s most competitive since 1992...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Awards Season, and the Swag Goes to ... Few
The Hollywood writers? strike is threatening a beloved Tinseltown institution: the swag bag of free luxury items...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
No Small Preparation for Hitting Big Waves
More than bronzed slackers in board shorts, big wave surfers study oceanography and weather patterns to help them ride waves that can be more than 50 feet high...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Suitcase of Cash Entangles U.S. and 2 Latin Nations
A spy mystery and diplomatic imbroglio began with the discovery of nearly $800,000 at a Buenos Aires airport...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Inquiry Focuses on Withholding of Data on Loans
New York State prosecutors are investigating whether Wall Street banks withheld information about the risks posed by investments linked to subprime mortgages...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Iran Encounter Grimly Echoes ?02 War Game
In a military simulation, small speedboats like those used by Iran in an incident last weekend were able to inflict devastating damage on more powerful warships...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Bush and Congress Seen Pushing for Stimulus Plan
Concern about a possible recession is bringing the president and lawmakers closer to agreeing that an economic stimulus package is needed soon, officials said...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Saturday Interview: Breaking the Habit of Disposable Diapers
Tereson Dupuy, founder of Mother of Eden, thinks reusable diapers are having their back-to-the-future moment...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Stake Is Bought in IAC/Interactive
The Liberty Media Corporation, the entertainment and Internet retailing company controlled by the billionaire John C. Malone, purchased 14 million shares of IAC/InterActiveCorp, the company controlled by Barry Diller, for $339.5 million...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Disney Reports Chief?s Compensation
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Robert A. Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, received a compensation package in the 2007 fiscal year valued by the company at $27.7 million, according to an analysis of documents filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Talking Business: Curing What Ails Starbucks
Its coffee shops of the past are gone, but the chain can rebound by slowing down...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Chase Buys Some of Lender?s Assets
Northern Rock, one of Europe?s biggest casualties of the credit crisis, sold some of its mortgage portfolio to JPMorgan Chase...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
What's Online: The Burger and Latte Combo
McDonald?s assault on Starbucks?s coffee hegemony is not a bet-the-franchise move, but it is a wrongheaded strategy that is bound to lose...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
What's Offline: Real Estate, Cheap and Scary
Here?s one way to deal with home prices that remain stubbornly high despite the recent downturn: Buy your second home first...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Report Stirs Concern Kazakh Oil Deal May Be Scuttled
Shares in the Italian oil company Eni dipped Friday following an unconfirmed report that Kazakhstan was poised to cancel a contract to develop the Kashagan field...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Off The Charts: Some Debt Trends Are Good. This Isn?t One of Them.
American credit card debt is growing at the fastest rate in years, a fact that may signal coming trouble for the banks that issue them...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Basic Instincts: Putting Price on Flights of Fantasy
My husband and I struggle to stay in sync financially, but we get stuck in a rut whenever we look toward the 5-, 10- or even 20-year horizon...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
U.S. and Europe Ponder Divergent Rate Policies
Can Europe?s economy stay on track even if the U.S. economy goes off the rails? This old question is being asked with new urgency across the Continent...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Chrysler and Nissan in Production Deal
The deal could be the first step toward a possible broader alliance between Chrysler and Nissan of Japan...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Executive Pursuits: On a Board, Shredding and Stomping, but Mostly Falling
I embarked on my executive pursuit of snowboarding determined to drop in, air it out and stomp a ride...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Oil Is Blamed for Widening Trade Deficit
Record oil prices widened the United States trade deficit in November as the cost of imported petroleum outpaced a modest rise in exports...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Stocks & Bonds: Worries About Credit and Economy Again Take a Steep Toll on Stocks
A slowing economy and a fresh batch of financial problems for banks put the major indexes on track for one of their worst yearly starts...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Anxiety for Luxury Brands as Tiffany Reports Slowdown
Tiffany?s weak holiday sales sent jitters through the luxury-goods industry, which had seemed invulnerable to the economic slowdown...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Merck Licenses Bone Drug for Generic Sale
Merck & Company said it had signed a deal for an authorized generic form of its blockbuster osteoporosis drug Fosamax to become available in February...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Your Money: Law Makes Debt Relief Harder for Homeowners
Legislation pending in Congress could spur still more people to choose Chapter 13 to save their homes...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
A Day of Confusion at Golden Globes
The event, which usually ends in teary speeches and lavish parties, could end up in court instead...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Directors and Producers to Hold Talks
Planned weekend talks could promise a major break in the entertainment industry?s labor troubles...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Citigroup Seeking More Foreign Investment
The financial giant is in talks to sell a stake to a Chinese bank and other investors, people briefed on the plan said...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Awards Season, and the Swag Goes to ... Few
The Hollywood writers? strike is threatening a beloved Tinseltown institution: the swag bag of free luxury items...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Bank of America?s Chief Makes Big Bet
Kenneth D. Lewis has gambled on bold acquisitions, but few of his bets match a deal to buy Countrywide Financial Corporation...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
Inquiry Focuses on Withholding of Data on Loans
New York State prosecutors are investigating whether Wall Street banks withheld information about the risks posed by investments linked to subprime mortgages...
New York Times - January 12, 2008
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