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US News Archive for February 2006:
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Iran demands apology over cartoons
Iran has rejected U.S. and Danish accusations that it has inflamed and encouraged violent protests over caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammed and demanded an apology, saying it could reduce growing tension...
CNN - February 12, 2006
Cheney Accidentally Shoots a Fellow Hunter
The vice president accidentally shot a prominent Austin lawyer while the two men were on a quail hunting expedition in South Texas on Saturday...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Big Snowstorm Sets Record in New York and Disrupts Travel
The storm dropped a record amount of snow in Central Park, closing the region's three major airports and paralyzing traffic...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Blair vows probe into abuse claims
British Prime Minister Tony Blair promises to investigate allegations of abuse by his country's forces in Iraq after a newspaper released what it said was a video showing soldiers savagely beating Iraqi youths...
CNN - February 12, 2006
Snow cancels flights in Northeast
A snowstorm intensified Sunday along the East Coast, canceling more than 2,000 flights in and out of the Northeast and affecting airports across the country...
CNN - February 12, 2006
Big Snowstorm Causes Disruptions in New York Area
Residents were advised to seek shelter at home as snow continued to fall at a rate of three inches an hour...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
White Spins Snowboarding Gold
Shaun White, a 19-year-old from San Diego whose long red locks are becoming as famous as his 1080-degree spins, won the halfpipe competition...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
The Form 1040: A Step-by-Step Guide, Right Down to the Alternative Tax
The best way to untangle the complexities of filling out your taxes is to walk through a sample return, step by step...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Skiing: Miller denied downhill gold
Frenchman Antoine Deneriaz takes a surprise Olympic gold medal in the men's downhill in Turin...
BBC News - February 12, 2006
Chavez promotes expelled envoy
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez promotes a diplomat expelled from the US in a tit-for-tat spying row...
BBC News - February 12, 2006
US hip-hop producer dies aged 32
Influential artist J Dilla, who worked with Busta Rhymes and A Tribe Called Quest, dies from an immune disease...
BBC News - February 12, 2006
Danes urged to leave Indonesia
Denmark is urging its citizens to leave Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, citing a threat from an extremist group over the publication of drawings of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper...
CNN - February 12, 2006
Sharon is 'critical but stable'
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's condition remained critical but stable the morning after he underwent emergency abdominal surgery, according to a hospital statement Sunday quoted by news agencies...
CNN - February 12, 2006
Michelle Kwan Pulls Out of Olympics
The three-time Olympian was forced to pull out of her final Olympics early Sunday after suffering another groin injury...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Skating: Hedrick triumphs
American Chad Hedrick wins the men's 5,000m speed skating at the Winter Olympics...
BBC News - February 12, 2006
Injured Kwan pulls out of Games
American figure skating star Michelle Kwan will miss the Winter Olympics because of injury...
BBC News - February 12, 2006
Danes urged to leave Indonesia
Denmark urges its citizens to leave Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, citing a threat from an extremist group over the publication of drawings of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper...
CNN - February 12, 2006
Another Alabama church fire
Another Baptist church in Alabama was in flames Saturday night, becoming the 10th house of worship burned in recent weeks, police said. Firefighters from several cities were called to fight the blaze Saturday evening in Beaverton, a town of 200 people about 90 miles northwest of Birmingham...
CNN - February 12, 2006
The World: Beneath the Rage in the Mideast
The widespread feeling that the region's governments deny their people justice has been instrumental in the increased support for Islamists throughout the Middle East...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Outsiders Find West Texas, and Public Radio Follows
Marfa, a town in far West Texas, may seem an unlikely home for public radio, but a new FM station is being launched to serve urban refugees...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
A Way Out for Tenants Who Are Way Up? City Is Wary
Escape Rescue System is a cloth elevator/escape pod designed to allow people trapped in a tall building to be lowered down its side...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
G-8 Ministers Warn of Wider Risks From Tight Oil Supply
Finance ministers from the world's richest countries and Russia said that "high and volatile" energy prices posed a risk to global economic growth...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
The Form 1040: A Step-by-Step Guide, Right Down to the Alternative Tax
The best way to untangle the complexities of filling out your taxes is to walk through a sample return, step by step...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Twelve Easy Pieces
Who imagined that you could build a successful business selling packaged presliced apples as snack food?...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
I'd Really Like to Thank My Pal at the Auction House
The trade in vintage Oscars through publicized auctions and an underground market has become a parallel universe as competitive and bitter as the annual acting derby itself...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Inquiry Into Wiretapping Article Widens
Federal agents have interviewed officials in a criminal inquiry into an article in The New York Times that disclosed the domestic spying program...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
On the Contrary: Obnoxious Behavior as a Revenue Stream
Too many cellphone conversations on the commuter train? Slap a tax on them...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Firing On All Cylinders? Prove It
A new law limits the value of a car donation to the amount that the charity actually receives when it sells the vehicle...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Inheriting? Don't Forget Your State's Tax Bill
Congress eliminated the federal tax on estates worth up to $2 million, but more than a dozen states have taxes on estates worth under $2 million...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Review: The Software You Buy Vs. the Free Stuff
Are tax software programs still worth the cost in this era of free Web-based help?...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Tax Tips: A Hobby That Yields a Harvest
Some tips for saving money on your tax return...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
You'll Need a Scorecard for Energy Tax Breaks
The tax credit for buyers and lessees of hybrid cars is just one of several new tax breaks for consumers in the Energy Policy Act of 2005...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
DealBook: Hostility by Any Other Name Smells Just as Hostile
EVER since Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company's hostile takeover of RJR Nabisco in 1989, leveraged-buyout shops have disavowed pursuing hostile deals and worked to remake their image as friends of management while renaming themselves...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Armchair M.B.A.: Diplomat Without Portfolio in Davos
Do business leaders have the duty to confront governments on policy?...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
[TS] Wanting It to Be Over Isn't Enough
The managers at SFBC International seem interested in silencing critics and avoiding the kind of sweeping changes that some investors would prefer...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Spending: Sometimes, Nips and Tucks Can Be Career Moves
A growing number of people are seeking out cosmetic surgery to get ahead in the workplace...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Cracking the Tax Code
Anyone who thinks that the federal income tax code is baffling now ought to brace for what lies ahead: big changes and uncertainty...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
The Boss: From Ship to Shore
J.D. Power III is the founder of J. D. Power & Associates, the marketing research company...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Strategies: Uh-Oh. Something Else Is Stale at Mutual Funds.
Investors' confidence in the market comes in no small part from a belief that the prices they receive are as up to date as possible, but that confidence may be misplaced...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Market Week: Good News May Land With a Thud
TRADERS will have a lot of information served to them this week, but in the opinion of Mike Williams, a strategist at Tocqueville Asset Management, they will find little of it palatable...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Mutual Funds Seem Simple, Until It's Time to Sell
For such a conceptually simple way to invest — people pooling their assets for professionals to manage — mutual funds pose a remarkably complex set of issues for taxpayers...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
The Goods: True Imitations of Real McCoys
With the aid of the Twinkies Brand Bake Set, a budding chef can approximate the treat's tubular shape, spongy texture and cream-filled center...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Everybody's Business: New Front: Protecting America's Investors
Can every corporate leader look a soldier in the eye?...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Spending: At Charity Auctions, Doing Good While Doing Well
Charities are increasingly turning to black-tie benefit auctions, using donated items, as the fund-raising tool of choice...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
The Count: Iraq War’s Virtues May Be Debatable. The Profits Aren’t.
Iraq War's Virtues...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Investing: Coupon Clipping, the Old-Fashioned Way
Like silver dollars made with real silver and stock tickers that spit out prices on strips of paper, bearer bonds are relics of an earlier age...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Blueprints: Made-to-Order Artwork To Fit a Corporate Budget
FOR decades, companies have bought fine art at auctions or commissioned works by prestigious artists for their office buildings. But as art has climbed in price and spaces have grown in size, businesses have discovered another, less expensive option: made-to-order art...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
The Lowdown on Sweet?
A study conducted at an Italian cancer research center has rekindled the debate on aspartame...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Digital Domain: Trying to Get a Read on Amazon's Books
Talk to analysts who cover the Internet, and one company stands out as the least forthcoming, most furtive, least transparent and most difficult to work with — and it isn't Google...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Economic View: Chasing Full Employment
Does globalization mean that for full employment to exist, there must be legislation that mandates it?...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
It Doesn't Pay to Be in the A.M.T. Zone
The Alternative Minimum Tax has become such a money maker that by 2008 its repeal would cost more than repealing the regular income tax...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
Madison Avenue's 30-Second Spot Remover
Robert M. Greenberg is redefining advertising by making the delivery of the message a two-way street between marketers and consumers...
New York Times - February 12, 2006
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